Mr. Barclay was an American artist of pin up art. He was born in St. Louis in 1891 and studied art at the Art institute of Chicago and then went to the Art Student's League in New York City. When he was 21 he worked for a few magazines, one commonly known today as Cosmopolitan. One thing that I noticed while researching this artist that I found pretty cool is that during the 1930s he worked in Hollywood studios designing movie posters and became a superstar in the movie industry. Another fun fact about him is that he used his wife as one of his models when she was 19 years old and she became well known and used on different billboards across the country. A little about his art that I like is how he moves his letters in a diagonal form on the first picture I posted. I also like the fact that he actually used a black man for a poster back during the war. Also on some of his war posters he uses a nice strong text and will throw in a curve like text as well! I don't know why I like it but it catches my attention! Also the color choices he used makes the posters feel very patriotic and fits quite nicely to the theme of these posters! I am not sure just yet what I want my project to be, but I definitely got inspired by the text and the choice of colors!
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