Saturday, March 9, 2013
Centaur Studios '55 (STL)
The other day I found this wonderfully illustrated Centaur Studios business mailer brochure (postmarked 1955) at the antique mall here in St. Louis. Does anyone know anything about this studio, artist Bill Cramer, or any in their band of eager beaver creatives listed below? A quick google search didn't turn up anything at all, but I'd love to hear from anyone with info, if you worked for them, or if you know someone that did-- please please drop me a line!
wow. that artwork is really amazing. that's so cool the way the second and third pics are reversed like that - like they used scratchboard or something.
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Indeed! A great way to demonstrate hard work created throughout both night and day.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the original Gene Foote illustration I found a few years ago too:
http://andeverythingelsetoo.blogspot.com/2010/06/gene-foote-st-louis-illustrator.html
would still love to find out more about him as well.
It's frustrating when you find an artist whose work you like and then you can't find information about them.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Jil!
ReplyDeleteI was a sales rep for Centaur for a while !
ReplyDeleteMy father was the head of Centaur Studios, he was their lettering artist, knew Gene Foote and Bill Cramer well. You can write to me at robyn dot diliberto at gmail dot com.
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