Real Life Art

 

I think the real life art work we had in the 1950s was much better than all the crazy things you see today they call advertising. Here is some of the advertising art I really liked way back when.

 

 

 

Real Life Art

 

During the 1950’s, advertising art often depicted real life like situations that made it fun to read ads. One of my favorites was the black art depicted on the Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco advertising posters. Here are a few of my favorites from Bull Durham.

 

 

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Whoops, got caught sneaking a kiss behind the old umbrella.  The bull seems to be very interested in what’s going on or maybe he’s fixing to attack that red dress.

 

 

 

Okay George, you hold that hand rolled cigarette in your mouth and I’ll try to fire it off by shooting the shotgun.

 

 

 

My favorite of the bunch as it has its own caption, but I’m not sure whether it’s the watermelon or the Bull Durham Smoking Tocacco that’s sweet tasting.

 

 

 

I also loved the art from Norman Rockwell that was used on the cover of the Post Magazine. I think that Norman Rockwell must have been raised in a family similar to my own because many of the art works reminded me of things that happened around our house also. Here are a few examples of his art work that I can relate to.

 

 

I can remember sneaking around to listen to the adults talk after they thought we were in bed. We were able to hear a lot of good stuff like that. This could be me, my sister JerrylDine, and my brother Craig.

 

 

 

This one reminds me of the time I accidentally shot the neighbors dog in the butt with my 22 rifle and paid the bill out of my savings.

 

 

This one reminds me of the fist time I was off with the Boy Scouts to Camp Kiowa for a two week camp out on my own. Just look at the joy on that boys face.

 

 

 

I think the advertisements today are just designed to aggravate you so bad that you are so irritated that you can’t get that product off your mind.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading Real Life Art,
Bill