Ernest hamlin baker biography
- Ernest Hamlin Baker was an.
- Ernest Hamlin Baker (1889–1975) was an American artist and illustrator from Poughkeepsie, New York.
- Early Life (1889-1910) Ernest Hamlin Baker was born in rural Essex County, New York, in 1889 to Clarence Hamlin Baker and Martha Jane (Roberts) Baker.
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Ernest Hamlin Baker
American illustrator
Ernest Hamlin Baker (1889–1975)[1] was an American artist and illustrator from Poughkeepsie, New York.[2] He illustrated more than 300 covers for Time magazine as well as several covers for Fortune magazine.[3][4] Baker also created posters for the American Legion and in 1939 he was hired by the Works Progress Administration to paint the mural titled “Economic Activities in the Days of the Narragansett Planters” at the Wakefield, Rhode Island post office. He drew political cartoons for Poughkeepsie's Evening Star newspaper.[3] His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[5]
He graduated from Colgate University in 1914.
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Ernest Baker was an illustrator and created more than 300 covers for Time magazine and other political cartoons. He also produced various drawings and posters for advertising purposes. Baker had grown up in the modest household of the family of a small shirt manufacturer in Poughkeepsie, New York. He first learned to draw by a correspondence course and, after starting his career as a cartoonist for a local newspaper, studied at Colgate University in New York.
Baker then worked as a freelance artist, initially designing mainly stamps, propaganda, and advertising posters. One of his few sports motifs was the boxers on a cover of Fortune magazine from April 1931, but it is not known whether this is the print submitted for the art competitions. The covers for Fortune gave him his breakthrough. After a financial dry spell during the Great Depression, Baker mostly worked for Time. He later moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina, and after the death of his wife, to Norton, Massachusetts.
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Colgate University Ernest Hamlin Baker collection, A1291
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Collection
Identifier: A1291
Scope and Contents
This collection contains newspaper clippings of Ernest Hamlin Baker cartoons, drawings, correspondence, and photographs. It mostly dates from the 1910s, but material from as late as the 1950s is also included.
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Biographical note
Ernest Hamlin Baker was born on May 5, 1889 and died on November 17, 1975. He graduated from Colgate University in 1912. While at Colgate, he ran track, worked for the Salmagundi student yearbook, and sold caricatures to pay for his education. After graduating he became a well-known artist, most famous for the many cover paintings he created for Time magazine and his work with The New Yorker. After his graduation, he continued to create drawings for Colgate student publications and broadsides.
Ernest Hamlin Baker biographical file, Special Collections and University Archives, Colgate University Libraries.
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