Graves Gladney
James Francis Graves Gladney (December 11, 1907 – March 24, 1976) was an illustrator known for his cover paintings for Street & Smith pulp magazines, especially The Shadow. He was the son of Katherine Lewis Graves and Franklin Young Gladney, a successful lawyer and author of several articles and books on patent law. After graduating from high school, Gladney attended Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1928.
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Graves Gladney
- Name
- Graves Gladney
- Birth Name
- James Francis Graves Gladney
- Born
- 11 December 1907
- Birthplace
- St.
- Died
- 24 March 1976
- Field
- pulp magazine covers
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- illustrator.
- Fields
- pulp magazine.
- Education
- Amherst College and Slade School of Fine Art.
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James Francis Graves Gladney (December 11, 1907 – March 24, 1976) was an illustrator known for his cover paintings for Street & Smith pulp magazines, especially The Shadow. He was the son of Katherine Lewis Graves and Franklin Young Gladney, a successful lawyer and author of several articles and books on patent law. After graduating from high school, Gladney attended Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1928.
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After the end of World War II, he accepted a job as a teacher at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He was a keen big game hunter and trap shooter and so, being a marksman, he served as a gunnery instructor in World War 2. Posted to the 82nd Airborne Division, he made airborne landings during the Normandy invasion and Operation Market Garden. He was, at his death, professor of fine arts at Washington University in St. The original oil painting of his January 1941 cover for The Shadow was exhibited at the university's Olin Business School. This was from his main period of activity for The Shadow, producing all the covers from April 1939 to the end of 1941.
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• Name — Graves Gladney • Birth Name — James Francis Graves Gladney • Born — 11 December 1907 • Birthplace — St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. • Died — 24 March 1976 • Place of death — St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. • Field — pulp magazine covers
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1907
Graves Gladney was born in 1907 at St. Louis.
1976
Graves Gladney died in 1976 at St. Louis.
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