Education and works Arthur William Brown

a ymca poster created united war work campaign

in 1890s, attended hamilton art school , studied under john gordon. @ age of 16, hired chalk plate artist hamilton spectator. later left hamilton , attended art students league in new york city, , studied under walter appleton clark, f.w. dumond, , f.r. gruger. later hired illustrator saturday evening post, works featured prominently.

brown s works included illustrated stories of american authors such f. scott fitzgerald, irvin cobb, such sinclair lewis. illustrated posters world war war effort book cover illustrations.

in 1964, brown earned unofficial title of dean of american illustrators , inducted illustrator s hall of fame american society of illustrators.