February 26, 2013February 26, 20131950s, G.H. Davis, Tanks Soviet T-34 Tank Cutaway, 1950 A circa 1950 G.H. Davis cutway drawing of two Soviet T-34 tanks (in the rear is the bottom of the upcoming Joseph […]
February 21, 2013June 22, 2017G.H. Davis, Illustrators British Artist, Illustrator G.H. Davis Like most magazine illustrators of the early to mid 20th century, little is known about George Horace Davis. From a site dedicated […]
February 20, 2013June 22, 2017Illustrators, Stewart Rouse Illustrator Stewart Rouse Stewart Rouse was, for a period, a staff artist at Popular Science. The magazine bio (February 1946) described Rouse as a “lanky […]
February 20, 2013July 14, 20171940s, Aircraft, Stewart Rouse WWII Fighter Plane Cutaway Showing Gravity Suit, 1945 A cutaway within a cutaway. Drawn by Stewart Rouse, this illustrates a generic WWII fighter plane peeled back to show the pilot […]
February 15, 2013February 25, 20131950s, Rolf Klep, Ships Oceanliner Cristoforo Columbo Cutaway, 1955 Behold, in all its gigantic 2500 x 1060 px glory, the oceanliner Cristoforo Columbo from 1955. This 29,100 ton Italian Line ship […]
February 15, 2013February 25, 20131950s, Aircraft, Rolf Klep Super-G Constellation Cutway, 1955 A fine cutway from 1955 by famed illustrator Rolf Klep, of a Super-G Constellation. This is actually part of an amazing double-spread […]
February 15, 2013February 25, 20131940s, Aircraft, Rolf Klep Consolidated Vultee Clipper (PanAm) Cutaway, 1945 I’m not certain when this Rolf Klep cutaway was produced, but the magazine text mentions that V-E Day was upcoming, so I’ll […]
February 15, 2013February 20, 2013Illustrators, Rolf Klep Rolf Klep: Crack Cutaway Illustrator One great technical illustrator who produced many great cutaway drawings was Rolf Klep. Klep was born in 1904 in the great shipping […]
July 20, 2009February 20, 2013Cutaway Drawings and Cross-Sections, Frank Soltesz Frank Soltesz, King of Cutaway Drawings Not just cutaway drawings, but king of practically all other areas of commercial illustration through the 1930s-1960s, it seems. Soltesz’ life is […]
July 16, 2009February 25, 20131940s, Commercial Buildings, Frank Soltesz Office Ventilation Cutaway, ca 1940s One of the great things about the old Fortune magazine was how it often treated extremely mundane subjects with great wonder and […]