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Publisher: Detroit Public Library

Drawing Power: Motor City Ad Art in the Age of Muscle & Chrome view detail comment email this

This exhibit features mid-20th century automobile commercial art from Detroit advertising studios such as "McNamara Associates, Skidmore Sahratian, and Graphic House [which] thrived in close proximity to automotive executives and the advertising agencies that coordinated their publicity campaigns." Exhibit sections cover pre-World War II illustration, artists' samples, studio life, process, photography and realism, and diversity of potential buyers (such as youth and women). From the Detroit Public Library.
http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/drawingpower/
Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Automobiles

Last updated May 21, 2009





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