Joseph Bowler Jr. (September 4, 1928 – November 14, 2016) was an American artist and illustrator.
Biography Joseph Bowler Jr. was born on September 4, 1928.Joseph Bowler's Official Website . Retrieved 08 January 2009. He was a regular illustrator for the likes of Cosmopolitan Magazine and Ladies' Home JournalAmerican Art Archives article on some of Joseph Bowler's Illustrative Work. Retrieved 08 January 2009. in the Second Illustrative Golden Age after the Second World War. In 1958, Bowler was stricken with polio.
An apprentice of the Charles E. Cooper Art Studio in New York,A Short Biography on Joseph Bowler. Retrieved 08 January 2009. Bowler was named The Artists' Guild of New York Artist of the Year in 1967. The award was a break for Bowler, who between 1968 and 1971 illustrated Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy for Ladies' Home Journal, and David Eisenhower and his wife Julie for The Saturday Evening Post.
Bowler was named in the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1992.Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame . Retrieved 08 January 2009.
Joseph Bowler died at his home on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on November 14, 2016. He was 88.
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