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American magazine illustrator and artist
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Arthur Baloy Ray McCowen (July 29, 1893 – October 14, 1959) was an American illustrator who drew magazine covers between 1920 to 1959. He also made illustrations for pulp magazines, including five covers for Liberty magazine between 1932 and 1933. He also produced covers for American Detective, True Romance, Liberty, True Detective, Physical Culture, Love & Romance and Satire Presents.

Biography

McCowen was born in Portland, Oregon, on July 29, 1893, to Arthur and Carrie McCowen. His father worked as a grocer in Portland. In 1910, McCowen and his father were living in Los Angeles, California, where McCowen worked as an assistant bookkeeper at Blake, Moffit & Town, a paper company.

In 1917, McCowen joined the U. S. Navy and went to war, as a 2nd Lt. in the Yuma National Guard. By 1920, McCowen was living in Manhattan, working as commercial artist. During this period, McCowen produced hundreds of magazine covers and Illustrations for popular pulp magazines. In 1956 McCowen retired and he moved to Florida.

McCowen died on October 14, 1959, at age 66 at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital, in Bay Pines, Florida.

List of Published Illustrations

References

  1. "Liberty Magazine Historical Archive, 1924-1950". Gale Digital Collections. Gale Cengage Learning. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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