The Lone Eagle
Take that
Order number SF202
Our Stretched Canvas Option
RUDOLPH BELARSKI
(1900--1983) Belarski was born in Dupont, Pennsylvania, into a large family that had emigrated from Poland. At the age of twelve he became a slate picker and mule driver in a coal mine. He drew a picture on a white-washed wall, the mine boss noticed it, and he was put to work painting sagety posters. this was the beginning of his career as an artist.
At nineteen he went to New York , were he studied a t Pratt Institute and during the summers returned to elementary school to continue his education. After graduating from Pratt he stayed on as a teacher and sought work as a magazine illustrator. During the late 1920s there was an explosion of air war pulps based on the mythical heroism of World War 1 fighters pilots, especially the Lafayette Escadrille. Wings, Aces, War BIrds, Daredevil Aces, Battle Birds, and G-8 and His Battle Aces flooded the newsstands. Belarski was the best and became known as the Dean of the Aviation Pulp Artists.
Belarski's working methods changed from decade to decade. In the 1920s his paintings were done on large canvases and were more "complete" paintings, rather than compositional compromises to fit a total cover scheme. In the 1930's they were smaller, with tightened detail and less explosive shock. his paperback covers were painted on assignment, and he complained about the limits placed on his creativity. he died on Christmas Eve at the age of eighty three. He had not a single one of his paintings in his possession.
When you purchase a stretched canvas from 45th Street Editions you will be getting a completed canvas with colored border, stretched, finished with a wire on the back, and ready to hang on your wall.
