American Art Archives, Illustration, Illustrator, Art

American Art Archives is dedicated to the memory
of the great Illustration Artists.

During World War II, when Nash Kelvinator was sidelined from making appliances and building cars, it still wanted to keep its name before the American public. It did this in a gritty series of full-page color ads, all painted by Fred Ludekens.

Ludekens showed the blood, pain, fear, exhaustion, and prayer of our military men and women. War wasn't hidden from Americans then. It was found in amazing magazine advertisements like these.

As we are getting close to Christmas, please say an extra prayer for our troops overseas.