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Ren Wicks

(1911 - 1997?)

Wicks was an all-around artist, in a career that included NASA and postage stamps, but he excelled at two subjects in particular: wings and women. During WW2, he worked for Lockheed, contributing artwork for fighters and bombers that was used both in ad campaigns and in pilot handbooks. During the same period, Howard Hughes tapped him to do poster work for RKO, most memorably for Jane Russell in The Outlaw. Magazine illustration for Esquire, Redbook, Saturday Evening Post, Coronet. Ad work for Kotex, Edwards Coffee, and swimwear companies. Did several calendars and portfolios for Casinos in the 1960s (Harrah's, Harolds Club).

Helen of Troy (1966) Wicks - 001A

Collier's (1947) Wicks - 002

Kotex, Shadow of a Doubt (1949 or '50) Wicks - 003A

The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) Wicks - 004

Sunday Pictorial Review, "The Sky's the Limit" (1952) Wicks - 005

Lockheed, "Jap-Hunting Without A Gun" (1954) Wicks - 006

Douglas Aircraft, "Johnny Skytrooper" (1942) Wicks - 007

Lockheed Vega (1943) Wicks - 008

Lockheed Log (cover) (1945) Wicks - 009

Harrah's Lake Tahoe (1945) Wicks - 010

Cole of California (1950s) Wicks - 011

Saturday Everning Post, "Stranger in the Sky" (1957) Wicks - 012

Underwater (1955) Wicks - 013

Coronet (1952) Wicks - 014

Catalina Swimwear (1955) Wicks - 015

Pangburn's Chocolates (1947) Wicks - 016

Safeway, Edward's Coffee (1947) Wicks - 017

TWA, Constellation "Jetstream" ( (1957) Wicks - 018

Nevada, "A Star for Statehood" (1964) Wicks - 019

Lockheed, "Slugger" (1942) Wicks - 020

Douglas Aircraft, "Battle Passengers" (1944) Wicks - 021

Lockheed Vega (1943) Wicks - 022

Rainier Aged Beer (1945) Wicks - 023

NASA, Mars Landing (1990) Wicks - 024

Catalina Swimwear (1955) Wicks - 025