Joseph Francis Kernan Paintings

Signed Lower Right by Artist The Saturday Evening Post, May 25, 1929. While his work graced the covers and pages of many famous American magazines between the 1920s and 1940s (inc...

Date: 1924 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left, Dated Verso, '24

Signature: Signed Lower Right Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published August 8, 1936 and reprinted for the July / August 1996 issue. Kernan's Final Post Cover In the Eleventh Olympiad, Joseph Francis Kernan’s final cover for The Saturday Evening Post, a sprinter channels the speed and power of an eagle while preparing to represent the United States at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Kernan created 26 covers for The Saturday Evening Post between 1924 and 1936. Kernan’s depiction of the athlete was a fitting conclusion for the artist’s Post commissions, as much of his life’s work celebrated sportsmen and outdoor life. This now iconic cover held such impact that it was published twice – first on August 8, 1936, and later for the July / August 1996 issue to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games that took place in Atlanta, Georgia. Jesse Owens and the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics were held from August 1 to 16 in Berlin, Germany, which was then under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. The track and field competition garnered special attention that year, as Jesse Owens, the African American sprinter and long jumper, took home a historic four gold medals. Owens took center stage at the Games, setting new records in the 100- and 200-meter sprints, the long jump, and helped his team win a record-setting 4 x 100-meter relay. Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe were not initially scheduled to compete in the relay. On the morning of the event, it was announced that Owens and Metcalfe would take the places of Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, the only Jews on the U.S. track team. Glickman later blamed the controversial decision on the U.S. Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage and track coach Dean Cromwell, accusing them of appeasing the Nazi regime’s anti-semitism. The magnitude of Owens’ achievements as a black athlete was multiplied by the fact that Hitler had unsuccessfully attempted to use the Summer Olympics to validate his theories of Aryan racial superiority. As the first Games to be televised, and with radio broadcasts reaching 41 countries, Hitler envisioned the Olympics as a way to disseminate Nazi propaganda. The German Olympic...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: signed 'J.F/-Kernan-' (lower right)--signed again and inscribed 'Painted by

Signature: Signed Lower Left Medium: Oil on Canvas Outdoor Life Magazine Cover, August 1933

Original cover for Liberty Magazine, published July 25, 1925 Framed, dimensions: 30 x 24 in.

Original magazine cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, published July 18, 1931 The image features a clockmaker repairing a clock. Artwork Dimensions: 28.25" x 22.25” M...

Signature: Signed Lower Left Capper's Farmer Magazine Cover, June 1928

Framed, dimensions: 45 x 39 in. Signed lower left

Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Oil on Board

Date: May 31, 1934 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Rotarian Magazine, September 1934.

Cover of Outdoor Life magazine, April 1933. Image of a man with fishing gear in front of a calendar. Joseph Francis Kernan was a sportsman all of his life and the majority of his subjects featured, as he described it, "the human side of outdoor sports, hunting, fishing and dogs." These were the ideal subjects for magazine covers and his work appeared on all of the major - and some minor- magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Liberty, The Country Gentlemen, Capper's Farmer, The Elks, Outdoor Life, and The Associated Sunday Magazines. His work was also commissioned for calendars, and advertisers such as Fisk Tires, International Harvester...

Date: 1932 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed "J.F. Kernan" Lower Right Cover illustration for Capper's Farmer magazine, July 1932

Date: 1932 Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 30.00" x 22.00", Framed 38.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post Cover, October 1, 1932. Exhibitions: Christi...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

Date: 1933 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 20.13" Signature: Signed Lower Left Capper's Farmer Magazine Cover, February 1933

Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 29.00" x 20.00", Framed 36.00" x 27.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Date: 1917 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 34.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Baseball Magazine cover, July 1917 For more than a century, baseball was the All A...

Date: 1918 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 31.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left From the Collection of James "Rip" Collins, former member of the Gashouse Gang.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Contact for exact dimensions.

Country Gentleman, Magazine Cover, June 21, 1924 Joseph Francis Kernan was a sportsman all of his life and the majority of his subjects featured, as he described it, "the human side of outdoor sports, hunting, fishing and dogs." These were the ideal subjects for magazine covers and his work appeared on all of the major - and some minor- magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Liberty, The Country Gentlemen, Capper's Farmer, The Elks, Outdoor Life, and The Associated Sunday Magazines. His work was also commissioned for calendars, and advertisers such as Fisk Tires, International...

Date: June 10, 1922. Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Country Gentleman magazine 6/10...

Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 21.20" Signature: Signed Center Right Outdoor Life Magazine Cover, February 1943

Date: 1935 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.20" x 21.20" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Capper's Farmer magazine, August 1935. Image of an elderly couple...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover Illustration: March 5, 1921 of The Country Gentleman.

Medium: Oil on Board Sight Size 28.00" x 24.00", Framed 34" x 30" Signature: Signed Upper Left Cover Illustration for the February 16, 1924 issue of The Country Gentleman...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 12.00" x 10.00", Framed 20.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left June 1933 Cappers Farmer Magazine Cover.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed J. F. Kernan Lower Left Country Gentleman Magazine Cover, March 25 1932

Date: 1934 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 23.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of Northwest Farmer Magazine, February 1934.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 13.00" x 10.00", Framed 21.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right