While I was searching for information about the artist William Jacobson, I came across 1992 Chicago Tribune obituary for an artist named William “Babe” Jacobson. According to the obituary (and assuming that the William Jacobson who did the covers below is the same Jacobson who was written about in the Tribune), William Jacobson studied at at the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Academy of Art and the Chicago Academy of Fine Art. After serving in World War II, Jacobson became an artist with the Stevens-Gross Studios before, in 1960, opening up a studio of his own, William Jacobson Illustration.
I could find much more information about Jacobson so, as often happens with the artists of the pulp era, his work will have to speak for him. Here’s a sampling of it:
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Adding to profile: William G. Jacobson was born Dec. 16, 1920. He did indeed have the nickname, Babe Jacobson, because of his adult boyish looks. Also worked for Whittiker Guernsey Studios in Chicago prior to forming his own self-employed illustration business, also based in Chicago and his home studio in northern Indiana. These illustrations were likely done while working for Grant Advertising in New York City, in the very early ’60. The entire Jacobson family relocated to New York in the summer of 1960/1961, with the possible thought of shifting base operations to New York City proper. The Jacobson’s stayed with longtime friend/arts colleague and former Chicago illustrator, Joyce Ballantyne Brand and her radio personality husband.
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