Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-19 | Page 30 | Former Provo Artist Achieves Fame as New York Illustrator

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Former Provo Artist Achieves ' Fame as New York Illustrator ' r ' " f ' I'M ' H t-V v -s r J ' ft WILL GALBRAITH CRAWFORD A recent caricature by Jack Scars, well-known local artist. galterl Hete! Waere are they now? I'UliM fait take" are scattered scat-tered U tke four earners el the world. Once pr.mln.at IomIIj, '' leeal news, seme bare seae forward te more prominent fields of ensearor. Some auy hare aropp. from the now. picture. The Telegram, la s serlee of srUclea, will refreea Its roaaers' momortoo. Originator of a free style In water color in black and white of sophisticated model for illustrations, a former Provoan today is one of the most prolific artists in the country. lie is win u. trswiora. WhoT Tou'vs never heard of hlmT Well, is this a clue Gal-bralth? Gal-bralth? Mr. Crawford, at the gats of success suc-cess as commsrclal artist in New Tork City, discovered another artist of the asms name alrsady was famous. fa-mous. Not wishing to "cash in" on ths Identical surname, ha began signing his Illustrations Galbraltb his middle name and It stuck. He was born in Provo. At an early ags hs showed promise as an artist, his parents satisfying his ambitions with the purchase of a painting set He came to Salt Lake City In 11T and went to work for commercial artist - Mr. Crawford, while visiting here last summer, revealed that the man responsible for his present position as an artist snd illustrator wss a Salt Lake City art teacher. Jack Sears. It was Mr. Sears who Instilled the idea of going to New Tork City in 125 after Mr. Crawford ahowed remarkable re-markable creative ability while being be-ing employed in several local advertising ad-vertising agencies as a commercial artist In later years be shared an office with his present partner, Abe Lewis, also a Salt Laker. In New Tork City, his frse lance work attracted the attention of Hal Burrows, art director of a large Hollywood motion picture company, from 12 to 1S33 Mr. Crawford was principal illustrator and artist in preparing ths firm's campaign books for features. Incidentally, Mr. Burrows Bur-rows is a native of this city, too. Today, Mr. Crawford well, Galbraltb Gal-braltb la under contract to the New Torker, which, by a coincidence, coinci-dence, la edited by a onetime Salt Lake City man, Harold Ross. His drawings appear In mors than a dossn leading magasinsa in this country. Hs was a member of the leSth field artillery during tha Mexican border uprising in 1K and latsr enlisted as a flying cadet when the World war broke out He married a Provo girl