Joe Bowler: Artist & Illustrator Bronze Age (1970-1985) with painted art and cover

with painted art and cover by Kyle Baker

Several have illustrated children's books

but also inspiration and insight into how they can practice

dating from the formal debut of Art Deco in the 1920s to the more austere and refined designs of the 1930s

adding to the understanding and appreciation of his work as a whole

Joe Bowler: Artist & Illustrator Bronze Age (1970-1985) with painted art and coverFrom the publisher: Joe Bowler (1928 2016) was one of the youngest members of the famed Charles E. Cooper Studio, and he quickly rose to prominence as one of America's foremost illustrators. [Joe Bowler shared a studio and style with Coby Whitmore and Joe De Mers.] At the height of his success, Bowler was suddenly stricken with polio at the age of thirty. Initially paralyzed from the neck down, he spent seven years in recovery and refused to let it