{"id":687,"date":"2019-02-01T02:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T09:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/?p=687"},"modified":"2022-03-21T09:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:21:08","slug":"132-survey-5-andrew-loomis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/2019\/02\/01\/132-survey-5-andrew-loomis\/","title":{"rendered":"132 Survey 5: Jon Whitcomb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>1950-1960 Postwar Prosperities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jon Whitcomb (1906\u20131988) has made his name synonymous for his signature  &#8220;Whitcomb girl&#8221; illustrations that depict glamorous young women. In particular, his propaganda posters during WWIII featured women encouraging men to join the war. In a time where mass media and popular culture reinforced traditional gender roles, I think something notable is how Whitcomb&#8217;s works reflect the gender stereotypes in the 50s. For instance, most of these posters often reinforce the house-wife and ideal feminine image of woman: while men were often deemed as heroic for participating in war. . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/b2\/1944_JonWhitcomb_USNavy_%283214638694%29.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for Jon Whitcomb wWII\"\/><figcaption><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m Proud of You Folks Too!&#8221;<\/em>, US Navy poster, 1944<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/propagandaposterstore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/061.jpg\" alt=\"Related image\" width=\"395\" height=\"504\"\/><figcaption>U.S WWII Vintage Propaganda Poster &#8211; Watching the Submarine Races, 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from his propaganda posters, Whitcomb was very successful in producing theatre posters for Hollywood stars and advertising illustrations for Coca Cola and magazines like McCall&#8217;s and Playboy. He is also most skilled in using gouache for his illustrations. Coming from a place where I had A LOT of trouble painting in gouache, I really admire Whitcomb&#8217;s gouache style and technique. In particular, his attention to painting hair texture and the woman&#8217;s gaze often make them look so lively and mesmerizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illustrationhistory.org\/images\/uploads\/Whitcomb3.jpg\" alt=\"Coca-Cola advertisement\"\/><figcaption>Coca-Cola advertisement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illustrationhistory.org\/images\/uploads\/lsf.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for Jon Whitcomb\"\/><figcaption>Illustration of American actress, Mary Laurence<br><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/parodiesandvariations.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/marilyn-monroe-jon-whitcomb-illust-american-weekly-magazine-april-1958.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for Jon Whitcomb\"\/><figcaption>Illustration of Marilyn Monroe<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/564x\/96\/e0\/24\/96e024f0bc120aa563144cab42128fb8.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Whitcomb\"\/><figcaption>Disney&#8217;s Sleeping Beauty poster <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.illustrationhistory.org\/artists\/jon-whitcomb\">https:\/\/www.illustrationhistory.org\/artists\/jon-whitcomb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Whitcomb\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Whitcomb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1950-1960 Postwar Prosperities Jon Whitcomb (1906\u20131988) has made his name synonymous for his signature &#8220;Whitcomb girl&#8221; illustrations that depict glamorous young women. In particular, his propaganda posters during WWIII featured women encouraging men to join the war. In a time&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/2019\/02\/01\/132-survey-5-andrew-loomis\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7859,"featured_media":699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-132-res"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}