February 2012
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Cover of the Day: March 1932
FORTUNE March 1932 Diego Rivera, Illustrator Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
“Nothing in contemporary Russia is more interesting or significant for the future than the change in the Russian peasant which the increasing success of collectivization is producing… . As the peasants have been induced to join the collectives, a change in attitude has appeared. They find themselves for the...
Cover of the Day: February 1965
FORTUNE’s 35th anniversary issue February 1965 Walter Allner, Art Director Robert Crandell Associates, Photograph Original credits: The first Fortune Cover, in neoclassical style, included a great symbolic wheel of fortune and a cornucopia of produce. For this thirty-fifth anniversary Fortune’s art director, Walter Allner, uses the same symbols, substantially updated: an assemblage...
Cover of the Day: February 1930
FORTUNE’s premiere issue February 1930 Thomas Maitland Cleland, Illustrator Additionally, Cleland designed and executed the templates for the first issue of Fortune but had no intention of staying on staff. By the fourth issue, Eleanor Treacy held the position of Art Director.
Cover of the Day: July 1970
FORTUNE July 1970 The Paths to the President’s Mind Walter Allner, Art Director Fred Ward, Photographer Ward photographed many presidents beginning with JFK and was President Gerald Ford’s official photographer.
Cover of the Day: February 1940
FORTUNE February 1940 Antonio Petruccelli, Illustrator Francis Brennan, Art Director
Cover of the Day: February 1951
FORTUNE February 1951 Leo Lionni, Art Director Original credits: George Washington by Joseph Wright, c. 1790. Courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection. Photograph by Sidney Farnsworth.
Cover of the Day: February 1937
FORTUNE February 1937 Antonio Petruccelli, Illustrator Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
January 2012
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Cover of the Day: May 23, 2010
FORTUNE May 23, 2010 Sean McCabe, Illustrator
Cover of the Day: July 1930
FORTUNE July 1930 Eleanor Treacy, Art Director Trade with China, Illustrator unknown
Romare Bearden
Reclining Nude c 1977 Collage Mixed-Media
This is one of one hundred images of Romare Bearden’s work that have been gathered by the Bearden Foundation to celebrate the artist’s 100th birthday, see the entire collection and more at beardencentennial.org
Romare Bearden
Reclining Nude, c 1977 Collage Mixed-Media
This is one of one hundred images of Romare Bearden’s artwork that have been gathered by the Bearden Foundation as a tribute to celebrate the artist’s 100th birthday… see the entire collection and more at beardencentennial.org
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Romare Bearden
FORTUNE January 1968 Romare Bearden, Illustrator Walter Allner, Art Director Original caption: For this special issue, Fortune commissioned Negro artist Romare Bearden, fifty-three, to convey his own mood of urban life. What Bearden pieced together is the striking collage on the cover. Bearden knows the neighborhood signposts well; he grew up in Harlem. He serves as art director of the Harlem...
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How to Read FORTUNE in Bed
Promotion booklet written and designed by Leo Lionni, 1952 Source: The Daily Heller
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FORTUNE January 1939
Henry Kreis, Artist Francis Brennan, Art Director
From “FORTUNE’s Wheel” January 1939: … you’re probably wondering about the cover on this issue. The idea of it originated in FORTUNE’s art department, logically enough, and so far as we know it’s new. We asked that eminent young sculptor, Henry Kreis, if he wouldn’t like to do a complete FORTUNE...
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FORTUNE January 1938
Antonio Petruccelli, Illustrator Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
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FORTUNE January 1937
Antonio Petruccelli, Illustrator Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
FORTUNE January 1936
Norman Reeves, Illustrator Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
December 2011
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Xmas Greetings!
FORTUNE’s Christmas card designed by art director Will Burtin, December 1941 image source: designobserver.com
November 2011
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Robert Risko
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Robert Risko FORTUNE Europe Edition, February 2005 Robert Newman, Design Director Nai Lee Lum, Art Director
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Robert Risko
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Robert Risko FORTUNE Asia Edition, February 2005 Robert Newman, Design Director Nai Lee Lum, Art Director
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Robert Risko
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Robert Risko FORTUNE October 16, 2006 Robert Newman, Design Director
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Robert Weaver
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Robert Weaver FORTUNE September 1963 Walter Allner, Art Director
Original caption: The first contemporary portrait ever to appear on FORTUNE’s cover is, fittingly, that of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. The portrait was painted by the well-known artist Robert Weaver. Mr. Sloan led General Motors to the summit as the world’s largest industrial corporation. Now, in...
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Witold Gordon
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Witold Gordon FORTUNE January 1950 Leo Lionni, Art Director
Canada’s Oil Frontier From the credits: The town on the cover could be any one of a dozen in the flat wetland that covers one of the continent’s richest oil reservoirs. Grain elevators and oil derricks stand guard over the little settlements of western Canada and set the mood for their honest...
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: John Hersey
Cover Illustrator of the Day: John Hersey FORTUNE November 2003 Robert Newman, Design Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Romare Beardon
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Romare Bearden FORTUNE January 1968 Walter Allner, Art Director Original credit: For this special issue, Fortune commissioned Negro artist Romare Bearden, fifty-three, to convey his own mood of urban life. What Bearden pieced together is the striking collage on the cover. Bearden knows the neighborhood signposts well; he grew up in Harlem. He serves as art director...
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Mark Matcho
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Mark Matcho FORTUNE May 2011 John Korpics, Creative Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Herbert Bayer
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Herbert Bayer FORTUNE August 1940 Francis Brennan, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Herbert Bayer
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Herbert Bayer FORTUNE February 1943 Peter Piening, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Herbert Bayer
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Herbert Bayer FORTUNE September 1939 Francis Brennan, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Herbert Bayer
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Herbert Bayer FORTUNE June 1942 Peter Piening, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: eBoy
Cover Illustrator of the Day: eBoy FORTUNE July 25, 2005 Nai Lee Lum, Art Director Robert Newman, Design Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Roger Duvoisin
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Roger Duvoisin FORTUNE March 1935 Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: David Cowles
Cover Illustrator of the Day: David Cowles FORTUNE October 2004 (Interior Cover) Robert Newman, Design Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder FORTUNE June 1940 Francis Brennan, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder FORTUNE November 1938 Francis Brennan, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: David Cowles
Cover Illustrator of the Day: David Cowles FORTUNE March 2004, European Edition Nai Lee Lum, Art Director Robert Newman, Design Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder FORTUNE May 1938 Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder FORTUNE July 1937 Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: David Cowles
Cover Illustrator of the Day: David Cowles FORTUNE September 2005 Robert Newman, Design Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joseph Binder FORTUNE July 1937 Eleanor Treacy, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Matt Mahurin
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Matt Mahurin FORTUNE November 15, 2010 John Korpics, Creative Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Ben Shahn
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Ben Shahn FORTUNE August 1947 Will Burtin, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Ben Shahn
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Ben Shahn FORTUNE July 1949 Will Burtin, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Sean McCabe
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Sean McCabe FORTUNE November 21, 2011 Emily Kehe, Design Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joe Zeff
Cover Illustrator of the Day: Joe Zeff Design FORTUNE August 16, 2010 John Korpics, Creative Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti
Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti FORTUNE September 1954 Leo Lionni, Art Director George Giusti’s last cover illustration for Fortune.
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti
Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti FORTUNE May 1954 Leo Lionni, Art Director
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti
Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti FORTUNE December 1951 Leo Lionni, Art Director Original credits: George Giusti, Italian-born artist and designer, used compass and pencil as well as brush to give the metallic finish to his tempera painting of a steel drill biting through steel boiler plate. This is the sixth cover Giusti has painted for FORTUNE.
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti
Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti FORTUNE May 1948 Will Burtin, Art Director “The Tools of Synthetics”
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Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti
Cover Illustrator of the Day: George Giusti FORTUNE August 1942 Peter Piening, Art Director “The U.S. Navy”