Lest we forget: Franklin McMahon

March 8, 2012

The famed illustrator had much more important issues than baseball to draw about. From the NY Times obituary by Douglas Martin:

With sketch pads in hand, Mr. McMahon covered momentous events in the civil rights struggle, spacecraft launchings, national political conventions and the Vatican, turning out line drawings for major magazines and newspapers. Many were later colored by watercolor or acrylic paints, and most rendered scenes in a heightened, energetic style. His goal, he said, was to step beyond what he considered the limitations of photography to “see around corners.”

McMahon, who died at the age of 90, also did work for Sports Illustrated, the Chicago Tribune, and Fortune.  His son, Mark, also a prominent artist, was kind enough to send a few samples of his father’s baseball work.

Jack Brickhouse in the bleachers, 1984.

 

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