Solved - NEH 4686: Strother MacMinn rendering for DuPont Car of Tomorrow series of prints

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kwgibbs

Im given Raymond loewy a shot,I can,t remember if any of his sketches ever took off,wished I could remember though?

Carnut

Quote from: kwgibbs on June 13, 2016, 11:59:54 AM
Im given Raymond loewy a shot,I can,t remember if any of his sketches ever took off,wished I could remember though?

Not Loewy; whether or not his sketches came to fruition a number of Loewy designs were built, which is not the case for the subject of the puzzle (I'm pretty sure I'm right..)
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

kwgibbs

I found a car designer Norbert ostrowski,his sketches to me didn,t really seem took realistic,I could be wrong though?

Carnut

Quote from: kwgibbs on June 13, 2016, 02:21:10 PM
I found a car designer Norbert ostrowski,his sketches to me didn,t really seem took realistic,I could be wrong though?

Not him..
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

kwgibbs

I believe ben kroll did a lot of car sketches that never made it?

Carnut

Quote from: kwgibbs on June 13, 2016, 06:59:45 PM
I believe ben kroll did a lot of car sketches that never made it?

But it's not one of his..
If you can ascertain what the sketch(es) were for it would lead you straight to the answer...
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

kwgibbs

the car sketch artist that Im thinking of ,I believe starts with the letter  S     he did sketches very similar in style like arbib,kroll but I can,t remember his name. your right he has been featured here before? I,ll keep digging though.

Carnut

Quote from: kwgibbs on June 14, 2016, 09:20:15 AM
the car sketch artist that Im thinking of ,I believe starts with the letter  S     he did sketches very similar in style like arbib,kroll but I can,t remember his name. your right he has been featured here before? I,ll keep digging though.

You're right; his first name starts with an S...
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

kwgibbs

was it john samsen?

Carnut

Quote from: kwgibbs on June 14, 2016, 09:45:56 AM
was it john samsen?

No; as I said, his first name starts with an 'S'..
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

kwgibbs


Carnut

Quote from: kwgibbs on June 14, 2016, 01:40:24 PM
stan parker?

Not him, but you've got the first 2 letters of his Christian name!
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

kwgibbs

this is harder than I thought,the only other name I can find is Stanley willinsky,but I,ll keep searching?

Carnut

#63
You'll have to keep searching; it's not him!
Still locked for kwgibbs.
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

kwgibbs

I did some more searching and couldn,t find any name,s that start with letter,s S-T, I did find the name Syd Mead,but the letter,s aren,t correct,I,ll continue though.

Carnut

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oko94

Quote from: Carnut on June 08, 2016, 08:49:20 AM
It was part of a commissioned series.

Was it commissioned by a magazine ?

Carnut

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pnegyesi

was his first name Stewart?

Wendax


oko94


kwgibbs


Carnut

Not Stuart, Stewart, Steven or Stan Mott..
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

pnegyesi

was this for a cartoon?

oko94

Was it commissioned for a film / TV series ?