Vintage 50s ORIGINAL Painting HARRY RICHARD BLACK Advertising MR CLEAN Hunt Dog

Location:

Dayton, OH

Description:

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:Incredible Vintage Painting By Harry Richard "Dick" Black (1921-2014)Two Men with a Dog are Depicted in a Winter Scene -- This is Likely the Original Painting of an Artwork that was Created for a Magazine Publication -- Signed to Lower LeftMeasures a Large 34.5" in Height x 25 3/8" WideCanvas Mounted to Foam BoardBIORichard Black was born on October 10, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He enrolled at Syracuse University, but left the school to enlist in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He moved to Ohio after the war and opened an art studio in Dayton, Ohio. He also taught art at both the University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College on a part-time basis for years. CareerBlack, who spent much of his career as a commercial artist, worked on projects for a number of companies, ranging from Frigidaire to Shell Oil. However, Black is best known for creating the widely recognized Mr. Clean commercial mascot. Procter & Gamble contacted Black during the 1950s. He was tasked by P with creating a new mascot for a forthcoming household cleaning product, to be called Mr. Clean. Executives at Procter & Gamble described the new cleaner as being "like magic" and envisioned the new product's mascot as a genie from a bottle.Procter & Gamble wanted Black to design a bald man (or genie) with a nose ring. Black created two versions of the genie, one with a nose ring and one without the ring. Procter & Gamble decided to use Black's image without the ring as Mr. Clean. Mr. Clean products were first released to consumers in 1958. A television and radio ad campaign, utilizing Black's Mr. Clean mascot, accompanied the launch of the product line. The company still uses the Mr. Clean character in its marketing, as of 2014.Black also freelanced for several magazines and painted illustrations for a list of national companies that included Bank of America, NCR, Shell Oil and FrigidaireArtist and painterIn addition to his commercial work, Black was also a landscape artist and a portrait painter. In 1956, one of his landscape paintings, complete with depictions of animals, was published in The Saturday Evening Post. An official from the United States Department of the Interior liked the painting. The Interior Department soon contacted Black and asked him to illustrate a character to promote wildfire prevention, Smokey Bear. Black painted the bear for 20 years and kept a life-sized Smokey The Bear statue on his front lawn at his home in Kettering, Ohio until he passed in 2014. Friend Ernie Sheeler of Dayton's Wright-Dunbar neighborhood said Black was a pilot and worked at Wright Field where he painted pictures of airplanes and their maneuvers presented to U.S. Congress for funding purposes. Sheeler said Black met everyone from painter Norman Rockwell, airplane co-creator Orville Wright and helicopter creator Igor Sikorsky during his lifetime. "He was just a very, very kind gentle an," said Sheeler, who owns Wright family portrays by Black. "He would just mesmerize you and hypnotize you with the stories he got to live through his 92 years of life."A Unique Opportunity to Own a Piece of Art by a Well-Loved American Artist -- Ready to Be Framed & TreasuredMessage with any QuestionsThanksI have listed this item to the best of my ability. If you have any questions, please contact me with at least 24 hours prior to the auction ending so I may reply to them. Payment is expected within three days of the auction ending, PayPal is the preferred method. The item will be shipped within one business day after payment has been received. Please leave positive feedback for me when the item arrives, I will do the same for after you have left feedback for me. If for some reason there is an issue with the item when it arrives, please contact me ASAP to address it.

Category:

Antiques

Color:

Black

Posted:

April 9 on Americanlisted