Art Instruction Schools, better known to many as Art Instruction, Inc., was a home study correspondence course providing training in cartooning and illustration. The company was located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Art Instruction Schools headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ad as it appeared in Modern Romances (November 1949)
Full-page ad as it appeared in the Oakland Tribune on Sunday, November 13, 1959.
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Russell Patterson was an American cartoonist, illustrator and scenic designer. Patterson's art deco magazine illustrations helped develop and promote the idea of the 1920s and 1930s fashion style known as the flapper.
Russell Patterson arrives in Hollywood in 1937 for the filming of Artists and Models.
One of Patterson's rough scenic designs, for the film Give Me a Sailor (1938).
Russell Patterson's Mamie (December 13, 1953)
"Where there's smoke there's fire" by Russell Patterson, an example of the "girl-goddess" that influenced many artists.