James Francis Graves Gladney (December 11, 1907 – March 24, 1976) was an illustrator known for his cover paintings for Street & Smith pulp magazines, especially The Shadow.
He was the son of Katherine Lewis Graves and Franklin Young Gladney, a successful lawyer and author of several articles and books on patent law.
After the end of World War II, he accepted a job as a teacher at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
[1] He was a keen big game hunter and trap shooter and so, being a marksman, he served as a gunnery instructor in World War 2.
[3] The original oil painting of his January 1941 cover for The Shadow was exhibited at the university's Olin Business School.