John Russell Fulton

John Russell Fulton (May 26, 1896 – May 15, 1979) was a painter-illustrator, best known for his cover and interior illustrations for many magazines including Blue book, Redbook, Collier's Weekly, Liberty, Argosy (magazine), Harper’s Bazaar, Saturday Evening Post, Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping, and American Legion, among others, from the late 1920s to the early 1950s.

He also took specialized courses and private instruction from Harvey Dunn and Robert Henri (Ashcan School).

In the 1920s, he worked as a commercial advertising artist in Chicago, and then eventually veered toward cover and interior illustration work in the magazine field in New York, where he continued successfully as an illustrator until the mid-1950s.

He specialized in period and historical subjects, New York scenes, and landscapes, and was well known for his dry brush and pen and ink technique.

[1] In the mid-1950s Fulton moved out west to his studio in Hemet, California, focusing on oil paintings of western and desert scenes.

Painting of kettle, candlestick, plate and bowl by John Fulton, ca. 1917