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Tag: oil on canvas

July 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in.

July 1943

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[updated 7/25/25]

Posted on November 9, 2025November 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags arson, e. hoffmann price, h.j. ward, oil on canvas, speed mystery magazineLeave a comment on July 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

Oil on stretched canvas, 15 x 11 in., not signed

August 1936 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 30, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, oil on canvas, telephone, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

illustration art by Tom Lovell

Murder by Lamplight, magazine interior, 1937
Oil on canvas, 42-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches (107.3 x 76.8 cm)
Signed and dated upper right: Tom Lovell 37

Posted on November 23, 2024November 12, 2024Categories pulpTags oil on canvas, tom lovell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on illustration art by Tom Lovell

cover art by Emmett Watson

Captain’s Shot, Detective Fiction Weekly, February 25, 1939
Oil on canvas, 28 x 24 inches (71.1 x 61.0 cm)
Signed center right

Posted on August 25, 2024November 19, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, original art, pulpTags dale clark, detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, flynn's, oil on canvas, paul ernst, richard sale, t.t. flynn, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Emmett Watson

cover art by Richard Lillis

Murder by the Book, Hollywood Detective, December 1944
Oil on canvas, 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on August 5, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags cash, hollywood detective magazine, oil on canvas, original art, richard lillis, robert leslie bellem, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Richard Lillis

cover art by Earle K. Bergey

Dodging a Bullet, pulp cover
Oil on canvas, 35 x 25 in.
Signed lower left

Posted on July 22, 2024July 3, 2024Categories original art, pulpTags bullet holes, earle k. bergey, mirror, oil on canvasLeave a comment on cover art by Earle K. Bergey

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Oil on stretched canvas, 18 x 14 in.
Not signed

September 1945 issue

Posted on June 25, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags cyril plunkett, day keene, detective tales magazine, footprints, oil on canvas, rafael desoto, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by George Gross

Daughter of Satan, Women in Crime pulp digest cover, March 1948
Oil on canvas, 20 x 15 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, george gross, oil on canvas, woman with a gun, women in crimeLeave a comment on cover art by George Gross

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Spicy Adventure Stories, July 1939
Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in.
Signed lower left

Posted on May 23, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags h.l. parkhurst, luke terry, oil on canvas, spicy-adventure stories, turban, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Night of Action, Spicy Adventure Stories, April 1940
Oil on canvas laid on Masonite, 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on May 15, 2024May 13, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, hugh speer, oil on canvas, original art, racist imagery, spicy adventure stories magazine, yellow menaceLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

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