Lynn buckham

Lynn Buckham's work was among the very first that caught my eye way back when I first started the Today's Inspiration mailing list (several years before I began the blog). The piece below was one of the earliest scans I ever made of a mid-century illustration. I was really taken with Buckham's combining of flat design elements and 50's idealized realism. Little did I know back then that Buckham was just one of a legion of illustrators staking a claim in territory pioneered by Al Parker…

Lynn Buckham's work was among the very first that caught my eye way back when I first started the Today's Inspiration mailing list (several years before I began the blog). The piece below was one of the earliest scans I ever made of a mid-century illustration. I was really taken with Buckham's combining of flat design elements and 50's idealized realism. Little did I know back then that Buckham was just one of a legion of illustrators staking a claim in territory pioneered by Al Parker…

For Air-Force Wife by Steve McNeil. From The Saturday Evening Post.

Lynn Buckham /WOMAN'S MAGAZINE March 1966

Lynn Buckham

These beautifully illustrated Pepsi advertising campaigns from the 50s and 60s have just about made my day. I love the way each one has its own story like a snapshot from a moment in someone's life whether it's just a day at the beach, sitting front row at fashion week, hanging out in the kitchen at

Saturday Evening Post Illustrated by Lynn Buckham Year unknown Courtesy of Sean Phillips

1960 The Saturday Evening Post, Sept. - Lynn Buckham

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