Louis Glanzman

Glanzman was born in 1922, raised in the farmlands of Virginia, a self educated artist. He began his career at the age of sixteen as a comic book illustrator. In the 40's he served as an illustrator on the Air Force magazine for the US Air Forces. During the 50's he illustrated numerous children's books, Always working as a free-lance illustrator, his paintings have appeared in Readers Digest, True, Argosey, Colliers, Boys Life, New Yorker, National Lampoon, Saturday Evening Post, etc. His career led him for a short sojourn as a court reporter for Life magazine. The covers for Time magazine enhanced his career as a portrait painter, and he is a member of the 'American Portrait Society.'

Glanzman's paintings and portraits are an integral part of many private and national collections throughout the United States. He has won awards from the Society of Illustrators, Art Directors Club, and the Salmagundi Club. His paintings are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., Tennessee State Art Museum, Nashville, Tenn., Nat'l Monument, Columbus, Ohio, United States Air Force Historical Foundation, Colorado, New York City Museum, Civil War Museum, Fredricksburg, Va., Sitka, Alaska, Ford Theater, Washington, D.C., Independence Park, Philadelphia, Pa., and Taos, New Mexico. Noted as one of America's most prolific illustrators and acclaimed portrait painters he is deeply proud of his many historical paintings. Glanzman seeks to follow the path laid by Pyle and Rockwell with much affection for Hokusai and Picasso.

As the spirit of American history was reawakened in the United States many American illustrators moved west to become western realist painters. Though Glanzman had been there often he remained behind to paint western scenes from afar. Most notable were a series of paintings Signing of the Constitution for Bantam Publishers of Louis L'Amour's famous western stories. For Glanzman all of the United States was historical.

In the 60's he was commissioned to paint the Civil War for Life magazine, National Geographic Society and the Department of the Interior. During this same period he was actively involved in the unfolding history of the'American Cultural Revolution' and painted over eighty covers for Time magazine. Most prominent were presidents, elections of presidents, and the historical landing on the moon of Neil Armstrong. History by now became his passion. More books and articles for National Geographic on American Independence and a number of paintings commissioned by the Parks Department were executed for several museums around the United States.

Two more bi-centennial covers for Time magazine, one of George Washington, and one of Thomas Jefferson finally culminated in the painting of the 'Signing of the Constitution' commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution to be installed in Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

Recently in 2002, his 13 portrait series of the Women of the New Testament became the basis for a book of spiritual reflections entitled 'Soul Sisters.'

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