Charles Kerins
Charles Kerins has been called "The artist who painted America's Childhood". In a larger sense, Kerins, more than any other artist, chronicled mid 20th century America from a young person's perspective.
All of these images are from the magazine covers, so they don't have the quality and detail that phographing the original artwork would have.
Pity the poor Caddy on a hot day!
All of these images are from the magazine covers, so they don't have the quality and detail that phographing the original artwork would have.
Pity the poor Caddy on a hot day!
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Challenges make us appreciate the easy times.
Sometimes the first big boy haircutis a little rocky.
In many parts of America, going hunting was a right of passage for boys.
On the Phone Hi Coach! Kerins loved to play football and painted many football related Covers. The images on this page are all 2-Color Illustration done in red & black,
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Under Construction ~ Visit again soon This model is Bubby Turner, he is another of Kerins' favorite models, like Richard Murphy, his talent for modeling resulted in Bubby being chosen for many ads and magazine covers by Kerins. Joan Mulcahey was Kerins' favorite female model.
Art for Milton Bradley
Artist's Bio
Charles Kerins Portraits * An American Childhood * Catholic Boy Covers * More Catholic Boy Covers * Advertising Illustrations * Red Sox Yearbook Covers * Liberty and Other Artwork * Cardinal Cushing Portrait * Cardinal OHara Portrait * Bassil Fitzgerald Portrait * Father Corr Portrait * Father Sheehan Portrait * Father Sullivan Portrait * President Kennedy Portrait * Congressman Martin Portrait * WW2 CPO Aviator Portrait * More Catholic Boy Covers *
E-mail: Atoya@aol.com
Copyright Charles Kerins and Abby Willowroot1950 to 2008
All Rights Reserved ~ Some images used with permission of Copyright holders.