Harry Anderson's Art for
Ladies' Home Journal
These paintings range from 1944-1961
I've located 56 LHJ illustrations!
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**NEW**
September 1952


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June 1950

*(Someday I hope to find a better image of this one.)
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July 1945

This young boy's mother dies, and she told him she was just going to go to "Another Room" -- and to comfort himself the boy plays with his favorite Christmas Angel Toy...
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July 1956

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February 1955

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August 1954

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November 1947


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September 1946

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March 1959

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October 1954


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July 1951


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January 1951 - "Thanks To Noah"


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January 1958
A pastor has 6 months to live and must tell his wife & son...

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February 1950 - 2 stories/3 illustrations!




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October 1954 - 2nd story


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February 1952


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December 1946

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September 1954


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March 1955

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April 1953


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May 1948


*(Compare it to Harry's 1954 calendar illustration:)

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May 1944


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May 1946


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July 1946


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August 1946

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May 1947
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January 1948

10-15 years ago Steve Rude sent me this b&w xerox of this illustration....

....and in 2013 I finally located the issue and got it in full color!!


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March 1948
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*May 1948 is at the top of this page.
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June 1948

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September 1948


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November 1948

INTERESTING COMPARISON: John Gannam was another good artist who illustrated for the same magazines as Harry, and this Gannam piece appeared 5 years earlier in a 1943 Good Housekeeping:
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March 1949


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April 1949

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August 1949


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December 1949


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April 1950


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August 1950 - Part 1 of 3

September 1950 - Part 2 of 3

Yes, in the story the mom got a nose job!
October 1950 - Part 3 of 3
...and the mom with her new nose got married...

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December 1950 (another wedding!)

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1950 - month unknown

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April 1951

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April 1952

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December 1953

The text covered up a LOT of Harry's art!
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January 1954

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February 1954


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May 1957


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July 1957
(2 versions of this painting of Grace Kelly)

BELOW: The 2nd version "flipped" / Harry's signature cropped off / Grace Kelly's chin "softened":

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September 1958

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December 1958 - 2 illustrations


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May 1959

It was printed "round" in the magazine, but that cut off a lot of the painting...

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August 1959

The art without the text:

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July 1961

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(MORE TO COME)
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