Edward Vincent Brewer
Folk-style illustrator and portraitist
Edward Vincent Brewer of St. Paul was Minnesota's answer to famed illustrator Norman Rockwell. From 1911 until 1926 Brewer created the enormously popular fullpage Cream of Wheat advertisements that appeared monthly in dozens of national magazines. The folksy ads for the Minneapolis company have become collector's items. The son of one of this country's finest portrait painters (and the father of a talented portraitist), Edward Brewer was also a gifted muralist and portrait painter. His paintings of business, academic, and political leaders in Minnesota are included in numerous public and private collections.
Artworks by this artist
- Peace and Plenty 1923
- Sic’um, Tige, Cream of Wheat ad illustration 1913
- A Morning Thought, Cream of Wheat advertisement 1924
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1914
- ‘I Done Had to Frame Rastus’ 1912
- Lady Liberty at Night c. 1908
- Rip Van Winkle, Cream of Wheat advertisement 1915
- The Greatest Need of the Growing Child – Energy 1924
- The Speaker of the House, Cream of Wheat ad illustration 1925