Walter M. Baumhofer (1904-1987)
Mystery on the Snow, c. 1934
Cover illustration for “The Mystery on the Snow” by Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent) for Doc Savage Magazine (May 1934), later published as Book 15 in the Doc Savage series (1934) with a different Baumhofer painting on the paperback cover.
Oil on canvas
Collection of Society of Illustrators, 083.031
The strong, tanned, clean-shaven countenance doing battle in the snow is Doc Savage, whose bronze skin, golden eyes and bronze hair were the reason for the appellation, “Man of Bronze.” (more…)
