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Artist & Illustrator Alton S. Tobey

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Famous mostly for his historical illustrations and murals, Alton S. Tobey was also a modernist painter, portrait artist and historical muralist. This site features his biography and over 400 of his paintings for Life magazine, The Golden Books History of The United States, Epic of Man, and other books & magazines, his murals at the Smithsonian Institution, and dozens of his more modern "Curvilinear" and other non-representational paintings.

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Description:	Alton S. Tobey murals, paintings in museums and private collections, illustrations and a biography of the artist.
	Alton S. Tobey was one of the most prolific and diversified artists of the past century. For over six decades Tobey's murals, published works and thousands of paintings have taken millions of people on amazing visual journeys through world history, science, archeology and dozens of other subjects. The artwork, paintings, illustrations, portraits & murals of Alton Tobey, including original historical works for Life Magazine and many other publications, in addition to his modern Curvilinear and Fragments paintings, and an illustrated overview of his life.
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