Walter Haskell Hinton

Who was Walter Haskell Hinton?

'Walter Haskell Hinton was a painter and illustrator He attended the Art Institute of Chicago 1901-1904, and he lived most of his life in the Chicago area, but spent some time in New York, and Philadelphia Early life

Walter Haskell Hinton was born August 24th, 1886 in San Francisco. His father Walter Otho Hinton was a well-traveled man, a linguist with an extraordinary memory who worked for the San Francisco Chronicle, possibly as a compositor. His mother, Mary Washburn Haskell Hinton, had strong artistic abilities. Hinton credited his own excellent visual memory to a combination of his parents’ talents. The family moved to Denver and then to Chicago at the time of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. As a youth he saw a production of Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World show – probably the one installed adjacent to the Exposition – which nourished his love of the Western pioneer and Native American cultures. WEB PAGE

His work included advertising, While in Philadelphia, Hinton developed the tobacco advertising character Velvet Joe for Liggett & Myers. Although he never received credit, it was Hinton who suggested Joe should resemble Mark Twain. outdoors magazines, illustrations for pulp magazines such as Mammoth Western and Western Story, magazine covers for Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Dairy Farmer, and Successful Farming, as well as illustrations of John Deere Tractors. Much of his calendar work ended up on puzzles. Artist Reviews.