John F. Gould Career Timeline

Examples of John F. Gould Art

Liberty Loan Poster designed by John Fleming Gould, 1918.

John Fleming Gould’s illustration for “The Torso Trap” by John Lawrence. Dime Detective Magazine #12. October, 1932

“Newburgh-Beacon Ferries-February 22, 1932”. John Fleming Gould, 1983.

“The Last Great March – 1782”. John Fleming Gould, 1982.

Timeline of John F. Gould’s Career

– 1926-1927: Resident artist of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation in Oyster Bay, Long Island.

-1927: Graduates from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

– 1927: First pulp magazine works appear in Danger Trails magazine. Other work would appear in Cowboy Stories, Astounding Stories, and Blue Book. Gould would end up publishing approximately 15,000 illustrations for these and other publications during this phase of his career.

– 1930-1942: Gould is hired as an illustrator for Popular Publications where his work appeared in The Spider, G-8 and His Battle Aces, and Operator #5.

–1941: Gould’s first illustration for the Saturday Evening Post appears in the August 23rd issue with the short story “Song for a Handsaw” by Dorothy Thomas.

-1946-1957: Gould begins illustrating advertisement art for General Electric

–1957: Gould opens Bethlehem Art Gallery and Art School in Cornwall, New York.

– 1957-1996: Gould retires from illustration to focus on painting historical and regional subjects, as well as teaching classes at Bethlehem Art School.

“The Three Daffodils” by John F. Gould, 1996