# Who did these 1960s artworks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** arts-crafts\ **Created:** [January 3, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548 "2021-01-03T00:26:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/21 "2021-05-25T20:44:58Z")
Bumping this on the off-chance that some new dopers will know … It’s still bugging me. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/22 "2021-05-25T20:49:23Z")
I have kept searching but so far I haven’t had any luck. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/23 "2021-05-25T21:56:42Z")
I think this isn’t rock poster art. It looks like advertising graphic design, mid to late 60s. You should search for graphic designers from that period. It could be block printing, or at least drawn to resemble woodcuts but with a modern flair. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/24 "2021-05-25T23:34:00Z")
An excellent suggestion. I have checked into a quite a few graphic designers (Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Alton Kelley, Alan Aldridge, Weymouth & English, etc.) but so far no luck. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/25 "2021-05-26T02:09:05Z")
Also, not necessarily San Francisco. Could be 70s. The artist had seen psychedelic art, but I’ll bet he or she never took drugs. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyWest](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnnywest/32/7223_2.png) [@JohnnyWest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyWest)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/26 "2021-05-26T02:21:35Z")
Maybe some early Kliban? I get the Sendak vibe as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/27 "2021-05-26T02:28:07Z")
Could also be a postage stamp design. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/28 "2021-05-26T02:42:53Z")
Oh, look - this one is signed. I think it says “Bglt Svarkvr”. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/6p59fWPt/signature.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/6p59fWPt/signature.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/29 "2021-05-26T03:11:57Z")
I don’t know from Gil Brown, but the answer appears to be [Gil Brown](https://leadpipeposters.com/cat-illustration). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/30 "2021-05-26T03:37:23Z")
A person with an excellent name has solved it! Great job, **Borborygmi**! Thank you! I’m now off to explore Mr. Brown’s work; a copy of that poster will soon be on its way to my house. I see [they also have the flying pig and a sun poster as well](https://leadpipeposters.com/search/node/gil%20brown%20type%3Aproduct). Thanks again for the keen detective work! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/31 "2021-05-26T17:15:05Z")
Top Banana ! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/32 "2021-05-26T17:38:04Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’m now off to explore Mr. Brown’s work; Hope you have more luck than i did … i can’t find anything ! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548/33 "2021-05-26T17:49:47Z")
😠 Nope. Just those 3 images is all I find. I did find some bio information on a very unusual website: [Gil Brown, horoscope for birth date 5 January 1941, born in Seminole, with Astrodatabank biography - Astro-Databank](https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Brown,_Gil) At least, that looks like it could be the same person. There’s also a MOMA page that looks like it might be him but there’s nothing there: no images, no real text other than the label: nothing. [https://www.moma.org/artists/49236#works](https://www.moma.org/artists/49236#works) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-these-1960s-artworks/929548.md?page=1)