While the Marine Building is Vancouver’s main Art Deco attraction, it’s not the only one. The area of Granville Street known as the Power Block, named for Captain William Power also has fine examples. First, there is the Vogue Theatre.  Dating …

Having identified Chicago artist Lyton Erl Arent (1897-1970), I set about looking for more of his work and discovered he drew covers for American Builder magazine as early as 1932. These earlier illustrations show his talents, but other than the …

A product of 1920s euphoria and the Depression that followed, there is nothing quite like Vancouver’s Marine Building. Though dwarfed by it’s more modern neighbors, the Marine Building is host to an endless stream of tourists and the curious, and …

My thanks to John Glass who responded to my post on mystery artist L.A. Arent by checking the Illinois census from 1930. This led to Lynton Erle Arent, whose occupation was commercial artist. Since Arent did illustrations for American Builder …

1925–The ideas forming the basis of Art Deco coalesced at the Paris Exposition des Artes Decoratifs in 1925 and shortly thereafter an era of great expositions began. During the 1930s, almost every year brought an expo or Worlds Fair. Art …

I try to focus on lesser known aspects of Art Deco and this entry certainly meets that requirement! American Builder was a long-running publication aimed at contractors and developers. Like the pulp magazines of the 1930s, American Builder’s covers were …