Ernest Hamlin Baker (1889 – 1975)
Fortune Magazine Cover
13 ½ x 11 inches
gouache and ink on board
signed lower right
circa 1930
framed by Bark

Ernest Hamlin Baker
Baker was a self-taught illustrator. Most of his works were covers for Time Magazine, although he was responsible for eleven covers for Fortune Magazine between 1929 and 1941. Beginning in 1939, Baker produced over 300 covers for Time during his 17-year tenure with the magazine.