R. John Holmgren

R. John Holmgren (1897–1963) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and he attended the St. Paul Art Institute. He moved to New York in 1919 and attended Columbia University and the Art Students League.

In 1941, Holmgren was elected as the president of Society of Illustrators, after Harold Von Schmidt and served until 1944. He produced covers and illustration for most of the major magazines of the day including Life, Judge, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Colliers, American, Ladies Home Journal, McCall’s, Readers Digest, Saturday Evening Post, This Week, and many major newspapers.