1957. Artist and illustrator James Montgomery Flagg said, "Cornwell is the illustrator par excellence-his work is approached by few and overtopped by none...he is a born artist." Cromwell died on December 4, 1960 in New York City at the age of 68. Examples of Cornwell's Work Notes References Anne-Leslie Owens, Dean Cornwell, The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture Telephone Men and Women at Work Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators, by Patricia Janis Broder, Hardcover 240 pages Publisher: Collectors Pr (October 1, 2000) External links Dean Cornwell collection at the National Museum of American Illustration Works in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Dean Cornwell artwork can be viewed at American Art Archives web site 1892 births 1960 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters American muralists Artists from Louisville, Kentucky Artists from New Rochelle, New York Art Students League of New York faculty Art Students League of New York alumni Painters from Kentucky National Academy of Design members People of the New Deal arts projects American magazine illustrators 20th-century American male artists