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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Cecil Calvert Beall
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Cecil Calvert Beall

American, 1892 - 1967
Place of BirthSaratoga, Wyoming
Place of DeathTampa, Florida
Cecil Beall was a portrait artist and commercial illustrator known for his work in "The Saturday Evening Post," "Vanity Fair," "Cosmopolitan," and "Collier’s." His 1936 "Collier’s" cover portrait of FDR earned him an appointment as art director of the Democratic National Committee.