Artist Frederic Kimball Mizen (1888-1964) was a prominent 20th century landscape and genre painter and a pioneer in billboard illustrations. He's most well-known for designing the first Coca Cola billboard ad and for creating magazine covers for numerous American publications, including “The Saturday Evening Post.”
Mizen made numerous trips to the Southwest and became well known for his paintings of Native Americans and the landscapes of Arizona and New Mexico. He also established a thriving practice of portrait painting and was favored for official corporate portraits. An educator as well as a fine and commercial artist, Mizen opened his own art school in Chicago in 1936.
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