C .C. Beall Biography
Cecil Calvert Beall
1892-1970   (there are conflicting dates of his death listed also as 1967.

Beall received tutoring from the Canadian-American painter George Brant Bridgman at the Art Students League in New York City. While there he displayed his artwork and drawings at exhibits of the Society of Illustrators. Beall also attended Pratt Institute to learn the art of watercolor painting and poster drawing.

Beall was temporarily an employee of the U. S. War Department. At the same time, he was also a correspondent-artist for several magazines, including Collier's, and painted portraits of decorated war heroes. Beall was an eyewitness to the 1945 official Japanese surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri. He painted General MacArthur at the event; his work later became the official portrait.

Creater of the 7th War Loan.   Now... All Together.   Concerned that bond sales might dwindle after the defeat of Germany, officials commissioned illustrator C. C. Beale to create a poster for the seventh War Loan subscription to boost bond sales.   This 1945 poster - based on the iconic photograph of soliders raising the U. S. Flag on Iwo Jima - did just that, and campaign sales soared.