Frank Adams (1914–1987) was an American

artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...

. Starting as an engineering draftsman during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he was known for book illustrations, cartoons, and paintings.Frank Adams at askART
/ref> Adams is noted for ''The Home Front'', which was first published in 1944. The book is filled with cartoons capturing the can-do spirit of men and women often working side by side for the war effort—welding, riveting, riding around on fork lifts.

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* 1914 births 1987 deaths 20th-century American illustrators {{US-illustrator-stub