Gustavson, Lealand - 1954 Masters Tournament Playoff Print

Playoff for Masters Championship 1954
In an historic and spectacular match between two great golfers, Sam Snead defeats Ben Hogan at the Augusta National Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia. Snead is hitting an iron on the 13th. On this hole he went one up which was the final margin of victory. Snead 70; Hogan 71"

Unframed Golf Print:25 1/2" x 21"

Lealand R. Gustavson (1894-1966) was born in the Swedish community of Moline, Illinois. He studied nights for several years at the Chicago Art Institute while working in printing houses, advertising agencies and art services. After moving East, he resumed night classes, studying under Walter Biggs and Harvey Dunn.

Although he illustrated for The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, McCall’s, and many other periodicals, Gustavson was one of the mainstays of Blue Book magazine for many years and in his illustrations for the blood and thunder stories managed to “kill a staggering number of people in all the diabolical ways an author can dream up…”

Along with his interest in art, he was an ardent sportsman. For several years, he played tournament badminton throughout the East, holding a national championship title and several New England titles. He was equally interested in golf, both as a player and in illustrating the fine points of the game for books and magazine articles.

He exhibited widely and won many awards; he taught at the Chicago Art Institute and Ray Commercial Art School in Chicago. Gustavson was a member of the Salmagundi Club, the American Watercolor Society, and the Academic Artists Association.