Education
Ekman initially apprenticed with Sundblom who was a close family friend and by 1951 for Elvgren.
Ekman initially apprenticed with Sundblom who was a close family friend and by 1951 for Elvgren.
His early influences were Gil Elvgren, Haddon Sundblom, Joyce Ballantyne. He died in Medford, New Jersey in 1999. Harry Ekman studied at the American Academy of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
He is best remembered for his pin-up and advertising work.
Working with Gil Elvgren, he is thought to have penned several of the iconic images attributed to Elvgren. By 1960, Ekman was making a transition from commercial illustration and pin-up art to portraiture.
The rest of his career was devoted to gallery works and portraits.