Tom McNeely: Sinclair Lewis

Artist: Tom McNeely
1935 -
Nationality: Canadian
Artwork Year: 1985
Image Size: 17 by 19.875 inches
Overall Size: 22 by 26.25 inches
Medium: Water Color on Water Color Paper

The first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, novelist Sinclair Lewis gained international fame for his satirical novels which protested the problems and injustices of American society. Although his books were often surrounded by controversy, Sinclair Lewis gained great popularity as a novelist. His books challenged readers to examine their own ideals as well as the ideals of the country ... and in a real sense, helped shape the mood of America during the 1920's and 1930's. Lewis first gained a reputation as a serious writer with his novel Main Street which was published in 1920. Patterned after his own hometown of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Main Street probed the commercial values and lack of individuality in small-town America. The critical acclaim for this satirical novel was overwhelming, and brought him immediate fame. Launched by the success of Main Street, Lewis became absorbed in his writing, and within the next few years, published numerous novels including Babbitt and Arrowsmith. Receiving the same acclaim and stirring the same controversy as his earlier works, Arrowsmith examined corruption and prejudice in the medical society. This novel not only won Lewis the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, but it was instrumental in his becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Recognizing a decade of extraordinary productivity and success, the Nobel Prize marked the pinnacle of Sinclair Lewis' career.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the U.S. 14¢ Sinclair Lewis stamp issued March 21, 1995.

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