Maurice Lincoln Bower (1889-1980) was born in Ohio and like most
youngsters who become artists, began to draw at a very young age. His
family moved to Philadelphia, and Bower went through high school there
and for a year at Pennsylvania State University. Learning about the
classes being taught by Pyle alumnus Walter Everett, he switched to the
school of Industrial Art in Philadelphia. While still a student, he bean
to be published in St. Nicholas magazine. Contracts totaling four
years' work for the Hearst Syndicate followed.
Under the nodding plumes each saw the face, a sketch of which was hidden in the slit of Marco's sleeve.
