Bart Forbes (born July 3, 1939 in Altus, OK) is an
American painter and
illustrator. He has worked for most of the popular magazines, amongst them
TIME and
Sports Illustrated, ((Ladies Home Journal, McCalls, Golf Digest, as well as a broad selection of corporate clients. His wide variety of works include
postage stamps for the
US Postal Service,
Time Magazine's Man of the Year article on Jimmy Carter, paintings of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, theme paintings for the
PGA tournaments and club houses and paintings of the Dallas Cowboys for Jerry Jones private jet. He was the recipient of the 1986 Sport Artist of the Year Award given annually by the
American Sport Art Museum and Archives.
The Sports Art of Bart Forbes, a collection of his most famous sports paintings, was published by Beckett in 1998.