Andy Jurinko Dies at 71

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New York Times, February 26, 2011

Andy Jurinko, Painter Whose Art Memorialized Ballparks, Dies at 71

By DENNIS HEVESI

There is the panoramic view toward the Green Monster, the towering left-field wall at Fenway Park, on June 8, 1950, as the Boston Red Sox are crushing the St. Louis Browns, 24-9.

There is the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Duke Snider at bat in Ebbets Field in July 1955, with the Schaefer Beer sign — “A real hit! A real beer!” — above the scoreboard and the Abe Stark clothing store sign below.

There is Willie Mays making his incredible over-the-head catch in deep center at the Polo Grounds in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series between the Giants and the Cleveland Indians.

Those are among the hundreds of vividly realistic oil paintings — in reds, blues, yellows and, of course, infield and outfield greens — that made Andy Jurinko one of the foremost baseball artists, known particularly for reprising the days when fans in fedoras and straw hats filled the stands.

Mr. Jurinko, a Phillies fan, died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 14 at his loft in Lower Manhattan, his wife, Pat Moore, said. He was 71.

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