Lou Nolan (artist)

Lou Nolan (né Louis James Nolan, Jr.; 28 June 1926 Washington, D.C. – 24 October 2008 McLean, Virginia) was an American artist who, among extra things, designed several United States Navy recruiting posters and, from 1985 through 2007, illustrated very nearly twenty-five USPS stamps. In Navy literature, he is sometimes incorrectly credited as Lloyd Nolan. Nolan plus created designs for NASA, the Smithsonian Institution, the further branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and several federal agencies. His deed was honored by the Art Directors Club of New York and Print magazine. He won gold and silver medals from the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington.