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The Hippopotamus Parade

Artist:Henry Soulen
Date:1919
Medium:Oil on Gessoed Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 26" x 22" Framed 31" x 26"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:The Saturday Evening Post Interior Illustration Feb. 15, 1919
Price: Sold
Full framed view in handsome gallery frame
Full framed view in handsome gallery frame
Full view of oil on board
Full view of oil on board
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A defining and haunting American impressionist oil on board by Henry James Soulen. This painting was created for use as an interior illustration in the February 15, 1919 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.  Illustrating the story “The Hippopotamus Parade,” the image shows the climactic moment in which a caravan of state-of-the-art motor trucks were able to save a California valley from destruction by a faulty dam.  The artwork shows the tensions at work in the industrialization of the West, dramatically positioning automobile culture, industrial technology, and the life-and-death struggles of humanity  in the raging waters of an unforgiving landscape.  Known for his orientalist exotic aesthetic, Soulen was an early student of Howard Pyle. With Soulen’s signature heavy expressive brush strokes and impasto technique, this work was exhibited in 1983 at the Delaware Art Museum. This wonderful example confirms our suspicion that artists often created their finest work for the prestigious pages of The Saturday Evening Post. A complete copy of magazine where this illustration appears on page 16 is included in the sale.

The artists signature and frame profile
The artists signature and frame profile

In 1907 Soulen enrolled at The School of Art Institute in Chicago, and studied under Alphonse Mucha who was a guest instructor there in the spring of 1908. Soulen painted in the Howard Pyle tradition and believed in thorough research and historically accurate details in his work. Soulen suffered a stroke in 1963 and passed away in Mexico, in his long and prolific career he was said to have created over 2200 published illustrations.

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Above: Exhibition labels included in sale with program
Above: The artist at work

The Hippopotamus Parade

Artist: Henry Soulen
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: american, chicago, Henry Soulen, impressionist, original interior illustration, The Saturday Evening Post
Added to Gallery: July 28, 2018

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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