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Edwardian Beauty in Green

Artist:J. Ross Bryson
Date:1907
Medium:Pastel on artist's paper
Dimensions:Sight Size: 17" x 20" | Framed: 26.5" x 31"
Condition:Good
Original Use:Original pastel for calendar/postcard use
Price: $7,500.00
Turn of the century woman in a green dress and flowered hat
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Edwardian Beauty in Green by J. Ross Bryson

A rare surviving pastel by the prolific and inventive early pin up artist James Ross Bryson. Bryson defined Art Nouveau feminine beauty with his Edwardian views of corseted and lavishly attired, erotic, and bold anti-Victorian maidens. An early star staff artist for the Thos. D. Murphy calendar company, his work also appeared in postcards and advertising and magazine covers. Bryson’s strong use of color, and stylized depictions of feminine glamour were heavily influential on art deco pastel artists like Rolf Armstrong, Earl Moran, and Zoe Mozert.

The Bryson girl, one of the most risque ideals of early 20th century feminine beauty, can be seen hanging in numerous bordello rooms in Storyville, the red light district in New Orleans. E. J. Bellocq, an unexceptional commercial photographer who lived in New Orleans shortly after the turn of the century, chronicled working girls in brothels, and Bryson pastels frequently appear in the background of these photographs. Original pastel works by J. Ross Bryson rarely come on the market, though vintage lithographs and calendars featuring images by the artist are hotly collected. This rare work is sold with a printed 1911 postcard featuring the published image which was created in 1907.

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Edwardian Beauty in Green

Artist: J. Ross Bryson
Price:  $7,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1900s, art nouveau, belle epoque, Edwardian, J. Ross Bryson, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up
Added to Gallery: March 11, 2016

 

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    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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