Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
| Artist: | Frank Hanley | |
| Date: | 1930s | |
| Medium: | Gouache on Illustration Board | |
| Dimensions: | Sight Size 14" x 18" Framed 21" x 26 1/2" | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Original Use: | Cover for Judge Magazine May 24, 1930 | |
| Price: | $2,800.00 |
Full View of Artwork
Detail of Spanish Senorita
Copy Of Judge Magazine with cover art
The artist's signature
A humorous, Art Deco, Spanish flavored gouache illustration created for the cover of the May 24, 1930 edition of Judge magazine.
A quirky scene by frequent Judge cover artist Frank Hanley titled "The Serenade."
This is nicely framed and matted in a period wood frame and comes with a complete edition of the published magazine.
Full framed view in handsome period frame
At the turn of the 20th century, Industrial Revolution inventions brought technological advancements to printmaking that ushered in a Golden Age of American illustration. Publishers and calendar companies developed new techniques for producing multi-color offset lithographs that were fast, affordable, and flat-out glorious to view, blurring the distinction between fine art and "art for commerce." As artists realized the fidelity with which their originals could be reproduced, they began working in a technically elevated style. Their illustrations were used as covers, interior vignette story board paintings and in long-running iconic advertising campaigns such as “Cream of Wheat,” which premiered a new illustration each month in The Saturday Evening Post. The best examples by the finest commercial illustrators were very much in demand, as they are again today.
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