A beautiful and serene commissioned pastel portrait of the young, wealthy blue blood high society beauty N.H. Fill. American illustrators often subsidized their earnings by taking lucrative portrait commissions from wealthy New York City Industrial Revolution aristocratic patrons. Often these jobs found the artists depicting the heiresses as glamour girl beauties in stylized, iconic, modern fashion. Gifted artist and illustrator Haskell Coffin excelled at this sort of beauty, and was best known as a cover artist contributing covers for countless American magazines including The Saturday Evening Post. His wholesome American stylized beauties also graced many Calendars for The Thos D. Murphy Calendar Company and other early twentieth century companies.
A Demure Society Girl In Pastel
Artist: | Haskell Coffin | |
Date: | 1920s | |
Medium: | Pastel on IIlustration Board | |
Dimensions: | Sight Size 21.5" x 27.5" Framed 25" x 31" | |
Condition: | Excellent | |
Original Use: | Commissioned Pastel Portrait |
A Demure Society Girl In Pastel
Artist: Haskell Coffin