Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
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." The best examples by the finest commercial illustrators were revered by the public, and today are beloved by collectors.
Charming Family Illustration by Samuel Frantz This is a wholesome interior scene done en grisaille in oil on canvas by Russian artist and illustrator Samuel Frantz. A young family is gathered in celebration as the young men of the family present a youthful flapper beauty with gifts of candy and a wax sealer set. We […]
Artist: Samuel Marshall Frantz
Price: $1,850.00
Edwardian Equestrian Scene by Henry Hutt This is a large format, published gouache painting on illustration board by the prolific American illustrator Henry Hutt. This painting appeared in print version with the title "Thoroughbreds", and was published in 1904 by Harper And Brothers; a vintage print is included in the sale. In this depiction, an […]
Artist: Henry Hutt
Price: $2,850.00
An Edwardian Beauty by Noted Female Figure Illustrator C. Allan Gilbert This is a handsome, vintage and original gouache on illustration board painting by American illustrator Charles Allan Gilbert. This early 20th century portrait features a lovely Edwardian woman in stylish brown riding attire holding a riding crop in her lap. A bouquet of roses […]
Artist: Charles Allan Gilbert
Price: $1,500.00
Love's Young Dream by Carle J. Blenner This is a soft, moody, and evocative pastel by the well-listed and prolific illustrator Carle J. Blenner. This features a lovely Edwardian maiden in a loose fitting pink dress with a plunging neckline that reveals a tantalizing view of her bust line. This pastel was published as a […]
Artist: Carle J. Blenner
Price: $4,500.00
Reading Victorian Maiden with Kitten with Hamilton King This is a fabulous, dated 1901, large format pastel on tinted artist paper by the prolific American illustrator Hamilton King. In this portrait a bookish Victorian beauty in a large plumed hat catches up on her reading with a little kitten at her side. The pastel is […]
Artist: Hamilton King
Price: $3,500.00
This is a colorful, deftly created, and luminous pastel illustration on stretched canvas by the prolific illustration team of Henry and John Hintermeister, who collectively painted under the name Hy Hintermeister. In this piece a stylish, young, red-haired flapper in equestrian attire rides a black stallion horse against a pastoral autumn colored backdrop that is […]
Artist: Hy Hintermeister
Price: $3,850.00
Original Art by Gene Pressler This beautifully well-preserved pastel painting is by American artist and illustrator Gene Pressler. With a rich color palette and Pressler's signature glow, this pastel features a rosy-cheeked blue eyed stylish Edwardian in attire lass. We assume this was created sometime in the 1910s as magazine cover art but thus far […]
Artist: Gene Pressler
Price: $6,500.00
Calendar art by Philip Boileau By the time Philip Boileau created this pastel on board calendar illustration, he was already one of the most popular "pretty girl" postcard artists working. This example, which was copyrighted under the title Lady In Blue features a blue-eyed Edwardian maiden looking over her shoulder daringly at the viewer, and is […]
Artist: Philip Boileau
Price: $3,500.00
A Metropolitan Beauty by Haskell Coffin On offer is a lovely masterfully rendered pastel by the prolific American artist and illustrator Haskel Coffin. The image shows demure sad eyed flapper girl in a floating head styled popularized by Rolf Armstrong. Pastel was created as the cover for the May, 1920 edition of Metropolitan Magazine. Pastel […]
Artist: Haskell Coffin
Price: $3,500.00
A Flapper Beauty by Haskell Coffin On offer is a lovely, masterfully rendered pastel by the prolific American artist and illustrator Haskel Coffin. The image shows a stylized blue eyed flapper girl dressed for an evening on the town with a beaded roaring twenties dress and a jade green wrap and necklace. This pastel was […]
Artist: Haskell Coffin
Price: $3,850.00
A fun whimsical expertly rendered baseball themed illustration oil on canvas painting by E.M. Jackson. In this fresh to the market work, a baseball umpire is pelted with a tomato after making the "You're out..." sign. Our gallery loves this illustrator, this is from the 1920s or early 1930s and was likely a magazine cover […]
Artist: E.M. Jackson
Price: Sold
Flapper Girl with Fan by Charles Allan Gilbert On offer is a lovely pastel illustration by C. Allan Gilbert. It depicts a stylish flapper girl in a pretty beaded black dress with a large ostrich plume hand fan. It is our hunch that was created for the calendar market. It is signed in the upper […]
Artist: Charles Allan Gilbert
Price: $4,500.00
