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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

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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.

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 […]

Reading Victorian Maiden with Kitten

Artist: Hamilton King
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: cat, Edwardian, Hamilton King, Norman Platnick, pastel, victorian
Added to Gallery: July 26, 2020

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 […]

A Blue Eyed Lass

Artist: Gene Pressler
Price:  $6,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, 1920s, art nouveau, Calendar, Edwardian, Gene Pressler, glamour, Golden Age, illustration, Norman Platnick, original calendar art, original illustration art, Original pastel, pin up, portrait
Added to Gallery: July 10, 2020

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 […]

Lady In Blue

Artist: Philip Boileau
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, Calendar, Edwardian, Gargoyle Motor Oil, glamour, Golden Age, Norman Platnick, original calendar art, original illustration art, pastel, Philip Boileau, pin up, postcard
Added to Gallery: July 10, 2020

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 […]

The Jade Necklace

Artist: Haskell Coffin
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, Calendar, flapper, glamour, Golden Age, Haskell Coffin, magazine cover, original calendar art, original illustration art, Original pastel, pin up, portrait
Added to Gallery: July 8, 2020

American Magazine cover art by Earl Christy This is a lovely pastel illustration by American artist and illustrator Earl Christy. Showing a delicate flapper beauty holding wispy flowers to her breast in classic romantic fashion, this was used as cover art for The American Magazine, May 1923. A  complete issue of the magazine is included in […]

An American Beauty

Artist: Earl Christy
Price:  $6,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: American Magazine, Calendar, Earl Christy, Golden Age, Norman Platnick, original cover art, Original pastel, pin up
Added to Gallery: July 4, 2020

This large and enchanting pastel was created by the American illustrator J. Knowles Hare as advertising calendar art for Sunshine Biscuits.

The Sunshine Girl - Spring

Artist: J. Knowles Hare
Price:  $3,950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, advertising, american, art nouveau, Calendar, Edwardian, glamour, Golden Age, J. Knowles Hare, Norman Platnick, pastel, pin up, Sunshine Biscuits
Added to Gallery: July 4, 2020

Redbook Cover by Haskell Coffin This romantic and dreamy pastel by the important pretty girl illustrator Haskell Coffin appeared as the cover of the July 1923 edition of Redbook magazine. In the 1920s, Redbook was one of the premiere fiction magazines in the country, with stories by authors ranging from Jack London to Edith Wharton. […]

A Red Book Cover Girl With Flowers

Artist: Haskell Coffin
Price:  $5,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, Golden Age, Haskell Coffin, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, Original pastel, Red Book Magazine
Added to Gallery: July 1, 2020

Maiden illustration by Carle Blenner This original oil on canvas painting by the German - American portrait artist and illustrator Carle Blenner shows a flushed and erotically charged image of a brunette Victorian maiden. This work is beautifully executed--the subject's gaze is mesmerizing, her skin tones are spectacular, and we love the stylish hair pin […]

Lovely Maiden Looking Over Her Shoulder

Artist: Carle J. Blenner
Price:  $3,950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: Calendar, Carle J. Blenner, Edwardian, Norman Platnick, oil painting, victorian
Added to Gallery: June 17, 2020

The Underwood American Girl Calendar - The Girl of the West This large Clarence Underwood gouache painting appeared as the first page in the 1908 Underwood American Girl Calendar with the title "The Girl Of The West".  The calendar was published by The Frederick A. Stokes Company. The image features a handsome young enlisted soldier […]

The Girl of the West

Artist: Clarence F. Underwood
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, Calendar, Clarence F. Underwood, Edwardian, gouache, Militaria, Norman Platnick
Added to Gallery: June 17, 2020

Global Glamour - Typical Beauties on All Our War Fronts A fine surviving cover illustration painting by Henry Clive for the August 27, 1944 edition of "The American Weekly", a Randolph Hearst publication. Clive enjoyed a three decade long association with this title, he often created serialized successive monthly covers of female heroines throughout history. […]

Global Glamour - Normandy

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  $9,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1940s, American Weekly, Cover Art, gouache, Henry Clive, Norman Platnick, pin up, World War II, WWII
Added to Gallery: June 17, 2020

Madonna in 1998 by John Berkey This original casein on board published illustration painting shows the singer Madonna as a celestial being standing in the middle of a classic John Berkey starscape. With her arms outstretched, she appears to bring light to a universe filled with space junk. The illustration was created to accompany an […]

Madonna, 1998

Artist: John Berkey
Price:  $3,750.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1990s, illustration, John Berkey, madonna, sci-fi, spin magazine
Added to Gallery: June 16, 2020

Milady Beautiful, calendar art by Edward Eggleston This is an enchanting oil on canvas painting by artist and illustrator Edward Eggleston. A beguiling Jazz Age fantasy image, this portrait features a rosy cheeked flapper girl draped in a floral piano shawl. Seated in an arched window, she takes in the moonlit sky. A skillfully rendered […]

Milady Beautiful

Artist: Edward Eggleston
Price:  $15,000.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, Calendar, Edward Eggleston, flapper, Gerlach-Barklow, Norman Platnick, oil painting
Added to Gallery: June 14, 2020

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