Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
An original pen and ink drawing from Nell Brinkley one of the premier female figures of the “Golden Age of American Illustration” that appeared originally in the William Randolph Hearst publication New York Journal-American newspaper during the 1920s or 1930s.
Artist: Nell Brinkley
A lyrical American impressionist oil painting by Charles Allan Winter, one of our favorite 20th century fine artists and illustrators. This is a large and important work with two demure Art Nouveau maidens in a lush and colorful stylized fantasy landscape. Verso retains original exhibition card and title of “Music”. Housed in a wide profile hand carved Paul Carter Goodnow American Arts & Crafts frame, a defining example from the Charles Martignette collection.
Artist: Charles Winter
This original oil painting of a hauntingly pretty blue-eyed lass is a stunning example by noted American illustrator and fine artist, Charles Allan Winter. Winter studied in France and Italy, we are really fans, his oils have a unique, peculiar, haunting quality. The artist illustrated Roycrofter Hubbard’s ‘Little Sermons’ in Cosmopolitan magazine, his work was often featured in Hubbard’s The Fra […]
Artist: Charles Allan Winter
A large expressive C. 1920 Art Deco American painting signed by the artist Sidis, a name which is unfamiliar to us. Though mysterious, this is a fabulous work featuring a harem of nude forest sprites making merriment in lavish erotic dance. The tree foliage is boldly applied impasto paint, which provides stark contrast to the muted tones […]
Artist: Sidis
This is a haunting watercolor by renowned book illustrator Willy Pogany. Marked on verso “Doll House Hell” this is a dark noir rendering of an evening on a boathouse. The pylons and trees are turning into monsters and even the sky appears to be weighing down on the lone boat. Pogany is best remembered for his illustrated volumes of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Artist: Willy Pogany
In this whimsically imaginative drawing from the German expressionist and Jugendstil artist Heinrich Kley, a nude water nymph, whose form and pose evoke Venus, frightens away a sea demon as her consort, a dolphin of sorts, looks on laughing. In this mixed medium detailed work, Kley inverts the viewers expectation of women’s sensuality in […]
Artist: Heinrich Kley
A stunning early 1900’s vintage James Arthur Studios, L. Goddard style, mixed media illustration. This work was used as a calendar for the American Art Works Calendar Company; Coshocton Ohio. Verso tag seems to read Drickley Studios and is titled Girl With Basket of Flowers. A lovely Art Nouveau, Belle Epoque maiden who is delightful and colorful and rendered with great detail and skill. A rare surviving original calendar-used illustration from the early era of glamour art.
Artist: Unidentified
A large oil on illustration board painting by E.F. Ward commissioned for an interior story titled “Drumheads and Dairy Maids” by Helen Topping Miller for the November 1918 edition of A Woman’s Home Companion. Work is beautifully displayed in oval matted, wide profile period antique frame behind glass.
Artist: E. F. Ward
A delightful pen & ink drawing of a flirty coquettish lass who goes by the name of “The Tango Girl”. In all ways this appears to be an artwork by Nell Brinkley though it is inscribed “Mae Howers”, not sure if this perhaps was the model? The image, style, handwriting and era all point to this being the work of Nell Brinkley.
Artist: After Nell Brinkley
This remarkable art deco Orientalist scene by the American illustrator and cartoonist Frank Godwin, depicts the interior story “Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves”, from the 1920 children’s book Stories The Sandman Told, a complete copy of which is included in the sale. Pictured in this gouache on board painting, is Morgiana, a slave girl who is pouring […]
Artist: Frank Godwin
