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a traditionally dressed Chinese maiden surrounded by ghostly hands with pointed fingers

Shortly after the Armistice of 1918 brought an end to World War I, an outbreak of violence within San Francisco’s Chinatown attracted national attention, and raised awareness of the off-and-on gangland violence known as the Tong wars. As San Francisco became known as home to the largest Chinese population anywhere outside of Asia, fascination about […]

Tong War Illustration

Artist: Pedro Llanuza

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: art deco, Chinese, gouache, pedro llanuza, pulp, San Francisco, Tong War
Added to Gallery: May 13, 2019

A pristine and important surviving Henry Clive illustration painting that appeared as the cover for the July 16, 1933 edition of The American Weekly, a Randolph Hearst publication. The magazine often commissioned Clive to create serialized images of enchantresses that shared a thematic thread. In this case, exotic maidens in the crossfire of cupid’s bow. Our […]

Cupids – Chinese Princess

Artist: Henry Clive

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, American Weekly, art deco, Chinese, fantasy, Golden Age, Henry Clive, illustration, magazine cover, Mandarin, original cover art, original illustration art, pin up, Randolph Hearst, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: March 9, 2016

    An outstanding, highly stylized, Art Deco, large format oil on canvas painting by the American fine artist and illustrator Henry Soulen. This was likely featured as an interior illustration for an American weekly magazine such as The Saturday Evening Post. Known for these types of depictions, Soulen was an early student of Howard Pyle; […]

Chinese Opera

Artist: Henry Soulen

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, Chinese, Golden Age, Henry Soulen, illustration, Mandarin, orientalist
Added to Gallery: June 19, 2015

 

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