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F. R. Harper

This circa 1925 oil on canvas by F.R. Harper was used as calendar art by The American Art Works Calendar Company. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

Waving Goodbye

Artist: F. R. Harper

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, American Art Works, art deco, chicago, F. R. Harper, flapper, hudson river, original calendar art, patriotic
Added to Gallery: August 25, 2016

This stunning oil on canvas painting by the illustrator F.R. Harper, presents a beautiful partisan French fighter looking over the ruins of a French village.  Harper gained notoriety at the turn of the last century for his nostalgic and beautiful Indian Maiden images, and as World War I unfolded, he turned his attention to images like this which personified patriotic […]

Out Of The Rubble

Artist: F.R. Harper

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, F. R. Harper, illustration, military, original illustration art, patriotic, WWI
Added to Gallery: October 18, 2015

An exceedingly scarce original oil on canvas by noted Illinois early calendar artist F.R. Harper. Harper had a long and successful career in American Illustration. He was particularily adept at portraying exotic-themed Anglo Saxon-ized Indian Maidens and his rare paintings of beautiful women are some of the most poignant in terms of mood and technique from the early art nouveau influenced pre art deco years of glamour art. This is nicely framed and has been oversprayed with some type of varnish or shellac at some point and is priced accordingly.

Early Calendar Maiden at a Stream

Artist: F. R. Harper

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art nouveau, Calendar, F. R. Harper, maiden, nymph, original calendar art
Added to Gallery: September 15, 2005

 

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