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The Flowered Gown – a portrait by Edna Crompton This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting by noted female artist and illustrator Edna Crompton. A glamorous portrait of a flapper girl wearing a flowered gown with a red shawl and green feathered hand fan, we believe this piece to be one of the paintings […]

The Flowered Gown

Artist: Edna Crompton

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, Calendar, Edna Crompton, Exhibited, Norman Platnick, oil painting
Added to Gallery: June 14, 2020

My Wild Irish Rose, a delicate beauty by Warde Traver This is an enchanting oil on board painting by American artist and illustrator Charles Warde Traver. A sophisticated portrait with Art Deco stylings, this painting features a beautiful brunette flapper in a rusted orange tunic who coyly fingers the beads of her green necklace while […]

My Wild Irish Rose

Artist: Warde Traver

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, Calendar, Charles Warde Traver, Cover Art, Norman Platnick, oil painting, Warde Traver
Added to Gallery: June 14, 2020

Illustrated advertising portrait by Charles Bosseron Chambers This gorgeous oil on canvas painting is by American artist and illustrator Charles Bosseron Chambers. With deep, rich gold colors set against a muted, textured backdrop, this portrait features an elegant flapper girl wearing a gold kimono with a matching gold headband wrapped around her bobbed brunette hair. […]

The Gold Kimono

Artist: Charles Bosseron Chambers

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, charles bosseron chambers, flapper, magazine cover, Norman Platnick, oil painting, original cover art, pulp, Red Book Magazine, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: June 14, 2020

Illustrative advertising portrait by Charles Bosseron Chambers This gorgeous, oil on canvas painting is by American artist and illustrator Charles Bosseron Chambers. With striking greens and blues popping against a rich, textured background, this illustrative advertising portrait features an elegant rosy-cheeked flapper in a green peacock dress and holding a dainty gold handled mirror. With […]

Walk-Over Shoes Advertisement Flapper Girl

Artist: Charles Bosseron Chambers

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, advertising, charles bosseron chambers, flapper, Norman Platnick, oil painting, Walk-Over Shoes
Added to Gallery: June 8, 2020

A playful pirate pin-up girl by R. A. Fox This is a fantastic, original oil on canvas painting by Canadian-American artist and illustrator Robert Atkinson Fox. A playful example from the pin-up genre, this painting features a pirate girl with a sword in hand while she triumphantly sits on top of her chest full of […]

Pirate Pin-Up Girl with Treasure Chest

Artist: Robert Atkinson Fox

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, Calendar, Norman Platnick, oil painting, pin up, pirate, R. A. Fox, Robert Atkinson Fox
Added to Gallery: June 5, 2020

Original pin up painting by Gil Elvgren for sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery. “He was neither a gentleman or a sculler,” Oil on canvas, Brown & Bigelow, 1948

He Was Neither A Gentleman Nor A Sculler

Artist: Gil Elvgren

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, aquatic, Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Gil Elvgren, oil painting, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: May 22, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Hunter and Gatherers Diptych by Mary Amanda Lewis” amount=”2200.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] From early 20th-century landscape and still-life painter Mary Amanda Lewis comes two beautifully rendered oil on board paintings depicting the early life of hunters and gatherers. Presented in a diptych, one frame shows four men quietly stalking through […]

Allegorical Hunters & Gatherers Diptych

Artist: Mary Amanda Lewis

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: 1920s, 1930s, art deco, diptych, Mary Amanda Lewis, oil painting
Added to Gallery: October 31, 2019

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Pt I” amount=”850.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”]   From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather bound […]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Pt I

Artist: Herbert Tauss

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1980s, Franklin Library, gouache, herbert tauss, ink, oil painting, original interior illustration, spy fiction, spy novel, tinker tailor soldier spy
Added to Gallery: May 21, 2019

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Pt III” amount=”850.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”]   From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather […]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Pt III

Artist: Herbert Tauss

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1980s, Franklin Library, gouache, herbert tauss, ink, oil painting, original interior illustration, spy fiction, spy novel, tinker tailor soldier spy
Added to Gallery: May 21, 2019

  From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather bound (leatherette), the books were handsomely bound and included illustrations from contemporary illustrators. American artist, […]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Pt II

Artist: Herbert Tauss

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1980s, Franklin Library, gouache, herbert tauss, ink, oil painting, original interior illustration, spy fiction, spy novel, tinker tailor soldier spy
Added to Gallery: May 21, 2019

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