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O my Luve’s like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June Enchanting, dream-like, and romantic, American illustrator Zula Kenyon’s early 20th century portraits offer up a soft, supple, and genteel look at the Edwardian woman. This original pastel on canvas illustration dates to 1914 and features a brunette beauty with milky-white skin draped […]

My Luv’s Like a Red, Red Rose

Artist: Zula Kenyon

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Calendar Art, Edwardian, flowers, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, Norman Platnick, pastel, Roses, Zula Kenyon
Added to Gallery: October 28, 2020

This subtle and captivating pastel on board by Haskell Coffin shows Greta Garbo with her signature mysterious gaze in a stylish cloche hat.

Greta Garbo

Artist: Haskell Coffin

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, Greta Garbo, Haskell Coffin, hollywood, magazine cover, pastel
Added to Gallery: October 8, 2020

Flowers of the Field by Haskell Coffin This is a lovely, published calendar girl pastel illustration by the prolific American artist and illustrator Haskel Coffin. This shows a demure, doe-eyed, delicate brunette beauty with a posey of freshly picked daisies. The illustration was published by The Osborne Calendar Company with the title, “Flowers of the […]

Flowers of the Field

Artist: Haskell Coffin

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, Calendar, Haskell Coffin, Norman Platnick, Osborne Calendar Co, pastel
Added to Gallery: September 21, 2020

Demure Woman in Straw Bonnet by J. Knowles Hare This is a large, early 1900s pastel illustration by John Knowles Hare that was created for the calendar market during the Edwardian era. In this portrait, a demure brown-eyed lass gazes out towards the viewer from underneath a stylish, wide-brimmed straw bonnet with flowers. This lovely […]

Demure Woman in Straw Bonnet

Artist: J. Knowles Hare

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Calendar, Edwardian, J. Knowles Hare, Norman Platnick, pastel
Added to Gallery: September 21, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Parisian Victorian Maiden by Hamilton King” amount=”3500.00″ 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”] Parisian Victorian Maiden by Hamilton King This is a fabulous, turn of-the-last-century, large pastel on tinted artist’s paper by the prolific American illustrator Hamilton King. In this portrait a Parisian Victorian beauty in a large plumed hat stylishly traverses through […]

Parisian Victorian Maiden

Artist: Hamilton King

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, Edwardian, french, Hamilton King, Norman Platnick, paris, pastel, victorian
Added to Gallery: September 9, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”The Sunshine Girl – Autumn by J. Knowles Hare” amount=”3500.00″ 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”] J. Knowles Hare original advertising pastel for Sunshine Biscuits This large and enchanting pastel was created by the American illustrator J. Knowles Hare as advertising calendar art for Sunshine Biscuits. This New York bakery marketed calendar girl […]

The Sunshine Girl – Autumn

Artist: J. Knowles Hare

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, Equestrian, J. Knowles Hare, Norman Platnick, pastel, Sunshine Biscuits
Added to Gallery: September 9, 2020

This is a  C.1940 pastel illustration created by Hungarian artist and illustrator Jules Erbit for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company. Titled, “Betty”, this is a glamorous pin-up offering of a pretty blue-eyed girl with flushed, rosy cheeks and inviting red lips. Erbit was a prolific illustrator who worked for seemingly all of the major […]

Betty

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Brown & Bigelow, Jules Erbit, Norman Platnick, pastel
Added to Gallery: August 5, 2020

Pin-Up Glamour Portraiture by Jules Erbit This is a dated 1942 pastel illustration created by Hungarian artist and illustrator Jules Erbit for The Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company. Titled, “Jeannie”, this is a glamorous pin-up offering! Erbit was a prolific illustrator who worked for seemingly all of the major calendar companies of the day. He offered typically […]

Jeannie

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, Jules Erbit, Norman Platnick, pastel
Added to Gallery: August 5, 2020

Love’s Young Dream by Carle J. Blenner This is a soft, moody, and evocative pastel by the well-listed and prolific illustrator Carle J. Blenner. This features a lovely Edwardian maiden in a loose fitting pink dress with a plunging neckline that reveals a tantalizing view of her bust line. This pastel was published as a […]

Love’s Young Dream

Artist: Carle J. Blenner

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1900s, Carle J. Blenner, Edwardian, Norman Platnick, pastel, portrait
Added to Gallery: July 26, 2020

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

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

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