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A richly layered painting by the renowned early 20th century American Illustrator Arthur Ignatius Keller, depicting the climactic romantic scene from Emerson Hough’s bestselling 1909 novel 54-40 or Fight. Keller was a prominent artist whose work was sought after by many of the leading authors of the day. He was known for his mastery of light, texture and feeling, and this rare frontispiece painting displays his stunning prowess and talent.

54-40 Or Fight

Artist: Arthur Keller

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, Arthur Keller, Emerson Hough, fine art, illustration, original interior illustration, romantic, victorian
Added to Gallery: May 3, 2018

Using an inventive pointillism technique, Henry J. Soulen creates a moody and evocative artwork in an American impressionist style in this dramatic painting. This was likely featured as an interior illustration for The Saturday Evening Post. Known for his Orientalist exotic aesthetic, Soulen was an early student of Howard Pyle, he utilized a heavy expressive brush strokes and impasto oil paint technique. The scene features a masked bandit readying himself to duel for the honor of the lovely Edwardian attired maiden.

The Duel

Artist: Henry Soulen

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, Edwardian, Golden Age, Henry Soulen, impressionist, original interior illustration, romantic, The Saturday Evening Post
Added to Gallery: May 22, 2017

A large idyllic Americana “Happier Days” depiction by the prolific calendar artist and pin-up illustrator T.N. Thompson. This nostalgic 1950s image is titled Cleaning Compounds and is suffused with the warmth of that era. a well rendered, romantic depiction of unknown usage with a drag racing American Graffiti-esque appeal and a Norman Rockwell influenced take on life’s small joys. Nicely framed in original limed oak frame with brass label insert.

Cleaning Compounds

Artist: T. N. Thompson

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1950s, american, automobilia, nostalgic, original illustration art, romantic, T. N. Thompson
Added to Gallery: February 6, 2017

A delicately rendered, romanticized art nouveau maiden posed with a cornucopia filled with a plentiful summer’s harvest. This original watercolor illustration painting was created by the New York illustrator, muralist and fine artist Will Hicok Low for the August 1899 cover of McClure’s Magazine – Midsummer Fiction Number. A copy of the magazine is included in the sale and the painting is handsomely framed and matted behind glass and ready to enjoy.

The McClure’s Maiden

Artist: Will Hicok Low

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1890s, american, art nouveau, harvest, maiden, McClure's Magazine, new york city, romantic, Will Hicok Low
Added to Gallery: April 22, 2013

A 1920s original oil on canvas painting by noted New York artist and muralist John Hemming Fry. Like his fellow muralists Eugene Savage and Edwin H. Blashfield, Fry created epic imagery in a dreamscape romanticized style, borrowing freely from classical Greek, Celtic and Roman folklore and imagery. This mythological trilogy on death and dying features three separate vignettes painted in subdued blue and steel gray tones against a background of ancient Northern European hills. A flowing, lyrical, sometimes abstracted composition that also incorporates elements of the contemporaneous Dada and Surrealist movements. An inventive and decorative large antique oil painting that retains its original handsome gesso frame, and is verso inkstamped by the artist.

A Celtic Tragedy

Artist: John Hemming Fry

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, classical, John Hemming Fry, male nude, muralist, romantic
Added to Gallery: February 11, 2011

Shortly after cementing her reputation as a rising ingenue in Hollywood with the role of Wendy in Peter Pan, Mary Brian became one of the most in-demand heroines of the silent film era. In this sweetly romantic, yet sophisticated portrait of the beauty queen, Eugene Robert Richee, the Paramount Pictures studio photographer (best known for his portraits of Louise Brooks) showcases her complex allure.

Mary Brian in The Enchanted Hill

Artist: Eugene Robert Richee

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art nouveau, Eugene Robert Richee, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, Mary Brian, Paramount Films, portrait, romantic, silent movie
Added to Gallery: June 8, 2010

A delightful New years Day 1917 illustration in pen & ink by noted female artist and illustrator Nell Brinkley titled Happiness A Plenty. This finds the New Years Baby scene adapted to a young couple who are finding the joys of home and hearth that much more appealing with their new born cherubic smiling infant welcomed into the world. Signed lower middle and matted and framed in a simple black wood frame.

Happiness A Plenty

Artist: Nell Brinkley

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art nouveau, Brinkley Girl, cartoon, flapper, holiday, illustration, jazz age, Nell Brinkley, New Years Baby, new years eve, original illustration art, romantic
Added to Gallery: March 13, 2010

A well executed and conceived oil on illustration board created as cover art for an as of yet unidentified Romance paperback. Scene features a Gone With The Wind inspired Civil War era southern plantation interior scene with the requisite pretty maiden. Artwork is by the illustrator Ray Pease, and comes nicely framed and in a fine state of preservation.

A Romance Novel

Artist: Raymond Pease

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, civil war, Gone with the Wind, illustration, paperback, Raymond Pease, romantic
Added to Gallery: February 24, 2009

A large signed and dated 1917 oil on canvas by Margaret Lindsay Williams, the important Royal Academy award winning Welsh artist. Williams has the distinction of being the lone artist to have had a studio in Westminster Abbey. Along with her darkly beautiful fine art, she painted portraits of Queen Alexandria and The Prince of Wales. In 1922, amidst much hoopla, she was brought to the US to paint President Harding’s portrait. This remarkable large work bears its label from a 1917 London’s Royal Academy exhibition. This is an important large decorative dark masterwork from an artist of the utmost historical significance.

The Devil’s Daughter

Artist: Margaret Lindsay Williams

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, allegorical, Black Sabbath, British, christian, devil, macabre, Margaret Lindsay Williams, pin up, romantic, The Golden Gallery, vanity
Added to Gallery: December 20, 2008

A stylish art deco era smartly rendered original gouache illustration painting created as Raleigh Cigarettes advertising. A flirty idealized modern couple spark up more than a conversation with a prominently featured cigarette. This work of some of the George Petty stylized advertising illustrations for “Acme Beer” and “Chesterfield Cigarettes” of the same era. Nicely matted and framed in an art deco period gesso handsome wood frame.

Lighting the Fire

Artist: E. B. Segner

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, advertising, american, art deco, bathing beauty, cigarettes, E. B. Segner, pin up, Raleigh Cigarettes, romantic, streamline
Added to Gallery: December 8, 2006

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