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WWI

Eugene Savage created this as a preliminary study for the epic murals that grace the Grand Reception Hall of the Elks Veterans Memorial in Chicago, IL.

Symbol Bearers

Artist: Eugene Savage
Price: $13,500.00 $9,450.00

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: 1920s, allegorical, american, art deco, chicago, Elks, Eugene Savage, gobig, Golden Age, muralist, WWI
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

This stirring post-World War I original oil painting by an American illustrator was created to promote the annual Red Cross Roll Call. Annually, the Red Cross would put out a year-end appeal urging Americans to support their work helping to “succor humanity” in times of crisis.  An angelically depicted nurse is shown holding the banner of […]

Red Cross Roll Call

Artist: American Artist
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Golden Age, patriotic, poster design, Red Cross, WWI
Added to Gallery: July 17, 2018

Grapefruit Moon Gallery is honored to offer “They Shall Obtain Mercy,” a large and important gouache which served as preparation for one of 11 allegorical murals Savage created for The Elks Veteran Memorial in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The works are still on display at this landmark destination. This deeply moving and symbolic work reflects on the hardships and loss of World War I. This poignant, decorative, important artwork is beautifully matted and framed, and the art has a room-commanding presence.

They Shall Obtain Mercy

Artist: Eugene Savage
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, allegorical, american, art deco, chicago, classical, Elks, Eugene Savage, muralist, study, The Golden Gallery, WPA, WWI
Added to Gallery: December 14, 2017

A stiring and patriotic moving World War I era original illustration by noted American illustrator C. Clyde Squires (1883-1970) who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1883. His work was published in Western Romances, LIFE, and Womans Home Companion. Signed lower right “C. Clyde Squires.” Measures 17 x 24 inches unframed, framed 18 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches. Painted on artist’s board, very good condition, framed behind glass.

Meeting The Kind Nurse

Artist: C. Clyde Squires
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, C. Clyde Squires, holiday, nurse, patriotic, WWI
Added to Gallery: June 2, 2017

An epic and poignant large allegorical preparatory painting by Eugene Savage for the mural titled Armistice, which was created for and still resides in the front reception room at The Elks Veteran Memorial in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Armistice

Artist: Eugene Savage
Price: $13,125.00 $9,187.50

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: 1920s, allegorical, american, chicago, Elks, Eugene Savage, gobig, mural, muralist, patriotic, The Golden Gallery, WPA, WWI
Added to Gallery: November 6, 2016

An important and poignant oil painting by the very well listed American artist and illustrator Francis Luis Mora. This large and expressive artwork was created as the frontispiece for the December 1918 issue of Red Cross Magazine. As published this was set atop moving poetry by Sara Teasdale reflecting on the mighty suffering and loss WWI had inflicted on our country’s women. A complete copy of the printed magazine with illustrated work is included in the sale.

The Prayer of the Women

Artist: Francis Luis Mora
Price: $9,500.00  $6,550.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, american, angel, Charles Martignette, Francis Luis Mora, original interior illustration, patriotic, WWI
Added to Gallery: April 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
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: 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

Stockton Mulford created this compelling oil on canvas illustration of a daring aviatrix for the April, 1924 issue of Everybody’s Magazine. The art accompanied the interior story The Long Call, a Canadian Northwest rescue adventure story by Kathrene and Robert Pinkerton that centered on a fictional embodiment of the early 20th century independent woman.  The story of Peggy Thorpe, who at […]

The Long Call

Artist: Stockton Mulford
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, aviation, Everybody's Magazine, oil painting, pulp, Stockton Mulford, WWI
Added to Gallery: July 17, 2015

A rare surviving aviation themed pulp cover painting by Stockton Mulford for the cover of Fawcett’s Battle Stories, August 1929 (thanks to Doug Clemons for the i.d.). In this dramatic image, a recently downed airplane smolders as the ejected American Air Force pilot, armed only with a wrench, engages in combat against a German, bayonet-wielding, WWI soldier. Aviation pulps appeared on news-stands in the 1920s as the horror of World War I began to fade from public memory leaving room for the development of heroic and mythic tales of soldiers and aviators. Until the start of the Second World War, the aviation pulps focused on these Great War-themed stories, but after 1941, their content switched to tales of glory from the front lines of WWII.

The Battle After The Crash

Artist: Stockton Mulford
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, aviation, Battle Stories, german, magazine cover, pulp, Stockton Mulford, WWI
Added to Gallery: October 25, 2011

One of only a handful of Patriotic WWI themed works by Edward Brewer created for the Cream of Wheat advertising campaign. “None But The Brave…” features an attractive French waitress cheerily serving a US soldier stationed abroad. This 1918 artwork explores the post World War I Franco- American friendship and harmony. This new-to-the-market advertising painting is an iconic and luminous piece of American history in excellent condition, and embodies the finest of this storied advertising campaign.

None But the Brave Deserve the Fare

Artist: Edward Brewer
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, advertising, american, Cream of Wheat, Edward Brewer, french maid, Minnesota Artist, original illustration art, patriotic, Rastus, The Golden Gallery, WWI
Added to Gallery: February 13, 2008

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