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Andrew Loomis
"Marriage is a Private Affair, " story illustration for The Ladies' Home Journal

1941

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Story illustration for “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Judith Kelly, published in the Ladies’ Home Journal, March 1941, page 13. Featuring a young bride and groom embracing as a man straightens the bride's train The caption reads: “Tom caught her in his arms, drew her close, ‘I love you,’ he whispered against her lips." Medium: Oil on canvas Artwork Dimensions: 56 x 28 in. Frame Dimensions: 64 x 36 in. Signature: Signed Lower right As a youngster, William Andrew Loomis loved to draw pictures, but it was a visit to the nearby studio of Howard Chandler Christy that made him decide to seek for himself an artist’s career. Loomis was born in Syracuse, New York, and grew up in Zanesville, Ohio. At 19, he went to New York to attend the Art Students League, where he studied under George Bridgman and Frank Vincent DuMond. In 1915, he got a job in Chicago with the art organization of the Charles Daniel Frey; he also attended classes at the Chicago Art Institute. This was interrupted in 1917 when he enlisted in the Army and served 20 months, half of them in France. After the war, Loomis returned to Chicago to work at the Charles Everett Johnson advertising art studio, then for Bertch and Cooper. He finally opened his own studio as a free-lance artist. Equally at home in either editorial or advertising illustration, Loomis had a long career in both and also painted many twenty-four-sheet poster advertisements. This broad experience especially qualified him as a teacher at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Countless other art students who could not study with him personally benefited from his several art books, including Fun With a Pencil, Drawing for All It’s Worth, and Creative Illustration, published by The Viking Press. In 1999 Looms was inducted into the Society of Illustrators’ Hall of Fame.
  • Creator:
    Andrew Loomis (1892 - 1959)
  • Creation Year:
    1941
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 64 in (162.56 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 3261stDibs: LU38431084323

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