Dean CornwellArt Deco Painting Romantic Couple on Rocks1931
1931
About the Item
- Creator:Dean Cornwell (1892 - 1960, American)
- Creation Year:1931
- Dimensions:Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)
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- Condition:Best viewed under a top key light to bring out color. Bowing to board visible mostly with raking light. Condition is good some very light surface grim commensurate with age. - Slight desaturation of color due to old varnish.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38531208703
Dean Cornwell
Dean Cornwell was an American illustrator and muralist born on March 5, 1892, in Louisville. Dean Cornwell was Normam Rockwell's favorite Illustrator. At the peak of his popularity he was nicknamed the ‘Dean of Illustrators’. He was a student of Harvey Dunn and he in turn taught artists and developed talents for a generation. Cornwell's paintings were in Cosmopolitan, Redbook, True, The American Weekly, Life and Good Housekeeping. He has done book arts for The Man of Galilee and others. Cornwell has also taken up advertisement contracts for GM, Eastern, Pennsylvania Railroad, Paul Jones Whiskey, Aunt Jemima, Seagram's Gin, Woodbury Soap, Palmolive, Coke, Goodyear, New York Life and Squibb. Cornwell was an icon of the ‘Golden Age of Illustration’. Cornwell died on December 4, 1960, in New York.
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