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Dean CornwellNever the Twain Shall Meet, Cosmopolitan Illustration1923
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Date: 1923
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 35.50" x 30.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Never the Twain Shall Meet, Cosmopolitan illustration, 1923
This illustration appeared in Peter B. Kyne's story, Never the Twain Shall Meet.
"'Ah!' said Tamea. 'You do not believe, then, that I am the Queen of Riva?' 'No,' retorted the health officer, 'I do not. You're the Queen of Hearts.''"
It was also reproduced on page 76 of Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators by Patricia Janis Broder, Collector's Press, 2000.
Exhibited:
Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students
South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota
May 5, 2015 - September 13, 2015
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
November 7, 2015 - March 13, 2016
- Creator:Dean Cornwell (1892 - 1960, American)
- Creation Year:1923
- Dimensions:Height: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fort Washington, PA
- Reference Number:Seller: 8421stDibs: LU38431412423
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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