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Martha Sawyers
Art Journalism - War Lessons, Illustration for Collier's, Female Illustrator

1945

$25,000
£18,983.09
€21,708.58
CA$34,928.63
A$38,848.26
CHF 20,285.35
MX$472,741.95
NOK 259,074.90
SEK 242,966.55
DKK 162,019.48
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About the Item

Marta Sawyers. Illustrator Journalist. She was sent to war-ravaged countries to “Paint the Story”. What's unique here? This represents the work an Artist Journalist/War Correspondent. The magazine art director sent her to "draw the war". Trailblazing Sawyers was in China on an on-location magazine assignment. Adventure and danger mix with academic art training and a passion to paint. The work is brilliantly rendered in a quick post-impressionist style. Her study at the Art Student League in New York equipped her with sound academic skills. Notice how wonderfully structured the figures are, not a line out of place. Signed and dated lower left
  • Creator:
    Martha Sawyers (1902 - 1988, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1945
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 28.25 in (71.76 cm)
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38534939271

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