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Richard ErdoesBMW Isetta, Messerschmitt Cars Autobahn - Humorous Mid-Century Illustration1955
1955
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One of the hallmarks of great art is recognizing the artist's style instantly. This is the case with Richard Erdoes. His highly stylized comic figures are expressive and communicate the story delightfully and joyfully. Even though this work is rendered in flat, minimalistic two colors, the inventive shape relationships and positive and negative areas convey a very high level of artistic skill. The present work was done on assignment for the prestigious Standard Oil ( Exxon's predecessor ) corporation's company magazine, The Lamp. Although not a newstand magazine, The Lamp had the highest editional and artistic content. Work is unsigned and unframed.
Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author.
Early life
Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian opera singer who had died a few weeks earlier in Budapest on June 9, 1912.After his birth, his mother lived with her sister, the Viennese actress Leopoldine ("Poldi") Sangora,He described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew..."[4]
Career
He was a student at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He fled Germany with a price on his head. Back in Vienna, he continued his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde, anti-Nazi newspapers. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 he fled again, first to Paris, where he studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and then London, England before journeying to the United States. He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. xxxx) in London, shortly before their arrival in New York City.
In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d. 1995) who was an art director there. The couple married in 1951 and had three children.[6] Erdoes also illustrated many children's books.
An assignment for Life in 1967 took Erdoes to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the first time, and marked the beginning of the work for which he would be best known. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories and myths, and wrote about such voices of the Native American Renaissance as Leonard and Mary Crow Dog and John Fire Lame Deer.[7] The Erdoes' New York City apartment was a well known hub of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the early 1970sand he became involved in the legal defense of several AIM members.[citation needed] In 1975 the family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where Erdoes continued to write and remained active in the movement for Native American civil rights.
His papers are preserved at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.[8]
Works
As author:
Peddlers and Vendors Around the World (1967)
Policemen Around the World (1967)
Musicians Around the World (1971)
The Sun Dance People: The Plains Indians, Their Past and Present (1972)
The Rain Dance People: The Pueblo Indians, Their Past and Present (1976)
The Woman Who Dared (1978)
Saloons of the Old West (1979)
The Native Americans: Navajos (1979)
Native Americans: The Sioux (1982)
Native Americans: The Pueblos (1983)
The Richard Erdoes Illustrated Treasury of Classic Unlaundered Limericks (1984) I
A.D. 1000: Living on the Brink of Apocalypse (1988)
Crying for a Dream: The World through Native American Eyes (1990)
Tales from the American Frontier (1992) ISSN 0362-8930
Legends and Tales of the American West (1998) I
As illustrator:
The Cat and The Devil (1964) by James Joyce
Come over to My House (1966) by Theo. LeSieg (pen name of Theo Geisel aka Dr. Seuss)[
The Spotted Stones (1978) by Silvio Bedini
- Creator:Richard Erdoes (1912 - 2008, American)
- Creation Year:1955
- Dimensions:Height: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)Width: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)
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- Condition:Overall good condition, some surface discoloration and scuffs mostly visible only on close inspections. Looks better in person.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU385315790372
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