Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 14

Richard Sargent
1950s Original Illustration of Man at Breakfast Table "Post" Advertisement

1958

About the Item

This piece was completed and published in "This Week Magazine" May 4, 1958 for an advetisment with "Post." The slogan reads in the magazine above the illustration: "Any Cereal my family leaves is first choise with me...as long as it's in Post-Tens" A vibrant depiction of a man from the 1950's with a bright yellow back ground seated at a family table filled with items from Post and other family oriented items, such as a girls doll. A "typical" mid centruy advetisment executed by Richard Sargent, one of America's most beloved illustrators from the times. This piece is signed "Dick Sargent" on right and comes with original advertisment from "This Week Magazine." Richard “Dick” Sargent, one of The Saturday Evening Post’s most prolific illustrators, was a Midwesterner born in Moline, Illinois, on March 26, 1911. His early career in art began just after his graduation from Moline High School, when he went to work for a local printing and engraving plant. While there, Sargent attended night classes at the Moline Illinois Art School, the foundation for his future career as an artist. In 1951, Sargent completed his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post, “Truth About Santa,” for the December 15 Christmas issue. While Sargent’s popularity grew through the exposure he received with the Post, he also did illustration work for magazines such as Fortune, Woman’s Day, Photoplay, and American Magazine. Americans adored Sargent and his art for his ability to show relatable, pregnant scenes with open-ended conclusions that commented on the situational comedy of life.
More From This SellerView All
  • "Laundry" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting Interior Scene Figure on Board
    By Jacques Zucker
    Located in New York, NY
    This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young lady washing her laundry in front of a house. This piece was most likely executed in the 1930's, as the colors are darker than Z...
    Category

    1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Board

  • Mother and Child
    By Paul Alexandre Alfred Leroy
    Located in New York, NY
    A wonderful depiction of mother and child displayed in a gold round ornate frame with intricate details.
    Category

    Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "Venetian Powder Room Scene with Figures" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
    By Luigi Cagliani
    Located in New York, NY
    A whimsical oil painting depicting a Venetian Powder Room Scene with Figures getting ready for the masquerade. A truly intimate scene with a ornate mirror, flowers in a vase and whit...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "Figures Seated around a Table with Flowers" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
    By Jacques Zucker
    Located in New York, NY
    An outstanding oil painting depicitng 3 figures seated around a table with flower vase. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this piece so attractive and desirabl...
    Category

    20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "Interior Scene with Figure and Mantel" Post-Impressionism Oil Painting on Panel
    By Jacques Zucker
    Located in New York, NY
    A cozy little jewel, we are charmed by the rich choice of color and intimate details throughout this miniature work. This painting depicts a woman in her bedroom near the Mantel with...
    Category

    20th Century Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

    Materials

    Panel, Oil

  • "Interior Scene with Figure" Expressionistic Style Oil Painting on Masonite
    By Michael Baxte
    Located in New York, NY
    A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1969 by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his bold still life paintings, with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. This piece is from later in his career, but we can feel this underlying style throughout. Art measures 21.75 x 18 inches Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City. Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege, was making history. Since for the first time, a woman won the prestigious Beaux Art competition in Algeria. At first, the awards committee denied her the prize but, with French government intervention, Mege eventually prevailed. She won again 3 years later and, in 1916, used the scholarship to visit the United States of America. When Violette came to New York, she met Baxte, who was, by then, an accomplished violinist, teacher, and composer. Baxte’s compositions were performed at the Tokyo Imperial Theater, and in 1922 he was listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as one of the prominent members of the American Jewish community. As a music teacher he encouraged individual expression. Baxte stated, “No pupil should ever be forced into imitation of the teacher. Art is a personal experience, and the teacher’s truest aim must be to awaken this light of personality through the patient light of science.” By 1920 Michael Baxte and Violette Mege were living together in Manhattan. Although they claimed to be living as husband and wife, it seems that their marriage did not become official until 1928. On their “unofficial” honeymoon around 1917, in Algiers, Baxte confided to her his ambition to paint. There and later in New Mexico where the wonderful steeped sunlight approximates the coloring of Algiers, she taught him his heart’s desire. He never had any other teacher. She never had any other pupil. For ten years she devoted all her time, energy, and ambition to teaching, encouraging, inspiring him. Then in 1928, their mutual strivings were rewarded, as his works were being chosen as one of the two winners in the Dudensing National Competition for American Painters. Out of 150 artists from across the country participated in the Dudensing, and Michael Posner Baxte and, Robert Fawcett...
    Category

    1960s Expressionist Interior Paintings

    Materials

    Masonite, Oil

You May Also Like

Recently Viewed

View All