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Dean CornwellPortrait of Chinese Couple. Pearl S. Buck Tiger Tiger Illustration Cosmopolitan1938
1938
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£11,389.86
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NOK 155,444.94
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Among the many accolades I would grant Dean Cornwell, the one that rises to the top would be that he is one of America's greatest portrait painters. With a few strokes, he captures his subjects' inner souls and restrained emotions. Cornwell is a master draftsman with a profound understanding of academic painting. It's this deep knowledge that allows him to paint with such self-assuredness. There is no living artist today who could paint like Dean Cornwell. This is particularly relevant in today's art world, where the most celebrated art displays little academic knowledge. This double portrait is a schematized illustration for Tiger Tiger by Pearl S. Buck. Published: Cosmopolitan Magazine, April, 1938. Initialed and dated center right, Framed dimensions. 21.75 x 24.
- Creator:Dean Cornwell (1892 - 1960, American)
- Creation Year:1938
- Dimensions:Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:Hinged, slight surface wear and faint watermarks lower right corner.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU385312522112
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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