Items Similar to Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 13
Neysa McMeinSaturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 19381938
1938
About the Item
Pastel on board - Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938 - Reproduced version looks better because the Saturday Evening Post Art Director retouched the plates before printing and strengthened the colors to give it more newsstand appeal - From Wiki : as an American illustrator and portrait painter who studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League of New York. She began her career as an illustrator and during World War I, she traveled across France entertaining military troops with Anita P. Wilcox and Jane Bulley and made posters to support the war effort. She was made an honorary non-commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps for her contributions to the war effort.
McMein was a successful illustrator of magazine covers, advertisements, and magazine articles for national publications, like McClure's, McCall's, The Saturday Evening Post, and Collier's. McMein created the portrait of a fictional housewife "Betty Crocker" for General Mills. She was also a successful portrait painter who painted the portraits of presidents, actors, and writers.
Algonquin Round Table members were entertained at her West 57th Street studio, where she was known for her active parties. Life magazine wrote an article about adult party games, which featured stories about McMein's parties. She had an open marriage to John G. Baragwanath, during which she had affairs with Charlie Chaplin and George Abbott. Baragwanath described their marriage as a successful one based upon a deep friendship.
She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 1984, 35 years after her death. McMein was one of 20 Society of Illustrators' artists to have their work published on a United States Postal Service Collectible Stamp sheet in 2001.
- Creator:Neysa McMein (1888 - 1949, American)
- Creation Year:1938
- Dimensions:Height: 27.25 in (69.22 cm)Width: 24.75 in (62.87 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Some minor fading, minor desaturation to colors and slight bowing to board.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38538046762
About the Seller
4.9
Gold Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are highly rated and consistently exceed customer expectations.
Established in 2005
1stDibs seller since 2016
102 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Miami, FL
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Good Housekeeping cover. Christmas: Child PrayingBy Jessie Willcox SmithLocated in Miami, FLFamed female illustrator, Jessie Willcox Smith paints the " Ideal Child" in a spiritual moment for the Christmas cover of Good Housekeeping. The acc...Category
1910s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsMixed Media
- Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child, Student of Robert HenriBy Margery Austen RyersonLocated in Miami, FLRendered with an alla prima paint application and quick gestural brushstrokes, "Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child" reflects Margery Ryerson's deep knowledge of academic training. Reyerson studied with Robert Henri at The Art Students League. This painting is aesthetically pleasing and communicates a sense of maternal tenderness from a female artist. Margery Ryerson did a book on her former teacher. Henri's philosophical and practical musings were collected by former pupil Margery Ryerson and published as The Art Spirit (1923), a book that remained in print for several decades. Signed. Lower Left Margery Austen Ryerson (September 15, 1886 - 1989) was an American artist, painter, etcher, lithographer and watercolorist.Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Biography Ryerson earned her Bachelor's of Fine Arts in English from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, after attending private schools in Morristown. She went on to study under Charles Hawthorne at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and with Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York. During the years 1920 through 1940 Ryerson taught in New York settlement houses. There she got the privilege to paint and draw the children in their care. The subjects of these paintings were often the children of the underclass and immigrants. Her artistic technique and subjects gained universal recognition and appealed to many people. Miss Ryerson is most known for her portraits...Category
1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Lonely Mother and Child in Embrace - Female IllustratorLocated in Miami, FLIn this interior illustration for "When the Heart Beats Young" by J.W. Riley, pioneering female illustrator Ethel Franklin Betts creates an intimate statement of mother and child in an embrace. The composition is abstract with patterns that suggest the influence of Asian art—initialed lower right. Work is framed under glass - Oil on board Ethel Franklin Betts Bains (September 6, 1877 – October 9, 1959) was an American illustrator primarily of children's books during the golden age of American illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Betts first gained work illustrating magazines, including St. Nicholas Magazine, McClure's, and Collier's. Beginning in 1904, she was commissioned to illustrate several books, including James Whitcomb Riley's The Raggedy Man, While the Heart Beats Young, and Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess...Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil, Board
- Portrait of a Woman lost in ThoughtBy Kenneth Hayes MillerLocated in Miami, FLSigned and dated 1924 upper right Simplified forms, geometricized volumes and restricted color palette characterizes this work. Zabriskie Gallery Label on verso Original period frame Kenneth Hayes Miller taught at the Art Students League from 1911 until 1951. Some of his students were: Reginald Marsh, George Bellows, George Tooker, Rockwell Kent, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Patrick Henry BruceCategory
1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsOil
- Portrait of Bert Lahr as Burlesque Clown - The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OzBy Walt KuhnLocated in Miami, FLBert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depicted in his comedian's costume which he wears while staring in Jea...Category
1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsOil
- Hearts Unreasoning, by Sarah Bernhardt The First of Six Romances of the French SBy Everett ShinnLocated in Miami, FLHearts Unreasoning, by Sarah Bernhardt The First of Six Romances of the French Stage - McCall’s Magazine December 1920 interior illustration. The work is related to Shinn's fam...Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsBoard, Oil
You May Also Like
- Red Lip Blue Eyed Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady Exquisite DrawingLocated in Cirencester, GloucestershirePortrait of an Elegant Lady original pencil drawing on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below signed piece of paper is 8 x 6 inches In good condition, though with min...Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCrayon, Pencil
- Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady In Green Round Neck Exquisite DrawingLocated in Cirencester, GloucestershirePortrait of an Elegant Lady original pencil drawing on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below signed piece of paper is 9 x 6 inches In...Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsPencil, Crayon
- Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady In Which Head Scarf Exquisite DrawingLocated in Cirencester, GloucestershirePortrait of an Elegant Lady original pencil drawing on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 9 x 6 inches In good c...Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsPencil, Crayon
- Elegant Portrait of Young Lady Paris School Mid 20th Century Listed ArtistLocated in Cirencester, GloucestershirePortrait of an Elegant Lady original pencil drawing on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 8.5 x 6 inches In good condition, though with minor o...Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCrayon, Pencil
- Elegant Portrait of Young Lady Paris School Mid 20th Century Listed ArtistLocated in Cirencester, GloucestershirePortrait of an Elegant Lady original pencil drawing on paper signed by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 12 x 8 inches In good condition, though with mi...Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCrayon, Pencil
- Elegant Portrait of Young Lady Paris School Mid 20th Century Listed ArtistLocated in Cirencester, GloucestershirePortrait of an Elegant Lady original pencil drawing on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 7 x 5.5 inches In good...Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCrayon, Pencil
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
John Mayer
Magazine Cover Portrait
Collectible Vintage Stamps
John G
Vintage Stamp Sheets
Party Portraits
American Advertisement
French Pastel Portraits
American General Portrait
57th Street
Vintage Gowns New York
John G Brown
Brown Betty
Vintage Board Games
Painting In Saturday Evening Post
American Vintage Games
1939 Appeals
Post Impressionist Illustrator Art