Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 36.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 29.75" x 38.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right This illustration by Mead Schaeffer was used as a Martin-Lockhead Electronics & Missiles Corp advertis...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned, stamped "The estate of/ EDMUND F. WARD" on the stretcher, with a partial composition on the reverse. Provenance: Through the artists estate

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 40.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

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Original cover for Liberty magazine, published February 2, 1929. Lil and Sandy stop by New York city on their way to Florida. Elegantly dressed and driving a fancy car, the couple a...

Medium: Oil Board Dimensions: 40.00" x 25.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Frank G. Slaughter 'Sword and Scalpel" Book Cover

Date: 1938 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Calendar painting, image of young ice skater with his dog. Exhibited: The Triumph o...

Date: 1951 Medium: Gouache, Pen and Ink on Board Dimensions: 12.75" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left The Embrace. Story illustration for "How About Tonight?" by John D. Hess, published in Cosmopolitan magazine...

Signed Lower Right illustration for Cosmopolitan magazine, published May 1928, with inventory stamp and notes on verso.

Date: 1945 Medium: Gouache Dimensions: 23.50" x 35.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration, older man leading horse, concerned kids. "Don't sell him, Uncle Pete' Ba...

Medium: Oil and Pencil on Canvas Date: 1975 Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 18.00" x 26.00"

Story illustration for “Abbé Doret’s Secret” by Manuel Komroff for Cosmopolitan, published February 1942. The full caption reads: “As the gardener passed he lifted his cap twice ‘Do...

“Honeymooning at Greenville: Lil and Sandy Continue Their Scenic Trip,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published July 23, 1927 Sandy and Lil are on their honeymoon, which after an expensive stay at a mosquito-inhabited resort in Greenville, has not been going particularly well. Their disappointing fishing trip left them with more fly bites than fish bites. The newlyweds were eager to board the train, settle in to their sleeping car, and journey to their next destination. When Sandy attempts to bring Lil the glass of water she requested, the train suddenly jerks and ice water spills on a sleeping gentleman in the next berth. “‘Oh! Oh!’ Lil gasped, a witness to her husband’s social blunder. And she wished she were deaf!” (Liberty magazine, July 23, 1927, p. 45) “For the Love o’ Lil: The Picture Story of an American Family” In 1926, under his long-term contract to produce a cover per week for Liberty magazine, Leslie Thrasher introduced a signature cast of characters that appeared each week, telling a serialized story through his illustrations. Liberty touted its new cover serial as “something no magazine has ever done before…Heretofore, all magazine cover...

Man and woman at the Doctor's office in the waiting room. Harold Anderson studied at the Fenway Art School in his native Boston. Among his instructors were Chase Emerson, Harold Brett, and Arthur Spear...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Illustration for 'Fighting for the Flock' written by Edwin L Sabin.

Couple in a car with a Chauffeur Signed lower left. Charles Edward Chambers was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, studied at the Chicago Art Institute, and later the Art Students League in ...

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published April 13, 1929. The opera is in town for one night only, making it the social event of the season. Sandy and Lil sit in their box seats, gazing at the less elite audience members in the orchestra and haughtily critiquing the wardrobe choices of other wealthy socialites. The couple excitedly watches as the Opera begins, and eagerly await the gathering in their home after the performance, to which they have invited the star, Paltrianni. Upon his arrival at the Jenkins’ home, Paltrianni comments on how extravagantly the couple lives. However, much to Lil’s horror, there was no lavish banquet awaiting them, for the butler Meadows was found drunkenly passed out on a chair next to the empty dining room. (Liberty magazine, April 13, 1929, p. 68) “For the Love o’ Lil: The Picture Story of an American Family” In 1926, under his long-term contract to produce a cover per week for Liberty magazine, Leslie Thrasher introduced a signature cast of characters that appeared each week, telling a serialized story through his illustrations. Liberty touted its new cover serial as “something no magazine has ever done before…Heretofore, all magazine covers have been disconnected pictures.” To help readers follow the plot from week to week, a short story summary was printed in each issue. (Liberty magazine, June 19, 1926, pp. 69-70). “For the Love o’ Lil” centers around the lives of Lil Morse and Sandy Jenkins and includes recurring characters from their extended family and social circles. The serial follows the couples’ adventures through courtship, the ups and downs of married life, the antics of their offspring with the neighborhood children, and the complex dynamics of relationships with in-laws. The goal was to show a typical modern American family whose eccentricities and foibles would attract readers each week. Thrasher used himself as the model for Lil’s father, Robert E. Lee Morse. Liberty further engaged readers by running contests for best titles, and later, for suggested storylines. The model proved successful and “For the Love o’ Lil” became a popular hallmark of the publication for many years, resulting in a 1930 film adaptation starring the flapper Sally Starr. Leslie Thrasher Leslie Thrasher first began contributing covers to Liberty in 1924, and in 1926 he was offered a contract to create a cover per week at the rate of $1,000 per week. Going against the advice of his friend Norman Rockwell, Thrasher accepted the contract, agreeing to complete a weekly cover for six years - an immensely challenging endeavor requiring that both new ideas and new artwork be produced at an extremely rapid pace. The continuing storyline of the cover serial “For the Love o’ Lil” helped Thrasher keep up with the constant demand for new images. Due to declining circulation, Liberty terminated Thrasher’s contract in 1932. A few years later in 1936, Thrasher died from pneumonia caused by smoke inhalation from a fire in his home, which also destroyed much of his original artwork. An incredibly prolific artist, Thrasher had created more than 360 covers in his lifetime for various publications, including 23 covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Leslie Thrasher was born in Piedmont, West Virginia. He studied art at the Philadelphia Academy and at the age of 16, won a scholarship that allowed him to study in Paris. Upon his return to the United States, Thrasher studied with Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware and briefly worked as a portrait painter before moving to New York City to begin his commercial career producing illustration for magazines and advertising agencies. Thrasher also served in World War I, where he was assigned work as a camouflage painter. Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, 4/13/29 "Opera Night"

1923 Image of George Washington at his home in Mount Vernon. Edward Penfield produced some of America’s finest posters. His clean style and large silhouetted shapes resulted from much careful preliminary refinement and elimination of detail. Horses and coaches were a favorite subject with him, as typified with his picture of the colonial Post Road. A notable series of his illustrations were contained in his book, Holland Sketches...

Cover of Saturday Evening Post magazine, February 19, 1949 The parents and grandmother are taking a picture of the baby while trying to make him smile. Jack Welch was a tall Texan from Cleburne. He went through public school in Temple, Texas, took the W. L. Evans correspondence course in cartooning, and did a short turn at Southern Methodist University illustrating yearbooks. This was enough to launch him as a newspaper artist; he worked for papers in Texas, California, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York. The next logical step was an advertising agency sketch man...

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published June 28, 1930. Gwendolyn and Ulysses sit on the front steps of the Jenkins house, wishing for rain so they could play in mud puddles. ...

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published March 2, 1929. After spending a few weeks in Florida, Sandy and Lil continue their winter vacation in Havana, Cuba, where Lil goes on ...

Story illustration, image of man on couch, woman in chair writing Charles Edward Chambers was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, studied at the Chicago Art Institute, and later the Art Students League in New York with George Bridgman. His illustrations were extremely skillful, marked by subtlety of value and color. He early learned to adapt his method of painting for the best possible reproduction, and to insure fidelity of printing, he often followed the assignments through to the hands of the engraver who made the plates. Chambers divided his time almost equally between editorial and advertising assignments. Among his advertising commissions was an outstanding series of portraits of musicians for Steinway & Sons. His distinctive illustrations for billboards, notably for Chesterfield and Palmolive Soap...

Medium: Gouache on Paper Dimensions: 13.00" x 11.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 18.75" x 21.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Oil on Board Sight Size 28.00" x 24.00", Framed 34" x 30" Signature: Signed Upper Left Cover Illustration for the February 16, 1924 issue of The Country Gentleman...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 12.00" x 10.00", Framed 20.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left June 1933 Cappers Farmer Magazine Cover.

“The Doctor Calls: Spending the Morning with Lil’s Oldest Friend,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published May 5, 1928 Dr. Howard, the Morse family doctor, is caught in traff...

Date: 1920 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cream of Wheat advertisement for the Saturday Evening Post, June 5, 1920. In 1980, Dave Stivers, a new archivist for the Nabisco Brands Company was taking a tour of the Cream of Wheat plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota when he encountered a large room with metal lockers that had not been opened for over 30 years. These lockers contained a treasure trove of 1600 advertising paintings...

A mother watches as her daughter rides a donkey Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Upper Left Good Housekeeping Magazine Cover, August 1905

Medium: Ink on Board Signature: Signed and Inscribed Lower Left James Montgomery Flagg lived with gusto. He epitomized the public concept of the handsome, bohemian artist, surro...

Medium: Oil on Board 22.00" Oval, Framed 31.00" Oval Signature: Signed Lower Right Sears Magazine Cover, Fall- Winter 1927/1928

Sculptor and His Model Signed upper right. Benton Clark owed much, as have all subsequent painter of the Old West, to Frederic Remington and his authoritative recording of that period. Benton also greatly admired Harvey Dunn and Frank Hoffman for their work in the western genre. The son of a harness maker in Coshocton, Ohio, Benton Clark knew horses, wagons, and all the details in harnessing...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Illustration: Group of people in the old South. "It's the Thieving Federats Again" Illustration;

Medium: Mixed Media Signature: Signed Lower Center Published May 1973 by Pyramid Books

Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of the Army v. Navy Football Program 1968. 204 page Army Navy Almanac Official Program for game played at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia The program ...

Date: 1942 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 48.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Engagements, Saint Valentine, LIFE Magazine Illustration Inscribed to famed Skippy cartoonist Percy Crosby and signed on bottom edge Signed Lower Cen...

Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 25.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Exhibited Carnegie institute Pittsburgh

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

Signed Lower Center

This piece depicts the Revolutionary hero Haym Salomon. Salomon was born in Poland in 1740 and sailed to New York around 1772, where he soon joined the Sons of Liberty...

Calendar Illustration: Image of Indian mother and children. Gerlach Barklow Calendar Company Adelaide Hiebel was born in New Hope Wisconsin in 1886. She studied at the Art Institute in Chicago. In 1919 Hiebel was an art instructor when her friend and mentor Zula Kenyon...

Dimensions: 24.50" x 36.00" "A Cold Day in Hell" cover by Terry Johnston

The Peg Legged Man Arthur Burdett Frost was our best illustrator of rural America. He usually treated his characters with humor, and in his drawings there was a directness and honesty which showed his sympathetic understanding of his subjects. His sound draughtsmanship was combined with an intimate knowledge of nature. The details in his pictures are always very specific, as though drawn on the spot, and so artfully chosen and placed as to carry out the picture’s idea in a natural and entirely convincing manner. He may be best remembered now, however, for his charming illustrations for the Uncle Remus...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 14.50" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right "Wolf Mountain Moon" Book Cover, by Terry C. Johnston

Book illustration for "As The Crow Flies" by Jeffery Archer. Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Image of crowd of people at auction.

Signed Lower Right

Magazine illustration for "Home for Lunch," published in Ladies' Home Journal, March 1940. Oil on canvas. 27 x 32 inches. Signed "Sundblom" in lower left image. Medium: Oil on Canva...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Center Left Dimensions: 18.25" x 9.50"

Artist unknown. Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Unsigned Dimensions: 24.00" x 21.00" Illustration for Morton's Iodized Salt, printed advertisement affixed to back.

She Loves Me ...She Loves Me Not, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 19, 1926 Original cover for Liberty magazine, published June 19, 1926. Sandy forgot that toda...

Date: 1945 Medium: Gouache Dimensions: 21.25" x 16.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, February 3, 1945

Date: 1918 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Boys, My Sister From the East, American Magazine illustration, April 1918

Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 12.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Sallie Ward, Kentucky Belle, greets soldiers returning from the Mexican War to Louisville, Kentucky. Illustrating the article “The Loveliest of All Kentucky Girls” by William Perrin...