Pennsylvania - Figurative Paintings

Signature: Signed Medium: Oil on Canvas

Contact for exact dimensions. The Atlantic Magazine Cover Illustration. November 1956, Volume 198

“Lil Watches Her Step!: And Plays the Feminine Lead in a Risky Office Drama,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published November 5, 1927. Lil takes out her shorthand book as he...

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"

Signature: Signed & Dated Lower Right lllustration depicting a genre fashion scene of a woman at her toilette, having her hair pomaded.

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 ...

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

Signature: Signed Lower Right Original advertisement for Cream of Wheat, published 1925. The image features Dan Beard sitting at a campfire talking to Boy Scouts. The full captio...

Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan magazine, published January 1912, page 200. The full caption reads: “With much awkwardness and angry haste, the...

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.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

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

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...

“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...

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

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 29.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

“The Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy: Breathing Out Envy, It Swoops Down upon Sandy,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published April 9, 1927. Sandy is feeling gloomy while reme...

A romance novel cover for Scandalous Bride by Diana Hamilton, published by Harlequin for their Scandals series, 1997. Signed Lower Right Man and woman lying in bed...

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

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.

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

Professor Herbert Raymond Moody, head at MIT, Hobart college, college City New York, Gilbert School, winsted conn. And of the chemistry division of the national research council, mem...

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

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

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

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published October 2, 1926 Sandy glowers as he sits at the table watching his rival Babe Dolan, the athletic lifeguard, flirt with Lil. Lil is entranced as Babe promises to make her a champion swimmer and the two are oblivious to the arrival of the waiter with the check, which Sandy reluctantly pays with nearly all of the remaining money in his wallet. (Liberty magazine, October 2, 1926, p. 54) This cover illustration was produced right after Liberty ceased their title contest for readers. “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...

Approximate Date: 1953 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Dimensions: 24.00" x 16.50" This illustration was published as the paperback cover of The Golden Egg...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right This illustration dates circa 1950.

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...

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...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 9.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Original story illustration for the book The Strange Cases of Mason Brant by Nevil Monroe (Philadelphia and London: Lippincott, 1916), illustrated page 173. The full caption reads: “I turned and looked back. A hansom cab...

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

Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Panel Dimensions: 24.00" x 36.00"

Date: 1966 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 10.50" x 9.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right Men magazine, upper half cover, March 1966

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left This romance illustration graced the paperback cover of The Matchmaking Ghost by Janice Bennett. Publi...

Date: 1926 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty magazine cover, November 6, 1926

Approximate Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 38.00" x 25.00" Men depicted in a winter scene, used as a book cover ...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration for "In The Cathedral" by Achmed Abdullah published in Cosmopolitan, May 1938, pages 24-25. The magazine descri...

Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 14.25" x 19.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right The Girls of Canby Hall Book Cover, written by Emily Chase

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 38.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right "Penthouse," by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by McClelland Barclay. Magazine Story Illustrati...

Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right Contact exact dimensions. Liberty Magazine Cover, April 12, 1930

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.25" x 18.25" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Medium: Oil on Cloth Signature: Signed Lower Left "Fiddler on the Roof"

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right "A Successful Man," by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, from book Poems of Optimism (1919).

Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 11.75" x 30.5" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of "Goodly Heritage" written by Beverly McGlamry, Ballantine Books Book Synopsis: BARKER-MARKEY...

Date: 1955 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.25" x 38.5" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 24.00" x 31.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right "Tackett and the Indian" Book Cover, by Lyn Nofziger

Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right

Date: 1921 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 20.75" x 17.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right (Monogram)

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 15.00" x 13.00;" Framed 18.00" x 15.00" This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 37c Flag Folding Fan...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover Illustration for ''Motor'' Magazine, February 1931 Depicting a Duryea Automobile Driving by a Blacksmith Shop

Medium: Oil on Paper Dimensions: 15.25" x 10.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned Summer Love by Robert Maguire

Date: 1917 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Hearst's Magazine Story Illustration, 1917

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Grandmom with grandson and dog