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1925 Johnny Gruelle Cover Art for "The Magical Land of Noom"

Artist: Johnny Gruelle (Painter)

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1925 Johnny Gruelle Cover Art for The Magical Land of Noom Comic Art

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Title:	1925 Johnny Gruelle Cover Art for "The Magical Land of Noom"
Artist:	Johnny Gruelle (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,233
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	8/13/2014
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I would imagine most people on Comicartfans have no idea who Johnny Gruelle is. Besides being the creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy, he was a major children's book artist, an early comic strip artist(Mr. Twee Deedle, Brutus and others), a toy mogul and more.
One of Gruelle's major books was "The Magical Land of Noom", published in 1925. A marvelous fantasy for children, and one of the books which places him in the uppermost echelon of 20th Century book illustrators.
I turned into a Gruelle fan in the late 1970's-early '80's when George Hagenauer showed up at one of the Chicago Mini-Con with a bunch of art by Gruelle and Frederick Richardson, Lang Campbell and others, all from the archives of the M.A. Donohue Publishing house. Over the years I've had a number of Gruelle originals pass through my hands.
Imagine my shock, when last week, one of my good friends called me to tell me he was at a little auction and this major piece of Gruelle art was there. Surprisingly there was a fair amount of interest, but my friend was able to purchase the piece and was kind enough to let me buy it from him(at a substantial profit). Needless to say, I am thrilled to own a Gruelle cover, no matter the price, and a major one at that.
If you are not familiar with Gruelle, check out his work, as it is all gorgeously done and has a wonderful fantasy flair, incredible color and marvelous linework. It is past due for a collection of his marvelous SUnday pages.
Thanks, Ron!

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Eric F
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/14/2014

Interesting artist! Thanks for the story.

Ben Friedman
Member Since 2006

Posted on 9/12/2014

Wow, what a beauty!

Monty B
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/8/2016

Fantastic cover!!!

George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/11/2016

Some of his best work was in this book the interiors were the ones they wouldn't sell when the lot was divided up

Bernard Voorzichtig
Member Since 2012

Posted on 2/4/2018

Beautiful cover !

CJ Design
Member Since 2018

Posted on 12/24/2023

Fantastic Illustration...thank's on the info.

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