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Illustration Art (3) -- Golden Age Paintings
For anyone who loves the history of comic art, it is impossible to understand how comics arose without looking at their immediate precursor -- the great illustration art of the early 20th century, considered the “Golden Age” of illustration. Before comics became popular, magazines were all the rage. Periodicals like Colliers, Good Housekeeping, Life, the Saturday Evening Post, Puck, Judge, and a myriad of others were read by millions. With new techniques developed in the late 1800s, images could be directly transferred from canvas to page, allowing for much higher printed images. Publishers began paying high prices to great illustrators who could fill magazines with images that would sell copies and advertise products, and a series of incredible illustrators cropped up -- artists like Maxfield Parrish, Harvey Dunn, Dean Cornwell, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker, and hundreds more. Several of these artists, like Harrison Cady and Dan Smith, ended up crossing over into comic strip art. Many more influenced future comic artists so heavily that it is impossible to understand today's comic books and comic strips without looking back. So, is the art in this gallery "comic art" per se? No. But does it play a direct role in just about every image that is on this website? Without a doubt, yes.
There are 40 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.
37 through 40 shown.
Edmund Franklin Ward (1924)
Art Details
| Artist: | Edmund Ward (All) |
| Media Type: | Paint - Oil |
| Art Type: | Illustration |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1430 |
| Comments: | 3 |
| Added to Site: | 5/4/2011 |
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| Member Since: | February 2006 |
Edmund Franklin Ward (1924)
Artist: Edmund Ward (All)
1430 Views, 3 Comments
Harold Anderson (1930s)
Art Details
| Artist: | Harold Anderson (All) |
| Media Type: | Paint - Oil |
| Art Type: | Illustration |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 3826 |
| Comments: | 4 |
| Added to Site: | 2/11/2011 |
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| Ben Friedman
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| Member Since: | February 2006 |
Harold Anderson (1930s)
Artist: Harold Anderson (All)
3826 Views, 4 Comments
Florence Freeman Wilmot (1920s)
Art Details
| Artist: | Florence Wlimot (All) |
| Media Type: | Paint - Watercolor |
| Art Type: | Illustration |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1724 |
| Comments: | 5 |
| Added to Site: | 8/21/2010 |
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| Ben Friedman
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| Member Since: | February 2006 |
Florence Freeman Wilmot (1920s)
Artist: Florence Wlimot (All)
1724 Views, 5 Comments
Howard V. Brown (1923)
Art Details
| Artist: | Howard Brown (All) |
| Media Type: | Paint - Oil |
| Art Type: | Illustration |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1628 |
| Comments: | 2 |
| Added to Site: | 8/21/2010 |
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| Ben Friedman
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| Member Since: | February 2006 |
Howard V. Brown (1923)
Artist: Howard Brown (All)
1628 Views, 2 Comments
There are 40 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.
37 through 40 shown.
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