Takehisa Yumeji

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Japanese artist and poet Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934)

With mandolin, 1911. Image from https://arthistorypi.org/books/yumeji-modern

“He is known foremost for his Nihonga illustrations of bijin, beautiful women and girls, though he also produced a wide variety of works including book covers, serial newspaper illustrations, furoshiki, postcards, and patterned washi paper.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumeji_Takehisa

Illustrated book of poems by artist/author Takehisa Yumeji,1912

Good Morning, 1915 / Shōjogahō (Girls’ illustrated magazine) January 1915

Sheet music for Johannes Brahms’ “Meine Liebe ist Grün”, July 1923

Saint Mary, November 1924 / Woodblock illustration tipped into The Ladies Graphic magazine

Cover for The Ladies Graphic magazine, 1927 / Color woodblock, offset lithography

Cover for Kuro Neko magazine, 1929 / Offset lithography

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The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints~
https://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/artists/takehisa-yumeji-1884-1934.html
Taisho Romanticism and the Roots of Kawaii~
https://japanesekawaiiculture.com/takehisa-yumeji-taisho-romanticism-and-the-roots-of-kawaii/

13Sep2023

Victoria Monkhouse

Posted in Illustrators, Women Artists by Christy

British artist and illustrator Victoria Monkhouse (1883*-1970)

*(or 1884 or 1885)
“Victoria Monkhouse was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum’s Women’s Work Sub-Committee when still a student at Cambridge University. She produced a series of seven drawings of women working in roles previously performed by men, who had been called away for military service.”
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM https://www.iwm.org.uk/
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/6-stunning-first-world-war-artworks-by-women-war-artists

Women working in WWI, 1919 / Pencil and watercolor / Imperial War Museums, UK

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“Lesser Known Artists Of World War One”
http://lesserknownartists.blogspot.com/2018/12/victoria-monkhouse-1885-1970-british.html

9Sep2023

Anne Harriet Fish

Posted in Illustrators, Women Artists by Christy

British cartoonist and illustrator Anne Harriet Fish (1890-1964)

Image from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Harriet_Fish

“Fish is known as an arch chronicler of the Jazz Age. A caricaturist and satirist, she first attracted notice in England, notably in the pages of Punch and The Tatler…Fish created her own character, Eve, whose exploits in the Tatler were captured in compilations called the Book of Eve”
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/anne-harriet-fish

The First Eve Book, 1916 / 64 pages, B&W illustrations / Rooke Books PBFA, UK
“Her illustrations for the “Letters of Eve” in The Tatler spawned films, theatre and three books.” ~Wikipedia

Abdulla Cigarettes Advertisement, 1921 / Published in “La Vie Parisienne” & “Punch”

Vanity Fair Cover Featuring Two Bathing Beauties, 1923 / Painting

Assorted characters at art opening, c.1925 / Pen and ink / Illustration for Vanity Fair

Small Double Footmen Hubley Doorstop, 1920s / Cast iron / Signed “©Fish”
Fish created designs for Hubley, the cast iron manufacturing company, and for Fulper Pottery

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Go Fish! https://bawdybisques.blogspot.com/2019/04/go-fish.html
Anne Harriet Fish (1890-1964)~
https://www.doorstops.com/artist/fish.html
Artist Spotlight: A.H. Fish~
https://condenaststore.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/a-h-fish/

2Sep2023

Sam Savitt

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Equine artist and illustrator Sam Savitt (1917-2000)

Image from Equestrian Living: Remembering Artist Sam Savitt
https://eqliving.com/remembering-artist-sam-savitt/

[Sam Savitt] “started his career doing magazine illustrations, and became well known for his illustrations for Dell comic book covers, for whom he did Western illustrations. He wrote, or co-wrote, 17 books on horses, as well as private commissions and the Sam Savitt series of charts, which were used in the Smithsonian.”
https://janebadgerbooks.co.uk/illustrators/savitt-sam/

The Lone Ranger’s Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver, No3, 1952 / Dell Comics

Lad: A Dog Anniversary Edition, 1968 / E. P. Dutton, NY

Sea Horse from Sam Savitt’s Book of Horse Nonsense, 1975 / Black Horse Press, NY

Woman with a horse and foal, ND / Oil on canvas / Private collection

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Wikipedia~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Savitt
Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists~
https://www.pulpartists.com/Savitt.html
Horse Book Illustrators, Part Three: Sam Savitt~
http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2014/06/horse-book-illustrators-part-three-sam.html

26Aug2023

Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom

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American illustrator Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom (1905-1986)

Image from Stay on the Ride blog post about Ruth Grafstrom
http://stayontheride.blogspot.com/2013/06/ruth-grafstrom.html

“After formal training in Chicago and Paris, Grafstrom entered the field. She worked primarily in fashion illustration…She also took magazine fiction projects, and worked with the Delineator, Cosmopolitan and other women’s mags. Graftstrom secured significant advertising clients, among them Saks, Matson Line, Coty, and Pepsodent.”
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/ruth-sigrid-grafstrom

Two Fashionable Young Women, 1931 / Illustration for Vogue magazine

Statues in Satin, 1938 / Illustration for Vogue magazine

Man and dog, 1939 / Illustration for Esquire magazine

Saint, to be loved and adored, 1946 / Magazine ad for Adrian Perfume

Palm Beach Portrait with Sun Hat, 1947 / Original watercolor with colored pen

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Wikipedia~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Sigrid_Grafstrom
American Art Archives~ https://www.americanartarchives.com/grafstrom.htm
Matson Navigation Company Archives~
https://matsonvintageart.com/collections/ruth-sigrid-grafstrom

19Aug2023

C. Coles Phillips

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American illustrator Clarence Coles Phillips (1880-1927)

“In May 1908…he pioneered what came to be his signature design—a graphic human figure with a detailed face, hands, and feet, and with clothing in the same shade as the background. This design, called “The Fadeaway Girl” took the illustration world by storm…”
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/coles-phillips

Cover for Life magazine, July 9, 1908

Cover for Good Housekeeping magazine, February 1915

Overland Automobile advertisement, c.1915

Original artwork for Collier’s, 1921 / Gouache and watercolor on board

Holeproof Hosery Company Advertisement, c.1923

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Clarence Coles Phillips and Negative Space~
https://postcardhistory.net/2021/12/clarence-coles-phillips-and-negative-space/
Classic [Saturday Evening] Post Artist: Coles Phillips~
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/04/classic-artist-coles-phillips/
National Museum of American Illustration~ https://americanillustration.org/project/coles-phillips/

12Aug2023

Mary R. Bassett

Posted in Illustrators, Women Artists by Christy

American illustrator Mary Robertson Bassett (1841-1933)

“Mary Robertson Bassett illustrated magazines such as Ladies’ Home Journal, and children’s books published by Baker & Taylor Company, Grosset & Dunlap, and other publishers.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_R._Bassett