Artwork done for various magazines and their advertisers. J. C. Leyendecker, illustrator. Living from 1874 to 1951, he did work for the Saturday Evening Post. Norman Rockwell was a pallbearer at his funeral. Advertisement for Kellogg’s Cornflakes. ca. 1912. Image © 2018 Haggin Museum. Fair use license. via https://hagginmuseum.org/collections/leyendecker-j-c/kelloggs-kid/ Advertisement for Kuppenheimer & Company’s suits. No date. Image © 2018 Haggin Museum. Fair use license. via https://hagginmuseum.org/collections/leyendecker-j-c/kuppenheimer-suits-advertisement/ “Labor Day on the Beach.” Artwork for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post for September 3, 1932. 1932. In the public domain due to age. via https://jcleyendecker.tumblr.com/
Historical paintings with a very edgy spin. More interesting than most. I want to find out what happens next. Italian. Fortunino Matania, artist (1881-1963). “Nefertiti in her Royal Chariot.” No date. Private Collection. © Estate of the artist. Image © The Bridgman Art Library. Fair use license. via https://www.art.com/products/p21693884492-sa-i7399393/fortunino-matania-nefertiti-in-her-royal-chariot.htm?RFID=217825&ProductTarget=797871853587&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=PLA&gclid=CjwKCAiAjrXxBRAPEiwAiM3DQorPlkK0b4 Beheading of Holofernes by Judith. Reproduced in the magazine “Britannia and Eve” in 1929. Watercolor. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2001 – 2020 The Book Palace. Fair use license. via https://bookpalace.com/acatalog/info_MataniaJudith.html A woman in Arabian dress holding aloft a platter and surrounded by warriors. No date. Gouache en grisaille. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2020 MutualArt Services, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/A-woman-in-Arabian-dress-holding-aloft-a/14121956AE814B3A “Boadicea leading the Iceni revolt.” Used as an illustration for the series”Famous Women from History” which appeared in “Britannia and Eve” magazine. © Estate of the artist. Image © mediastorehouse.com. Fair use license. via https://www.mediastorehouse.com/mary-evans-prints-online/boadicea-leading-iceni-revolt-fortunino-matania-14196059.html
Cuban Art Deco. Conrado Massaguer, illustrator (1989-1965). “La fabula larga, muy larga, este invierño. No muy sanitario, pero si muy chic.” No date. © Estate of the artist. Fair use license. via https://cubaproject.org/cuban-republic/intellectuals/grupo-minorista/conrado-massaguer/xc2002_11_4_375_17_000/ “Neurótica.” 1927. Design by Massaguer. Watercolor by Carlos M. Sánchez. © Estates of the artists. Fair use license. via https://cubaproject.org/cuban-republic/intellectuals/grupo-minorista/conrado-massaguer/xc2002_11_4_375_14_000/ “S M., La Moda: un elegante vestido, de playa, blanco con adorno maranja y azul pastel.” No exact date. © Estate of the artist. Fair use license. via https://cubaproject.org/cuban-republic/intellectuals/grupo-minorista/conrado-massaguer/xc2002_11_4_375_3_000/
Covers for Life magazine and other illustrations by Irish illustrator Power O’Malley (1877–1946), who studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art before immigrating to America. “Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot?” Cover for Life magazine. June 2, 1910. Life Magazine volume 55, 1910. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Life_1910-06-02_cover_-_Power_O%27Malley.jpg “Will it Hold?” June 20, 1912. Honeymoon number, Life magazine. In the public domain. via https://100yearsagotoday.wordpress.com/tag/power-omalley/ “Proclaiming Liberty To All The World, Broad Stripes.” 20th c. In the public domain. via https://fineartamerica.com/featured/o-malley-power-1870-or-77-1946-proclaiming-liberty-to-all-the-world-broad-stripes-power-o-malley.html “My Girl.” November 6, 1913. Life magazine Thanksgiving issue. Image © Waterford County Museum 2014. Fair use license. via http://www.waterfordmuseum.ie/exhibit/web/DisplayPrintableImage/K0ntlR1InIckY/
Illustrations from the 1930 brochure for the French ocean line”L’Atlantique.” Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, publisher. Collection of the Wolfsonian at Florida International University. “La Rue Principale.” Page 7. Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF078495/00001/7j?search=Deco “”La Grande Salle a Manger des Premières Classes.”Page 8. (left side of a two page spread) Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF078495/00001/8j?search=Deco “Apartement de Luxe.” Page 10. Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF078495/00001/10j?search=Deco “La Grande Salle a Manger des Premières Classes.” Page 9. (right side with staircase of a two page spread) Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF078495/00001/8j?search=Deco
Be the it girl of your town. 1913 style straight from Paris from issue number 56 of the fashion magazine “Journal des Dames et des Modes.” One from number 55. “Set in ermine and polecat.” Plate 127, issue number 56. Printed in color on laid paper and signed “LOEZE” on the lower right. Image © Librairie Le Feu Follet – Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.edition-originale.com/en/prints-engravings-photographs/prints-xxe/-costumes-parisiens-parure-dhermine-et-1913-57793?id_recherche=5d98767734245 “An amazon.” Plate 126, issue number 56. Printed in color on laid paper and signed “BMB” (Bernard Boutet de Monvel) on the lower right. Image © Librairie Le Feu Follet – Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.edition-originale.com/en/prints-engravings-photographs/prints-xxe/-costumes-parisiens-une-amazone-1913-57792?id_recherche=5d9878bd9deb1 “Fox coat with fox collar.” Plate 124, issue number 55. Printed in color on laid paper and signed “JvB” (Jan Van Brock) on the lower right. Image © Librairie Le Feu Follet – Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.edition-originale.com/en/prints-engravings-photographs/prints-xxe/-costumes-parisiens-manteau-de-putois-1913-57790?id_recherche=5d98798bb6805
A selection of artwork from art magazine “Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration” which was published in Darmstadt, Germany with starting in the late 1890’s. Alexander Koch, publisher. Art Nouveau headed for Jugendstil. Title page (detail). Page 4. Collection of and digitalized by the Getty Institute. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125006095430/page/n4 Design for an art glass window. 1906. Page 92. Otto Holub, architect, Vienna. Collection of and digitalized by the Getty Institute. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125006095430/page/n91 “Orpheus.” Relief. Page 103 (detail). No exact date. Made in Rome, Italy. Artur Volkmann, artist. Collection of and digitalized by the Getty Institute. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125006095430/page/n102 Lots more coming. Has around 400 pages and only up to page 103.
Jugendstil art from Jugend magazine. Leo Putz, artist. Living from 1869 to 1940 he was a Tyrolean artist from northern Italy, born up in the Alps. Cover art for Jugend. 1906, Number 5. In the public domain. via https://www.cutlermiles.com/cover-to-jugend-1906-leo-putz/ “Schneckenkampf” (Snails Battle). Done for Jugend in 1904. In the public domain. via https://thefugitivesaint.tumblr.com/post/168681833798/leo-putz-1869-1940-schneckenkampf-snails Artwork for the 1909 Number 5 issue of Jugend Magazine. In the public domain. via https://thefugitivesaint.tumblr.com/post/172557477488/leo-putz-1869-1940-jugend-5-1909-source “Fall of Russia.” Illustration for Jugend Magazine. 1915, number 43. In the public domain. via http://poramoralarte-exposito.blogspot.com/2017/06/leo-putz-1869-1940.html
Watercolors of 1930’s and 1940’s interiors most of which ran in magazines so you would know how to redecorate if you won the lottery. All by Sir Cecil Beaton. Living from 1904 to 1980 and best known for his photography but he did other creative things too. “The Drawing Room at Reddish House.” No date. Pen, brush, black, brown ink and watercolor on paper. Image © 2019 MutualArt Services, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/The-Drawing-Room-at-Reddish-House/F63CC24D755C4CE5 “Harrison and Mona Williams at home in Palm Beach.” February 15, 1937. Illustration for Vogue Magazine. Image © vogue.com. Fair use license. via https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/claudia-schiffer-palm-beach-style-vogue#4
Illustrations right out of the Parisian jazz age with a saxophone lingering behind somewhere. All of these being from 1919. André Édouard Marty, illustrator (1882-1974). “Le Bal de Sauvages” from Modes et Manières d’aujourd’hui. Plate 17. Vintage. via https://matouenpeluche.typepad.com/matouenpeluche/2015/07/andr%C3%A9-%C3%A9douard-marty.html “Le Golf,” from “Modes et Manières d’aujourd’hui.” Plate 18. Vintage. via https://myonebeautifulthing.com/2018/11/18/pochoir/ “Les Ailes dans le Vent,” from “Modes et Manières d’aujourd’hui.” Plate 12. Vintage. via http://www.artophile.com/Artwork/PublicDisplay_AE_Marty_Les_Ailes_Dans_Le_Vent_1152_33.htm