Mead schaeffer art

View Greek Wedding By Schaeffer Mead; oil oncanvas; 96.8 x 68.9 cm; Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

103-year-old illustrator Mac Conner has lived through a rich evolution of artistic styles, from the sweet ‘30s to the noir ‘50s to the Mad Men ‘60s.

Sorry for the double post! Was experimenting with Arstation notifications. Collection of 21 master studies done at the start of the year. I tried to keep these between 60-120 minutes and focus of shape and color. Figures are not a strong point of mine, so I also tried to study pieces which featured figure as an added challenge. Learned a lot from this challenge!

MEAD SCHAEFFER GEORGE WASHINGTON WITH SALLY FAIRFAX 1931, oil on canvas 32″ x 26 1/2″ Everybody’s Washington by Alden Knipe, Dodd Mead & Company, 1931 “The Young Major visited Belvoir to see Sally Fairfax, whom he greatly admired” SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR 1945, Oil and pencil on canvas 32″ x 26″, signed lower right Saturday […]

Mead Schaeffer, Lorna Doone

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According to the article on Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980) in issue No. 45 of Illustration magazine, he was quoted as saying in 1945: "I longed to do honest work, based on real places, real people, and real things -- work expressive of normal human emotions and activities. So, I did a right-about-face, and have never regretted it." This was in reaction to painting "dudes and dandies, exaggerated sentiment, artificial romance, and love withe the endless 'he and she' pictures." The images above…

Mead Schaeffer's "Hide the Body" 1933

Illustration US : N. C. Wyeth, 1911, pirates, "l'île aux trésors", 1910s