"Frontier Woman, Cosmopolitan Magazine"   Lot no. 2018

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By Dean Cornwell (American- 1892-1960)

1919 (Estimated)
24.00" x 20.00"
OIl on Canvas
Initialed Lower Right
SOLD

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Cosmopolitan Magazine Illustration, May 1919

"From the moment inspector Kedsty laid his eyes on that girl, he was a little too anxious to hang Jim Kent." Excerpt from The Valiant Men by James Oliver.

 

Exhibitions: 

The Florence Academy of Art's Gallery in MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ October 1, 2017 - December 29th, 2017



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ABOUT THE ARTIST

            Dean Cornwell was a brilliant left-handed painter who dominated the illustration field for many years. As a student of Harvey Dunn, he inherited much of the teachings of Howard Pyle and later studied under Frank Brangwyn, the British muralist. To these influences Cornwell added his own monumental style, both intricate and bold.

 

            Cornwell was an untiring worker who made a great many preliminary studies and trial compositions before attempting a final painting in oils. These drawings have great interest by themselves for the beauty of their draftsmanship. 

 

            Prolific and in great demand, he illustrated for a wide variety of magazines and advertisers, but found time as well to paint many important murals. Notable among them were those for the Los Angeles Public Library. The General Motors mural at the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York. The Tennessee State Office Building, the Eastern Airlines building in Rockefeller Center, and the Raleigh Room at the Hotel Warwick in New York City.

 

            Dean was president of the Society of Illustrators from 1922-1926 and was elected to its Hall of Fame in 1959. He taught illustration at the Art Students League in New York, and by example created a "Cornwell School."