""Farewell without regret"" Lot no. 3833
By Tom Lovell (1909-1997)
1940 (Estimated)
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Left
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Story illustration for "Farewell Without Regret" by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger for Good Housekeeping, published September 1940, page 47.
The full caption under reads: "The grip on her shoulders stopped her where she stood. 'Hold on,' he said in a low voice. 'Remember me?'"
A man holds a woman's shoulders in a dance hall as a couple ballroom dances behind them.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Had an extreme attention for detail and rarely completed more then a dozen major oil paintings a year. He was a Freelance illustrator for many well-known magazines including Colliers and the Saturday Evening Post and become known as a pulp illustrator. His work depicting life in the old west earned him his reputation of Dean of Western Art and allowed him to win just about every major Western Art prize that exist. He was voted into the Society of Illustrators in 1974 and was chosen to receive two Gold Metals.