The Illustrated Gallery is thrilled to announce our latest acquisition of fourteen paintings by the Danish illustrator Kurt Ard to the collection. Much like Norman Rockwell, Ard was inspired by everyday life and he often used his wife and children as models, striving...
Two of our favorite covers for The Saturday Evening Post by Joseph Christian Leyendecker and George Hughes celebrate the special bonds between mother and son that occur during milestone moments of transition from childhood into adulthood. We take this opportunity to...
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J.C. Leyendecker’s cherubs and babies graced the covers of 37 New Year’s issues of The Saturday Evening Post, ushering in each new year from 1907 to 1943. While the New Year’s Babies initially portrayed a childlike innocence, they soon began to offer commentary on the...
Over the last few months, The Illustrated Gallery has been working to enhance our research department and the content that we bring to our fellow collectors. During this time, we have come across a plethora of never seen before information and we are extremely excited...
Leslie Thrasher and his Art Contributed by Jim Thompson (Commonwealth Books) Charles Leslie Thrasher graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1909. After a year studying in France, he went to Wilmington where he spent a year attending Howard Pyle’s...