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Love Story Chinese Couple. Pearl S. Buck Tiger Tiger Illustration

Creator: Dean Cornwell
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Among the many accolades I would grant Dean Cornwell, the one that rises to the top would be that he is one of America's greatest portrait painters. With a few strokes, he captures his subjects' inner souls and restrained emotions. Cornwell is a master draftsman with a profound understanding of academic painting. It's this deep knowledge that allows him to paint with such self-assuredness. There is no living artist today who could paint like Dean Cornwell. This is particularly relevant in today's art world, where the most celebrated art displays little academic knowledge. This double portrait is a schematized illustration for Tiger Tiger by Pearl S. Buck. Published: Cosmopolitan Magazine, April, 1938 . Initialed and dated center right, Framed dimensions. 21.75 x 24.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Gouache on board
Condition:	Good. Hinged, slight surface wear and faint watermarks lower right corner.
Creation Date:	1938
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Post Impressionism, Illustration
Article References:	Cosmopolitan Magazine,
Incollect Reference #:	651840

Dimensions

W.	16 in;	H.	12.25 in;
W.	40.64 cm;	H.	31.12 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.