Items Similar to "Winnie and the Copperhead” Saturday Evening Post Illustration
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5
Arthur William Brown"Winnie and the Copperhead” Saturday Evening Post Illustration1922
1922
$2,115
£1,597.98
€1,830.81
CA$2,951.11
A$3,216.56
CHF 1,700.57
MX$38,721.28
NOK 21,584.43
SEK 19,788.51
DKK 13,676.20
About the Item
Published in the Saturday Evening Post dated 11-18 1922 page 107 for the "Winnie and the Copperhead” story written by Bertram Atkey
Signed and dated lower left
Arthur William Brown had one of the longest and most prolific careers of any American illustrator. Born in Canada, he landed his first job as a chalk-plate artist on the local Hamilton, Ontario, Spectator at the age of fifteen. After four years of this, he saved enough money to go to New York where he studied at the Art Students League under Walter Appleton Clark.
Brown’s first chance at magazine illustration came when a friend was assigned to write a circus article for The Saturday Evening Post. “Brownie” took a chance that he could make acceptable accompanying drawings and spent six weeks traveling with the circus. The Post was pleased with the result and the published illustrations became the first of a long and popular association which lasted over forty years.
During this time, he had the opportunity to collaborate with many famous authors, including O. Henry, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Booth Tarkington, and Sinclair Lewis. In the early stages of their careers, Frederic March, John Barrymore, and Joan Blondell all posed for him.
Brown was a long-standing active member of the Society of Illustrators. He was its president from 1944 to 1947, and in 1964 was unanimously voted into the Illustrators Hall of Fame.
- Creator:Arthur William Brown (1881 - 1966, American)
- Creation Year:1922
- Dimensions:Height: 11.8 in (29.98 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)
- Medium:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Fort Washington, PA
- Reference Number:Seller: 30211stDibs: LU38431169653
Arthur William Brown
" "Brownie," as his artist friends called him, epitomizes the rule that "90% of life is just showing up." A Canadian school dropout, he worked on a steamer, sketching in his spare time (he sold these to newspapers). Saving his earnings, he enrolled at the Art Student’s League and studied under Walter Appleton Clark, F W DuMond, and FR Gruger. Brownie went along when a friend got a job from the Saturday Evening Post to cover a circus. The Post liked the article AND Brown's circus drawings. They bought them, a relationship between publisher and artist that lasted 40 years. Brown's pencils appeared in most Post issues from the teens on. He concentrated on story art (no covers) for Collier's, College Humor, Redbook, and Cosmopolitan. He also contributed posters for the WWI effort and book art for books (The Magnificent Ambersons, Alice Adams, The Fortune Hunter, The Upper Crust, Messer Marco Polo, The Midlanders, The Lady Evelyn). The vast majority of Brown's work was in pencil, though ink and color wash began appearing in his kit from the early 30s." -American Art Archives.com.
About the Seller
5.0
Recognized Seller
These prestigious sellers are industry leaders and represent the highest echelon for item quality and design.
Established in 1995
1stDibs seller since 2016
141 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: <1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Shipping from: Fort Washington, PA
- Return Policy
More From This Seller
View AllLife Magazine Story Illustration
By Orson Byron Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Story Illustration- Life Magazine ca. 1915
Seated Man in dressing gown pulling on maid's apron
Category
1910s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen
The Best People
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration for story called 'The Best People', published in Redbook magazine, January, 1943, with their job stamp on verso.
Signed and dated lower right.
Arthur William Brown...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache, Watercolor
(Untitled)
By Ernest Leonard Blumenschein
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Board
Dimensions: 14.00" x 8.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Magazine story, an image of man in uniform.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Saturday Evening Post story, 1920s Parlor Scene
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1920
Medium: Charcoal and Watercolor on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 19.00"
Signature: Signed and Inscription Lower Right Corner
1920s parlor scene. ...
Category
1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Board
What is the Home Anyway
By Orson Byron Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper
Signature: Unsigned
Titled in pencil and inscribed "Blue print-Rush-/March" beneath the composition, identified in a printed label affixed to the frame ...
Category
1910s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Good Housekeeping Illustration
By Katharine R. Wireman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Drawing
Signature: Initialed Lower Right
Contact for dimensions.
Good Housekeeping Illustration
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
You May Also Like
Antique English-American Edward Sloman Silent Film Costume Sketch
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique costume sketch by noted silent film director Edward Sloman. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 14 inches overall and 10 by 8 inches image alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Antique English-American Edward Sloman Silent Film Costume Sketch
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique costume sketch by noted silent film director Edward Sloman. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 14 inches overall and 10 by 8 inches image alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
Ernest Howard Shepard, illustration of Punch magazine, signed, inkpen
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879–1976)
Laying Breaks on a London Street, an Illustration for Punch Magazine
Inkpen and body colour
Signed ‘Ernest H. Shepard’ (lower left)
8 1/8 x...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
British illustration by EH Shephard, illustrator for Winnie the Pooh
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Ernest Howard Shephard (British, 1879 – 1976)
The land of the lost toys – ‘Oh that’s you is it’
Inscribed with title (lower edge), and further inscribed ...
Category
20th Century English School Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Woman - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original modern artwork realized by a french Artist in the mid-20th century.
Black and white china ink drawing depicting a woman.
Unreadable signature on the lower marg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
1920
s Illustration of a Country Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed figurative illustration of a young woman leaning against a fence. The woman is wearing a plaid dress and bonnet with a black ribbon. Some of the landscape has been il...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Gouache
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
More Ways To Browse
Painting In Saturday Evening Post
Saturday Evening Post Illustration
Antique Booths
Scott Fitzgerald
F Scott Fitzgerald
Antique Sinclair
John Barrymore
Joan Blondell
Vintage Homoerotic Art
Pencil Portrait Man 20th
Peter Coker
A Giannelli
George Stavrinos
Original Illustration 1930s
Antique Vogue Covers
Ed Templeton
Antique Miniature Portrait Artists
Fashion Illustration 1930s