Coby Whitmore

Beauty Queen Scandal

Medium: Oil on Canvasboard Signature: Signed Upper Right Story Illustration: Couple Lounging, the admiring new hat. "Geordie" Ladies Home Journal,...

Original story illustration for “Judge Abbey and the Four Elves” By Cecily Teague Crowe for the Ladies’ Home Journal, published October 1948 The full caption reads: "'You'd think,' ...

Medium: Oil on Linen Signature: Signed and Dated Story illustration for "Farewell Without Regret" by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger for Good Housekeeping, published July 1940, page 58. The...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right and Titled on reverse Dimensions: 28.13" x 25.13" (71.45 cm x 63.83 cm) Literature: Temple Bailey, Bridal White, The American Mag...

This brilliantly rendered female portrait by a major American post-war illustrator known for his stunningly glamorous women. Notice how all the elements of the composition work tog...

A simple palette of red and flesh colors defines this noir portrait by Coby Whitmore, Seductive Femme Fatale Kim Novak Look-a-like Illustration in Red It's a...

Jean-Gabriel Domergue 1889-1962 French La loge Signed (bottom right) Oil on panel Jean-Gabriel Domergue presents an elegantly seductive woman seated in a l...

Pruett Carter captures the quintessential look of the 1950's in this loosely rendered but charming work for Redbook. Bright, punchy colors define each object and are arranged in a simplified but complex composition of intersecting and overlapping planes of color. The double portrait of the girl expresses a peak moment of introspection. She ponders her situation while preparing to get dressed for her special occasion. The whole scene is imbued with suspense about her future. Carter is a great academic painter. With just a few light touches of the brush, he quickly defines the form of the subject and achieves the X factor of the work. The profile and frontal view of the girl clearly are the same person. He nails her look. This is hard to do. Do not underestimate it. Sadly, there is a reason why there are very few contemporary artists can actually paint and draw without tracing photographs or resort to naive painting. It's hard to do. It's hard to be a painter. You can not fake...