Hal Crecy

Heavenly Transportation - Clowns Fly through the Clouds in a Chariot

Advertisement for the Interwoven Stocking Company, New Brunswick, NJ.

“And Why Not?: Lil and Sandy Warm Up Their Imagination,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published April 7, 1928 As Mr. and Mrs. Morse leave for a date night at the local lodge, Lil and Sandy spend an evening in front of the fireplace at the Morse home. Sandy turns on sentimental music, gathers marshmallows and a toasting fork, and lights the logs in his father-in-law’s fireplace. The fireplace’s golden glow becomes a picture frame for the couple’s dreams of their future son. Sandy excitedly imagines their baby going to college and being the “head of every class, scholarships galore, and captain of basketball, hockey, crew, and football.” Little Sandy is also imagined to be a brave soldier and even serve as future president of the United States. “Dreams of their son…red embers on the hearth…Their fireplace fantasy!” (Liberty magazine, April 7, 1928) “For the Love o’ Lil: The Picture Story of an American Family” In 1926, under his long-term contract to produce a cover per week for Liberty magazine, Leslie Thrasher introduced a signature cast of characters that appeared each week, telling a serialized story through his illustrations. Liberty touted its new cover serial as “something no magazine has ever done before…Heretofore, all magazine cover...

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Calendar Illustration: Boy laying under tree with dog Gerlach Barklow Calendar Company Signed lower right. Adelaide Hiebel was born in New Hope Wisconsin in 1886. She studied at the Art Institute in Chicago. In 1919 Hiebel was an art instructor when her friend and mentor Zula Kenyon...

La Conquête du Ciel Conquest of the Skies Surrealism Contemporary Space Creature Gérard Willemenot was born on February 11, 1943. World War II and his father's deportation to Mautha...

Winged Cherubs French School, contemporary oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 8 x 8 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and sound condition

Dreams, with their ephemeral and often surreal qualities, can be a guide in creating artwork that explores the unexpected. "Wild Ride of the Dream Chaser" depicts a moment from a vib...

Ruben Alpizar From the series: The Ship of Fools, 2025 Watercolor on paper 27 x 39 in