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Description:
Rico Tomaso Saturday Evening Post June Cover. Oil Pencil on paper, matted and framed. Perfect condition. A rare example of Tomaso at his best. ** I don't believe this Rico Tomaso was used as an actual cover for an issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Size Approx. 24" X 20". This biography from the Archives of AskART: An illustrator, Rico Tomaso was known for his illustration of mystery novels and exotic adventure stories and also for his teaching abilities. Many of his illustrations were for The Saturday Evening Post, including the Albert Richard Wetjen stories about the Mounted Police of South Australia. Another client was the Granger Pipe Tobacco company, for whom he did full portrait illustrations. As a young man, he played piano with a small dance orchestra, and future illustrator, Dean Cornwell, was the drummer. It has been written that Tomaso's "work mostly resembled Cornwell's in concept and broad brush style." (253) Tomaso's family friend, John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, encouraged his talent. He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with J. Wellington Reynolds and later at the Art Students League in New York with teachers including Cornwell, Robert Henri and Harvey Dunn. Tomaso taught at the Grand Central Art School, taking the classes of Harvey Dunn when the School class was moved to Mamaroneck, New York. Source: Walt Reed, "Rico Tomaso", The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000, p. 253
| Status: Sold |
Reference#: 00197 |
| Condition:
Perfect |
Year:
1960
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| Country:
USA |
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| Height:
24 in. (60.96 cm) |
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Width: 20 in. (50.80 cm)
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| Title:
Rico Tomaso Nude Drawing of 60's Actress |
Style:
Impressionism |
| Materials:
Conte Crayon on Paper |
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