Edward Mason Eggleston
American artist and illustrator (1882–1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edward Mason Eggleston (22 November 1882 – 14 January 1941) was an American painter who specialized in calendar portraits of women, fashionable and fantastic. He was also a well known commercial illustrator doing work for companies such as the Fisk Tire Company, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Great Lakes Exposition.
Edward Mason Eggleston | |
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Born | (1882-11-22)November 22, 1882[1] |
Died | January 14, 1941(1941-01-14) (aged 58)[3] |
Alma mater | Columbus Art School |
Known for | Storytelling images, fashion and fantasy images, portraits, calendar and advertising illustrations |
Movement | Art Deco, Genre painting, Fantasy art |
He attended the Columbus Art School in Columbus, Ohio and moved to New York about 1915, where he worked to illustrate magazine covers, travel posters, advertisements and calendars.[2][4] He worked primarily with oil paints on canvas, and also with pastels, water colors, and gouache.[5]
Eggleston tapped into an American trend toward escapist fantasy during the Great Depression years of the 1930s.[6][7] Described as "storytelling," his calendar works focused on women in stylish and fashionable dresses and hats, swimwear, or costumed as Native-American women, "Egyptian goddesses," pirate girls, and women in the character of Peter Pan.[2][6][5]