AP38 Vintage 1897 Harpers Magazine May Edward Penfield American Advertising Poster Re-Print - A1 (841 x 610mm) 33" x 24"
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A high quality reproduction of this beautiful vintage poster All our prints are professionally & sympathetically restored to show off their original vibrant colours. Most tears, creases, stains from the original scans have been painstakingly removed, whilst still maintaining that vintage look. Posters will be printed to the best fit for the above sizes, with approximately a 10-30mm border. Depending on the original aspect ratio, horizontal & vertical borders may be different.
Historic Poster | People we Pass - Stories of Life Among The Masses of New York City | Edward Penfield. | Antique Vintage Fine Art Reprint 30in x 44in
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People we pass - stories of life among the masses of Ne...)
People we pass - stories of life among the masses of New York City | Edward Penfield.
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Historic Poster | Harper's August | Edward Penfield. | Antique Vintage Fine Art Reprint 18in x 24in
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Harper's August | Edward Penfield.
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Harper's August | Edward Penfield.
We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature, some of these images may show signs of wear and tear - small rips, stains, creases, etc. We believe that in many cases this contributes to the historical character of the item.
Historic Poster | Colliers. Automobile Number | Edward Penfield. | Antique Vintage Fine Art Reprint 24in x 36in
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Colliers. Automobile Number | Edward Penfield.
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Colliers. Automobile Number | Edward Penfield.
We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature, some of these images may show signs of wear and tear - small rips, stains, creases, etc. We believe that in many cases this contributes to the historical character of the item.
Edward Penfield was an American illustrator, painter, and author. He is considered the father of the American poster.
Background
Edward Penfield was born on June 2, 1866 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. His father, Josiah, and his grandfather, Henry L. Penfield, came from Rye, New York, their forebears from Fairfield, Connecticut. His mother, Ellen Locke (Moore) Penfield, was born in England.
Education
Edward Penfield received his elementary education in Brooklyn, but soon left school to become a pupil at the Art Students' League in New York.
Career
After several years of study Edward Penfield became, at the age of twenty-four, the art editor of Harper's Magazine, and shortly, art editor of Harper's Weekly and Harper's Bazar also. He served these magazines for more than a decade with great distinction and intelligence, both as editor and as artist, in the former capacity seeking out and encouraging the best talent in the country and directing it into new and interesting channels. He discovered and befriended many a young and struggling artist and did much to raise the standards of magazine illustration.
In 1901 Edward Penfield resigned his editorships, however, to devote his entire time to art. He executed a series of mural decorations of outdoor sports in Randolph Hall, Cambridge, Massachussets, now the property of Harvard University, and in 1903 painted ten panels depicting a fox hunt for the Rochester Country Club. Commercial work, however, absorbed more and more of his interest and time. He made a large number of poster designs, by which he is best remembered, and may be cited as the inaugurator of the brief but golden age of poster art in America.
Penfield's work was bold, precise, full of character, and always decorative. His flat tones of solid color bounded by strongly accented black lines are reminiscent of the work of Nicholson, Beardsley, Steinlen, and Toulouse-Lautrec. There is the same forcefulness, directness, and extreme simplicity of means as in a typical Japanese print. He was the pioneer in America of this influence. He retained, however, his individuality. His drawing and even his lettering bear the unmistakable mark of his personality. His knowledge of old forms of dress and uniforms was accurate to the last buckle; his interest in horses, coaches, and carriages led him into collecting ancient conveyances; his love of felines was as strong as Steinlen's.
Penfield's work compels attention by its pleasant pattern and easy readability and sustains interest by its quality of draftsmanship and accuracy of detail. That his output was "commercial" and not "artistic" was largely due to the spirit of the times. Percival Pollard's Postersin Miniature (1896), for which Penfield wrote an introduction, contains fourteen examples of his work, including a self-portrait. Other designs were collected in Country Carts (1900) and The Big Book of Horses & Goats (1901). Several illustrated articles contributed to Scribner's Magazine were reprinted in Holland Sketches (1907) and Spanish Sketches (1911).
Other notable magazine contributions include "The Ancestry of the Coach" (Outing, July 1901) and illustrations for Caspar Whitney's article, "The Country-Cart of To-day" (Ibid. , June 1900). Much of his work was done for the Beck Engraving Company of Philadelphia (e. g. , an Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1919, redrawn from Old Farmers' Almanacks, 1918); typical of his book illustrations are those for The Dreamers (1899) by John Kendrick Bangs. His best posters were made for Harper's Magazine. He designed covers for Collier's and Harper's Magazine, and advertising matter issued by the Franklin Press and by the clothing firm of Hart, Schaffner & Marx.
Edward Penfield died in Beacon, New York, on February 8, 1925.
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Personality
Edward Penfield was quiet, modest, unassuming, and retiring to the point of secretiveness.
Connections
On April 27, 1897 Edward Penfield was married to Jennie Judd Walker, daughter of Maj. Charles A. Walker. They had two sons, one of whom died in childhood. He lived most of his married life in Pelham Manor, New York.