by W.H.D. Koerner (American, born in Germany, 1878-1938) This painting illustrated a story by Ben Williams in the June 28, 1919, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. It told the story of a Hispanic field hand suspected of sleeping with the wife of a farmer. The painting that illustrated it, exhibited here, depicts Jubilo being…
Category: Illustrations & Prints
Cover illustration for the 1960 edition of the book, The World, the Flesh, and Father Smith
by Robert Maguire (American, 1921-2005) Set in a small town in Scotland, the book—a fictional novel by the Scottish writer Bruce Marshall—tells the story of Father Smith and a group of exiled French nuns. (The reprint next to the painting is of the cover of the original publication, 1945.) The artist Robert Maguire, a twentieth-century…
“Big Eyes” Child
by Margaret Keane (American, 1927-) Keane’s works are recognizable by the oversized, doe-like eyes of her subjects. In the 1960s, her artwork was sold under the name of her husband, Walter Keane, who claimed credit for it. On November 1, 1964, she left him and moved from San Francisco. In 1970, Keane announced that she…