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Type:Illustration
Year:1948
Size:24.50" x 18.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, October 16, 1948. The artist used his neighbors, the Rockwells, as models.
George E Hughes ART FOR SALE
1907 New York City - 1990. Known for: Magazine illustration, cover art.
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing... Read full biography
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing for three years in New York's Art Students League* and the National Academy of Design*. Once out of... Read full biography
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing for three years in New York's Art Students League* and the National Academy of Design*. Once out of school, he worked as a freelance fashion illustrator. His work often appeared in such bastions of high style as Vanity Fair and House and Garden magazine. In 1936, Hughes was offered a position in... Read full biography
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing for three years in New York's Art Students League* and the National Academy of Design*. Once out of school, he worked as a freelance fashion illustrator. His work often appeared in such bastions of high style as Vanity Fair and House and Garden magazine. In 1936, Hughes was offered a position in Detroit, Michigan as a Mechanical Designer for an automobile manufacturer. Unhappy with his life there and longing for a chance to illustrate for a major magazine in the East, he packed his belongings and returned home to New York. Hughes married, but... Read full biography
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing for three years in New York's Art Students League* and the National Academy of Design*. Once out of school, he worked as a freelance fashion illustrator. His work often appeared in such bastions of high style as Vanity Fair and House and Garden magazine. In 1936, Hughes was offered a position in Detroit, Michigan as a Mechanical Designer for an automobile manufacturer. Unhappy with his life there and longing for a chance to illustrate for a major magazine in the East, he packed his belongings and returned home to New York. Hughes married, but unfortunately the marriage was short lived. In New York, his career as a commercial artist would begin to ta... Read full biography
George E Hughes - Art for Sale (2 available)
Hero in Blue Serge Chaps
Type:Illustration
Year:1950
Size:24.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Illustration for "Hero in Blue Serge Chaps," by John Keasler, published in Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1957, pg. 119