New Years Baby, Liberty Magazine Cover
Type:Illustration
Year:1932
Size:18.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Leslie Thrasher ART FOR SALE
1889 Piedmont, West Virginia - 1936. Known for: Illustration, commercial art, magazine cover genre.
The editors of Liberty magazine, which first appeared on the newsstand in 1924, prided themselves on innovation - any innovation that would broaden their readership. One of their most successful and... Read full biography
The editors of Liberty magazine, which first appeared on the newsstand in 1924, prided themselves on innovation - any innovation that would broaden their readership. One of their most successful and appealing ideas was the "continuity cover", and the artist who took the assignment was Leslie... Read full biography
The editors of Liberty magazine, which first appeared on the newsstand in 1924, prided themselves on innovation - any innovation that would broaden their readership. One of their most successful and appealing ideas was the "continuity cover", and the artist who took the assignment was Leslie Thrasher. For six years, Thrasher created a cover a week for $1,000 each, depicting the lives of a middle-class couple and their extended family, from their high school romance to a well-heeled middle age.... Read full biography
The editors of Liberty magazine, which first appeared on the newsstand in 1924, prided themselves on innovation - any innovation that would broaden their readership. One of their most successful and appealing ideas was the "continuity cover", and the artist who took the assignment was Leslie Thrasher. For six years, Thrasher created a cover a week for $1,000 each, depicting the lives of a middle-class couple and their extended family, from their high school romance to a well-heeled middle age. Entitled For The Love o' Lil, the series was the prototype for the soap opera and its popularity warranted adaptations to radio and the big screen. Thrasher was a populist almost in spite of his fine arts training in Philadelphia and Paris; he even... Read full biography
The editors of Liberty magazine, which first appeared on the newsstand in 1924, prided themselves on innovation - any innovation that would broaden their readership. One of their most successful and appealing ideas was the "continuity cover", and the artist who took the assignment was Leslie Thrasher. For six years, Thrasher created a cover a week for $1,000 each, depicting the lives of a middle-class couple and their extended family, from their high school romance to a well-heeled middle age. Entitled For The Love o' Lil, the series was the prototype for the soap opera and its popularity warranted adaptations to radio and the big screen. Thrasher was a populist almost in spite of his fine arts training in Philadelphia and Paris; he even used himself as the model for the husband in the "Lil" series. He was certainly one of Howard Pyle's most commercially succ... Read full biography
Leslie Thrasher - Art for Sale (3 available)
The Rivals
Type:Illustration
Year:1911
Size:30.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Illustration for the cover of the "Associated Sunday Magazine," January 7, 1912
Departure at the Train Station, Liberty Magazine Cover, February 2, 1929
Type:Illustration
Year:1929
Size:16.50" x 13.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Departure at the Train Station, Liberty magazine cover, February 2, 1929.