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Mabel Rollins Harris BIOGRAPHY
early 20th century. Known for: High color, pastel child, female and nude figure, calendar illustration.
From the late 1930s until the end of the 1930s, exqusite pastels by Mabel Rollins Harris were among the most admired in the calendar-art business. Many of her great Art Deco pin-ups effectively... Read full biography
From the late 1930s until the end of the 1930s, exqusite pastels by Mabel Rollins Harris were among the most admired in the calendar-art business. Many of her great Art Deco pin-ups effectively expressed the magic and mystery inherent in the romantic themes that were so popular during the era. She... Read full biography
From the late 1930s until the end of the 1930s, exqusite pastels by Mabel Rollins Harris were among the most admired in the calendar-art business. Many of her great Art Deco pin-ups effectively expressed the magic and mystery inherent in the romantic themes that were so popular during the era. She was particularly known for spectacular nudes such as Golden Dawn (female nude posed by water) and Storm Queen (female nude stretched out on rock above water), which were kept in the catalog of the... Read full biography
From the late 1930s until the end of the 1930s, exqusite pastels by Mabel Rollins Harris were among the most admired in the calendar-art business. Many of her great Art Deco pin-ups effectively expressed the magic and mystery inherent in the romantic themes that were so popular during the era. She was particularly known for spectacular nudes such as Golden Dawn (female nude posed by water) and Storm Queen (female nude stretched out on rock above water), which were kept in the catalog of the Joseph C. Hoover and Sons calendar company for seven consecutive years. Rollins' three pin-ups for the Thomas D. Murphy Company during the late 1920s aroused the admiration of Rolf Armstrong, who told the firm's art director that he envied the brilliant... Read full biography
From the late 1930s until the end of the 1930s, exqusite pastels by Mabel Rollins Harris were among the most admired in the calendar-art business. Many of her great Art Deco pin-ups effectively expressed the magic and mystery inherent in the romantic themes that were so popular during the era. She was particularly known for spectacular nudes such as Golden Dawn (female nude posed by water) and Storm Queen (female nude stretched out on rock above water), which were kept in the catalog of the Joseph C. Hoover and Sons calendar company for seven consecutive years. Rollins' three pin-ups for the Thomas D. Murphy Company during the late 1920s aroused the admiration of Rolf Armstrong, who told the firm's art director that he envied the brilliant glow and softness of her finished pastels. Of her pin-ups during the 1930s for the Gertach-Barklow Calendar Company, the... Read full biography
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From the late 1930s until the end of the 1930s, exqusite pastels by Mabel Rollins Harris were among the most admired in the calendar-art business. Many of her great Art Deco pin-ups effectively expressed the magic and mystery inherent in the romantic themes that were so popular during the era.
She was particularly known for spectacular nudes such as Golden Dawn (female nude posed by water) and Storm Queen (female nude stretched out on rock above water), which were kept in the catalog of the Joseph C. Hoover and Sons calendar company for seven consecutive years.
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