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The Covers
Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Illustrator
It was the Golden Age of American Illustration
There were no televisions, no computers, no smart phones and no tablets.
From the mid-19th century until the mid-20th, illustrators themselves were the state-of-the-art technology (even over photographers because color photography was extremely rare until the late 1960's) for creating powerful images for the American publishing industry. The illustration artists were the greatest talents of their day. It just happened to be a time when it was expected of artists to shun pay. The Golden Age dates from approximately 1865 to 1945, the year the original Saturday Evening Post ended.
There were no televisions, no computers, no smart phones and no tablets.
From the mid-19th century until the mid-20th, illustrators themselves were the state-of-the-art technology (even over photographers because color photography was extremely rare until the late 1960's) for creating powerful images for the American publishing industry. The illustration artists were the greatest talents of their day. It just happened to be a time when it was expected of artists to shun pay. The Golden Age dates from approximately 1865 to 1945, the year the original Saturday Evening Post ended.
The Covers
Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Illustrator
These creative men and women, and the editors of the magazines who commissioned them, communicated by reflecting the day's people, places, and events, through their quintessentially designed and realized images. They influenced ideas and ideals that defined the times, defined America; its styles, attitudes, goals, hopes and dreams. This time became our time, it is part of us, our history, our national heritage.
The TC Rowing Covers Edition is available in our Store this Cyber Monday.
The TC Rowing Covers Edition is available in our Store this Cyber Monday.
The Georgetown Talent
John E. Sheridan's illustration for Cornell
Of course we have to pay tribute to a great Georgetown alum, John E. Sheridan, who began his career as an illustrator when he was a student at Georgetown. Sheridan enjoyed notariety in his day as a fine illustrator and for his art for the covers of the Saturday Evening Post, a most prestigious positioning. Thirteen covers in all were illustrated by Sheridan, from 1931 to 1939, from sports themes to military. Sheridan also provided art for the cover of The Ladies Home Journal and Collier’s. John enjoyed success with his commercial advertisements as well.
Sheridan was, and still is, credited with using poster illustration to advertise college sports. It is likely that Sheridan's first poster series was advertising Georgetown University's baseball games against Yale, Princeton, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Sheridan was also known for his WWI posters. He spent a year abroad at the Colorossi School in Paris and eventually became Art Editor for The Washington Times. An active member of the Society of Illustrators, located in New York City, Sheridan taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1945 until his death in 1948.
Sheridan was, and still is, credited with using poster illustration to advertise college sports. It is likely that Sheridan's first poster series was advertising Georgetown University's baseball games against Yale, Princeton, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Sheridan was also known for his WWI posters. He spent a year abroad at the Colorossi School in Paris and eventually became Art Editor for The Washington Times. An active member of the Society of Illustrators, located in New York City, Sheridan taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1945 until his death in 1948.
The Spy Prints
Sir Leslie Ward, a.k.a. Spy
Meanwhile in England the art of characateur and cartooning was going through a revolutionary change. It was the British magazine named Vanity Fair that led the charge during its run from 1868 to the beginning of WWI in 1914. Its subtitle was "A Weekly Show of Political, Social and Literary Wares". The magazine was founded by Thomas Gibson Bowles, who wanted to expose the contemporary vanities of Victorian society. Bowles named "Vanity Fair" after part of John Bunyon's book: A Pilgrim's Progress, published in 1678. There was a stop along the pilgrim's progress that featured a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity. The allegory represents man's sinful attachment to worldly things.
It has become customary to refer to all of the famous Vanity Fair caricatures as "Spy Prints" since Sir Leslie Ward was the most prolific and admired. In addition to Sir Leslie Ward "Spy", there were other famous artists of the day who created illustrations for Vanity Fair; examples of other illustrators are: Carlo Pellegrini "APE", Liberio Prosperi "Lib.", Nemo (Constantin von Grimm), James Jacques Tissot, and Jean Baptiste Guthok. Spy and a few other artists worked for the Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831 – 1894) society journal “The World” for a couple of years. So, we've included some of these prints.
The TC Rowing Spy Prints Edition is available in our Store this Cyber Monday.
It has become customary to refer to all of the famous Vanity Fair caricatures as "Spy Prints" since Sir Leslie Ward was the most prolific and admired. In addition to Sir Leslie Ward "Spy", there were other famous artists of the day who created illustrations for Vanity Fair; examples of other illustrators are: Carlo Pellegrini "APE", Liberio Prosperi "Lib.", Nemo (Constantin von Grimm), James Jacques Tissot, and Jean Baptiste Guthok. Spy and a few other artists worked for the Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831 – 1894) society journal “The World” for a couple of years. So, we've included some of these prints.
The TC Rowing Spy Prints Edition is available in our Store this Cyber Monday.
Women in Rowing
The U.S. Women's Eights Olympic Rowing Team wins gold - London 2012
We are inspired by all rowers
your dedication
your commitment
your individual effort that somehow forges into combined greatness.
