Large Pink & Peach Blossoms Flowers Color Pastel Drawing #3 by Patricia McGeeney

Details Details Close Description Charming, Vintage art deco drawing by well listed illustrator artist Charles Sheldon. Pastel on paper presented in cream colored matting and a gold finish frame. Circa 1920s. Charles Sheldon was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1889. Sheldon studied at the Arts Students League. He then studied under Alphonse Mucha in Paris. He started working for Ladies Home Journal doing artwork of hats, gloves and fashion work. Sheldon moved into advertising doing creative advertising for clients such as, Fiberloid hair brushes, Fox Shoe Company, La Vogue lingerie and Gainsbourough. The ads had many stars features such a Zigfeld Follies. By 1921, Sheldon was working for high fashion companies. In 1924 and 1925, Sheldon created cover art for the Christmas issue of Colliers and a Halloween issue cover for Saturday Evening Post. By the late 1930’s, magazines started to moving towards photography for their covers. However, Sheldon continued to produce his his delicate, dreamy, pastel portraits for the Breck Shampoo Company. Sheldon retired in the late 1950’s. In 1960, he died at his home is Springfield. When his home was torn down in 1978, a hidden room was found full of “artwork by his contemporary illustrators such as J.C. Leyendecker, Howard Chandler Christy, Maxfield Parrish, and Charles Dana Gibson”. less DIMENSIONS 17ʺW × 1ʺD × 21ʺH STYLES Art DecoHollywood RegencyIllustration ART SUBJECTS FashionFigurePortrait FRAME TYPE Framed PERIOD 1950s COUNTRY OF ORIGIN United States ITEM TYPE Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned MATERIALS Pastel CONDITION Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections COLOR Baby Blue TEAR SHEET CONDITION NOTES Excellent vintage condition See less