Seven Up, One Down

or: A Small Attempt at Correcting Internet

I have seen the following 7 illustrations/paintings erroneously attributed on Internet. Six were identified as Dean Cornwell's and one to his short time teacher Charles S. Chapman. Hopefully this post will once and forever set the record straight.

title?, Charles E. Chambers

Mead Schaeffer - Grand Canary - 1933 Good Housekeeping

Mead Schaeffer - Head Tide - 1932 Good Housekeeping

Remi and Mattia pause for a moment on their way from Paris to Boulogne, Mead Schaeffer

The Buried Talent, Dan Content - February 1934 Hearst's/Cosmo

The Buried Talent, Dan Content - February 1934 Hearst's/Cosmo

Driftwood, Walt Louderback - July 1929 Hearst's/Cosmo
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Driftwood, Walt Louderback - July 1929 Hearst's/Cosmo

Dan Content (1902-1990)

Dan Content attended Pratt Institute and the Art Students League, studying under Dean Cornwell and Harvey Dunn. Early in their respective careers Content and fellow artist Mead Schaeffer shared a studio in the Van Dyke building (8 Ave & 56th St). For nearly thirty years Dan Content freelanced, illustrating for such magazines as Colliers, Cosmopolitan, Readers Digest, and McCall's. In the 1950s he transitioned from artist to Art Director, working for Benton & Bowles, Inc., and later as head art director of corporate television for Fuller & Smith & Rogers. Though no longer illustrating Content never ceased creating art, turning toward abstract painting and sculpture.