Master Copy #4

Sometime circa 1937, Nicolai Fechin copied a number of Holbein drawings, seeking to internalize Holbein's economy of line and modeling.

Fechin copy after Holbein - c1937

William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton (c.1490-1542) Hans Holbein the Younger

word cloud ~ Николай Иванович Фешин , Nicolai Fechin , Nikolai Fechin , Nikolay Fechin , Fechin , Feshin , Рисунок , Портрет , Drawing , Portrait , Hans Holbein the Younger

Briggs' Blues in A minor

'The years I spent working for the old Blue Book were invaluable to me. I think the stuff I did was awful, …

but it was different. In those years, I was trying to learn, …

and the Blue Book editor Don Kennicott allowed me to experiment. …

He respected the potential he saw. …

I could do about any kind of picture for him, and he would accept it.'

~ Austin Briggs

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