Antonin Sterba, portrait painter, first studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
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| Antonin Sterba, Self Portrait |
and then in Paris, under Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant.
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| Life Study, Paris 1901 - Antonin Sterba |
Sterba was a successful teacher at both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Chicago's American Academy of Art.
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| life class - American Academy of Art - 1924 |
Coca-Cola Santa's
Haddon Sundblom, pin-up master
Gil Elvgren, movie poster illustrator/western artist
Howard Terpning, cowboy artist
Tom Ryan, and
magic realist Ivan Albright are some of his more notable students.
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| Gil Elvgren, Sunkissed |
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| figure study by Haddon Sundblom |
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| Gil Elvgren - Check and Double Check |
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| Gillette Elvgren -LIFE- Mr. Sterba |
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| Life Drawing - American Art Academy |
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| Antonin Sterba, Self Portrait |
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| Lady in White, c1930 - Antonin Sterba |
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| Haddon Sundblom, Love Racquet |
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| Haddon Sundblom, Coca-Cola, 1959 |
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| Howard Terpning, Twas the Night Before Christmas |
Howard Terpning also spent valuable time as a Sundblom assistant.
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| Howard Terpning, Pin |
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| Haddon Sundblom - PinUp |
