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Walter Biggs
(1886-1968) |
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always remained a Southerner at heart, as a youth Walter Biggs
traveled to New York City to begin his art study at The Chase School
with luminaries Edward Penfield and Robert Henri. He went on to have
a long and successful career, illustrating both advertisements and
stories in almost all of the major magazines, including Harper’s,
Scribner’s, Century, Good Housekeeping, and
Cosmopolitan. Although his primary media were watercolor and
gouache, he was equally facile with oils, painting with a quick,
almost impromptu style. He later taught illustration at both the Art
Students League and the Grand Central School of Art, passing his
expertise on to such notable illustrators as
Pruett Carter and John LaGatta before retiring back to his native Virginia. |
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| Palmolive Ad |
c. 1930 |
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Oil on canvas,
37 inches x 42 inches |
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