Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980)
Equally adept at portraying adventure or romance, Mead Schaeffer is best remembered for illustrating a series of sixteen classic texts for publisher Dodd Mead during the twenties and thirties. Trained by both Dean Cornwell and Harvey Dunn, Schaeffer combined Cornwell’s fluid compositions with Dunn’s bravura brushstrokes. This distinctive style, combined with a precise eye for detail and a deft handling of light and dark, served him well as one of the foremost illustrators of magazine fiction in the 1930’s. In the 1940’s, inspired by friend and neighbor Norman Rockwell, he executed several memorable covers for The Saturday Evening Post.

The Count of Monte Cristo 1928

Oil on canvas, 32 inches x 26 inches

The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas, NY: Dodd Mead & Co, 1928, cover and p. 184.
 

 

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