zenosanalytic reblogged
illustrator Mead Schaeffer 1898-1980
Source: rozenbum.livejournal.com
#Mead Schaeffer#Illustration#Gr8 Art#appreciative reblogs#I wonder if Leyendecker Rockwell and other artists in their milieu#like Schaeffer apparently; first time I've seen their work that I can remember#count as#Art Nouveau#?#Modernism#??#Sentimental Realism#???#contemps just called their work kitsch but there's real skill and beauty in this style which deserves recog#though obvsl its highly corporate and conventional#but then again ALL art of that time and every time gets pressed into the service of wealth#Artists have to feed house and dress themselves after all#I feel like#given the promotional nature of much of Mucha's work#and the similar time frame#it'd be fair to characterize this as Art Nouveau#despite the lack of decorative naturism in much of this branch of it#Art Nouveau Americana#?x4#but anyway#minitagrambles#zA Rambles#Additional:#a4p suggests#American Scene Painting