Thornton Oakley, Autograph Letter Signed, 1950
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Autograph Letter Signed, “Thornton Oakley” addressed to “Frank Schoonover” dated “Jan. 2. 1950” thanking him for “superb Christmas card you sent us! So rich in color, lustore, atmosphere and winter – Schoonover at his best! I shall cherish it...Many Thanks and Happy New Year. Thornton Oakley” VF
Thornton Oakley (1881-1953) was an illustrator and writer for periodicals, including Scribner's, Century, Collier’s, and Harper’s Monthly. Oakley gave lectures at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Curtis Institute. During World War I lithographs of his patriotic drawings of war work at the Hog Island Shipyard, Pennsylvania, were distributed by the United States government. During World War II he did three sets of pictures of the war effort for the National Geographic in 1941, 1943, and 1945. After the war he was commissioned to paint industrial subjects for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Philadelphia Electric Company, Sun Oil, and other industries.
Frank Earle Schoonover (1877 - 1972) was an American illustrator and a prolific contributor to books and magazines during the early twentieth century, the so-called "Golden Age of Illustration", he illustrated stories as diverse as Clarence Mulford's, Hopalong Cassidy stories and Edgar Rice Burroughs’s
Thornton Oakley (1881-1953) was an illustrator and writer for periodicals, including Scribner's, Century, Collier’s, and Harper’s Monthly. Oakley gave lectures at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Curtis Institute. During World War I lithographs of his patriotic drawings of war work at the Hog Island Shipyard, Pennsylvania, were distributed by the United States government. During World War II he did three sets of pictures of the war effort for the National Geographic in 1941, 1943, and 1945. After the war he was commissioned to paint industrial subjects for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Philadelphia Electric Company, Sun Oil, and other industries.
Frank Earle Schoonover (1877 - 1972) was an American illustrator and a prolific contributor to books and magazines during the early twentieth century, the so-called "Golden Age of Illustration", he illustrated stories as diverse as Clarence Mulford's, Hopalong Cassidy stories and Edgar Rice Burroughs’s
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