Tag Archives: vintage illustrations
Vintage Christmas illustrations (4)
Snowy illustrations (1)
Vintage costumes for Halloween (1)
Elegance in the 1920s
This gallery contains 33 photos.
“A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant”. Coco Chanel Artys’ necklace and earrings, drawing of an Art Deco woman by Sveta Dorosheva (Eduardo Garcìa Benito’s inspired), eyes and mouth from a Reynaldo Luza’s illustration (1927), mother of … Continue reading
Sparkling cyanide by Agatha Christie
This gallery contains 14 photos.
Inge glas champagne bottle Christmas tree ornament, Antonio Petruccelli January cover Fortune magazine 1937 and vintage champagne illustration. “Sparkling cyanide” (1945) is an Agatha Christie’s novel. “A beautiful heiress is fatally poisoned in a West End restaurant. Six people sit … Continue reading
Happy New Year !
Vintage Halloween illustrations and paintings
This gallery contains 50 photos.
Halloween’s origin dates back to the Ancient Druidic (Celtic) festival of Samhain taking place in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. On the night of October 31, about 2000 years ago, people celebrated Samhain. They believed that the ghosts of the deads … Continue reading
The vintage illustrator Valentine Sandberg
This gallery contains 5 photos.
Born in Sweden in 1881, Valentine Sandberg was an illustrator. He did covers for many magazines such as Success, Harper’s Weekly, Life, Sunday Magazine, Home Life, Modern Priscilla, Judge, and People’s Popular Monthly. He did also ads for brands like … Continue reading
The vintage fashion illustrator Eric (Carl Erickson)
This gallery contains 1 photo.
Carl Oscar August Erickson (1891-1958), also known as Eric, was an American fashion illustrator. From 1925 to his death in 1958, he collaborated with British and French Vogue. He also drew advertisings for brands like Coty and Elizabeth Arden.
The Art Deco fashion illustrator Georges Lepape
This gallery contains 3 photos.
The French artist Georges Lepape (1887-1971) was a wellknown fashion illustrator. He graduated from the École des beaux arts in Paris (like André Édouard Marty and Georges Barbier). He illustrated Paul Poiret collections (“Les choses de Paul Poiret… vues par … Continue reading
The Art Deco fashion illustrator George Wolfe Plank
This gallery contains 44 photos.
George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American artist who collaborated with Vogue from 1911 to 1936 (fashion illustrations and covers). He also illustrated Vanity Fair covers. His Art Deco style drawings are ravishing and inspired.
