VINTAGE AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR IMPRESSIONIST HUNTING DOGS NEWCOMB MACKLIN PAINTING

Henry James Soulen

Published by 1900-1949

About this Item

Medium: Oil An oil on board painting by American artist Henry James Soulen (1888 ??1965) depicting a hunting scene possibly for a cover of Country Gentleman magazine measuring approximately 20 x 23 5/8 inches in an original Newcomb Macklin frame measuring approximately 24 1/2 x 27 3/4 inches. Brilliant colors and very good condition as pictured. Thanks for looking. Henry James Soulen, was born in 1888 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, enjoyed a long and active career as a painter and illustrator for a number of magazines and esteemed publications. He studied at the Milwaukee Art Institute and the Chicago Institute, and spent two years as the pupil of Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware. More than two thousand of Soulen's paintings would appear as covers and illustrations for magazines such as?ÿNational Geographic, The Saturday Evening Post, The Ladies Home Journal?ÿand?ÿCountry Gentlemen, ranging in subject matter from early genre art of the twentieth century, to Asian and religious motifs.?ÿ He exhibited his work in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee and Philadelphia, and among other awards, Soulen won a popular poll for his?ÿWinter Scene?ÿat the Art in Advertising Exhibition in 1941. He went on to teach occasional classes and specialized courses at the University of Maryland, and throughout the Second World War and post-war years Soulen led art classes for wounded military members at the U.S.O in Phoenixville and the Valley Forge Army Hospital.?ÿ Region of Origin: US.

Seller Inventory # 63907-2644

Bibliographic Details

• Title: VINTAGE AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR IMPRESSIONIST HUNTING DOGS NEWCOMB MACKLIN PAINTING
• Publisher: 1900-1949
• Binding: Soft cover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Impressionist
  • Animals