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Andrew Loomis Illustrations
23 days ago | By Art Contrarian
William Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) is known today for his series of art/illustration instruction books. I have copies of most of them, and they are very good. But he made his career as a successful illustrator in Chicago. I'm inclined to classify him as a member of the "Chicago School" illustrators who worked in a lush, somewhat painterly style - the likes of Haddon Sundblom and Gil Elvgren. A bit of background on Loomis is here .
Below are examples of his commercial, non-instructional art. The first images are from the 1920s. then from the '30s and a little later. Many were made for...
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