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'''Edward Penfield''' (June 2, 1866 – February 8, 1925)<ref>{{Cite DAB|title=Subjects of Biographies|volume=Comprehensive Index|year=1990}}</ref> was a leading American [[illustrator]] in the era known as the "Golden Age of American Illustration" and he is considered the father of the American poster. His work has been included in almost every major book on American Illustration or the history of the poster. He is also a major figure in the evolution of [[graphic design]].<ref>Walt Reed, America's Great Illustrators, Abbeville Press, 1979, p. 114</ref>
'''Edward Penfield''' (June 2, 1866 – February 8, 1925)<ref>{{Cite DAB|title=Subjects of Biographies|volume=Comprehensive Index|year=1990}}</ref> was an American [[illustrator]] in the era known as the "Golden Age of American Illustration" and he is considered the father of the American poster. His work has been included in almost every major book on American Illustration or the history of the poster. He is also a major figure in the evolution of [[graphic design]].<ref>Walt Reed, America's Great Illustrators, Abbeville Press, 1979, p. 114</ref>


==Youth and training==
==Youth and training==
He was born June 2, 1866 in [[Brooklyn, New York]] to Ellen Lock Moore and Josiah B. Penfield. He first studied at [[Art Students League of New York|New York's Art Students League]]. He worked under [[George de Forest Brush]], who was known for his romantic scenes of American Indian life. He first worked for ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'' and later became art director. He developed his own unique style of simplified figures with bold outlines in settings free of extraneous detail. He wrote and published a book titled ''Holland Sketches'', which was published by Scribner's in 1907.<ref>See Holland Sketches</ref>
He was born June 2, 1866, in [[Brooklyn, New York]], to Ellen Lock Moore and Josiah B. Penfield. He first studied at [[Art Students League of New York|New York's Art Students League]]. He worked under [[George de Forest Brush]], who was known for his romantic scenes of American Indian life. He first worked for ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'' and later became art director. He developed his own unique style of simplified figures with bold outlines in settings free of extraneous detail. He believed, "A design that needs study is not a poster, no matter how well executed."<ref>Victor Margolin, American Poster Renaissance: The Great Age of Poster Design, 1890-1900, Castle Books, 1975.</ref> He wrote and published a book titled ''Holland Sketches'', which was published by Scribner's in 1907.<ref>See Holland Sketches</ref>


Penfield lived in [[New Rochelle, New York]], a popular [[New Rochelle artist colony|art colony]] among actors, writers and artists of the period. The community was most well known for its unprecedented number of prominent American illustrators.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=mWfnAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA35&dq=New+Rochelle+Art+Association&ei=2ed8S_SPJ4b4zATapLCGCQ&cd=4#v=onepage&q=New%20Rochelle%20Art%20Association&f=false Progressive Architecture – Volume 3, 1922]</ref> He was one of the founding members of the [[New Rochelle Art Association]] which was organized in 1912.
Penfield lived in [[New Rochelle, New York]], a popular [[New Rochelle artist colony|art colony]] among actors, writers and artists of the period. The community was most well known for its unprecedented number of prominent American illustrators.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mWfnAAAAMAAJ&dq=New+Rochelle+Art+Association&pg=RA1-PA35 Progressive Architecture – Volume 3, 1922]</ref> He was one of the founding members of the [[New Rochelle Art Association]] which was organized in 1912.


==Poster designs==
==Poster designs==
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File:Edward Penfield- Harper's Magazine May 1897.jpg|Harper's Magazine, May 1897
File:Edward Penfield- Harper's Magazine May 1897.jpg|Harper's Magazine, May 1897
File:Maîtres de l'affiche V 1 - Pl 20 - Edward Penfield.jpg|Poster published in [[Les Maîtres de l'Affiche]]
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 22 September 2023

Edward Penfield
Penfield circa 1900
Born(1866-06-02)June 2, 1866
Brooklyn, New York
DiedFebruary 8, 1925(1925-02-08) (aged 58)
EducationArt Students League of New York

Edward Penfield (June 2, 1866 – February 8, 1925)[1] was an American illustrator in the era known as the "Golden Age of American Illustration" and he is considered the father of the American poster. His work has been included in almost every major book on American Illustration or the history of the poster. He is also a major figure in the evolution of graphic design.[2]

Youth and training[edit]

He was born June 2, 1866, in Brooklyn, New York, to Ellen Lock Moore and Josiah B. Penfield. He first studied at New York's Art Students League. He worked under George de Forest Brush, who was known for his romantic scenes of American Indian life. He first worked for Harper's Weekly and later became art director. He developed his own unique style of simplified figures with bold outlines in settings free of extraneous detail. He believed, "A design that needs study is not a poster, no matter how well executed."[3] He wrote and published a book titled Holland Sketches, which was published by Scribner's in 1907.[4]

Penfield lived in New Rochelle, New York, a popular art colony among actors, writers and artists of the period. The community was most well known for its unprecedented number of prominent American illustrators.[5] He was one of the founding members of the New Rochelle Art Association which was organized in 1912.

Poster designs[edit]

His posters were bold and stood out from a distance with great clarity. As artists like Alphonse Mucha, Théophile Steinlen and Toulouse-Lautrec popularized the poster in Europe, Penfield accomplished the same feat in the United States. For his posters, Penfield utilized simple shapes and a limited palette of colors that lent themselves to the primitive methods of reproduction of the era.

Gallery[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Subjects of Biographies". Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. Comprehensive Index. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990.
  2. ^ Walt Reed, America's Great Illustrators, Abbeville Press, 1979, p. 114
  3. ^ Victor Margolin, American Poster Renaissance: The Great Age of Poster Design, 1890-1900, Castle Books, 1975.
  4. ^ See Holland Sketches
  5. ^ Progressive Architecture – Volume 3, 1922

References[edit]

  • Walt Reed, America's Great Illustrators, Abbeville Press, 1979, p. 114
  • Edward Penfield, Holland Sketches, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907

External links[edit]

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