Description
In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,”as he was billed on the front covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly. The contract lasted nearly 30 years.From the 1920’s onward, Dulac’s income came primarily from his American Weekly work. . Dulac painted 106 watercolors from 1924-1951 for thirteen different series for The American Weekly, until his final ‘Tales from the Arabian Nights’ in 1951.
The three series featured here are “Famous Vamps of History” from 1929, “Follies That Destroyed Famous Queens” from 1934 and “Fighting Women” from 1938. The Vamps series was the first to print clearly, as the Hearst Corporation changed to a better-quality newsprint and reduced the size of the tabloid. This allowed Dulac to paint the image larger, so that by reducing, it gained sharpness. Queens was an overlapping theme, and Semiramis starred in both. Fighting Women was more of an action animated series, with several women in battle, mostly against men foes. Sadly, few triumphed in the end.
Famous “Vamps” of History 1929
The Queen of Sheba
Circe the Sorceress
Salome of Old Jerusalem
Atalanta and the Golden Apple
Yang Kuei Fei--The Chinese Cleopatra
Ariadne
Semiramis
Helen of Troy
Follies That Destroyed Famous Queens 1934
Semiramis
Dido
Cleopatra
Isabella of Bavaria
Queen Chand
Marie Antoinette
Mary Queen of Scots
Fighting Women 1938
Penthesilea
Hippolyte and Hercules
Thomyris
Zenobia
Joan of Arc
Mu-Lan
Molly Pitcher
Details
Publisher - Dulacebooks
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Albert Seligman
Published Date - 2025-03-03
ISBN - 9789564204284
Dimensions - 25.4 x 20.3 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 35
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