{"id":444,"date":"2019-02-07T13:43:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T21:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/?p=444"},"modified":"2019-02-22T15:15:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T23:15:59","slug":"mead-schaeffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/2019\/02\/07\/mead-schaeffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mead Schaeffer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mead Schaeffer (1898 \u2013 1980) was an American illustrator active during the late golden age of illustration.
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illustration for The Black Buccaneer<\/em>, published in 1920. Schaeffer had a very distinctive painterly style. He painted from life and often used muted colours in his work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Schaeffer studied at the Pratt Institute, learning from his teachers Harvey Dunn and Charles Chapman. Schaeffer’s early projects were often critiqued by Dunn. Schaeffer illustrated the first of seven ‘Golden Boy’ books written by L. P. Wyman while he studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Illustration for the Count of Monte Cristo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 1922, Schaeffer illustrated a series of classic novels for publisher Dodd Mead, whom he continued to work for until 1930. He illustrated Moby Dick, Typee, and Omoo by Herman Melville, as well as The Count of Monte Cristo and Les Mis\u00e9rables by Victor Hugo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Count of Monte Cristo Illustration by Mead Schaeffer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During the 1930s and 1940s, Schaeffer illustrated for magazines such as Good Housekeeping, McCall’s, The Ladies Home Journal, Country Gentleman, and Cosmopolitan. He illustrated a total of 46 covers for the weekly Saturday Evening Post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another illustration for The Black Buccaneer. I really really really like the jade green used on the tress being hinted it in the figures’ clothing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Schaeffer worked as a war correspondent during World War II for the Saturday Evening Post. He produced a series of covers illustrating American military personnel which he became well-known for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another illustration for the Count of Monte Cristo. Fantastic framing and composition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like many artists and illustrators of his time, Schaeffer lived in\u00a0New Rochelle, New York, for some time. However, he mainly lived in\u00a0Arlington, Vermont, in his barn-studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cited:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artists\/mead-schaeffer\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mead_Schaeffer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.illustrationhistory.org\/artists\/mead-schaeffer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mead Schaeffer (1898 \u2013 1980) was an American illustrator active during the late golden age of illustration. Schaeffer studied at the Pratt Institute, learning from his teachers Harvey Dunn and Charles Chapman. Schaeffer’s early projects were often critiqued by Dunn. Schaeffer illustrated the first of seven ‘Golden Boy’ books written by L. P. Wyman while he studied. In 1922, Schaeffer illustrated a… Continue reading Mead Schaeffer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7854,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-132research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/coraliemayertraynor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}