For sale is a wonderful illustration artwork from the Golden Age of illustration Artist Charles Sheldon (1889 - 1960)

From a private collection of George Sheldon artworks out of a Connecticut estate. Acquired through sale of the estate collection.

George Sheldon did illustrations for numerous magazines and ad campaigns. Here he does a wonderful illustration for a ladies swimwear campaign. Most likely a work that was in a leading fashion magazine or outdooors magazine that featured new ladies swimwear for the season.

Probably 1930's in age. The swimsuit style is definitely the fashion of the 1930's

Unsigned as most of his pastel illustrations were.

Condition: Good. Normal toning to the paper which is nearly 100 years old.

Measurements:

Full Sheet - 13 3/4" x 10 1/4"

Image Size - 11 1/4" x 8 1/4"

Charles Gates Sheldon (1889 - 1960)

Charles Sheldon was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1894.

He spent most of his life in Springfield. In high school, he contributed to the artwork in the yearbook.

Sheldon studied at the Arts Students League. He then studied under Alphonse Mucha in Paris. He started working for Ladies Home Journal doing artwork of hats, gloves and fashion work.

Sheldon moved into advertising doing creative advertising for clients such as, Fiberloid hair brushes, Fox Shoe Company, La Vogue lingerie and Gainsbourough. The ads had many stars features such a Zigfeld Follies. By 1921, Sheldon was working for high fashion companies.

In 1924 and 1925, Sheldon created cover art for the Christmas issue of Colliers and a Halloween issue cover for Saturday Evening Post. By the late 1930's, magazines started to moving towards photography for their covers. However, Sheldon continued to produce his his delicate, dreamy, pastel portraits for the Breck Shampoo Company.

Sheldon retired in the late 1950's. In 1960, he died at his home is Springfield. When his home was torn down in 1978, a hidden room was found full of "artwork by his contemporary illustrators such as J.C. Leyendecker, Howard Chandler Christy, Maxfield Parrish, and Charles Dana Gibson".