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George T. Tobin
George Timothy Tobin (1864–May 6, 1956) was an American illustrator and artist. Biography Tobin was a native of Weybridge, Vermont, and later settled in New Rochelle, New York, where he was a founding member of the New Rochelle Art Association. He produced illustrations for magazines like ''Harper's Bazaar'' (cover, December 1906), ''The Century Magazine, The Century'', ''Publishers Weekly'', and ''St. Nicholas Magazine, St. Nicholas''. He illustrated children's books by authors such as Ruth Ogden and Charles Dickens. He produced a series of drawings of American presidents and other notables like critic Hamilton Wright Mabie. Tobin worked in watercolor, ink, pencil, pastel, and (later) drypoint etching. His work is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of American Illustration, the Fogg Art Museum, and the New York Public Library. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tobin, George Timothy 1864 births 1956 deaths American illustrators 20th-century A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Mabie By Tobin
A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a Snapshot (photography), snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
