HERBERT MORTON STOOPS (1888-1948)

Description

HERBERT MORTON STOOPS (1888-1948)
Original Illustration Art, c.1930
Oil on canvas
24in. x 24in. (sight size)
Signed lower right: Herbert Morton Stoops
Provenance: Morris Weiss collection

Herbert Morton Stoops excelled at adventure story illustrations and had a long association with Blue Book magazine. Near the end of his life, he began a series of covers that was to showcase historical scenes from each of the 48 states, and had completed 17 before he passed away. Stoops studied art at The Chicago Art Institute in 1916.

Keywords: historical. oil, painting, magazine, illustration

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