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2001 34c American Illustrator: Robert Fawcett
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U.S. #3502d
Robert Fawcett
34¢ American Illustrators
Issue Date: February 1, 2001
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 125,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison Security Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: Serpentine die cut 11.25
Color: Multicolored
Robert Fawcett built his reputation as what fellow artists called "the illustrator's illustrator," prized for a level of draftsmanship few of his peers could match. Born outside London in 1903, Fawcett's family moved first to Winnipeg, where he apprenticed under a local engraver, and later to New York City, where he eventually built a long career in advertising and editorial illustration. He believed that strong draftsmanship was the foundation of everything in art, a philosophy that kept his style distinctive and resistant to passing trends throughout his career.
This stamp reproduces Fawcett's advertisement for Carrier Corporation refrigeration, one example of the commercial illustration work that filled his career alongside his better known editorial pieces, including a celebrated run of Sherlock Holmes illustrations for Collier's magazine. Fawcett also helped shape the next generation of illustrators directly, serving on the founding faculty of the Famous Artists Schools in Westport, Connecticut, and authoring his own book on drawing technique.
This stamp belongs to a sheet of twenty honoring American illustrators whose work shaped magazines, posters, books, and advertisements throughout the 20th century, part of the ongoing Classic Collection series the Postal Service had been producing since the mid 1990s. Each illustrator on the sheet represented a different corner of American commercial and editorial art, and the Postal Service undertook extensive historical research to verify each artist's work and biographical details before the sheet's release.
U.S. #3502d
Robert Fawcett
34¢ American Illustrators
Issue Date: February 1, 2001
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 125,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison Security Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: Serpentine die cut 11.25
Color: Multicolored
Robert Fawcett built his reputation as what fellow artists called "the illustrator's illustrator," prized for a level of draftsmanship few of his peers could match. Born outside London in 1903, Fawcett's family moved first to Winnipeg, where he apprenticed under a local engraver, and later to New York City, where he eventually built a long career in advertising and editorial illustration. He believed that strong draftsmanship was the foundation of everything in art, a philosophy that kept his style distinctive and resistant to passing trends throughout his career.
This stamp reproduces Fawcett's advertisement for Carrier Corporation refrigeration, one example of the commercial illustration work that filled his career alongside his better known editorial pieces, including a celebrated run of Sherlock Holmes illustrations for Collier's magazine. Fawcett also helped shape the next generation of illustrators directly, serving on the founding faculty of the Famous Artists Schools in Westport, Connecticut, and authoring his own book on drawing technique.
This stamp belongs to a sheet of twenty honoring American illustrators whose work shaped magazines, posters, books, and advertisements throughout the 20th century, part of the ongoing Classic Collection series the Postal Service had been producing since the mid 1990s. Each illustrator on the sheet represented a different corner of American commercial and editorial art, and the Postal Service undertook extensive historical research to verify each artist's work and biographical details before the sheet's release.
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