Existing comment:
(54) Wedding photograph scene, 1950.
Published as a cover for Nation's Business, June 1950
Gouache.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09439 (54)
A little black dog humorously inserts himself into an otherwise picture-perfect wedding party in a flawlessly executed watercolor by Glen Fleischmann (1909-1985). This drawing, created as a cover for Nation's Business, captures onlookers' amusement as several guests try to lure the dog from his spot in front of the newlyweds. Fleischmann deploys his realistically detailed technique in depicting the bride and groom, smiling family members, and friends gathered in the pristine sun-washed setting. Working in the mode of Norman Rockwell, he vividly evokes a similarly idealized vision of post World War II, small town America. |