Rough Water
Item
Title
Rough Water
Creator
Ellison Hoover
American, 1888–1955
American, 1888–1955
Date
1940
Materials
Lithograph
Measurements
Image: 13-3/8 x 9-5/8 in. (34 x 24.4 cm), sheet: 16-1/4 x 12-5/8 in. (40.9 x 32.1 cm)
Description
Although he trained as a fine artist, studying first at the Cleveland School of Art and then at the Art Students League, Ellison Hoover was best known by the American public for his commercial work. From about 1915 until well into the 1920s, he provided illustrations, including numerous covers, for the original Life—an entertainment weekly quite distinct from Henry Luce’s later news magazine of the same name. He was also a popular humorist, sketching cartoons for the New York Herald Tribune, the Brooklyn Eagle, and the Newark Evening News, and drawing the syndicated daily comic strip Mr. and Mrs. between 1930 and 1947.
Hoover apparently turned to printmaking only in his spare time, producing scarcely more than a few dozen lithographs over the course of his career. Whether out of necessity or choice, the exiguity remains unfortunate for those who would prefer the skillfully rendered Rough Water to the artist’s lighthearted efforts in the funny papers.
Hoover apparently turned to printmaking only in his spare time, producing scarcely more than a few dozen lithographs over the course of his career. Whether out of necessity or choice, the exiguity remains unfortunate for those who would prefer the skillfully rendered Rough Water to the artist’s lighthearted efforts in the funny papers.
Source
Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, Gift of J. Fred Beamer.
Identifier
92.49
Rights
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted.