Michigan-born Rolf Armstrong studied at Chicago’s Art Institute and under Robert Henri in New York. Armstrong’s oeuvre graced the covers of sheet music publications and movie fan magazines, and was the lure for consumers to read advertising copy for many products, given his uncanny knack for rendering the female form, as here in “Bathing Beauty” from 1935.
Bathing Beauty, c.1935, Pastel on BoardRolf Armstrong American (1889 - 1960) |
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Michigan-born Rolf Armstrong studied at Chicago’s Art Institute and under Robert Henri in New York. Armstrong’s oeuvre graced the covers of sheet music publications and movie fan magazines, and was the lure for consumers to read advertising copy for many products, given his uncanny knack for rendering the female form, as here in “Bathing Beauty” from 1935. |
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