Edward Mason Eggleston

Eggleston painted to create illustrations. He was a successful illustrator during the 1920s and 1930s, a period included in the Golden Age of Illustration.

The work of artists, Eggleston included, was influenced by what would sell to the American public. While boundaries were pushed with some images, such as in areas of nudity and sexuality, publishers sought images that would sell. One aspect of Modernism (of which Art Deco is part) was that artists were resisting a status quo. It meant an artist deciding for himself or herself what standards he would aspire to achieve. By the very nature of illustration, art in which a publisher or editor has a say, the artist's deciding for himself the standards he will meet is limited.^{[citation needed]}

Eggleston was born in Ashtabula, Ohio. By his late teens, he was living in Columbus, and was counted there in US Census in 1900.

He attended the Columbus Art School.

He was married in Montgomery, Ohio in 1907 to Ethel Grace Leland. Around 1908, they moved to Rochester, New York, where he was listed as a "designer" in the 1909 and 1910 city directory.

By 1918, Eggleston established his own business in Brooklyn, describing himself as a commercial illustrator in his registration for the draft.

Painter versus illustrator, color palette

As a 20th-century illustrator, Eggleston may have had to think about the final printing process when choosing colors, because the printing process changes them.

When his painting was printed, the colors were muted.

For a painter, the painting is the final product. An illustrator's painting might be only one stage of image creation.

Eggleston created artwork for use in magazines.^[8] The work can be broadly categorized as illustrations for stories and advertisements.

His work for Chase Velmo upholstery, used for car seats, showed women (and a few men) admiring or luxuriating in the upholstery of the automobile. He created artwork for Willys-Knight, Gardner, Cadillac, Kissel, Studebaker, and Buick, showing the luxury of the car interiors and exteriors.^[8]

See: Edward Mason Eggleston at Wikimedia Commons for more complete gallery

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  1914, girl with fishing pole
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  Philadelphia Record Sunday Magazine, January 23, 1916
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  1919 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi was modified in 1929 and called "Dixie."
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  c. 1925 "Isle of Dreamy Melodies," girl in moonlight with a ukulele
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  1926 “The Opera Queen”
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  1928 "Valentine Girl" used on cover of Dennison's Party Magazine, January/February 1928^[16]
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  1929 "Golden Glory"
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  1929 "Memories"
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  1933, "Softly Play the Pipes of Pan"
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  1931 “The Treasure Princess”
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  1931 "Evening Star"
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  1931 "Going Up"
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  1932, A Day in June
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  1932, Let's Go America
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  1932, Red Wing
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  1933 "The Proposal" or "Hearts Unmasked"
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  1933 "Mariquita" or "Spanish Dancer"^[42]
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  1934 "Cleopatra"
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  1935 poster for Atlantic City and the Pennsylvania Railroad
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  1936 "Joy of Youth"
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  1937 "In the Spotlight"
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  1939 "Lady of Mystery"
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  "Sunshine" 1929
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  "Flaming Arrow" 1936