Major Felten
American artist
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Major Felten, also spelled Felton (1904–1975), was an American visual artist and illustrator.[1] He produced modernism-style designs in charcoal drawings and other media.[2][3]
Early life
Felten was born March 19, 1904, in Canaan, Connecticut. He spent much of his life in Darien, Connecticut.[citation needed]
Career
Felten became known for his posters and book illustrations during the 1930s to 1950s. Some of his posters were published by Davis Blue Artwork, a company founded by Robert Blue and Brian Davis.[citation needed]
Felten provided illustrations for the Ives Washburn 1931 edition of Baudelaire's translated poems The Flowers of Evil.[4]
Felten produced an illustration in the style of Commercial Modernism for the January, 1934, issue of Ladies' Home Journal.[3]
A Major Felten charcoal illustration was used as the basis of the design on a folding screen in a Darien, Connecticut, home featured in a 1936 article in Architecture Magazine.[2]
In 1938, Felten produced illustrations of dancers Barton Mumaw[5] and Ted Shawn.[1] He produced posters for the Jacob's Pillow dance festival and maintained correspondence with the organization from 1947 to 1971.[6]
Felten produced the cover illustration of the brochure for the 1940 Railroads at the New York World's Fair by the Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference.[7][8]
Also in the 1940s, Felten illustrated several books by Helen Dore Boylston, including her Carol Page[9][10] and Sue Barton[11] series.