The American Weekly Collection of Edmund Dulac

In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,”as he was billed on the front covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Magazine, the Sunday supplement for the Hearst newspaper chain. they claimed fifty million subscribers and were carried in seventeen newspapers. The contract lasted...

In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,”as he was billed on the front covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly. The contract lasted nearly 30 years.From the 1920’s onward, Dulac’s income came primarily from his American Weekly work. . Dulac painted 106 watercolors from...

In 1923 Edmund Dulac received an offer from the Hearst Corporation to paint the front covers for the Sunday supplement of the New York Weekly American. Colin White writes in his biography Edmund Dulac (Studio Vista 1976) “Each series was to consist of eight to twelve consecutive issues on a theme suggested by Dulac, but subject to editorial...

EDMUND DULAC’S FAIRYLAND

In 1924, English artist and Golden Age illustrator Edmund Dulac published his first series for the front covers of The American Weekly magazine, the Sunday supplement of the William Randolph Hearst newspaper chain. These beautiful watercolors have never been republished since their first printing. On this 100th...

In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,”as he was billed on the front covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly. The contract lasted nearly 30 years.From the 1920’s onward, Dulac’s income came primarily from his American Weekly illustrations. He painted 106 watercolors for...

In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,”as he was billed on the front covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly. He illustrated thirteen different series with 106 watercolors from 1924’s ‘Bible Scenes and Heroes’ through 1951’s ‘Tales from the Arabian Nights’.

The two series...