Coles Philipps

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El artista clásico que mostramos hoy es Coles Philipps, un ilustrador muy creativo de los Estados Unidos, que vivió justo hace 100 años durante el cambio del siglo XIX al siglo XX. Con solo 47 años que tenia cuando murió, había hecho una carrera fabulosa en el campo de la ilustración, destacando su obra ya entonces y su fama perdurando hasta nuestros días.

Lo mas característico de su estilo, es que trabaja en 2 tonos o poco mas y va igualando los colores del ropaje de la protagonista - casi siempre mujeres vestidas de la época - con los colores del fondo. El ojo del observador recompone la forma, a pesar de que no existe linea separatoria. Es sumamente original como aparecen y se desvanecen al mismo tiempo sus personajes, cada uno siguiendo sus actividades del día a día.

Durante muchos años protagonizo las portadas de las revistas Life Magazine y Good Housekeeping, que lo catapultaron a la fama, por lo inédito de su estilo. Pero también diseñaba carteles publicitarios para empresas de diferente índole, coches, moda, temas navales, etc. Su técnica tenia muchos admiradores por ser uno de los mas originales ilustradores de su época.

Poniendo su nombre en Internet, seguro que encuentras mas ejemplos que los que aquí muestro. Disfrútalos.

El sábado pasado nuestro artista de la semana fue Xue Mo.

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Coles Philipps

The classic artist we show today is Coles Philipps, a very creative illustrator from the United States, who lived just 100 years ago during the turn of the 19th century to the 20th century. With only 47 years that he had when he died, he had made a fabulous career in the field of illustration, highlighting his work even then and his fame enduring to this day.

The most characteristic of his style, is that he works in 2 tones or little more and goes matching the colors of the protagonist's clothes - almost always women dressed in the fashion of the period - with the colors of the background. The eye of the observer reshapes the form, although there is no separative line. It is highly original, as their characters appear and vanish at the same time, each one following their day-to-day activities.

For many years he starred in the covers of the magazines Life Magazine and Good Housekeeping, which catapulted him to fame, for the unprecedented of his style. But he also designed advertising posters for companies of different nature, cars, fashion, naval issues, etc. His technique had many admirers for being one of the most original illustrators of his time.

By putting his name on the Internet, you will surely find more examples than the ones I show here. Enjoy them.

Last Saturday our artist of the week was Xue Mo.