Norman Rockwell

[USA] (b 1894/d 1978)

"(..) At the age of 14 , Norman Rockwell went on to the National Academy of Design and finally to the Art Students League. There, he was taught by Thomas Fogarty, George Bridgman, and Frank Vincent DuMond; his early works were produced for St. Nicholas Magazine, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) publication Boys' Life, and other youth publications . Rockwell submitted his first successful cover painting to The Saturday Evening Post Post in 1916 (..) and published 323 original covers for the Post for over 47 years. (..) He was given the role of a military artist, in the WWI ..(..) In 1943, during World War II, Rockwell painted the Four Freedoms series, which was completed in seven months and was inspired by a speech of Franklin D. Roosevelt,..(..) During his long career, he was commissioned to paint the portraits for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, as well as those of foreign figures, including Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jawaharlal Nehru. One of his last works was a portrait of Judy Garland in 1969. (..) His last commission for the Boy Scouts of America was a calendar illustration entitled, The Spirit of '76, which was completed when Rockwell was 82, concluding a partnership which generated an astounding 471 images for periodicals, guidebooks, calendars, and promotional materials. (..) Rockwell received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1977."

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The Montreal Gazette

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Norman Rockwell Museum

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USA 1960 "50th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America" (1) [Engr (C. A. Brooks)][Recess] Sc(1145)

USA 1963 "Letter Carrier in 1863" (1) [Engr (C.A. Brooks)][Recess] Sc(1238)

Nikolay Andreevich Tyrsa

[Russia] (b 1887/d 1942)

"TYRSA Nikolay Andreevich was a  graphic artist and painter. He attended the Academy of Arts (1905-09) and E.N. Zvantseva Arts School (1906-10), studying painting . (..) He was the author of lyrical water-colour landscapes of Leningrad, chamber graphic ,portraits and many book illustrations performed in drawing, water-colour and lithography, which have been described as masterly sketches.  (..) He taught at the Academy of Arts in 1918-22 and the Institute of Civil Engineering from 1924. In 1939-42 he was one of the initiators of the Fighting Pencil Association. "

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Russia 1927 "10th Anniversary of the October Revolution" (7,7,1) [Typo] Sc(380)

Ansis Zihrul

[Latvia] (b 1883/d 1942)

 Ansis Zihrul ('Ansis Cirulis' in Latvian) studied and graduated from the Riga German Craftsmen Society School (1899 - 1902), Veniamin Bloom School of Art (1903 - 1904), Julia Madernieks studio (1904 - 1906) and Stieglitz Central Technical Drawing School in St. Petersburg (1906)...from 1908 to 1914 he spent the winters in Paris where he attended the Julian Art Academy .. After receiving several prizes, he won the "Grand Prix" of the 1935 Brussels World Exhibition and the gold Medal of the 1937 Paris World Exhibition..

During his Career , he worked with ceramics, Paintings (Landscapes, Portraits, historical composition , but mainly Ancient Mythology) , posters, bookmarks, stamps, design of residential places, drawings for application in tapestry, interior Decoration, etc..

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Latvia 1918 "Grain & Sun" (1) [Litho (A. Schnakenburg, Riga)] Sc(1,2) [ Sc1 Imp / Sc2 Perf 11.5] [ These stamps were printed on the Back of German Military Maps ]

Constant Montald

[Belgium] (b 1862/d 1944)

While studying at the Ghent Technical School during the day, Constant was having night classes at the City's Fine Arts Academy..there he won the Grand Prize and a Scholarship... in 1885 he went to Paris study in the "Ecole Des Beaux-Arts".. In Paris he painted his first Monumental Painting and the next year he won the Famous "Prix De Rome" and was received in his Hometown Ghent with great Celebrations and even awards...Following this brief period, he started his first trip to Italy and after a visit to the country and all it's Artistic wonders, he settled in Rome , opening an Atelier..After some work in Rome, he traveled to Egypt and returned to Brussels in 1892 where he start a group of exhibitions with other Artists.. in 1906 , after winning another gold Medal for his last works, he started the most striking period of his work , that lead him to fame...in 1909 he bought a "Villa" in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, that would be very important during the WWI days , when he only could paint local Landscapes ...in 1920 Montald co-founded the "L'Art monumental" with other 5 Artists... He continued to make several monumental works and in 1934 he joined the Belgium Royal Academy , after teaching for 32 years in the Brussels Fine Arts Academy .. 

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Belgium 1910 "Brussels Exhibition" (8,2,1) [Typo] Sc(B1,...,B4)