Studio: international art (90.1925)

EDWARD PENFIELD, 1866-1925. BY
SYDNEY R. JONES a 0 0

THE passing of Edward Penfield, whose
recent death has caused universal
sorrow, removes from America, and the
world at large, a dominant figure and an
inspiring personality. Born in 1866,
Penfield showed early promise, and the
great gifts with which he was endowed were
quickly recognised. Thenceforth, through
a long career marked by untiring activity
and fine accomplishment, he never wavered
from the high ideal which he had set.
Year after year, and with almost unfailing
regularity, there came from his hand a
large number of designs and drawings,
each bearing the unmistakable stamp of
his own personal genius, and the great
series of works which he brought into being

has long since secured international fame.
A man of undaunted courage, broad
interests, and fine enthusiasms, one of
Penfield's greatest charms lay in his quiet
modesty ; he was ever ready to help, to
advise, to encourage, and by his per-
sonality as well as by his work he exerted
much influence over his contemporaries,
particularly the younger artists of his time.
It is not too much to state that, in America
at least, his place cannot be filled. a
Although Penfield's activities were many
—for he was designer, art director, mural
painter, craftsman and book-illustrator—
his real artistic field lay in the direction of
commerce. He quickly saw the great
possibilities of good posters, and was one
of the first men in America to realise their
value. Closely following, in point of time,
the notable French group of designers

" THE BOSTON TEA PARTY." ADVERTISE-
MENT DESIGN BY EDWARD PENFIELD

(Copyright, Hart, Schaffner and Marx
From the collection of H. L. Sparks, Esq.)

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