DOI issue:
No. 388 (July 1925)
DOI article:Jones, Sidney R.: Edward Penfield, 1866-1925
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0021
EDWARD PENFIELD, 1866-1925
discerning artist. His output also included
illustrations and bookplates, as well as
books on Holland and Spain, written by
himself and decorated with drawings in
colour. His love of horses, and his
interest in stage coaches and old-time
vehicles, of which he possessed an unique
collection, gave the inspiration for many
of his designs, and accounted for the
masterly interpretation of such subjects
which appear in The Salem Chaise, The
Washington Coach, The Four - in - Hand,
and other posters and drawings. Many
English people, as well as a large number
of Americans, will gratefully remember
Penfield's cover designs for "Colliers."
His services were also greatly sought after
by printing and engraving enterprises, and
his designs often appeared on their own
announcements. Many such were issued
by the Franklin Press, while the Beck En-
graving Company, in their calendar for
1924, gave an admirable series of old-world
road scenes in the artist's latest manner.
Penfield's work was always characterised
by sterling qualities of a high order. He
showed remarkable understanding of the
problems he had to solve, and brought the
true spirit of the artist to everything he
attempted. His style was personal to
himself, his abilities as a draughtsman
were amazing, and his sense of design and
appreciation of colour gave especial signifi-
cance to his work. His was too large a
personality, and his vision was too clear,
to be swayed by every new and transient
fashion in art; he believed in the thought
that had preceded him, he respected the
good work of the past, and he stood for
a vital and living art in his own day. a
" THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON." ADVER-
TISEMENT DESIGN BY EDWARD PENFIELD
(Copyright, Hart, Schaffner and Marx
From the collection of H. L. Sparks, Esq.)
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discerning artist. His output also included
illustrations and bookplates, as well as
books on Holland and Spain, written by
himself and decorated with drawings in
colour. His love of horses, and his
interest in stage coaches and old-time
vehicles, of which he possessed an unique
collection, gave the inspiration for many
of his designs, and accounted for the
masterly interpretation of such subjects
which appear in The Salem Chaise, The
Washington Coach, The Four - in - Hand,
and other posters and drawings. Many
English people, as well as a large number
of Americans, will gratefully remember
Penfield's cover designs for "Colliers."
His services were also greatly sought after
by printing and engraving enterprises, and
his designs often appeared on their own
announcements. Many such were issued
by the Franklin Press, while the Beck En-
graving Company, in their calendar for
1924, gave an admirable series of old-world
road scenes in the artist's latest manner.
Penfield's work was always characterised
by sterling qualities of a high order. He
showed remarkable understanding of the
problems he had to solve, and brought the
true spirit of the artist to everything he
attempted. His style was personal to
himself, his abilities as a draughtsman
were amazing, and his sense of design and
appreciation of colour gave especial signifi-
cance to his work. His was too large a
personality, and his vision was too clear,
to be swayed by every new and transient
fashion in art; he believed in the thought
that had preceded him, he respected the
good work of the past, and he stood for
a vital and living art in his own day. a
" THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON." ADVER-
TISEMENT DESIGN BY EDWARD PENFIELD
(Copyright, Hart, Schaffner and Marx
From the collection of H. L. Sparks, Esq.)
15