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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 forThe American Weeklymagazine, the Sunday supplement for the newspapers. The contract lasted nearly 30 years. Dulac painted 106 watercolors from 1924-1951 for thirteen different series forTheAmerican Weekly. This is Dulac’s largest body of work, and has never before been assembled or published.
This collection includes all full color illustrations used for the front covers and several that were never published. All the images have been fully restored and printed with high quality paper and inks.
Ann Conolly Hughey was Dulac’s bibliographer, and published her edition of his nearly 100 books in 1995. She wrote his history of publishing in America for the Introduction to this edition. She was also a collector of Dulac’s books, paintings, drawings, stamps and correspondence, and has one of the most complete collections in the world. Several examples are featured in her introduction.
The American Weekly Covers 1924-1951
1924 Bible Scenes and Heroes
1925 Characters From the Arabian Nights
1929 Famous Vamps of History
1931 Love Stories the Ancients Believed In
1932 Enchanting Fairyland Lovers
1933 Myths the Ancients Believed
1934 Follies that Destroyed Famous Queens
1936 Song of Solomon
1937 Beauty and the Beast
1938 Fighting Women
1940 7 Tales From King Arthur’s Court
1942 8 Canterbury Tales
1951 Tales from The Arabian Nights
