Thursday, August 5, 2010

art happy: Valentine Sandberg


 
A selection of artist Valentine Sandberg's "fadeaway" illustrations from the early 1900's.




"Summer Breezes", 1913






 
"Waiting for the Lobster", 1912




 



"Winners", 1913






14 comments:

  1. Valentine Sandberg is my great grandfather. I really love seeing his work displayed on the Internet so that it can be appreciated by a different generation of artists and art lovers.

    Thank you for displaying his fadeaway ladies on your blog.

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    1. Hi Ginger --

      Can you tell me when your grandfather passed away? I can't seem to find this date on line. Thank you.

      Laurie

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  2. Valentine Sandberg is my great great great great grandfather and I also love seeing some of his work displayed on the internet. I also have some original copies of his.

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  3. Wow, thanks for leaving these comments Ginger and Aysia!

    I have long admired your ancestor's beautiful work. He was one of the greats of the Golden Age of Illustration.

    It is a real pleasure to hear from you. Are either of you involved in art in any way, personally or professionally?

    Laurie

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  4. Valentine Sandberg is my great grandfather as well. I wish I had some of his original work.
    -Kirsten

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  5. Dear Aysia and Kristen. Here Pau Medrano from overseas Barcelona, Spain. I'm professor on Graphic Design and Illustration, and I'm interested to know a little more about the biography of your ancestor Valentine Sandberg. Please, feel free to email me at my personal email (pauvictoria@arrakis.es)

    Thanks for your time and help, and best wishes from mediterranean Barcelona. Sincerely, Pau.

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  6. Dear Aysia and Kristen. Here Pau Medrano from overseas Barcelona, Spain. I'm professor on Graphic Design and Illustration, and I'm interested to know a little more about the biography of your ancestor Valentine Sandberg. Please, feel free to email me at my personal email (pauvictoria@arrakis.es)

    Thanks for your time and help, and best wishes from mediterranean Barcelona. Sincerely, Pau.

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  7. I love his work! I had some of his tobacco cards at one point, and have done some fridge magnets of them. You can see them here: http://stores.ebay.com/KatyDids-Cards/Sports-/_i.html?_fsub=407404119&_sid=737971569&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

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  8. Ginger, Asyia or Kirsten! I am also a great-great-something or other of Valentine Sandberg. My father (Arthur Edward Sandberg) has what appear to be PAINTINGS of some of his illustrations hanging on the living room walls in River Edge, NJ. I am here desperately trying to track down the Sandberg Family tree (I know an older relative had done a fairly comprehensive one, some years back...) If you see this - contact me so we can compare notes. :)

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  9. Hi Kathleen,
    Do you have an email address where you can be reached? Maybe we could create some sort of an on-line page where we could fill in the missing family tree links.
    Pau, what specifics are you looking for?
    Regards,
    Kirsten

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  10. He was my great grandfather also, my dad is Alfred Winslow Sandberg. Brothers are George and John. I have many of the advertising prints, my dad has an original oil titled God's Masterpiece. I would love to find some more of his paintings.

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  11. Hi everyone related to Valentine! My grandmother(Kathleen Sandberg) and I have a lot of his pieces, including some of them that are posted on this site!! It's awesome to hear from you!
    And Laurie, I am very into art. I love to draw!

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  12. How wonderful that my little blog entry has brought some Mr. Sandberg's family together. He was such a talented artist.

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  13. I thought I put my name on the comment from the "unknown on Sep 30" but
    I'm Aysia Luna btw

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