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William Haskell Coffin (1877 - 1941) was active/lived in New York, Florida, South Carolina. William Coffin is known for Female figure magazine illustration, fine art painting, commercial art.
William Henry "Haskell" Coffin (1878–1941) was a painter and commercial artist who flourished in the early decades of the twentieth century. His work appeared on the cover of leading magazines in the United States and on posters that the US government commissioned.
Coffin was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 21, 1878, the son of Julia (Haskell) and George Mathewes Coffin. When he was young, his family moved to Washington, DC, where he attended the Corcoran School of Art. After a brief stint back in Charleston, where he painted portraits of society ladies, he went to France in 1902 to complete his training as an artist,
Coffin specialized in images of women, which were reproduced on the covers of popular magazines such as
The Saturday Evening Post
,
The American Magazine, Redbook, McCall's, Leslie's Illustrated
, and the
Pictorial Review.
He was one of the most highly paid illustrators of his era.
Coffin was married twice. His second wife was ac ...
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9 Book References for William Haskell Coffin
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Author
Title
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2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
479
No
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
3724
No
1996
McMahan, Virgil E
The Artists of Washington DC 1796-1996
240
No
1995
Cohn, Jan
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
298
Yes
1988
Rawls, Walton
Wake Up, America World War I and the American Poster
288
Yes
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1081
No
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
707
No
1979
Crawford, Anthony R
Posters/World War l & World War ll George C Marshall Research Foundation
128
No
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1130
No
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