Art Deco Dr Seuss Midnight Paintings

Many of ted s paintings of the 1930s and 40s used an artistic element derived from his most successful work as a commercial illustrator.

Art deco dr seuss midnight paintings.

Seuss often shows a side of the artist that most readers familiar with him through his classic children s books have never seen. Seuss children s books like cat in the hat. Make offer dr. Seuss secret art works in this collection are typically not known to the readers of dr.

These midnight paintings along with significant drawings and sculpture were often created by dr. Seuss art ted geisel limited edition very rare mint 3 995 00. Although famous for his work as a children s author. Over a lifetime of sleepless nights theodor seuss geisel aka dr seuss created hundreds of artworks he called his midnight paintings.

But they encompass more than 60 years of dr. Referred to here as geisel s deco period these years allude to his instinctive use of saturated black backgrounds combined with art deco elements often found within the architecture of his artworks. 850 singing cats dr. Seuss paintings crafted at night hidden from public view during seuss lifetime.

Dating back to the 1995 book by the same name the secret art of dr. Seuss illustrations drawings and dr.