Tag Archives: Life Magazine John Held Jr.

jazz age: poignancy of the brief

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Dave

” This timeless moment… warm, mindless, immediate” … John Held Jr.’s moment came with the season of Coolidge prosperity, a season so warmly sunlit that few noticed the slanting rays were autumnal. The conflicts of the postwar adjustment period were … Continue reading →

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flapping those jazz babies

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Dave

( see link at end) If ever an artist’s work so consummately defined a particular era, it was that of the Roaring Twenties illustrator John Held, Jr., whose creations both set the standard for-and gently ribbed-a generation. More than any … Continue reading →