Schwinn-Jordan, Barbara (1907-2005)
Dates
- Existence: 1907 - 2005
Parallel Names
- Schwinn, Barbara
Biography
One of the most famous women illustrators during the golden age of magazines, from the 1940's through the 1950's. After graduating from Parsons School of Design, she traveled to Paris, where she attended Academie Julian and developed a European sense of style and sophisitication. When she returned to New York, her romantic, impressionistic fashion sketches for Vogue, McCall's, Collier's, and Saturday Evening Post won her a large following. In the '60's she developed an interest in portraiture and floral studies. Journalist Louis Sobol claimed that she was the highest paid woman artist in the world for her $2000.00 portraits. One-woman shows of her illustrations have been held at New York's Museum of American Illustration and East Hampton's Illustration House.
(The above biographical note was copied from a collection record in FIT's OneSearch library catalog; while no citations are present, it is appears to have been researched using press present in the collection.)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Barbara Schwinn-Jordan sketches and press
This collection holds original watercolor, pencil and gouache illustrations, in many cases for advertisements and accompanied by a magazine tear of their corresponding published version. There is also one printed booklet featuring a Schwinn-Jordan illustration on the cover, one 35mm slide, and various photocopied press about Schwinn-Jordan (originals not present).