Despite the costumes and architecture seem well done it’s anything but a good painting. The gestures are ridiculous, it looks much more as if they are playing or acting in a cheap theatre. But above all it’s very interesting that she is depicted as an oriental woman our hero in contrast looks like an all American boy.
Faraway Places
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Yes boys, even girls have dreams of adventure in faraway places . . .
*The American Girl* — November 1930
Artist: Del Parson, illustration for LDS Church teaching material.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information. Just discovered that he did a lot of these paintings.
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