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Download or read book Color the Exotic American Beauties from Art Deco Magazine Covers, the Golden Age of Hollywood Glamour written by I. Bella and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relax and enjoy The coloring book features Wladyslaw T. Benda's illustrations of exotic and mysterious girls that graced the covers of famous American art deco magazines, such as Life, Hearst's International, Theatre Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, etc. In the 1920s every magazine sought the look of the American Beauty that W. T. Benda (born in Poznan, Poland 1873 - died in New York City 1948) was famous for. Features: 38 light grayscale pictures all full-page images are single sided medium weight acid-free paper suitable for colored pencils, markers, chalk pastels, gel pens, aquarellable pencils, markers etc. all images are perfectly centered and fit exquisitely into a frame: 8"x10" all images are easy to remove by cutting along the line indicated on the page GREAT FUN & ENJOYMENT for all skill levels printed in USA with love Benda gained fame as a leading artist in the golden age of American illustration during the golden age of Hollywood glamour. He specialized in girl's and woman's portraits with exotic sensual features. He also became an acclaimed designer of theatrical costumes and masks. Benda's fame as a world-class mask creator even took him to Hollywood. In 1932 the artist created the original mask design for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's adventure movie "The Mask of Fu Manchu".