Antique vintage print by the American artist Rose O Neill from 1922 entitled The First Love Death
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and raised in rural Nebraska, Rose O'Neill (1874-1944) taught herself how to draw, achieved success at a young age, gained tremendous wealth from the creation of Kewpie dolls, and contributed to the women's suffrage movement. She created the first comic strip published by a woman in the United States, was married and divorced twice, and hosted events for celebrated authors, artists, and poets of the day, including James Montgomery Flagg, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Khalil Gibran, and Booth Tarkington, before settling down in the Ozarks region of Missouri. O'Neill admittedly aspired to become a fine artist whose work would be exhibited in museums. She studied in Europe for several years (including under Auguste Rodin) and created a series of "monster" drawings which depicted dark, surrealistic scenes drawn from mythology and her subconscious mind. These works were exhibited in galleries and museums throughout Western Europe and at the Society of Illustrators in New York, where she became the only female fellow. Rockwell Museum
Size: 4713px × 6805px
Photo credit: © steeve-x-art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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