"Atalanta and the Golden Apples" published on March 17,1929 in American Weekly Sunday magazine painted by Edmund Dulac. Atalanta, according to legend, was a beautiful Greek princess. She devoted herself to sport and became famous as a runner. She was sought after by many suitors. On all these she imposed this condition: “ I will be the prize of him who shall conquer me in the race; but death must be the penalty of all those who try and fail.” Undiscouraged by the failure of scores of previous suitors, a youth named Hippomenes offered himself for the contest.
In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,” as he was billed on the covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Sunday magazine. The contract lasted 30 years and Dulac painted 107 watercolors for thirteen different series until his last Arabian Nights in 1951.
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Photo credit: © Albert Seligman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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