J Knowles Hare
(1884 - 1947)
Glamour print and calendar artist (though just as good with pups and kids!), usually in pastel, but also in pencils and oils. Covers for Woman's Home Companion, American Magazine, This Week, Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, Ladies' Home Journal, Photoplay, Modern Priscilla, Harper's Weekly. Ads for Gossard Corrset, Palmolive, Elgin, Packar's. His lovely wife, Gladys Granger, was his main model.
A special thanks to Norm Platnick of Enchantment Ink for letting us know what 001, 002, 005, and 010 were used for. Norm Platnick has published a number of collector's guides, including one on J Knowles Hare.
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Fashionable Dress Magazine, "Costume Ball" cover (February 1925) Hare - 001A
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Post card art, Poinsettia (pencil and wash) (1910) Hare - 002A
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Elgin, "Will you say it just for the day..." (1927) Hare - 003
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Woman's Home Companion (1922) Hare - 004
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Post card art, Golden Roses (pencil and wash; the "gold" has faded) (1910) Hare - 005A
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Packer's Liquid Shampoo (1924) Hare - 006
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The Country Gentleman (1924) Hare - 007
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Palmolive, "Invite Romance" (1933) Hare - 008
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Ladies' Home Journal (1925) Hare - 009
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Yard Long Calendar or Chocolate box, done in oil (???) Hare - 010A
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This Week (1937) Hare - 011
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American Magazine (1933) Hare - 012
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Cosmopolitan (1934) Hare - 013
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Ladies' Home Journal (1926) Hare - 014
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