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Neysa McMein
(1888 - 1949)

As popular as her male counterparts in capturing The American Beauty (and a beauty herself), she sold millions of mags with her covers for McCall's, Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Photoplay, Liberty, Associated Sunday Magazine, Ladies World. Ad work: memorably for Palmolive; also Cadillac, Lucky Strike, Adam's Gum, Coke, Hummingbird Hosiery, Gainsborough Hair Nets, Colgate. She painted the first Betty Crocker and updated her through the years. A "member" of the Algonquin club; there and at her studio, she entertained Mary Pickford, Dorothy Parker, Harpo Marx, Jascha Heifitz, Noel Coward, Irving Berlin, Robert Benchley, all while she painted.

A special thanks to Norm Platnick of Enchantment Ink for letting us know what 002 was used for.

Prudence Says So (1916) McMein - 001A
NOTE: McMein was already an established artist when she did this pastel, and also one of the few novels she did the cover for; yet she isn't even mentioned in the book! Arthur William Brown, who did the interior art, is the only listed illustrator.

Sunday Magazine Of the New York Tribune (12 October 1913) McMein - 002A

Lucky Strike, "I Do" (1917) McMein - 003

McClure's (1917) McMein - 004

Saturday Evening Post (1917) McMein - 005

Saturday Evening Post (1921) McMein - 006

Saturday Evening Post (1921) McMein - 007

Saturday Evening Post (1918) McMein - 008

Palmolive (1918) McMein - 009

Palmolive (1918) McMein - 010

Palmolive (1919) McMein - 011

Palmolive (19??) McMein - 012

Palmolive (1921) McMein - 013

Palmolive (1920) McMein - 014

Pretty Girl (1931) McMein - 015

San-Tox (1919) McMein - 016

Gainsbourough Hair Net (1924) McMein - 017

Sunday Magazine (1913) McMein - 018

Sunday Magazine (1912) McMein - 019

Adam's California Fruit Gum (1921) McMein - 020

Cadillac (1923) McMein - 021

Coca-Cola (1924) McMein - 022

Wamsutta (1923) McMein - 023

Woman's Home Companion (1921) McMein - 024

Woman's Home Companion (1921) McMein - 025

McCall's (19??) McMein - 026

McCall's (1932) McMein - 027

McCall's (1927) McMein - 028

McCall's (1927) McMein - 029

McCall's (1934) McMein - 030

Humming Bird Hosiery (1925) McMein - 031