{"id":755,"date":"2018-11-08T15:02:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T22:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/artmuseum\/?p=755"},"modified":"2020-02-12T13:26:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T20:26:25","slug":"cyrus-baldridge-american-illustrator-and-selections-from-the-marguerite-hettel-weiss-bequest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/artmuseum\/cyrus-baldridge-american-illustrator-and-selections-from-the-marguerite-hettel-weiss-bequest\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyrus L. Baldridge, American Illustrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-755 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-portrait-image-sm'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/artmuseum\/cyrus-baldridge-american-illustrator-and-selections-from-the-marguerite-hettel-weiss-bequest\/water-scene-edit-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Water-scene-edit-2-150x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-portrait-image-sm size-portrait-image-sm\" alt=\"Illustration sketch in gouache of woman sitting under tree\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Water-scene-edit-2-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Water-scene-edit-2-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-945'>\n\t\t\t\tIllustration sketch in gouache by Cyrus Baldridge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/artmuseum\/cyrus-baldridge-american-illustrator-and-selections-from-the-marguerite-hettel-weiss-bequest\/grand-canyon-edit-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Grand-Canyon-edit-2-150x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-portrait-image-sm size-portrait-image-sm\" alt=\"Black and white drawing of Grand Canyon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Grand-Canyon-edit-2-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Grand-Canyon-edit-2-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/artmuseum\/cyrus-baldridge-american-illustrator-and-selections-from-the-marguerite-hettel-weiss-bequest\/man-in-boat-with-instrument-edited12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Man-in-Boat-with-instrument-edited12-150x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-portrait-image-sm size-portrait-image-sm\" alt=\"Illustration sketch in gouache ofMan in Boat with an instrument.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Man-in-Boat-with-instrument-edited12-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/Man-in-Boat-with-instrument-edited12-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-943'>\n\t\t\t\tMan in Boat with an instrument, edited. Illustration sketch in gouache by Cyrus Baldridge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>Exhibition Dates: April 16\u2013May 18, 2019<\/h2>\n<p>The NAU Art Museum recently acquired preparatory sketches used by the artist to communicate with art directors whose books Baldridge was commissioned to illustrate. Baldridge is an important historical voice in American illustration, not least for his liberal, post-colonial perspective on the costs of empire early in the twentieth century. The books that he illustrated, as well as those on which he collaborated with journalist Caroline Singer, approached distant cultures in a spirit of humility. His illustrations bring to life such monumental works of literature as <em>The Adventures of Marco Polo <\/em>and <em>Hajji Baba of Ispahan<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhibition Dates: April 16\u2013May 18, 2019 The NAU Art Museum recently acquired preparatory sketches used by the artist to communicate with art directors whose books Baldridge was commissioned to illustrate. 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