As the commercial airline industry boomed in the postwar period, affluent Americans did more traveling abroad, particularly in Europe. The New Yorker went with them. Charles Saxon's 1966 magazine cover depicts two older couples taking a gondola ride in Venice, a gentle subversion of our romantic expectations.
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| Charles Saxon Original art The New Yorker, June 25, 1966 |
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Charles Saxon The New Yorker, June 25, 1966 |
The original cover art is on display at "Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration" at the Society of Illustrators. The exhibition, curated by Liza Donnelly, also includes a print of a classic Saxon cartoon from the mid-seventies. No one captured the upper classes and their attitudes quite like Saxon.
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| "It was nice. Hard times give everyone such a sense of camaraderie." Charles Saxon The New Yorker, April 7, 1975, p. 33 |
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| "It was nice. Hard times give everyone such a sense of camaraderie." Charles Saxon The New Yorker, April 7, 1975, p. 33 |
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| With a chess spot by TG and a cartoon by Charles Saxon |
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Note: I know I asked this once before, but who is the spot artist TG?
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| Spot drawing of chess pieces TG The New Yorker, April 7, 1975, p. 32 |
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