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Major Felten, also "Felton" (March 19, 1904 – November 1975) was an American visual artist and illustrator. He produced modernism style designs in charcoal drawings and other media.

Early life

Felten was born March 19, 1904 in Canaan, Connecticut. He spent much of his life in Darien, Connecticut.

Career

Felten became known for his posters and book illustrations during the 1930s to 1950s. Some of his posters were published by Davis Blue Artwork, a company founded by Robert Blue and Brian Davis.

Felten provided illustrations for the Ives Washburn 1931 edition of Baudelaire's translated poems The Flowers of Evil.

Felten produced an illustration in the style of Commercial Modernism for the January, 1934, issue of Ladies' Home Journal.

A Major Felten charcoal illustration was used as the basis of the design on a folding screen in a Darien, Connecticut, home featured in a 1936 article in Architecture Magazine.

In 1938, Felten produced illustrations of dancers Barton Mumaw and Ted Shawn. He produced posters for the Jacob's Pillow dance festival, and maintained correspondance with the organization from 1947 to 1971.

Felten produced the cover illustration of the brochure for the 1940 Railroads at the New York World's Fair by the Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference.

Also in the 1940s, Felten illustrated several books by Helen Dore Boylston, including her Carol Page and Sue Barton series.

References

  1. ^ Felton, Major (1938), Ted Shawn, OCLC 824752290, retrieved 2024-03-31
  2. ^ Clute, Eugene (March 1936). "MURALS BY PHOTOGRAPHY" (PDF). Architecture. LXXIII (3): 18.
  3. ^ Felten, Major (January 1934). "Fiction Illustration". Ladies' Home Journal: 18.
  4. "Record Flowers of evil / By Charles Baudeliare; translated by Lewis Piaget Shanks, illustrated by Major Felten | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  5. "Jacobs Pillow : File : Barton Mumaw [Barton Mumaw BM003]". archives.jacobspillow.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  6. "Jacobs Pillow : File : Major Felten [Major Felten 55 ]". archives.jacobspillow.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  7. "Railroads at the New York World's Fair - www.rgusrail.com". www.rgusrail.com. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  8. "Record Railroads at the New York World's Fair, 1940 | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  9. B., E. L. (July 16, 1944). "Fledgling Actress; CAROL ON BROADWAY. By Helen Dore Boylston. Illustrated by Major Felten. 222 pp. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book. $2".
  10. Boylston, Helen Dore (1942). Carol plays summer stock (First ed.). Boston: Little, Brown and company. LCCN 42019681.
  11. Boylston, Helen Dore (1949). Sue Barton, Neighborhood Nurse. Little, Brown.
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