Frances Hook American Beauties, Pastel Prints 9 x 12.
4 Prints, 12-1/8 inches Width across with frame: approx. 9-1/8 inches
Kept in a Smoke free enviroment, frame is as old as print, but intact.
Frances Arnold Hook was born just outside Philadelphia in Ambler, Pennsylvania. She studied throughout high school and earned a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Museum School of Art where she worked with the noted illustrator Harry Pitz. She was well known for her prints that captured the innocence of children in soft pastels.
A series titled, American Beauties, were children prints illustrated in soft pastels. They were promotional prints from Northern Paper Mills, later called, Northern Tissue. The advertisements began appearing in 1958, skyrocketing sales for the company.