setting out for Ithaka

Illustrations for Gay Source: A Catalog for Men (1977) by George Stavrinos George Stavrinos (1948 – August 3, 1990) was a Greek American illustrator. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, he graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1969. After a year of study abroad he moved to Philadelphia and worked as a mural artist for local businesses. Stavrinos eventually moved to New York and began working for Push Pin Studios and The New York Times in the mid-1970s before he began his run of influential department store campaigns began in 1977. His client list included Bergdorf Goodman, Barneys New York, Blueboy, Gentleman's Quarterly, The New York Times, and the Metropolitan Opera. His work for Bergdorf Goodman was hailed as significantly influential and expanded the notions of what fashion illustration could be, incorporating highly elaborate scenery with narrative qualities and cinematic reference.

BeanoBoy

Acrylic and gouache on board

James, Graphite and Acrylic

The painting features two adolescent boys in white trunks on a seashore in Cornwall.

Tuke was associated with the Impressionist movement and frequently used nude male figures in his work.