Life Drawing 42: Rea Irvin 1917-1920

More of Rea Irvin's work from the pages of Life.

March 1, 1917


March 1, 1917

November 29, 1917


September 5, 1918


March 6, 1919

January 22, 1920

The Japanese Schoolboy feature returned in March of 1920, and disappeared again just as suddenly. 
March 18, 1920

Those who wish to read the complete text can find the second page here.

March 18, 1920

This drawing is unsigned, but if it's not by Irvin then it's by the best of the Irvin imitators (of which there were quite a few.)
April 29, 1920


May 6, 1920


May 13, 1920


June 3, 1920


June 17, 1920


with Calvert
July 22, 1920


July 29, 1920

Life Drawing Sunday 36: More Rea Irvin

Part Two: 1915-1916

January 14, 1915






January 14, 1915



January 21, 1915


January 21, 1915



January 28, 1915



January 28, 1915




February 11, 1915





February 11, 1915





February 18, 1915






March 4, 1915



March 18, 1915



April 8, 1915





May 20, 1915




June 10, 1915



June 10, 1915






June 10, 1915




September 16, 1915




September 24, 1915




October 21, 1915




October 28, 1915




October 28, 1915




January 13, 1916







January 27, 1916






March 16, 1916




June 6, 1916




June 22, 1916



July 20, 1916



August 24, 1916




September 7, 1916




October 12, 1916




November 30, 1916




December 14, 1916