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Tony Millionaire: The Harlem Renaissance Map Poster

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Tony Millionaire: The Harlem Renaissance Map Poster
Artist: Tony Millionaire Title: The Harlem RenaissanceMedium: Map posterFull size: 32 x 24 inchesImage size: 30 3/4 x 23 inchesBiography * Millionaire draws in a lush style that mingles naturalistic detail with strong doses of the fanciful and grotesque. His linework resembles that of Johnny Gruelle, whom he cites as one of his main sources of inspiration along with Ernest Shepard and "all those freaks from the twenties and thirties who did the newspaper strips"; many of Millionaire's admirers adduce a similarity to the work of E. C. Segar in particular. He draws with a fountain pen. * * The nautical settings of much of Millionaire's work draw inspiration from his childhood memories of his grandparents' artwork and seaside home as well as the novels of Patrick O'Brian, of which he is an avid reader. * * Received from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Millionaire *