Beatrice Tonnesen – Photographer & Artist

Two prints commonly found on early twentieth century calendars with the signature “A. Pope,” originated as photos by Beatrice Tonnesen. The original photos can be found in the Tonnesen archive of the Oshkosh (WI) Public Museum. The calendar prints are “Faith and Loyalty,” featuring a small  boy holding his German shepherd’s paw – shown top right, [...]

Slideshow Album 8 showing 6 images and descriptions which accompany “Introducing the Tonnesen Models Part 2” has been posted.

Chicago of the 1910’s and 20’s was a center for the creation and production of advertising and calendar art. Many popular themes – the all-American family at home; children at play; cute kids with their cute pets- called for appealing children who could take direction, and project a sense of comfort and naturalness in front [...]

This painting came out of my grandparents’ basement. My grandmother, for whatever undisclosed reason, seemed to put everything that was attributed to Beatrice Tonnesen down in the basement, in a dark never-go-there type of place. [...]