Comments on: Classic Art: John LaGatta http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/09/art-entertainment/elegant-art-john-lagatta.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elegant-art-john-lagatta Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Charles Neumann http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/09/art-entertainment/elegant-art-john-lagatta.html/comment-page-1#comment-190199 Charles Neumann Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:35:50 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=44013#comment-190199 Very interesting article. Mr. LaGatta was an excellent artist and had a very full life. I thank you for letting me know more about him, and to see some of his non-cover work.

]]> By: Bob McGowan http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/09/art-entertainment/elegant-art-john-lagatta.html/comment-page-1#comment-190145 Bob McGowan Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:30:58 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=44013#comment-190145 Diana, I love your feature in this week’s e-mail. Although I know the POST re-ran the ‘Ballroom Dancing’ cover a few years ago, so I technically was familar with LaGatta’s work, but not the broad range of his style.

No doubt the people in ‘Milk and Honey’ were among the well-to-do in ’33—one of the worst years of the Depression, bur we leave that aside to concentrate on the beauty of this European-style, yet completely American water color that yes, did leave the women kind of, sort of, looking unclothed. I like that though. It also has a ‘Gatsby’ feel to it, but it’s also definitely past the ’20s and before the ’40s. Gorgeous cover!

The ‘Riding Habits’ cover is beautiful too—love the car! I’m sorry the ‘Cat Pin’ cover did NOT come up, but the description did. I’ll see it at some point I’m sure.

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