Paul and Chris Calle: 1920s - Gatsby Style

Artist: Paul and Chris Calle

Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1998
Image Size: 13 by 19 inches
Overall Size: 16.125 by 23.25 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Hot Press Illustration Board

The frenzied self-indulgence and unbridled revelry that characterized the Jazz Age was best expressed in the life and writings of one of America's most noted authors -- F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Roaring Twenties were vividly captured in Fitzgerald's classic novels, which epitomized the decade. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, Fitzgerald later moved east, where he attended Princeton University. After a stint in the army, he went to New York City. In 1920, he published his first book, This Side of Paradise, which became an instant success. That same year Fitzgerald married Zelda Sayre, a writer from Montgomery, Alabama. This Side of Paradise describes the riotous lifestyle of up-scale Americans in the '20s, while at the same time portraying man's disillusionment and search for meaning in a changing, modern world. A passage near the novel's end eloquently expresses the bitterness and apathy of the age: "a new generation, dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken . . ." In 1925, Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, the novel that would come to define the 20th century's Jazz Age. Fitzgerald and Zelda led a frantic, licentious lifestyle of extravagance and excess, and their wild escapades were emulated by Americans everywhere.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the U.S. Celebrate the Century Series 32¢ The Gatsby Style stamp issued May 28, 1998.

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