Carl Spaatz and J. E. Fechet inscribed photograph [unframed]
Photograph [unframed]. Matt outer measurement is approximately 12.5 inches by 10.5 inches. Inner measurement is approximately 9.25 inches by 7.25 inches. The black and white photograph is approximately 10 inches by 8 inches, taped to the top of the back of the matt. Matt has minor soiling. The back of the photograph has "General Spaatz & General Fechet written in ink. The image has General Spaatz standing to the left, the Stephens' portrait of General Fechet in the center, General Fechet standing to the right. At the bottom right is the inscription To Donald D. Shepard a wonderful friend J. E. Fechet Maj. Gen. U.S.A. At the bottom left is the inscription To Donald D. Shepard with best wishes Carl Spaatz. Donald D. Shepard was the personal counsel of Andrew Mellon, the executor of his estate, and a trustee of the Mellon endowment. He helped draft the legislation that established the National Gallery of Art. James Edmond Fechet (1877-1948). The first chief of the Air Corps from 1927 to 1931, Major General Fechet made a lasting mar. Men he worked with both on his staff and in other top Air Corps positions became key leaders of the Air Forces in World War II. General Fechet spent most of the years from 1920 until he retired in December 1931 in the Office of the Chief of the Air Service. He was assistant chief of the Air Service for more than 2 1/2 years before becoming chief. Fechet was among the top of the air arm's leadership for more than a decade. Carl Andrew Spaatz (June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), was an American World War II general. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed United States Air Force in 1947. Thomas Edgar Stephens (November 18, 1884 – January 4, 1966) was a Welsh-American artist and portrait painter. Born in Cardiff, Wales in 1886, he studied at the Art School of Cardiff University, then at the Heatherly School in London, and then at the Académie Julian in Paris. One of the first portraits Stephens painted upon his arrival in the United States in 1929 was that of Abraham Lincoln. His portrait of Eisenhower hangs in the Smithsonian Institution's Gallery of Presidents in Washington, D.C. and his portrait of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower at Gettysburg Battlefield home. His portrait of Eisenhower appeared on the front page of Time on April 4, 1969, the issue that carries Eisenhower's obituary. Stephens also painted portraits of George C. Marshall and Douglas MacArthur and many more of the Army's foremost generals of World War II on commission from the United States Military Academy. That of MacArthur appeared on a Life magazine cover on August 28, 1950. He also painted many judges such as Fred M. Vinson and Charles Davenport Lockwood. He painted Harry Truman and the entire Eisenhower cabinet such as George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury. He also painted the Duke of Windsor. Winston Churchill allowed him to paint his portrait at Eisenhower's request. Stephens' works can be found, among other places, in the White House, the National Gallery of Art, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Pentagon, Walter Reed Hospital, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U. S. Naval Academy, the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas, the Legion of Honor Gallery in Paris; the American Embassy in London, IBM corporate headquarters, Cornell University, Columbia University, Harvard University, the Harry Truman Library and others. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Carl Spaatz, James Edmond Fechet, Donald Shepard, Air Force, Air Service, Army Air Corps, Military Aviation, General Officers, Donald D. Shepard, Donald D'Arcy Shepard
[Book #83181]
Price: $1,000.00