Up until then Mills and Boon sold its books in North America under the Romance line, which were sweet romances usually with nothing more explicit than passionate kisses and “I love you”s.
Harlequin bought out Mills and Boon in 1971, creating one company with two names. Most of these were medical/nurse romances. In 1957 Harlequin purchased the North American rights to reproduce Mills and Boon’s vast library of books. They released a lot of pulp, including mysteries, westerns, historical fiction, and other genres. Harlequin mostly printed paperbacks of previously published works. came into existence after World War II in 1949. Meanwhile, across the pond in Canada, Harlequin Ltd.
Although, they didn’t start focusing on “women’s” fiction (i.e. They are a UK-based enterprise whose history goes back to 1903. Mills & Boon is the old lady on the block when it comes to romances. Like all Harlequins, the Historical line has its roots in the Mills & Boon company. Included in this volume are some of his source materials ranging from vintage photographs and newspaper and magazine clippings to postcards, especially those that captured the aerial views of New York harbor that he favoured throughout his career.The History of Mills & Boon and Harlequin When executing his cityscapes, Katzman did not work on-site rather, he often worked from other visual prompts. This vibrant new volume traces his career from his arrival in New York in 1950 through the more abstract "New York School" paintings of the early sixties, to his later work which, with its emphasis on mood and muted colour, shows the influence of Turner, Whistler and the Hudson River School. Included in the 1952 Fifteen Americans exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Katzman went on to become an influential teacher at New York's School of Visual Arts and continued to work and exhibit until his death in 2004. Glorious Sky: Herbert Katzman's New York highlights a selection of his paintings and drawings produced over half a century, during which he worked largely outside the abstract art movement that dominated the mid 20th-century. Herbert Katzman's lyrical representations of contemporary New York are a stunning tribute to the artist's fascination with the skyline of his adopted city.
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