A somewhat similar Cornwell featuring a strong woman at the center of a
the composition just sold at Christie's for $164,000. In this work we
also see a strong woman at the center of the composition. Here she
surrounded by men. More than 20 beautifully rendered post-impressionist portraits in character, define Dean Cornwell as one of America's great artists. br Dean Cornwell was Norman Rockwell's favorite illustrator in in the 1st part of the 20th century as famous. "One thing puzzled Dirty Dan extremely. That was the perfectly frank, friendly manner in which his employer and this outcast woman greeted each other, the earnestness with which they conversed, and the effect of the woman's low-spoken words upon the color of Hector McKaye's face."