“Not just another pretty face.”
That was Hedy Lamarr’s own line—and the entire reason this painting exists.
24×30" gallery-wrapped canvas, ready to hang (no frame needed). Mixed-media collage layered beneath acrylic portrait: actual pages from her secret torpedo-guidance patent, news clippings of the passenger ship torpedoed that ignited her invention, and the tiniest nod to Walt Disney using her as the model for Snow White (look at the red hair ribbon in an otherwise black-and-white Hollywood portrait).
Every square inch is deliberate.
She was the golden-age starlet who co-invented the frequency-hopping technology that became the foundation for Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.
One only. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever.
(Prefer a signed print instead? → Click here for the hand-signed 9×11 print)
The Inventor (Hedy Lamarr) – Original Mixed-Media Collage Canvas (One Only)
The Story Behind The Inventor (Hedy Lamarr)
She was dismissed as “just another pretty face.” Then she co-patented frequency-hopping spread-spectrum technology that became the bedrock of Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.
Every collage element is real:
• Reproduced pages from her actual 1942 patent
• Headline about the passenger ship sinking that drove her to invent
• A red ribbon nod to Walt Disney using her as Snow White’s model
Lesser-Known Heroes Series #2
Medium: Mixed-media collage + acrylic on canvas, 24×30"
Artist: S. Stephenson, MidLifeArtist