Collier's Nov. 1949

How can I describe this cover? Maybe "Beautiful" is enough?
Despite that this magazine has been torn and beaten the cover is still striking and just gorgeous.
I havn't been able to find any info on the artist, "B. Tobey", so if any reader can point me in the right direction it would be much apprecciated.
Got a similar cover by Russell Patterson somewhere in my archive. If I find it I'll post it here.

The weekend is almost over and today I havn't done much. Just been working out, goofing off at the shopping mall, cleaning my drawing board and checking the net.
Tomorrow it's Monday and yet another working week. Ho and hum...