Profiles the lives and works of ten American illustrators: Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Frederic Remington, Charles Dana Gibson, Maxfield Parrish, Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker, Howard Chandler Christy, James Montgomery Flagg, and John Held, Jr.
Fascinating insights into the lives and work of the 87 artists elected to the illustrators Hall of Fame make this an inspiring reference.
Each artist's life and career is discussed, and their working methods are described in detail. This book is destined to be a classic, and belongs on the bookself of every serious student of American illustration history.
The most comprehensive book of its kind, this gorgeous edition presents more than 500 full-color works by famous and lesser-known artists from the heyday of book and magazine illustration.
This books contains all 87 recipients of the American Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. This is the highest honour bestowed by the Society of Illustrators.
Although there have been over 700 illustrators of Poe’s work over the past two centuries, this book chooses to examine only the best of them.
A decade-by-decade exploration of prominent illustrators, with each decade introduced by a famous illustrator or historian: Walt Reed, Ben Eisenstat, Harold Von Schmidt, Arthur William Brown, Norman Rockwell, Floyd Davis,...
American Showcase Illustration
2 (1989), The Encyclopedia of American Comics (1990) Over 50 Years of American Comic Books (1991), The Funnies: 100 Years ... The American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s, 1950–59 (2013), The American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1960s, ...
This comprehensive reference showcases the work of over 650 artists, covering American illustration from the Civil War through the entire 20th century. It also includes a biographical sketch on each...
This gorgeous collection of art (and the artists behind it) includes work by some of the world's most renowned children's book illustrators—Mitsumasa Anno, Quentin Blake, Ashley Bryan, Nancy Ekholm Burkert,...