America's Great Illustrators

America's Great Illustrators
Author: Susan E. Meyer
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 311
Release: 1978-01-01
Genre: Illustration of books
ISBN: 9780810906631

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.

Masters of American Illustration

Masters of American Illustration
Author: Frederic Taraba
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Graphic arts
ISBN: 9780982004142

From 1989 to 2001, author Fred Taraba was a regular contributor to the graphic arts publication, Step-By-Step Graphics. His column, Methods of the Masters, documented the lives and working methods of some of America s finest Golden Age illustrators. While a number of other writers contributed to the regular column, Fred himself wrote 41 installments. This book is a compilation of those 41 classic articles, which have been extensively reworked and revised with completely new artwork especially prepared for this volume. Featuring 41 of America's greatest illustrators, this book is a showcase for hundreds of reproductions of original paintings, photographs, and tearsheets of vintage printed ephemeral materials. 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.

America's Great Illustrators

America's Great Illustrators
Author: Susan E. Meyer
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1978
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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.

America's Great Comic-strip Artists

America's Great Comic-strip Artists
Author: Richard Marschall
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1997
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781556706462

A treasury of outstanding graphics and rare and beautiful comic art, this book is also a history of the art form itself, as seen through the work of 16 of the finest cartoonists of the last century, including Al Capp, Charles M. Schulz, Walt Kelly and Chester Gould. Marschall's fascinating text portrays the life and times of these artists, demonstrating their influence on American art and society. 250 illustrations, many in full-color.

200 Years of American Illustration

200 Years of American Illustration
Author: Henry Clarence Pitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1977
Genre: Commercial art
ISBN:

This book is the first comprehensive study of the entire history of of illustration in America. It is based upon the exhaustive bicentennial exhibition organized by The Society of Illustrators and shown at the New-York Historical Society. That exhibition gathered more than 900 examples of the best original works of art created for reproduction and virtually all of them are in this book, about 350 of them in full color. --book jacket.

Illustrators

Illustrators
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1983
Genre: Illustration of books
ISBN:

75 Years of Children's Book Week Posters

75 Years of Children's Book Week Posters
Author: Children's Book Council (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1994
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Reproduces posters drawn to promote Children's Book Week, 1919 through 1994, along with brief biographies of the illustrators.

Franklin Booth

Franklin Booth
Author: Franklin Booth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-12
Genre: Drawing, American
ISBN: 9780966938142

The highly influential Franklin Booth is acknowledged as a genius of pen, ink and brush. This new collection of the rarely-seen signature work of this important illustrator beautifully displays his meticulous and jawdropping cross-hatched' style. Also collected in this book is his artwork in national US magazines from 1905-1935, including Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping. A revelation for both Booth enthusiasts and newcomers to his work.'