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Hughes, Arthur (1832-1915)
Pre-Raphaelite painter and book illustrator. Includes updates to the recently published catalogue of his works.
Carigiet, Alois (1902 - 1985)
Carigiet was the first illustrator to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. This site is dedicated to him.
Bilibin, Ivan (1876-1942)
An illustrated biography of Ivan Bilibin.
Getz, Arthur (1913-1996)
The most prolific cover artist of the New Yorker magazine, producing 213 covers between 1938 and 1988.
Amerillus, American Illustration
American Illustration from the Golden Age.
Phillips, Coles (1880-1927)
Biography. One illustration.
Loomis, Andrew (1892 - 1959)
An illustrated biography of Andrew Loomis, known for his art instruction books.
World of Cicely Mary Barker.
Biography and works of Cicely Mary Barker.
SurLaLune Fairy Tale Illustration Gallery
Classic fairy tale illustrations by Arthur Rackham, George Cruikshank, Jessie Willcox Smith, Edmund Dulac, Gustave Dore, Walter Crane, Kay Nielsen and many others.
Schoonover, Frank (1877-1972)
An illustrated biography.
Noble, Edwin
Containing biographic and bibliographic information on Edwardian animal painter/book illustrator, including scans of his illustrations in the public domain.
Barclay, McClelland (1891-1943
Biography. One magazine cover.
Outcault, Richard Felton (1863-1928)
Biography.
Belarski, Rudolph (1900-1983)
Biography. One illustration.
Carter, Pruett (1891-1955)
Biography. One story illustration.
Fawcett, Robert (1903-1967)
Biography. One story illustration.
Dohanos, Stevan (1907-1994)
Biography.
Eggenhofer, Nick (1897-1985)
Biography.
Lowell, Orson
Born 1871. An illustrated biography.
Pape, Eric (1870-1938)
An illustrated biography, including a 1910 newspaper article.
Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828)
Notes on the life of the man who founded the British School of wood engraving.
Parker, Al (1906-1985)
Biography.
Sambrook, Russell
Biography. One illustration.
Shinn, Everett (1876-1953)
Biography.
Thrasher, Leslie (1889-1936)
Biography. One cover illustration.
Whitcomb, Jon (1906-1988)
Biography.
Oliver, Ellis Augustus (1873-1937)
Page by his grandson: biography, illustrations.
Soare, William Fulton (1896-1940)
Page by his son. Biography, photos, many illustrations.
Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911)
An illustrated biography.
World of the Child
Exhibition at the University of Delaware Library. 200 years of illustrated books, the ealiest of which were not aimed exclusively at children.
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (1821-1888)
Information about F.O.C. Darley, America's first illustrator of note.
Anderson, Harry (1906-1996)
An illustrated biography.
Artzybasheff, Boris (1899-1965)
An illustrated biography.
Victorian Illustrators
19th century illustration by Millais, Leighton, William Morris and an extensive list of other British artists.
Louis Wain : King of the Cat Artists
Book by Heather Latimer about "Cat Artist" Louis Wain who bedazzled the English with his imaginative genius and sense of fun during the staid Edwardian era.
The Iconography of Milton's ''Paradise Lost''
Illustrations by: Gustav Doré, John Martin, John B. Medina, Benard Lens. Also: Burney, Westall, Hayman, and Blake.
Dickens' Illustrations
Biographical notes on the illustrators of Dickens' work.
Bauer, John (1882-1917)
An illustrated biography.
Booth, Franklin
Born 1874. An illustrated biography.
Illustrations to ''Our Mutual Friend''
All 40 illustrations by Marcus Stone. Site also contains full text, and original London reviews.
Dickens And His Illustrators (1899) Re: L. Fildes
The chapter on Luke Fildes from the work by F.G. Kitton.
Brangwyn, Frank (1867-1956)
An illustrated essay.
Burian, Zdenek (1905-1981)
An illustrated biography
Clark, Walter Appleton (1876-1906)
An illustrated biography.
Clarke, Harry (1889-1931)
An illustrated biography.
Coll, Joseph Clement (1881-1921)
An illustrated biography of Joseph Clement Coll - a master of pen & ink.
Cornwell, Dean
Born 1892. An illustrated essay.
Craig, Frank (1874-1918)
An illustrated biography of Frank Craig, British artist of the early twentieth century who painted images for Kipling, Robert W. Chambers and others.
Percy Crosby (1890-1964)
An illustrated biography, and book sales.
Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953)
An illustrated biography.
Dunn, Harvey (1884-1952)
An illustrated biography.
Finlay, Virgil (1914-1971)
An illustrated biography.
Flint, Sir William Russell (1880 - 1970)
An illustrated biography.
Goble, Warwick (1862-1943)
An illustrated essay.
Godwin, Frank (1889-1959)
An illustrated biography.
Gross, Milt (1895-1953)
An illustrated biography.
Held Jr., John (1889-1958)
An illustrated biography of John Held Jr., the delineator of flappers and sheiks and the Roaring Twenties.
Hogarth, Burne (1911-1996)
An illustrated biography.
Milt Gross - Animation Art
2 illustrations from video. Sales.
Hurter, Albert (1883-1942)
An illustrated biography.
Keller, Arthur I. (1866-1924)
An illustrated biography.
Kley, Heinrich (1863-1945)
Illustrated biography.
The Artwork and Poetry of Lenn Redman
Redman was a world renowned caricaturist, cartoonist, annimator, artist and poet. His book 'How To Draw Caricatures' is the number one book on the subject. He worked for Disney, Hanna-Barbara and Filmation Corp. Sales.
Krigstein, Bernie
Born 1919. An illustrated biography.
Lathrop, Dorothy (1891-1980)
An illustrated biography.
Partch, Virgil (1916-1984)
An illustrated biography of VIP, the darkly humorous creator of Big George and other cartoons for True, Colliers, Look, and for his own original compilations.
Petty, George (1894-1975)
An illustrated biography.
Phillips, Coles
An illustrated biography of the creator of the Phillips' girls, and of the fadeaway technique.
Vilmos Andreas(William Andrew, or Willy) Pogany (1882-1955)
An illustrated biography.
Tusche, Tone And Stone: 19th Century News
Illustrated discussion of 19th and early 20th century periodicals, and the artists whose work they published.
The Camelot Project: Artists
Artists who have illustrated versions of the Arthurian legends, with their work.
Sowerby, Amy Millicent (1878-1967)
Illustrated biography.
Anderson, Anne - (1874-194?)
Illustrated biography.
Cooney, Barbara (1917-2000)
An illustrated biography.
Bessie Collins Pease Gutmann (1876-1960)
An illustrated biography.
Barker, Cicely Mary (1895-1973)
Illustrated biography.
Peck, Clara Elsene (born 1883)
Illustrated biographical notes.
Burd, Clara Miller
Active: 1900-1930s. Illustrated biography.
Lathrop, Dorothy Pulis (1891-1980)
An illustrated biography.
Jones, Elizabeth Orton (b. 1910)
An illustrated biography.
Green, Elizabeth Shippen (1871-1954)
Illustrated biography.
Storer, Florence Edith
Active 1909-1914. Biographical note, and several illustrations.
Brundage, Frances (1854-1937)
An illustrated biography.
Bennett, Harriet
Active: 1877-1897. Biographical note, and two illustrations.
Sewell, Helen Moore (1896-1957)
An illustrated biography.
Le Mair, Henriette Willebeek (1889-1966)
Illustrated biography.
Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul (1888-1960)
An illustrated biography.
King, Jessie Marion (1875-1949)
Illustrated biography.
Lenski, Lois (1893-1974)
Illustrated biography.
Attwell, Mabel Lucie (1879-1964)
Illustrated biography.
The Art of Edwin Noble
Member of the Royal Academy, Mr. Noble primarily worked as an animal artist and children's illustrator.
Bilibin, Ivan
Works and biographical notes concerning this influential Russian graphic illustrator, painter and stage designer.
Maturo, Joseph A.
Biographical information on Joseph A. Maturo, artist and illustrator of magazine stories and 20th Century Fox movie posters.
LeConte Stewart Digital Art Gallery
Painter of western landscapes in his native state of Utah.
Burton, Virginia Lee (1909-1968)
An illustrated biography.
Gág, Wanda Hazel (1893-1946)
Illustrated biography.
Hallock, Ruth Mary
Active 1903-1936. Biographical note, and several illustrations.
Martin, Sarah Catherine (1768-1826)
Old Mother Hubbard illustrator.
O'Neill, Rose (1874-1944)
Illustrated biography.
Tarrant, Margaret Winifred (1888-1959)
Illustrated biography.
Tudor, Tasha (b.1915)
An illustrated biography.
Barney, Maginel Wright Enright (1881-1966)
Frank Lloyd Wright's sister. Illustrated biography.
Alajalov, Constantin (1900-1987)
Biography.
Chambers, Charles Edward (1883-1941)
Biography.
Penfield, Edward (1866-1925)
Biography with one cover illustration.
Elvgren, Gil (1914-1980)
Biographical information and images for pin-up and glamour artist whose career began in the 1930's.
Nielsen, Kay
Brief illustrated biography with online references and links.
Abbey, Edwin Austin
Chronology and selected works of American Golden Age illustrator and muralist.
Women Children's Book Illustrators
Women illustrators from the Victorian period up to World War II, a project by Denise Ortakales.
Gruau, Rene
History and graphic works, provided in French and English.

sub categories in Historic Illustrators

Addams, Charles Addams, Charles
Cruikshank, George Cruikshank, George
Doré, Gustav Doré, Gustav
Gibson, Charles Dana Gibson, Charles Dana
Leyendecker, J. C. Leyendecker, J. C.
Parrish, Maxfield Parrish, Maxfield
Pyle, Howard Pyle, Howard
Remington, Frederic Remington, Frederic
Wilcox Smith, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Jessie
Caldecott, Randolph Caldecott, Randolph
Daumier, Honoré Daumier, Honoré
Dulac, Edmund Dulac, Edmund
Greenaway, Kate Greenaway, Kate
Mucha, Alphonse Mucha, Alphonse
Potter, Beatrix Potter, Beatrix
Rackham, Arthur Rackham, Arthur
Rockwell, Norman Rockwell, Norman
Wyeth, Newell Convers Wyeth, Newell Convers

cross references

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other references

Arts : Art History : Artists : B : Beardsley, Aubrey Arts : Art History : Artists : B : Beardsley, Aubrey
Arts : Art History : Artists : D : Durer, Albrecht Arts : Art History : Artists : D : Durer, Albrecht
Arts : Art History : Artists : E : Escher, M. C. Arts : Art History : Artists : E : Escher, M. C.
Arts : Art History : Artists : H : Hogarth, William Arts : Art History : Artists : H : Hogarth, William
Arts : Art History : Artists : T : Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de Arts : Art History : Artists : T : Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
Arts : Comics : Creators : K : Kelly, Walt Arts : Comics : Creators : K : Kelly, Walt
Arts : Illustration : Caricature : Hirschfeld, Al Arts : Illustration : Caricature : Hirschfeld, Al
Arts : Literature : Authors : B : Blake, William Arts : Literature : Authors : B : Blake, William
Arts : People : C : Cocteau, Jean Arts : People : C : Cocteau, Jean
Recreation : Scouting : History : Associations : Boy Scouts of America : Beard, Daniel Carter Recreation : Scouting : History : Associations : Boy Scouts of America : Beard, Daniel Carter
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