America's Great Illustrators

America's Great Illustrators

Author: Susan E. Meyer

Publisher: ABRAMS

Published: 1978-01-01

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 9780810906631

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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:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780982004142

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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 Comic-strip Artists

America's Great Comic-strip Artists

Author: Richard Marschall

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781556706462

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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:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13:

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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.


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

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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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:

Published: 2008-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780966938142

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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.'


American Illustration 32

American Illustration 32

Author: Richard Turley

Publisher: Amilus

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781886212398

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"Presents the winning images from our annual competition held in March 2013 in New York City"--P. [5].