On this day, June 10, 1873, Olive Rush born near Fairmount, Indiana. She studied art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art School, at the Art Students League, with Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware, and at the Boston Museum School. Rush worked as a successful illustrator of magaazines covers and stories, and was also a skilled mural painter.
On this day, June 9, 1906, illustrator Jon Whitcomb was born in Weatherford City, Oklahoma. His earliest training was from his father who taught drafting and his mother had been an art instructor. After studying English at Ohio Wesleyan University and then Ohio State, Whitcomb worked freelance in New York. During WWII he served in the
On this day, June 8, 1908, Morr Kunset was born in Brooklyn, New York. During high school Kunset studied at Pratt Institute for one semester. After high school Kunset studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. In addition to his pulp illustrations, Kunset also created paintings of MGM movie stars that
On this day, June 7, 1915, comic book artist and illustrator Graham Ingels was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and was the son of a commercial artist. Ingels studied at the Hawthorne School of Art in New York. He began freelancing at the age of 14. After a stint in the navy, Ingels began working for Fiction
On this day, June 6, 1883, illustrator Paul Martin was born in New York City. Martin studied at the National Academy of Design in New York. He worked as a freelance illustrator producing magazine cover illustrations and story illustrations and was also a highly ranked tennis player.
On this day, June 5, 1905, comic book artist Wayne Boring was born in Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. By the late 1930s he was ghosting/drawing on various comic books. He ghosted for the Superman comic strip and eventually became the credited
On this day, June 4, 1951, author and illustrator Wendy Fletcher Pini was born in San Francisco. Influenced by English Victorian illustrators, Walt Disney, Jack Kirby, and Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka, Fletcher worked and a sci-fi illustrator. With her husband Richard Pini they have produced Elfquest series of comics and graphic novels.
On this day, June 3, 1982, illustrator Harold Von Schmidt died in Westport, Connecticut. He studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts and the San Francisco Art Institute, and after WWI with Harvey Dunn at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. His work appeared in many popular magazines. In 1920
On this day, June 2, 1953, illustrator and artist Rick Berry was born in San Bernadino, California. Self-trained, Berry worked in developing field of digital illustration and in 1985 produced the first computer-generated illustration for a novel for Ace Books.
On this day, June 1, 1889, painter, children’s book author and illustrator James Henry Daugherty was born in Asheville, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art and later with muralist Frank Brangwyn in London. Daugherty produced posters during WWI and after wrote and illustrated several children’s books., one Daniel Boone won the Newbery Medal.