On this day, May 31, 2008, illustrator Clifford N. Geary died in Hague, New York. Geary trained at the Massachusetts School of Art. He primarily worked illustrating science books and science fiction novels, especially Robert A. Heinlein’s juvenile series of stories published between 1948 and 1956.
On this day, May 30, 1927, illustrator Bob Peak was born in Denver, Colorado. After service in the Korean War, Peak studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He settled in New York City and began to create advertising and magazine illustrations. In 1961 Peak designed the poster for West Side Story
In John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration, my new book from Yale University Press, I use the work of Sloan—an early twentieth-century American artist and member of The Eight and the Ashcan School–as a lens through which to consider the subject of illustration more broadly. As such, while the book focuses primarily on the several decades around
On this day, May 29, 1899, Boris Artzybasheff born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He emigrated to the U. S. and settled in New York City. His earliest illustrations appeared in books in the 1920s. Artzybasheff also created magazine illustrations and advertisements for various companies.
On this day, May 28, 1982, illustrator Joseph Bodner died California. After service in WWII, Bodner studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His work typically focused on the vanishing western imagery. His painting The Resurrection of Jonathan was exhibited at the premiere of the movie, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Bodner also provided the
On this day, May 27, 1900, pulp illustrator Rudolph Belarski was born in Dupont, Pennsylvania. He studied art through the mail-order International Correspondence School Inc. and then in Brooklyn at the Pratt Institute. Belarski worked for Dell Publications creating illustrations and covers. He also did pulp illustrations and then worked for Popular Library creating covers. In
On this day, May 26, 1879, artist and illustrator George Frederick Bensell died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bensell studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later taught there. His secondary occupation was illustrating for magazines and books.
On this day, May 25, 1874, illustrator Charles Livingston Bull was born in West Walworth, New York. Bull initially studied taxidermy because his father thought art a waste of time. Eventually Bull became an illustrator specializing in wildlife images. In addition to producing illustrations for the major magazines of the day, Bull also produced books illustrations;
On this day, May 24, 1842, illustrator Henry Sandham was born in Montreal, Quebec. Trained as a painter and photographer, he began creating illustrations for Scribner’s Monthly in 1877. Between 1880 and 1901, Sandham lived in Boston, after which he moved to London.
On this day, May 23, 1915, illustrator William Timmins was born in Chicago, Illinois. The son of illustrator Harry Timmins, William study art at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design, and the Grand Central Art School in New York. Timmins worked in pulp and science fiction illustration and then specialized in western scenes.