On this day, March 13, 1971, illustrator Rockwell Kent died in Plattsburgh, New York. Famous for his black and white book illustrations, Kent also created more whimsical illustrations for Vanity Fair, the New York Tribune, and Harper’s Weekly. Kent also later wrote and illustrated his experiences in such places as Alaska and Tierra del Fuego.
On this day, March 12, 1888, illustrator Henry J. Soulen was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied at the Milwaukee Art Institute, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and at Howard Pyle’s School of Art in Wilmington, Delaware. His successful career was focused on creating illustrations for a variety of popular magazines and for
On this day, March 11, 1875, Ernest Comstock Jenner was born in California. Jenner went to college in Seattle and began working as a lithographer there in 1894. He worked as an engraver and commercial artist for Western Engraving in Seattle. He was one of the group of artists who did the illustrations for the 1906
On this day, March 10, 1897, illustrator Mortimer Flaum was born in New York City. He worked for a time worked at the Rosenbaum Studios in New York. The art agency who used the initials R. S., created sheet music illustrations and post cards images. Flaum spent his whole career in commercial and advertising art.
On this day, March 9, 1907, pulp illustrator Ralph Ellef Carlson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Initially Carlson studied art by correspondence and in the early 30s he took courses at Minnesota State. In Minneapolis, Carlson worked for Fawcett Publications. In 1934 he moved to New York City where he continued to produce for the pulps
On this day, March 8, 1968, comic artist, illustrator, and graphic novelist Ellen Forney was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forney studied psychology at Wesleyan University. Some of Forney's production is autobiographical and some reflects the tenor of the time. She has illustrated Sherman Alexie’s novel for young adults, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
On this day, March 7, 1838, illustrator and inventor Benjamin Henry Day, Jr. was born in New York City. After studying in Paris, Day returned to the U. S. and began working for Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper and Harper’s Weekly. Day contributed more than 20 illustrations to Mark Twain’s A Tramp Abroad but he was perhaps best
Hats keep you warm, provide cooling shade, are revealing, concealing, and sometimes purely decorative. A hat usually provides the finishing touch to a person’s dress, complementing an ensemble and unifying the appearance. Whatever their purpose, a hat reveals something about its wearer: their sense of style, purpose, activity, or class. Illustrations that include hats allow
On this day, March 6, 1986, pulp illustrator Jack Binder died in Chestertown, New York. Binder’s family emigrated to the U. S. when Jack was six years old. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and then he worked in the art department of the Field Museum of Natural History. In 1937
On this day, March 5, 1862, illustrator of humorous drawings and children’s books, Peter Newell born McDonough County, Illinois. In the 1880s and 90s, Newell’s humorous drawings and poems appeared in numerous popular magazines. Later he wrote and illustrated children’s books. His comic strip, The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead appear in the New York Herald.