On this day, September 16, 1881, illustrator Philip R. Goodwin was born in Norwich, Connecticut. After studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and with Howard Pyle in Wilmington. Delaware, Goodwin made his career focused on illustrations about the active outdoor life.
On this day, September 15, 1952, illustrator John Atherton died in New Brunswick, Canada. Atherton studied at the College of the Pacific and at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. He illustrated covers for various magazine and worked for a variety of advertisers. Atherton was also a surrealist painter.
On this day, September 14, 1911, animator and illustrator Clair Weeks was born in Mysore, India. After studying at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, Weeks was hired to work for the Walt Disney Studio. He began her career working as an assistant for Jack Campbell working on Snow White. Weeks also worked on Bambi
On this day, September 13, 1983, artist and comics creator Molly Crabapple (Jennifer Caban) was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. She studied illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology and has done cover illustrations for various magazines and is the comics creator behind Straw House and Puppet Makers. She is also the creator of
On this day, September 12, 1946, illustrator Don Brautigam was born in Paterson, New Jersey. After studying at The School of Visual Arts in New York, Brautigam has had a long career illustrating book and album covers as well as some advertisements and magazine covers.
On this day, September 11, 2002, author/illustrator David Wisniewski died in Alexandria, Virginia. Wisniewski studied for a semester at the University of Maryland, College Park and then went to Clown College. Later he became a full-time author illustrating his own books. His book Golem, won the 1997 Caldecott Medal.
On this day, September 10, 1883, illustrator Richard V. Culter was born in Peoria, Illinois. Culter studied at the Art Students League in New York and after further training in Paris worked as an illustrator for popular magazines and creating advertising images. In the mid to late- 1920s, Culter created a series of illustrations for Life
On this day, September 9, 1878, Dan Sayre Groesbeck was born in California outside of San Francisco. He trained at the Throop Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena and at the California School of Design. Groesbeck worked as an illustrator for the Los Angeles Morning Herald and a variety of popular magazines. In the 20s Groesbeck worked for
On this day, September 8, 1936, science fiction and fantasy illustrator Don Ivan Punchatz was born in Hillside, New Jersey. After studying at the School of Visual Arts and Cooper Union in New York, Punchatz served in the army and worked as a medical illustrator and produced animated training films. In the 60s his art work
On this day, September 7, 1917, artist and sometime illustrator Jacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. As a young boy, his mother enrolled him in classes at an arts and crafts settlement house in Harlem. He later studied at the Harlem Community Art Center and the American Artists School. In 1941 his images of