On this day, April 1, 1852, illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey was born in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and began producing illustrations in the 1870s. Even after moving to England in 1878, Abbey continued to produced images for American publication as well as a variety of murals.
On this day, March 31, 1918, illustrator Beth Krush was born in Washington, DC. Beth Krush worked primarily with her husband the illustrator Joe Krush. Together they illustrated many children’s books including the illustrations for the American edition of The Borrowers series of books by Mary Norton. Beth Krush also illustrated the Newbery award winning story,
On this day, March 30, 1924, illustrator and artist Frank McCarthy was born in New York City. Trained at the Art Students League of New York and at Pratt Institute, McCarthy worked producing illustrations for paperback books and magazine illustrations. In the 1960s McCarthy also produced illustrations for a myriad of film posters.
On this day, March 29, 1947, illustrator Clyde Osmer DeLand died in Pennsylvania. A student of Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute, DeLand made a name for himself painting scenes of American history for a variety of books, advertising illustrations, and Gerlach Barklow Calendars.
On this day, March 28, 1930, author and illustrator Barbara Ninde Byfield was born in Abilene, Texas. Byfield studied at the University of Wyoming and at the Art Students League of New York. She began writing and illustrating books in the 1960s including a series of stories for young readers about a spy, Hannibel Stern, who
On this day, March 27, 1917, illustrator and artist Stanley Meltzoff was born in New York City. Meltzoff started his career as an illustrator for "Stars and Stripes" in Italy during WWII. He worked as an illustrator and commercial artist producing illustrations for many popular and scientific magazines, and for pulp fiction and science fiction book
On this day, March 26, 1967, writer and illustrator John Martin Leahy died in Seattle, Washington. Leahy wrote and illustrated weird stories that appeared in pulp magazines. His novel, Drome, was published in 1952 having first appear serially in 1927.
At the Norman Rockwell Museum on Saturday April 6, 2013 at 5:30 pm, a special lecture presented by Ms. Emily Schiller. Ms. Schiller is a Ph.D. Candidate at Pennsylvania State University and a recipient of a Rockwell Center Dissertation Fellowship in 2012. She will give an illustrated talk on her dissertation research, on images of
On this day, March 24, 1956, cartoonist and painter Bill Wray was born in Fort Meade, Maryland. After working for the animation industry in California, Wray moved to New York to do comic book work for Marvel and DC Comics. In the 1990s he worked on The Ren & Stimpy Show and other shows.
On this day, March 22, 1919, illustrator and comic book artist Bernie Krigstein was born in Brooklyn, New York. His innovative and influential work for EC Comics, especially for his short story comic Master Race, broke the standard comic book box to create smaller staccato-esque segments yielding a cinema-graphic effect.