On this day, July 17, 1954, illustrator Jules Cannert died in New York City. Born in Roumania, Cannert’s family emigrated to New York City in 1905. During WWI he served in an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion. After he began to create illustrations for pulp magazines and painted pretty women, especially of glamorous Hollywood stars.
On this day, July 16, 1913, Lorence Bjorklund was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bjorklund studied art at the Pratt Institute and while a student he began to do work for pulp magazines. He became renowned for his illustrations of the American Old West. His studio was filled with cowboy and Indian objects. He illustrated more
On this day, July 15, 1927, comic book artist Jack Abel was born. Abel (also known as Gary Michaels) was an inker for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was the primary inker on the Superman titles in the late 60s and early 70s and he inked the comic strip the Green Beret.
On this day, July 14, 1927, comic book artist Mike Esposito was born in New York City. After graduating from The High School of Music & Art, Esposito went into the Army where he created venereal disease prevention posters. After his discharge he studied at Burne Hogarth’s Cartoonists and Illustrators School. He worked for Fox Feature
On this day, July 13, 1932, illustrator Alice Barber Stephens died in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. Stephens was trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute, and in Paris. Mrs. Stephens’ work appeared in the popular magazines of the day and she
On this day, July 12, 1839, David Edward Cronin (pseydonym Seth Eyland) was born in Greenwich, New York. He studied art in Troy, New York and then moved to New York City. During the Civil War he joined the army and worked for Harper’s Magazine. Later he was a political caricaturist and illustrated the Personal Memoirs
On this day, July 11, 1918, illustrator Roy G. Krenkel was born in the Bronx, New York. Krenkel studied at the Art Students League and at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School. He produced work for Weird Science and Weird Fantasy and later for science fiction magazines and for paperback book covers.
While you might not be aware of the illustrator Tony Sarg (1882-1942) by name, some of his work still influences our lives. Sarg was born in Guatemala to a German father and an English mother. Despite his training for a career in the military, Sarg rebelled and instead focused on illustration art moving to London
On this day, July 10, 1911, illustrator and author Jack Coggins was born in London, England, His family emigrated to the U. S. in 1923. Coggins studied art at the Grand Central School of Art in New York and at the Art Students League. During WWII, Coggins produced war illustrations for Life magazine and illustrations for
On this day, July 9, 1874, illustrator and photographer Carl Werntz was born in Sterling, Illinois. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in Paris, and in Japan. He was a cartoonist for the Chicago Record and created illustrations for a variety of magazines. In 1902 Werntz founded the Chicago Academy of