On this day, January 15, 1929, illustrator Richard V. Culter died in Miami, Florida. 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 depicting
On this day, January 14, 1962, illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins died in Wilmington, Delaware. Initially trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he was also a student of Howard Pyle in Delaware. Hoskins worked in various genre and after the stock market crash of 1929, he did work for various pulps.
On this day, January 13, 1967, illustrator of fantasy Lisa Hunt was born in Spokane, Washington. A talented watercolorist, Hunt's works producing illustrated decks of tarot cards and books.
On this day, January 12, 1908, illustrator Clement Hurd was born in New York City. Trained as an architect and a painter, Hurd delved into illustration when his friend Margaret Wise Brown asked if he would consider illustrating children's books. Their partnership produced the still popular1 Goodnight Moon in 1947.
On this day, January 11, 2000, illustrator and graphic designer Raymond Ameijide died in Cortland Manor, New York. His unique illustrations were constructed of paper and felt, making Ameijide's work the foundation of contemporary paper engineers. He was also known as "The Rainbow Snipper."
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On this day, January 10, 1889, cartoonist and illustrator John Held, Jr. was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Held was one of the best known illustrators of the 1920s having created his signature characters reflecting the style of the Jazz-Age.
On this day, January 9, 1998, illustrator and children's book author Esther Brann (later Schorr) died inVentura, California. Tranined at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design and in France, Brann's career was launched when she could not find work as an illustrator in the 1920s.
On this day, January 8, 1921, artist, illustrator, and cartoonist Lee J. Ames was born in Manhattan, New York. His first job was with Walt Disney Studios. Among his many publications and illustrations are 26 books of drawing instruction.
On this day, January 7, 1936, illustrator Kay Chorao (born as Ann McKay Sproat) was born in Elkhart, Indiana. In the 1960s Chorao went back to school to study book illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She was written and illustrated many of her own books and also illustrated books by