On this day, January 23, 1992, the artist illustrator Joseph Mugnaini died in Los Angeles, California. Born in Italy, Mugnaini's family immigrated to the United States when he was an infant. He studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and after the war he taught at Otis. Some of his best known illustration
On this day, January 22, 1970, cartoonist Alex Ross was born in Portland, Oregon. Ross is the son of a commercial artist and studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He began creating comic book art in 1990.
On this day, January 21, 1917, illustrator Francesca Alexander died in Florence, Italy. Born in Boston, her family moved to Italy when she was 16. In Florence she took down the folk tales of the Italian peasants and illustrated them. After John Ruskin began collecting her work, he also saw to it that Alexander's work
On this day, January 20, 1930, illustrator and author Blair Lent was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Lent studied at the Boston Museum School and had a study grant to Italy and Switzerland. His work focused on children's books and illustration, often re-telling foreign tales.
On this day, January 19, 1934, the illustrator Harrison Fisher died in New York City. The son and grandson of artists, Fisher studied at the San Francisco Art Association. After working for Hearst in San Francisco, Fisher moved to New York to work for Hearst’s New York Journal. Best known for his illustrations of beautiful women,
On this day, January 17, 1921, cartoonist Antonio Prohias was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Prohias was most famous for creating the MAD magazine comic strip Spy vs. Spy.
On this day, January 17, 1851, illustrator and comic artist Arthur Burdett Frost was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Frost worked in the art department of Harper & Brothers before he studied in London and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1884 Frost published an anthology of his work under the title, Stuff and
On this day, January 16, 1965, Fritz (Fred Otto) died in Louisville, Kentucky. Kleesattel studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and eventually established a studio called Klee Ad Art. Among his clients were R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon, and Heaven Hill Distilleries. During WWI Kleesattel served as a camoufleur.
On this day, January 15, 1924, author and illustrator Peter Newell died in Little Neck, New York. Newell was known for his humorous drawings and poems that appeared in many of the popular magazines of the 1880s and 1890s. He also illustrated work by other authors such as Mark Twain, Stephen Crane and John Kendrick Bangs.
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.