On this day, February 17, 1948, Edward B. Edwards died Los Angeles County. Edwards was a student of Jay Hambridge and was so fascinated with his teachers development of complex design forms that he wrote his own treatise on development of patterns that was published in 1932 as Dynamaryhythmic Design (this was republished by Dover as
On this day, February 16, 1925, Ed (Edmund Alexander) Emshwiller was born in Lansing, Michigan. Emsh studied at The University of Michigan, the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and at the Art Students League of New York. He created cover illustrations and story illustrations for both science fiction and for the pulps. In the 1960s Emsh
On this day, February 15, 1920, production designer and art director Harold Michelson was born in New York City. Michelson worked as an illustrator after his service in the Air Force in WWII. He studied at the Art Students League of New York before working as an illustrator or story board for the movies—producing work for
On this day, February 14, 1935, Vernon Grant was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Grant studied for one year at the Vesper George School of Art in Boston and then join the U. S. Army. In Tokyo Grant was a regular cartoonist for Stars and Stripes and he developed a fascination with Japanese comics. In Japan, Grant
On this day, February 13, 1932, author and illustrator Simms Taback was born in The Bronx, New York. Taback studied at the Cooper Union in New York and served in the U. S. Army. He was a designer for CBS Records and for The New York Times. He designed the first Happy Meal Box for McDonald’s
On this day, February 12, 1919, illustrator Rachael Robinson Elmer died in New York City. Born in Vermont, Elmer studied at the Art Students League in New York. Elmer's work included illustrations for magazines and story books and perhaps best well-known, she produced two series of fine art post card views of New York for P.
On this day, February 11, 1943, fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was born Utuado, Puerto Rico. He moved to New York City with his family when he was young and studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Antonio began his professional career working for Women's Wear Daily as an intern and then at the New York Times.
On this day, February 10, 1906, children’s book illustrator Adrienne Adams was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. After going to colleges in Missouri, Adams studied in New York at the American School of Design. Marriage to a children’s book author brought Adams to book illustration. She illustrated more than 30 books, from classics like Thumbelina by
On this day, February 9, 1972, pulp illustrator Pete (Elbert Herman) Kuhlhoff died in Middletown, Connecticut. Kuhlhoff studied art at the Oklahoma City Art Museum. At the age of 19 his cartoons were published in Judge. In the 1930s Kuhlhoff began to work for the pulps. In the 1950s he also illustrated some juvenile fiction.
On this day, February 8, 1900, illustrator Fritz Kredel was born in Michelstadt-im-Odenwald, Germany. He studied at the Offenbach School of Art and Design. In 1938 Kredel immigrated to the U. S. and taught at the Cooper Union. In his career, Kredel produced illustrations for over 400 books including for Eleanor Roosevelt’s children’s book, Christmas.