On this day, November 19, 1878, illustrator Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Koerner was born in Lunden, Holstein, Germany. His family immigrated to the U. S. when he was a young child. At 20, Koerner worked for the Chicago Tribune as a staff artist. He moved to New York where he worked and studied at the Art Students
On this day, November 18, 1866, illustrator and delineator Jules Guérin was born St. Louis, Missouri. Guérin worked in Chicago before he moved to New York City. He made is name as an architectural delineator and an illustrator. His style is distinctive and his imagery of far-flung places compelling.
On this day, November 17, 2002, illustrator Frank C. McCarthy died in Sedona, Arizona. McCarthy studied at the Art Students League of New York and then at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He created cover illustrations for paperback books, story illustrations for magazines and advertisements, and many memorable film posters.
On this day, November 16, 1934, Alfredo Lutz Demorest died in Trinidad. Born in Santiago, Chile of American parents, after training and serving in the Diplomatic Service, Demorest studied art, at the School of the Boston Museum of the Fine Arts and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied illustration with Howard Pyle. Demorest served in
On this day, November 15, 1974, illustrator and animator Eric Wight was born. After studies at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Wight is the author and illustrator of manga, comic books, books (Frankie Pickle), and his art work has been featured on such television series as The O. C. and Six Feet Under.
On this day, November 14, 1901, comic strip artist Clarence Gray was born in Toledo, Ohio. After high school Gray supported himself by doing sports and editorial cartoons for the local newspaper. Gray was perhaps best known for his science fiction adventure comic strip Brick Bradford.
On this day, November 13, 1981, the graphic novel artist and writer Rivkah was born in Austin, Texas. Rivkah is the creator of teen graphic novel Steady Beat.
On this day, November 12, 1844, Cash (Cassius Marcellus) Coolidge was born in Antwerp, New York. Raised in Philadelphia Coolidge began creating cartoons for a local newspaper in the 1860s. Around the turn of the century, Coolidge began creating calendar pictures for Brown & Bigelow, specializing in anthropomorphic dogs playing poker, dancing, etc.
On this day, November 11, 1973, Ferdinand Huszti Horvath died in Riverside, California. Born in Budapest, Horvath worked as a book illustrator. He lived in California and worked for Walt Disney from 1937 through 1947 on various films including Snow White. Horvath was the layout artist on Disney’s Silly Symphony film Three Little Wolves.
On this day, November 10, 1878,died in New York. Born in England and trained as an architect, Waud came to America and began working for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper as a staff illustrator. In 1864 Waud went to work for Harper's. Many of his field sketches done during the Civil are in the collection of