On this day, August 11, 1906, Harry Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied art at Syracuse University’s School of Art where he became friends with Tom Lovell. After at time in New York he went to work for Haddon Sundblom’s studio in Chicago. Anderson’s story illustrations were found in many magazines in the mid-20th
On this day, August 10, 1955, Tom Kidd was born in Tampa, Florida. After a couple of years of study at Syracuse University, Kidd moved to New York City and began to work as a science fiction and fantasy illustrator and as a designer for films, theme parks, and figurines. His work has won many accolades
On this day, August 9, 1931, illustrator Mike Hinge was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He came to the United States on a green card in 1958 and studied at the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. His work includes many memorable book and magazine covers for science fiction publications and cover portraits for Time magazine.
On this day, August 8, 1961, illustrator Rafael López born Mexico City, Mexico. Trained at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, López has illustrated a variety of children's books, designed stamps, and painted murals.
On this day, August 7, 1888, book illustrator Milo Winter was born in Princeton, Illinois. After training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Winter went on to illustrate a variety of children’s books including Aesop’s Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales.
On this day, August 6, 1918, Charles Banks Wilson was born in Springdale, Arkansas. After studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Wilson apprenticed as an illustrator at the Chicago Tribune. Wilson provided many illustrations for a history textbook used by Oklahoma schools and also a variety of classic story books. He
On this day, August 5, 1875, comic artist Clare A. Briggs was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Briggs studied art while at the University of Nebraska for two years. Briggs first published drawings appeared in the Western Penman. Eventually Briggs worked as a newspaper sketch artist and then as an editorial cartoonist. His first daily continuity comic
On this day, August 4, 1976, illustrator Alvan “Hap” Hadley died in Los Angeles, California. Hap Hadley specialized in black and white illustrations and in illustrating movie posters for Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton using a large head caricature format.
On this day, August 3, 1921, illustrator Robert A. Maguire was born. After his service in WWII, he studied at the Art Students League. Maguire is remembered for his crime noir paperback cover illustrations, producing more than 600 from 1950 until his death in 2005.
On this day, August 2, 1900, author and illustrator Holling Clancy Holling was born in Jackson County, Michigan. After studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he worked at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Holling began creating children’s books in the 1920s. His book Paddle-to-the-Sea published in 1941, won a Caldecott Honor