On this day, June 12, 1920, cartoonist David Berg was born in Brooklyn, New York. Berg studied at Pratt Institute and at the Cooper Union. He served in the Army Air Corps and in 1940 he joined Will Eisner’s studio where he began his cartooning career. Berg began working at Mad magazine in 1956 where he started
On this day, June 11, 1913, illustrator Maxwell Coburn Whitmore, Jr., otherwise known as Coby Whitmore, born in Dayton, Ohio. He attended the Dayton Art Institute and apprenticed at the Sundblom studio in Chicago. He moved to New York City in 1943 and joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, specializing in illustrations of pretty women and
On this day, June 10, 1874, illustrator Violet Oakley was born in Bergen Heights, New Jersey. Oakley studied at the Art Students League of New York, at the PennsylvaniaAcademy of the Fine Arts, and with Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute. Oakley quickly found success as a popular illustrator for the major magazines of the day
On this day, June 9, 2000, painter and illustrator Jacob Lawrence died in Seattle, Washington. He attended art classes at the Harlem Art Workshop, at the Harlem Community Art Center, and at the American Artists School. As a young artist, Lawrence began to make serial paintings to visually tell stories about the African American experience. With
On this day, June 8, 1931, illustrator Virginia Frances Sterrett died in Los Angeles, California. Sterrett studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1919 she received her first commission to illustrate a book of fairy tales by Penn Publishing Company of Philadelphia. She continued to produce fantasy story illustrations until her death.
On this day, June 7, 1900, illustrator John Atherton was born in Brainerd, Minnesota. After service in the U. S. Navy, Atherton studied at The California School of Fine Arts and worked as a commercial artist for a variety of big corporations. He also painted surrealist landscapes. Atherton was also one of the illustrators who taught
On this day, June 6, 1933, illustrator and portrait painter Frederick Coffay Yohn died in Norwalk, Connecticut. After studies at the Indianapolis Art School and at the Art Students League of New York, Yohn studied in Paris. He specialized in military themes, especially of the American Revolution.
On this day, June 5, 1919, children's book author and illustrator Richard Scarry was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Scarry was drafted into the army. After the war he worked for the art departments of various magazines and then for Little Golden Books. Scarry’s most
On this day, June 4, 1989, cartoonist Dik Browne died in Sarasota, Florida. After attending Cooper Union in New York, Browne began producing a comic strip while he was in the army. In the 50s Browne and Mort Walker co-created Hi and Lois and in the 70s he created Hägar the Horrible.
On this day, June 3, 2011, illustrator and cartoonist Lee J. Ames died in Mission Viejo, California. At age 18, Ames worked at Disney Studios. Later he created 26 instructional drawing books that teach with no written text.