Category: Illustrators
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This category contains profiles of individuals who worked in this occupation.
Illustration dates back to the ancient practice of wood-block cutting, in which a design was drawn directly on a block of wood, and then the white space of the intended print was meticulously cut away, thus destroying the original drawing. From the American Civil War, it became possible to transfer a paper drawing photographically to the wood block, where the engraver's skill was still equal to the artist's, and both would sign the work.
In modern times, illustration became a paid skill for mass-produced commercial publications, primarily periodicals. From the early 1880s, the invention of line or half-tone mechanical photoengraving greatly expanded the field for illustrators. By 1900, leading periodicals such as Harper's, Century, and McClure's, were able to reproduce good quality halftone reproductions, and so began to make lavish use of illustrations.
Here are profile pages for famous illustrators. Some of the profiles feature high-quality scans of their drawings which can be sent as free art e-cards. Simply click a "send as e-card" link beneath an illustration or image.
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碧 八武崎
1990s
誠 和田
10 Apr 1936 日本大阪府大阪市 - 07 Oct 2019
Living 堤
光雅 安野
20 Mar 1926 日本島根県鹿足郡津和野 - 24 Dec 2020
治 小林
10 Jan 1964 日本東京都 - 17 Apr 2021
Living 小渕
Living 岡本
淳 (岩松) Iwamatsu
21 Sep 1908 日本鹿児島県肝属郡根占 - 30 Jun 1994
ナミオ 春川
1947 日本大阪府 - 24 Apr 2020
べん 木村
1947 日本東京都 - 18 Feb 2003
貴宏 木村
19 May 1964 日本福岡県 - 05 Mar 2023
建 杉森
1960s
嵩 (柳瀨) 柳瀬
06 Feb 1919 日本東京府 - 13 Oct 2013
Living 横松
義弘 池内
15 May 1933 日本京都府 - 20 Dec 1997
満寿夫 池田
23 Feb 1934 日本長野県長野市 - 08 Mar 1997
康男 瀬川
05 Apr 1932 日本愛知県岡崎市 - 18 Feb 2010
睦弥 猪股
23 Dec 1960 日本神奈川県 - 10 Mar 2024
基 空山
1940s
旭 藤井
12 Jan 1941 日本山口県山口市 - 28 Dec 2022
克己 駒形
17 Oct 1953 日本静岡県 - 29 Mar 2024
一雅 高橋
04 Oct 1961 日本東京都 - 04 Jul 2022
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Constantin Alajalov
18 Nov 1900 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov, Russia - 23 Oct 1987
Cecil Aldin
28 Apr 1870 England, United Kingdom - 1935
John Alvin
24 Nov 1948 Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States - 06 Feb 2008
László Ambrus
19 Aug 1935 Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Hungary - 10 Feb 2021
Edward Ardizzone
16 Oct 1900 - 08 Nov 1979
Alfred Aris
22 Apr 1882 Islington, London, England, United Kingdom - 14 Apr 1963
Karl Arnold
01 Apr 1883 Neustadt bei Coburg, Bayern, Deutsches Reich - 29 Nov 1953
Modest (Aronstam) Stein
22 Feb 1871 Kovno, Russian Empire - 26 Feb 1958
Boris Artzybasheff
16 Jul 1899 Kharkov, Russian Empire - 1965
Mabel (Attwell) Earnshaw
04 Jun 1879 Mile End, London, England - 05 Nov 1964
Robert Austin
23 Jun 1895 Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Sep 1973
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Margaret Bacon
02 May 1895 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States - 04 Jan 1987
Clarence Baker
10 Dec 1921 Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States - 11 Aug 1959
Anselmo Ballester
15 Jul 1897 Roma, Lazio, Italy - 1974
George Barbier
16 Oct 1882 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France - 16 Mar 1932
Adrien Barrere
abt 13 Nov 1874 Paris, France - 1931
Ralph Barton
14 Aug 1891 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States - 19 May 1931
Brian Batsford
18 Dec 1910 - 05 Mar 1991
John Batten
abt 08 Oct 1865 - abt 1932
John Bauer
04 Jun 1882 Sweden - 1918
Lewis Baumer
08 Aug 1870 Hamstead, Middlesex, England - 25 Oct 1963
Fritz Baumgarten
1883 - 1966
Edward Bawden
10 Mar 1903 Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 21 Nov 1989
Harry Beckhoff
abt 02 Nov 1901 New Jersey, United States - 1979
Cecilia (Belville) Glaisher
20 Apr 1828 Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 28 Dec 1892
Nicholas Bentley
14 Jun 1907 Highgate, London, England - 14 Aug 1978
Robert Bentovoja
27 Oct 1902
Stanley Berenstain
29 Sep 1923 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 26 Nov 2005
Earle Bergey
26 Aug 1901 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 30 Sep 1952
Charles Biggs
15 Mar 1937 Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, USA - 18 Jan 2022
Ivan Bilibin
04 Aug 1876 tarkhovka, Saint Petersburg, Russia - 07 Feb 1942
Philip Blake
19 Jan 1869 Ladyrath, Rathkenny, Meath, Ireland - 18 Jul 1918
Vladimir Bobri
13 May 1898 Russia - 03 Nov 1968
Luigi Boccasile
14 Jul 1901 - 10 May 1952
Enoch Bolles
03 Mar 1883 Boardman, Marion, Florida, United States - 16 Mar 1976
Chesley Bonestell
01 Jan 1888 San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States - 11 Jun 1986
Charles Henri Joseph Boost
08 Mar 1907 Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland - 01 Jan 1990
Jay Booth
abt 18 Jul 1874 Indiana, United States - 25 Aug 1948
Cyrill Bouda
14 Nov 1901 Kladno, Bohemia, Austria - 29 Aug 1984
Robert Boudinot
22 Apr 1912 Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States - 13 Aug 1998
Robert Bradford
17 Dec 1923 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 25 May 2023
Nell (Brinkley) McRae
05 Sep 1886 Denver, Colorado, United States - 1944
Pierre Brissaud
23 Dec 1885 Paris, Seine, France - 17 Oct 1964
Roger Broders
abt 02 Mar 1883 Paris, Seine, France - abt 20 Oct 1953
Frederic Brown
04 Jan 1887 Highbury, London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Mar 1941
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Wiliam Brown
18 Oct 1917 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - 24 Aug 1991
Hablot Browne
11 Jun 1815 Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 08 Jul 1882
Hendrikus Magdalenus Bruna
23 Aug 1927 Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland - 16 Feb 2017
Umberto Brunelleschi
21 Jun 1879 Montemurlo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy - 16 Feb 1949
Zygmunt Brunner
12 Nov 1878 Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland - 07 Apr 1961
René Bull
11 Dec 1872 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 14 Mar 1942
Starling Burgess
28 Aug 1915 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 18 Jun 2008
Virginia (Burton) Demetrios
30 Aug 1909 Newton Centre, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 15 Oct 1968
John Buscema
11 Dec 1927 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 10 Jan 2002
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Ernesto Cabral
18 Dec 1890 Huatusco, Veracruz, Mexico - 08 Aug 1968
Walter Cady
1877 - 1970
Elmer Campbell
02 Jan 1906 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 27 Jan 1971
Erberto Carboni
1899 - 1984
Eric Carle
25 Jun 1929 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States - 23 May 2021
José Carlos
18 Jul 1884 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 02 Oct 1950
Jean Carlu
03 May 1900 Bonnières-sur-Seine, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France - 22 Apr 1997
Hugh Chesterman
20 Mar 1884 Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom - 03 Nov 1941
Anna (Children) Atkins
16 Mar 1799 Tonbridge, Kent, England - 09 Jun 1871
Henry Clarke
17 Mar 1889 - 06 Jan 1931
Martin Claus
abt 1892 Germany - abt 1975
Frederic Cooper
29 Dec 1883 Oregon, United States - 1962
Charles Cornwell
abt 05 Mar 1892 Kentucky - abt 04 Dec 1960
Miguel Covarrubias
1904 Mexico - 05 Feb 1957
Joseph Crawhall
abt 18 May 1821 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 07 Jul 1896
Eugen Croissant
abt 18 Oct 1898 Germany - abt 1976
Alice (Crosby) Atanasoff
02 Aug 1921 Hamilton, Iowa, United States - 23 Apr 2013
George Cruikshank
27 Sep 1792 London, England - 01 Feb 1878
Thelma (Cudlipp) Whitman
14 Oct 1891 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 02 Apr 1983
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Whitney Darrow
22 Aug 1909 Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States - 10 Aug 1999
Harry Dart
03 Nov 1868 - 15 Nov 1938
Madeleine Amélie Dauphin
06 Jun 1878 Valmondois, Seine-et-Oise, France - 01 Sep 1942
Julian Davidson
27 Dec 1853 Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States - 30 Apr 1894
John Davis
02 Dec 1924 Atlanta, Georgia, United States - 27 Jul 2016
Charles Dawson
12 Jun 1889 Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, United States - 06 Mar 1981
Henri Delaw
1871 Sedan, Ardennes, Grand Est, France - 1938
Viktor Denisov
08 Mar 1893 - 03 Aug 1946
Rafael de Penagos
07 Mar 1889 - 24 Apr 1954
Fortunato Depero
30 Mar 1892 Fondo, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy - 29 Nov 1960
Alexandre de Riquer
03 May 1856 - 13 Nov 1920
Romain de Tirtoff
abt Nov 1892 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - 1990
Antony de Zuñiga
08 Nov 1932 Manila, Philippines - 11 May 2012
Lionel Dillon
02 Mar 1933 - 26 May 2012
Joseph Doeve
02 Jul 1907 Bandung, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia - 11 Jun 1981
Stevan Dohanos
18 May 1908 Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States - 04 Jul 1994
Johannes Domela Nieuwenhuis
22 Aug 1894 The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands - 01 Aug 1973
Albert Dorne
07 Feb 1904 New York City, New York, United States - 15 Dec 1965
James Doyle
22 Oct 1822 London, England - 03 Dec 1892
Richard Doyle
18 Sep 1824 London, England - 10 Dec 1883
Marcello Dudovich
21 Mar 1878 Trieste, Trieste, Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy - 1962
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Eyvind Earle
26 Apr 1916 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 20 Jul 2000
Ruth (Eastman) Rodgers
27 Dec 1882 Nassau, New York, United States - abt 1976
Fritz Eichenberg
1901 - 1990
Richard (Elsass) Erdoes
07 Jul 1912 Frankfurt, Germany - 16 Jul 2008
Gillette Elvgren
15 Mar 1914 St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States - 29 Feb 1980
Maurits Cornelis Escher
17 Jun 1898 Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland - 27 Mar 1972
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Robert Fawcett
1903 - 1967
Vilmos András Feichtmann
24 Aug 1882 Szeged, Csongrád, Hungary - 30 Jul 1955
Johannes Feith
12 May 1874 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland - 02 Sep 1944
Arthur Ferrier
abt 15 Nov 1891 Glasgow, Scotland - 27 May 1973
Harriet (Fish) Sefton
27 Mar 1890 Horfield, Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 10 Oct 1964
Harrison Fisher
27 Jul 1875 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 19 Jan 1934
Louise Fitzhugh
05 Oct 1928 Memphis, Tennessee, United States - 19 Nov 1974
James Flagg
18 Jun 1877 Pelham Manor, Westchester County, New York, USA - 27 May 1960
Bruno Flashar
03 Jul 1855 Berlin, Germany - 1915
Harold Foster
16 Aug 1892 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 25 Jul 1982
Louis Henry Fournier
12 Aug 1876 La Garde, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 23 Aug 1954
F cont.
Gyo Fujikawa
03 Nov 1908 Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States - 26 Nov 1998
Maud (Fuller) Petersham
05 Aug 1890 Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States - 29 Nov 1971
G
Wanda (Gäg) Gág
11 Mar 1893 New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, United States - 27 Jun 1946
Paolo Garretto
abt 12 Sep 1903 Naples, Campania, Italy - 1989
Oscar Garvens
20 Nov 1874 Hannover, Hannover, Preußen, Deutschland - 18 Nov 1951
John Gaughan
24 Sep 1930 Springfield, Ohio, USA - 21 Jul 1985
Harold Gaze
30 Aug 1884 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - 1963
Grace (Gebbie) Drayton
14 Oct 1876 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 31 Jan 1936
Margaret (Gebbie) Hays
03 Jul 1873 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 13 Sep 1925
Henri Gerbault
1863 - 1930
Tibor Gergely
02 Aug 1900 Hungary - Jan 1978
Leendert Gestel
22 Nov 1881 Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands - abt 26 Nov 1941
Charles Gibson
abt 14 Sep 1867 Roxbury, Massachusetts - abt 1944
George Giusti
10 Oct 1908 - 24 Sep 1990
Warwick Goble
abt 22 Nov 1862 London, England, United Kingdom - abt 22 Jan 1943
Edward (Godwin) Craig
bef 16 Jan 1872 Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jul 1966
Francis Godwin
20 Oct 1889 District of Columbia, United States - 05 Aug 1959
Reuben Goldberg
04 Jul 1883 San Francisco, California, United States - 07 Dec 1970
Gerda Marie Fredrikke (Gottlieb) Wegener
15 Mar 1886 Hammelev, Randers, Danmark - 28 Jul 1940
Janice (Grant) Berenstain
26 Jul 1923 Pennsylvania, United States - 24 Feb 2012
Catherine Greenaway
17 Mar 1846 Hoxton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 06 Nov 1901
George Gross
16 Feb 1909 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 2003
Olaf Leonhard Gulbransson
26 May 1873 Gamle Aker, Oslo, Norway - 18 Sep 1958
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Werner Hahmann
01 Dec 1883 Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany - 15 Sep 1977
Thomas Handforth
16 Sep 1897 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States - 19 Oct 1948
Charles Hargreaves
09 May 1935 Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Sep 1988
Alexander Harmer
21 Aug 1856 Newark, New Jersey - 08 Jan 1925
Shigeru Hatsuyama
10 Jul 1897 Tokyo, Japan - 12 Feb 1973
David Heine
28 Feb 1867 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany - 26 Jan 1948
Oliver Herford
abt 02 Dec 1860 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Jul 1935
Charles Hermet
14 Jun 1882 Paris, France - abt 29 May 1959
George Herriman
22 Aug 1880 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 25 Apr 1944
Adolfo Hohenstein
1854 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - abt 12 Apr 1928
Dorothea (Holt) Redmond
18 May 1910 Los Angeles, California, United States - 27 Feb 2009
Hugo Höppener
1868 - 1948
James House
19 Jan 1902 Benton
Jeanne Hovine
07 Feb 1888 Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgique - 30 Aug 1992
Sergius Hruby
16 Mar 1869 Vienna, Austria - 24 Oct 1943
Juan Huergo
1889 - 1962
Maude (Humphrey) Bogart
30 Mar 1868 Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA - 22 Nov 1940
Frances Tipton Hunter
1896 Pennsylvania, United States - 1957
Earl Hurst
1895 - 1958
I
Leslie Illingworth
02 Sep 1902 Barry, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 20 Dec 1979
Sarah Ives
Mar 1864 Grosse Ile, Wayne, Michigan, United States - Nov 1944
J
John Jane
06 Aug 1865 Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 08 Mar 1916
Tove Jansson
09 Aug 1914 Helsingfors, Nylands Län, Finland - 27 Jun 2001
Paul Jaquays
14 Oct 1956 Michigan, United States - 10 Jan 2023
Arthur Johnson
1878 - 1954
Margaret (Johnson) Brundage
09 Dec 1900 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 06 Apr 1976
Elizabeth (Jones) Babcock
1887 Keokuk, Iowa, United States - abt 13 Sep 1963
Elizabeth Jones
25 Jun 1910 Highland Park, Lake, Illinois, United States - 10 May 2005
Harold Jones
22 Feb 1904 London, England, United Kingdom - 1992
Leendert Jordaan
30 Dec 1885 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland - 21 Apr 1980
Franz Jüttner
23 Apr 1865 Germany - 01 May 1926
K
Ilonka Karasz
1896 - 26 May 1981
Eli (Katz) Kane
06 Apr 1926 Riga County, Latvia - 31 Jan 2000
Jacob (Katz) Keats
11 Mar 1916 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 06 May 1983
Edward Kauffer
1890 - 22 Oct 1954
Felix Kelly
03 Feb 1914 Mountain Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand - 03 Jul 1994
Rockwell Kent
21 Jun 1882 Tarrytown, New York - 13 Mar 1971
Joseph Kernan
13 Sep 1878 Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States - 29 Nov 1964
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
29 Jun 1908 England, United Kingdom - 1972
Living Klassen
Heinrich Kley
15 Apr 1863 Karlsruhe, Bendelin, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Germany - abt 08 Feb 1945
Living Kool
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