Artists - Illustration History

This ever-expanding reference list provides background on a diverse spectrum of illustrators across time, cultures, and artistic styles.

Female pulp artist known for provocative covers of "Weird Tales" magazine.

Known for her stained glass designs and children’s book illustrations.

Remembered as an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books and founder of the Folly Cove Designers.

Beloved children's book illustrator for whom The Caldecott Medal was named.

The first African American illustrator to have his work nationally syndicated.

Since 1978, Roz Chast has worked as a regular cartoonist for "The New Yorker."

Turn of the century magazine illustrator and creator of the “Christy Girl.”

Illustrator of women’s magazines and advertising campaigns in the 1950s.

American painter, sculptor, and teacher.

Illustrator who revolutionized children's book design at the turn of the century.

Illustrator, greeting card designer, and brother of Walter Crane.

Political cartoonist and caricaturist, best known for his illustrations for the works of Charles Dickens.

Fashion illustrator who began working with designer Nettie Rosenstein in the 1950s, and continued through the 1980s as a freelance illustrator.

Illustrator, painter, and teacher.

Surrealist painter who created a new art form of interpretive landscapes and portraits.

Engraver, illustrator, and the youngest of the Dalziel Brothers.

One of the most popular "boy/girl" illustrators.

Best-known for his "New Yorker" covers and animated character design.

Worked with her husband, artist Leo Dillon, to illustrate children’s books, adult paperbacks books, and magazine covers.

One of the premier fantasy artists of his generation, he co-created "The Spiderwick Chronicles."

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