This ever-expanding reference list provides background on a diverse spectrum of illustrators across time, cultures, and artistic styles.
Ernie Barnes
Artist whose experience as a professional athlete helped influence the subject and flow of his work.
Eric Carle
Author, illustrator, and designer most famous for his children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.”
Robert Childress
A prodigious advertising artist, Childress is best known for illustrating the "Dick and Jane" book series for children.
Robert M. Cunningham
Illustrator for a variety of America’s leading magazines, using sports themes as a common subject matter.
Mort Drucker
Talented caricaturist, best known for satirizing films and celebrities in MAD Magazine for decades.
Mark English
Known for his distinctive style, English is the most awarded artist in the history of New York City’s Society of Illustrators.
Ric Estrada
Cuban-born Ric Estrada emigrated to the U.S. where he illustrated comic books, animation, and bible stories.
Peter Fiore
Commercial illustrator turned landscape painter best known for transforming light into an emotional subject.
Lorraine Fox
Illustrator who pioneered an individual style despite working in a male-dominated field.
Basil Gogos
Using eye-popping imagery, Gogos painted more than fifty covers of "Famous Monsters of Filmland."
Rudy Gutierrez
Artist and teacher whose focus is uplifting the viewer through abstract and emotional pieces.
Geoffrey Holder
An artist of Trinidadian descent, Holder painted, acted in films, and broke barriers on Broadway.
