This ever-expanding reference list provides background on a diverse spectrum of illustrators across time, cultures, and artistic styles.
Edwin Austin Abbey
Abbey was a portrait painter, muralist, and an illustrator of books and magazines.
Rube Goldberg
Cartoonist famous for creating drawings of unnecessarily complex devices that perform a simple function.
Walter Beach Humphrey
American illustrator for "The Saturday Evening Post," "Time," and "Liberty" magazines.
Norman Rockwell
Best-known for his Boy Scout paintings and "Saturday Evening Post" covers, he inspired generations of Americans.
Alex Ross (Alexander Sharpe Ross)
Prolific illustrator of magazines from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Whitney Sherman
Award-winning illustrator and Founding Director of the MFA Illustration Practice program at MICA.
Everett Shinn
Best known for illustrating theater scenes and images of the streets of New York City.
