This ever-expanding reference list provides background on a diverse spectrum of illustrators across time, cultures, and artistic styles.
Aubrey Beardsley
An influential artist whose bold, black and white drawings came to define the Decadent movement in Britain.
Virginia Lee Burton
Remembered as an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books and founder of the Folly Cove Designers.
Diane Dillon
Worked with her husband, artist Leo Dillon, to illustrate children’s books, adult paperbacks books, and magazine covers.
Rube Goldberg
Cartoonist famous for creating drawings of unnecessarily complex devices that perform a simple function.
Kate Greenaway
Victorian illustrator known for her watercolors of children in the idyllic English countryside.
Walter Beach Humphrey
American illustrator for "The Saturday Evening Post," "Time," and "Liberty" magazines.
Gregory Manchess
Prolific oil painter who has illustrated books, magazines, postage stamps, and his own fantasy novel.
Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)
Started her art career at 78, known for her painted scenes of rural life in America.
Evaline Ness
American illustrator and author of children’s books known for her great variety of mediums and methods.