This ever-expanding reference list provides background on a diverse spectrum of illustrators across time, cultures, and artistic styles.
Romare Bearden
One of America’s foremost artists who created visual narratives inspired by African American history.
Sheila Bridges
Designer who created the Harlem Toile de Jouy pattern which she incorporates into fabrics and earthenware.
Jean Cunningham
Fashion illustrator under designer Nettie Rosenstein in the 1950s, and as a freelance artist through the 1980s.
Edmund Dulac
Prominent French-British artist who worked during the last years of the Golden Age of Illustration.
Taravat Jalali Farahani
Iranian illustrator of children's picture books, commercial products, and apparel.
Kate Greenaway
Victorian illustrator known for her watercolors of children in the idyllic English countryside.
Geoffrey Holder
An artist of Trinidadian descent, Holder painted, acted in films, and broke barriers on Broadway.
Hilary Knight
Prolific illustrator of children’s books, magazines, greeting cards, and theater posters.
Evaline Ness
American illustrator and author of children’s books known for her great variety of mediums and methods.
Barbara Nessim
Known for drawings and watercolors during the 1960s and 1970s, she embraced digital art in the 1980s.
Andy Warhol
Warhol appropriated images of everyday objects and celebrities and turned them into works of fine art.
Larry Weekes
Graphic artist and civic leader whose work is focused on race, equity, and human rights.