• Skip navigation and go to content
  • Go to navigation

Norman Rockwell Museum

  • Visit
    • Hours & Admission
    • Directions
    • Exhibitions
  • Learn
    • Programs
    • School Programs
    • Curriculum Lab
  • Research
    • Norman Rockwell Collection
    • Archives and Library
    • Rockwell Center for Americal Visual Studies
    • Illustration History
    • Frank Schoonover Collection Raisonné
  • Donate
    • Make a Gift
    • Become a Member
  • Shop
  • Calendar
  • Contact
    • Staff Directory
    • Norman Rockwell Museum e-newsletter sign-up
    • Careers
    • What's my Rockwell Worth?
      FAQ

Illustration History

  • History
  • Artists
  • Genres
  • Essays
  • Resources
  • Podcast
  • History
    • Time Periods
  • Artists
  • Genres
  • Essays
  • Resources
  • Podcast
Home > Artists

Artists in Europe

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

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
Edwin Austin Abbey

Edwin Austin Abbey

A portrait painter, muralist, and an illustrator of books and magazines.

Julian Allen

Julian Allen

Julian Allen was best known for his ability to create realistic, convincing portrayals of unwitnessed events.

Istvan Banyai

Istvan Banyai

Hungarian-born children's book illustrator, commercial illustrator, and animator.

Aubrey Beardsley

Aubrey Beardsley

An influential artist whose bold, black and white drawings came to define the Decadent movement in Britain.

Eleanor Vere Boyle

Eleanor Vere Boyle

Illustrator who created idyllic watercolors of woodlands and fairy tales.

Gordon Browne

Gordon Browne

Prolific children's book illustrator of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott

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

Walter Crane

Walter Crane

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

Thomas Crane

Thomas Crane

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

George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank

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

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

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

Thomas Dalziel

Thomas Dalziel

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

Adolf Dehn

Adolf Dehn

A master lithographer and noted painter of landscapes in watercolor and oil.

Richard ‘Dicky’ Doyle

Richard ‘Dicky’ Doyle

Illustrator and "Punch" cartoonist famous for his fairy books.

Edmund Dulac

Edmund Dulac

Prominent French-British artist who worked during the last years of the Golden Age of Illustration.

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer

Painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and author who is considered to be the greatest artist of the German Renaissance.

Ric Estrada

Ric Estrada

Cuban-born Ric Estrada emigrated to the U.S. where he illustrated comic books, animation, and bible stories.

Anton Otto Fischer

Anton Otto Fischer

German-born American illustrator and marine painter.

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Creator of the first political cartoon published in an American newspaper.

Arthur Burdett “A.B.” Frost

Arthur Burdett “A.B.” Frost

Master draughtsman and illustrator of 20th century rural America.

Page 1 of 3 pages  1 2 3 > 

Genres
  • Advertising
    • Corporate
    • Political and Public Service
    • Product
    • Self-Promotion
  • Books
    • Children’s Books
    • Cover Art
    • Interior Illustration
  • Cartooning
    • Advertising
    • Caricature
    • Political and Editorial
    • Sports
    • Spot
  • Comics
    • Comic Books
    • Comic Strips
  • Decorative & Applied Illustration
    • Antiquities
    • Ceramics, Pottery, and Sculpture
    • Info Graphics
    • Maps
    • Murals
    • Portraiture
    • Stained Glass and Mosaics
    • Tapestries
    • Tattoos
    • Wallpaper
  • Fantasy
    • Adventure
    • Fairy Tales and Fables
    • Mythology
    • Role-Playing Games
  • Fashion
    • Advertising
    • Design
  • Graphic Novels
    • Fiction
    • Non-Fiction
    • Visual Memoir and Autobiography
  • Internet Illustration
    • Memes
    • Web Comics
    • Website Illustration
  • Magazine
    • Cover Art
    • Story Illustration
  • Moving Image
    • Animation
    • Concept Art
    • Storyboard
    • Video Game Design
  • Newspaper
  • Non-Commissioned Work
  • Photography
  • Poster
    • Event (Promotional)
    • Film
    • Political
    • Propaganda
    • Travel
  • Product Illustration
    • Album/CD
    • Calendars
    • DVD/VHS/Videogame
    • Greeting Cards
    • Packaging
    • Paper Dolls
    • Postage Stamps
  • Pulp Illustration
    • Pinup Art
    • Pulp Magazines
  • Science Fiction
    • Creatures
    • Outer Space
    • Paranormal
    • Technology
  • Technical
    • Anatomy
    • Archaeological
    • Architecture
    • Courtroom Drawings
    • Horticulture
    • Mechanical
    • Natural History
Global Perspectives
  • North America
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australia

Support the Project

We need your help to keep this project alive and growing. How can you help?

Submit Work
Make A Donation
About The Project

Stay Informed

Join our mailing list to receive updates about this growing project.

Art Works. National Endowment for the Arts. arts.gov

This project is supported in part by an award
from the National Endowment for the Arts.

"The great band of illustrators have shown us to ourselves and I am proud to be among their company."
- Norman Rockwell

©Copyright 2020 Norman Rockwell Museum
9 Route 183, Stockbridge, MA 01262 | 413.298.4100
Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions |
Equity & Justice Commitment