Artists - Illustration History

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

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

Julian Allen

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

Sergio Aragonés

Legendary cartoonist known for his fast, expressive drawings and MAD Magazine work.

Istvan Banyai

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

Aubrey Beardsley

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

Dave Berg

Illustrator best known for his work with MAD magazine and his series "The Lighter Side."

Eleanor Vere Boyle

Illustrator who created idyllic watercolors of woodlands and fairy tales.

Gordon Browne

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

Randolph Caldecott

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

Al Capp

American cartoonist and visual humorist well-known for his "Lil Abner" comic.

Walter Crane

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

Thomas Crane

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

George Cruikshank

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

Salvador Dalí

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

Thomas Dalziel

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

Jack Davis

American cartoonist and illustrator who worked as a commercial artist, and was part of the founding staff of MAD magazine.

Adolf Dehn

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

Étienne Delessert

Étienne Delessert (1941-2024) is a Swiss-born self-taught artist—an award-winning children’s writer, illustrator, publisher, and filmmaker.

Richard ‘Dicky’ Doyle

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

Helen Dryden

Helen Dryden (1882-1972) was an illustrator known as one of the first Americans to bring European Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs to fashion illustration in the United States.

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