Artists - Illustration History

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

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

Magazine illustrator and portraitist.

Illustrator of women’s magazines and advertising campaigns in the 1950s.

Fashion illustrator who began working with designer Nettie Rosenstein in the 1950s, and continued through the 1980s as a freelance illustrator.

J.C. Leyendecker rose to fame as the creator of elegant artworks for mass publication.

Known for drawings and watercolors during the 1960s and 1970s, she embraced digital art in the 1980s.

Successful illustrator who portrayed romantic femininity using a distinctive technique called “fade-away.”

Warhol appropriated images of everyday objects and celebrities and turned them into works of fine art.