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.

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.

Illustrator of American women wearing high fashion.

Victorian illustrator known for her watercolors of children in the idyllic English countryside.

Known for her black-and-white wash drawings used as advertisements for Lord & Taylor.

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

An influential mid-20th century illustrator known for her vibrant psychedelic style art.

Inventor of the modern glamour aesthetic for American women's magazines.

Pop artist known for his simple, graphic design combined with bold colors.

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