An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicated concepts or objects that are difficult to describe textually, or the illustration may be intended for entertainment, as in greeting cards, or cover art or interior art for books and magazines, or for advertisement, as on posters.
Most contemporary illustrators make their living creating artwork for use in advertising, newspapers and magazines. Pen and ink and airbrush artists traditionally dominated this realm.
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Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Edwin Austin Abbey. One of dozens of biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Alajalov, Constantin (1900-1987) - Biography.
American Illustrators Gallery - Features image gallery of artists from the Golden Age of Illustration
Anderson, Anne - (1874-194?) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Anne Anderson ]
Anderson, Harry (1906-1996) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Harry Anderson, the great illustrator and religious artist. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Artzybasheff, Boris (1899-1965) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Boris Artzybasheff. One of dozens of biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Attwell, Mabel Lucie (1879-1964) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Mabel Lucie Attwell ]
Barclay, McClelland (1891-1943 - Biography. One magazine cover.
Barker, Cicely Mary (1895-1973) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Cicely Mary Barker ]
Barney, Maginel Wright Enright (1881-1966) - Frank Lloyd Wright's sister. Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Maginel Wright Enright Barney ]
Bauer, John (1882-1917) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of John Bauer. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Belarski, Rudolph (1900-1983) - Biography. One illustration.
Bennett, Harriet - Active: 1877-1897. Biographical note, and two illustrations.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Harriet Bennett ]
Bessie Collins Pease Gutmann (1876-1960) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Bessie Collins Pease Gutmann ]
Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828) - Notes on the life of the man who founded the British School of wood engraving.
Meta Description: [ Notes on the life of the Thomas Bewick, founder of the British School of wood engraving ]
Bilibin, Ivan - Works and biographical notes concerning this influential Russian graphic illustrator, painter and stage designer.
Bilibin, Ivan (1876-1942) - An illustrated biography of Ivan Bilibin.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Ivan Bilibin. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Booth, Franklin - Born 1874. An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Franklin Booth. One of dozens of biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Brangwyn, Frank (1867-1956) - An illustrated essay.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated essay on Frank Brangwyn. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Brundage, Frances (1854-1937) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Frances Brundage (1854-1937) ]
Burd, Clara Miller - Active: 1900-1930s. Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Clara Miller Burd ]
Burian, Zdenek (1905-1981) - An illustrated biography
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Zdenek Burian. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Burton, Virginia Lee (1909-1968) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Virginia Lee Burton ]
Carigiet, Alois (1902 - 1985) - Carigiet was the first illustrator to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. This site is dedicated to him.
Meta Description: [ Alois Carigiet - the first and only site dedicated to the artist ]
Carter, Pruett (1891-1955) - Biography. One story illustration.
Chambers, Charles Edward (1883-1941) - Biography.
Clark, Walter Appleton (1876-1906) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Walter Appleton Clark. One of dozens of biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Clarke, Harry (1889-1931) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Harry Clarke. One 101 of biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Coll, Joseph Clement (1881-1921) - An illustrated biography of Joseph Clement Coll - a master of pen ink.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Joseph Clement Coll - a master of pen & ink. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Cooney, Barbara (1917-2000) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators--Barbara Cooney (1917--2000) ]
Cornwell, Dean - Born 1892. An illustrated essay.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Dean Cornwell. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Craig, Frank (1874-1918) - An illustrated biography of Frank Craig, British artist of the early twentieth century who painted images for Kipling, Robert W. Chambers and others.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Frank Craig, talented British artist of the early twentieth century who painted images for Kipling, Robert W. Chambers and others. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
David Copperfield: The European Prospect - Images, illustrations, photos and exerpts from David Copperfield. Includes student resources.
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Dickens And His Illustrators (1899) Re: L. Fildes - The chapter on Luke Fildes from the work by F.G. Kitton.
Dickens' Illustrations - Biographical notes on the illustrators of Dickens' work.
Meta Description: [ David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page ]
Dohanos, Stevan (1907-1994) - Biography.
Dunn, Harvey (1884-1952) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Harvey Dunn. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Eggenhofer, Nick (1897-1985) - Biography.
Elvgren, Gil (1914-1980) - Biographical information and images for pin-up and glamour artist whose career began in the 1930's.
Fawcett, Robert (1903-1967) - Biography. One story illustration.
Finlay, Virgil (1914-1971) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Virgil Finlay, one of science fiction's most prolific and honored artists. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Flint, Sir William Russell (1880 - 1970) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Sir William Russell Flint. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Gág, Wanda Hazel (1893-1946) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Wanda Gag ]
Getz, Arthur (1913-1996) - The most prolific cover artist of the New Yorker magazine, producing 213 covers between 1938 and 1988.
Goble, Warwick (1862-1943) - An illustrated essay.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Warwick Goble. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Godwin, Frank (1889-1959) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Frank Godwin. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Green, Elizabeth Shippen (1871-1954) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Elizabeth Shippen Green ]
Gross, Milt (1895-1953) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Milt Gross. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Gruau, Rene - History and graphic works, provided in French and English.
Meta Description: [ le site officiel de Ren Gruau,icne de l'lgance franaise , prsente sa bibliographie,ses expositions,ainsi que ses laques, lithographies, serigraphies et des ditions numriques, the official Rene Gruau website,the epitome of french elegance,presents his bibliography,his exhibitions, his lacq... ]
Hallock, Ruth Mary - Active 1903-1936. Biographical note, and several illustrations.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Ruth Mary Hallock ]
Held Jr., John (1889-1958) - An illustrated biography of John Held Jr., the delineator of flappers and sheiks and the Roaring Twenties.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of John Held Jr, the delineator of flappers and sheiks and the Roaring Twenties. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Hogarth, Burne (1911-1996) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Burne Hogarth. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Hurter, Albert (1883-1942) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Albert Hurter. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Illustrations to ''Our Mutual Friend'' - All 40 illustrations by Marcus Stone. Site also contains full text, and original London reviews.
Jones, Elizabeth Orton (b. 1910) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Elizabeth Orton Jones ]
Keller, Arthur I. (1866-1924) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Arthur I. Keller. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
King, Jessie Marion (1875-1949) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Jessie Marion King ]
Kley, Heinrich (1863-1945) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Heinrich Kley. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Krigstein, Bernie - Born 1919. An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Bernie Krigstein. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Lathrop, Dorothy (1891-1980) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Dorothy Lathrop. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Lathrop, Dorothy Pulis (1891-1980) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Dorothy Pulis Lathrop ]
Le Mair, Henriette Willebeek (1889-1966) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries-Henriette Willebeek Le Mair ]
LeConte Stewart Digital Art Gallery - Painter of western landscapes in his native state of Utah.
Lenski, Lois (1893-1974) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Lois Lenski ]
Loomis, Andrew (1892 - 1959) - An illustrated biography of Andrew Loomis, known for his art instruction books.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Andrew Loomis. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Louis Wain : King of the Cat Artists - Book by Heather Latimer about Cat Artist Louis Wain who bedazzled the English with his imaginative genius and sense of fun during the staid Edwardian era.
Meta Description: [ Louis Wain. Thrill to the sight of 800 cats in 63 scenes! All created by Louis Wain who bedazzled the English with his imaginative genius and sense of fun during the staid Edwardian era. By Heather Latimer ]
Lowell, Orson - Born 1871. An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Orson Lowell. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Martin, Sarah Catherine (1768-1826) - Old Mother Hubbard illustrator.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Sarah Catherine Martin ]
Maturo, Joseph A. - Biographical information on Joseph A. Maturo, artist and illustrator of magazine stories and 20th Century Fox movie posters.
Milt Gross - Animation Art - 2 illustrations from video. Sales.
Nielsen, Kay - Brief illustrated biography with online references and links.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Kay Nielsen. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Noble, Edwin - Containing biographic and bibliographic information on Edwardian animal painter/book illustrator, including scans of his illustrations in the public domain.
O'Neill, Rose (1874-1944) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Rose Cecil O'Neill ]
Oliver, Ellis Augustus (1873-1937) - Page by his grandson: biography, illustrations.
Outcault, Richard Felton (1863-1928) - Biography.
Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul (1888-1960) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Ida Rentoul Outhwaite ]
Pape, Eric (1870-1938) - An illustrated biography, including a 1910 newspaper article.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Eric Pape. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Parker, Al (1906-1985) - Biography.
Partch, Virgil (1916-1984) - An illustrated biography of VIP, the darkly humorous creator of Big George and other cartoons for True, Colliers, Look, and for his own original compilations.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of VIP, the darkly humorous creator of Big George and other cartoons for True, Colliers, Look and for his own original compilations. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Peck, Clara Elsene (born 1883) - Illustrated biographical notes.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Clara Elsene Peck ]
Penfield, Edward (1866-1925) - Biography with one cover illustration.
Percy Crosby (1890-1964) - An illustrated biography, and book sales.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Percy Crosby. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Petty, George (1894-1975) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of George Petty. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Phillips, Coles - An illustrated biography of the creator of the Phillips' girls, and of the fadeaway technique.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of C. Coles Phillips. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Phillips, Coles (1880-1927) - Biography. One illustration.
Sambrook, Russell - Biography. One illustration.
Schoonover, Frank (1877-1972) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Frank Schoonover. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Sewell, Helen Moore (1896-1957) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Helen Moore Sewell ]
Shinn, Everett (1876-1953) - Biography.
Soare, William Fulton (1896-1940) - Page by his son. Biography, photos, many illustrations.
Sowerby, Amy Millicent (1878-1967) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Millicent Sowerby ]
Storer, Florence Edith - Active 1909-1914. Biographical note, and several illustrations.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Florence Edith Storer ]
SurLaLune Fairy Tale Illustration Gallery - Classic fairy tale illustrations by Arthur Rackham, George Cruikshank, Jessie Willcox Smith, Edmund Dulac, Gustave Dore, Walter Crane, Kay Nielsen and many others.
Meta Description: [ Annotated fairy tales, including information about their histories, similarities with various tales, alternate tales, bibliographies, illustrations, art work and other information. ]
Tarrant, Margaret Winifred (1888-1959) - Illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Margaret W. Tarrant (1888-1959) ]
The Art of Edwin Noble - Member of the Royal Academy, Mr. Noble primarily worked as an animal artist and children's illustrator.
The Camelot Project: Artists - Artists who have illustrated versions of the Arthurian legends, with their work.
Meta Description: [ Artist menu, images pertaining to text in the Camelot Project, University of Rochester ]
The Iconography of Milton's ''Paradise Lost'' - Illustrations by: Gustav Doré, John Martin, John B. Medina, Benard Lens. Also: Burney, Westall, Hayman, and Blake.
Thrasher, Leslie (1889-1936) - Biography. One cover illustration.
Tudor, Tasha (b.1915) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ Women Children's Book Illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries--Tasha Tudor ]
Tusche, Tone And Stone: 19th Century News - Illustrated discussion of 19th and early 20th century periodicals, and the artists whose work they published.
Victorian Illustrators - 19th century illustration by Millais, Leighton, William Morris and an extensive list of other British artists.
Meta Description: [ 19th century illustration by Millais, Leighton, William Morris and
other British artists ]
Vilmos Andreas(William Andrew, or Willy) Pogany (1882-1955) - An illustrated biography.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated biography of Willy Pogany. One of 101 biographical pages for illustrators and artists. ]
Whitcomb, Jon (1906-1988) - Biography.
Women Children's Book Illustrators - Women illustrators from the Victorian period up to World War II, a project by Denise Ortakales.
Meta Description: [ Biographies of famous and obscure female illustrators of juvenile literature. ]
World of the Child - Exhibition at the University of Delaware Library. 200 years of illustrated books, the ealiest of which were not aimed exclusively at children.
Meta Description: [ World of the Child: exhibition at the University of Delaware Library. ]
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