[PDF] The Golden Age Of American Illustration eBook

Author : Jeff A. Menges
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 27,15 MB
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486430812

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The most comprehensive book of its kind, this gorgeous edition presents more than 500 full-color works by famous and lesser-known artists from the heyday of book and magazine illustration. Featured artists include Walter Crane, Edmund Dulac, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle, Arthur Rackham, N. C. Wyeth, and many others — 101 in all. Several examples of each artist's finest illustrations are accompanied by biographical comments and career notes. Additional artists include Victorian-era illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, noted for his compelling combinations of the erotic and grotesque; American painter Harvey Dunn, one of Howard Pyle's most accomplished students; James Montgomery Flagg, famed for his U.S. Army recruitment posters; Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the iconic Gibson Girl; Charles R. Knight, a pioneer in the depiction of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; Edward Penfield, the king of poster art; Frederic Remington, whose works document the Old West; J. Allen St. John, the principal illustrator of Edgar Rice Burroughs's adventure tales; and dozens of others.

Author : Frederic Taraba
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Graphic arts
ISBN : 9780982004142

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From 1989 to 2001, author Fred Taraba was a regular contributor to the graphic arts publication, Step-By-Step Graphics. His column, Methods of the Masters, documented the lives and working methods of some of America s finest Golden Age illustrators. While a number of other writers contributed to the regular column, Fred himself wrote 41 installments. This book is a compilation of those 41 classic articles, which have been extensively reworked and revised with completely new artwork especially prepared for this volume. Featuring 41 of America's greatest illustrators, this book is a showcase for hundreds of reproductions of original paintings, photographs, and tearsheets of vintage printed ephemeral materials. Each artist's life and career is discussed, and their working methods are described in detail. This book is destined to be a classic, and belongs on the bookself of every serious student of American illustration history.

Author : Judy Goffman Cutler
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Art students
ISBN : 9780983127536

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An exploration and comparison of artworks by Howard Pyle, his students, and their peers. Pyle, known as the 'Father of American Illustration', was a prolific illustrator as well as a major author of books and periodicals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1894 Pyle founded the first school of illustration at Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry (now Drexel University), and later founded the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art in the Brandywine River area at Chadds Ford, PA. The students attending his school became known as the Brandywine School of Illustrators. Includes biographical information and artwork of: Howard Pyle, Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Chandler Christy, Frank Schoonover, N.C. Wyeth, Violet Oakley, Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and over 20 other illustrators.

Author : PhoenixRetro
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,47 MB
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Art
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Edward Penfield was described as the father of the American poster and his era was known as "Golden Age of American Illustration." This book contains 77 colour illustrations from his varied career.