..American Illustrators
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "American Illustrators." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in TFAO's Resource Library are listed at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly to these articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the Resource Library publication date.
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Also see Children's Illustrated Literature
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TFAO references:
As of 8/19/11 TFAO's website contained: 623 pages referencing the word "Illustrator." To search TFAO's site please click here.
(also see Children's Illustrated Literature)
From other websites:
A Date with Art: The Business of Illustrated Calendars, an exhibit held January 25, 2014 - May 18, 2014 at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. From Terry Conway. Accessed February, 2016.
American Art Archives is a website dedicated to American Illustrators. Accessed August, 2015.
American Legacy Fine Arts, LLC. presents on its Research Library page several essays including "The Rise of an American Art" by Michael Zakian. Accessed August, 2015.
Book Illustration with artist names and examples of works from askArt. Accessed August, 2015.
C.F. Payne / Walter Gropius Master Artist Series is a 2013 exhibit at the Huntington Museum of Art which says: "Often compared to legendary illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Payne's wide-ranging ability enables him to cover a range of subjects in multiple markets, seriously as well as irreverently. Much of Payne's commercial work depicts everyday life and references collective American experiences." Accessed 3/17
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (1821-88): American illustrator, from The Darley Society. [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]
Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey, an exhibit held February - June 2011 at the Boston Athenæum. Accessed August, 2015.
Fins and Feathers: Children's Book Illustrations from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, an exhibit held January 21-April 22, 2012 at the Figge Art Museum. Includes images. Accessed August, 2015.
How He Was to His Talents: The Work of Ernest Haskell, an exhibit held March 24 - August 7, 2011 at the Mead Art Museum. Includes checklist and more. Accessed February, 2015
Illustrators from AskArt.com. Accessed August, 2015.
Julius J. Lankes, Survey of an American Artist, an exhibit held November 12, 2013 to January 26, 2014 at University of Richmond Museums. Includes 52-minute online video featuring Kate Meyer, Assistant Curator, Works on Paper, Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Accessed February, 2015.
Kelly Collection of American Illustration is a private collection of paintings and drawings by American Illustrators. The Kelly Collection website contains a list of relevant exhibitions and essays, plus other information. Accessed February, 2015.
More Than Words: Illustrated Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, from Archives of American Art. Accessed August, 2015.
Mort Künstler: The Art of Adventure, an exhibit held November 8, 2014 through March 8, 2015 at Norman Rockwell Museum. Includes two online videos and press reviews. Accessed April, 2015.
National Museum of American Illustration website. Accessed August, 2015.
Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera, an exhibit held November 19, 2010 - April 10, 2011 at the Brooklyn Museum. The page for the exhibit includes a comprehensive teacher packet. Accessed August, 2015.
Samuel L. Schmucker: The Golden Age of Postcards, an exhibit held 1/22/05 - 5/30/05 at the Reading Public Museum. Accessed April, 2015.
Society of Illustrators website. Accessed August, 2015.
State of the Art: Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle, an exhibit held February 9, 2013 - June 2, 2013 at the Delaware Art Museum. Includes brief biographies. Accessed August, 2015.
The Unknown Hopper: Edward Hopper as Illustrator, an exhibit held June 7, 2014 through October 26, 2014 at Norman Rockwell Museum. Includes online video and press releases and reviews. Accessed April, 2015.
Warhol By the Book is a 2015-16 exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum, which says: "This exhibition presents Warhol's book work, from early student-work illustrations of the late 1940s, through to his careers as a commercial artist in the 1950s, Pop fine artist and underground filmmaker in the 1960s, and photographer and Pop culture icon of the 1970s-80s. Article includes gallery guide. Accesed 11/16
Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney, an exhibit held in 2011 at Norman Rockwell Museum. Includes online 12-minute video. Accessed April, 2015.
The PBS American Masters series
offers a page on children's books illustrator Maurice
Sendak includes a 55-second video clip. PBS says: "...where Sendak
discusses how there are little glimmers of similarity between his own childhood
and the plot of his Caldecott-winning book, Where the Wild Things Are."
Accessed August, 2015.
The
Butler Art Institute featured a video library page on its website. As
of September, 2009 the page offers four videos of illustrator Bill Dotsun
at work. [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving
the citation for use by researchers.]
DVD/VHS videos:
J. C. Leyendecker - The Great
American Illustrator is a 2002 video from Kultur
Video With hundreds of paintings for The Saturday Evening Post
and other publications, J.C. Leyendecker was one of the most successful
illustrators of his time. This 45 minute video biography explores the warmth
and imagination that marked his work. Kultur Video says: J.C. Leyendecker
was the most successful illustrator of his time, creating over 500 paintings
for magazine covers - including 322 for the Saturday Evening Post - and
advertisements that made his clients famous. His paintings portrayed a
lifestyle that resonated with millions of Americans. Even when depicting
those issues that mattered most - a woman's right to vote, the economic
woes of the Depression, victory over Nazi Germany - he never employed a
heavy hand or a dark mood; his images were always full of human warmth
and imagination. Leyendecker told the story of consumerism as if it were
lyric poetry; replacing the turbulence of cultural history with a beauteous
glance, a beguiling child, a muscular vision, or a gentle hand."
Rockwell had a
love affair with America. His poignant paintings captured the truths of
daily life with a simple humane grace and greeted Americans from the cover
of The Saturday Evening Post for over five decades. This documentary
celebrates Rockwell's life and art, with interviews and commentary by art
historians, close friends and the artist himself. "This notable documentary
shows Rockwell was a perceptive social commentator of exceptional artistic
skill and narrative power" (Entertainment Weekly). DVD: Bonus
features include a Norman Rockwell biography, an art gallery and more.
American life."
This 50 minute 1994 A&E Biography video "provides an intimate
portrait of the artist and the man with interviews of friends and people
he used as models and takes us on a tour of the Norman Rockwell Museum
and his best-known images."
Rockwell: Painting in America looks at the life and art of one
of America's most celebrated illustrators. Best known for his memorable
covers of The Saturday Evening Post, Rockwell achieved unprecedented
fame for masterfully showing warmth and humor in his renderings of everyday
life. This program includes interviews with artists, critics, historians,
friends and admirers, as well as archival newsreel and television footage
of the artist himself. VHS/DVD.
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