Maxfield Parrish

Maxfield Parrish was born on July 25, 1870 and died on March 30, 1966. He was an American painter and illustrator. He used saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. This is what made him famous. He helped shaped the Golden Age of illustration and paved the way to the future of American visual arts. He had innovative techniques that other artist had a hard time copying his work.

Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894 and died on November 8, 1978. He was a painter and illustrator of the 20th Century. He is known for illustrating everyday life scenarios. Most of his works have been either lost due to fire or are in permanent collections. He has had over 4,000 originals works of art.

N.C. Wyeth

N.C. Wyeth was born October 22, 1882 and died October 19, 1945. He was an American artist and illustrator. He studied under Howard Pyle and would eventually become one of America’s best illustrators. He was a realist painter. He had to compete with the camera for art. He went to Howard Pyle’s school of Art where he learned Pyle’s art techniques and then later grew into his own unique techniques which were quicker, looser strokes and relied on ominous shadows and moody backgrounds.

Jessie Wilcox-Smith

Jessie Willcox Smith born on September 6, 1863 and died on May 3, 1935. She was an illustrator for Ladies Home Journal and she also illustrated children books. She painted many covers for Good Housekeeping from December 1917 through March 1933.

Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle was born March 5, 1853 and passed away on November 9. 1911. He too was an American illustrator and a writer. He focused mostly on children books. He also taught at some universities before deciding to open his own university called The Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art.

Frederik Remington

Frederic Remington was born on October 4, 1861 and died on December 26, 1909. He was several things. He was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and a writer. He particularly focused his artwork on the West such as cowboys, Indians, and the U.S. cavalry. He worked for a newspaper company and did most of his illustration for them.

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele was born on June 12, 1890 and passed away on October 31, 1918. He was an Austrian painter. He was the first figurative painter of the early 20th Century. He was very intense in his artwork and enjoyed doing self portraits. He was one of the artists to lay the foundation for what would later become known as Expressionism. His artwork got a lot of controversy because they thought it was grotesque, erotic, pornographic, or disturbing.

Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham was born September 19, 1867 and died September 6 1939. He was mostly known as an English book illustrator. He had a breakthrough in art in 1894 with The Dolly Dialogues in which he illustrated. He also won some gold medals at the Milan International Exhibition and Barcelona International Exposition.

Joseph Leyendecker

J.C. Leyendecker was born March 23, 1874 and died July 25, 1951. He was an American illustrator. He was best known for poster, book, and advertising illustrations. He did many covers for the Saturday Evening Post. He was the only artist to be identified with one publication very well.

Tamara de Lempicka

Tamara de Lempicka was born May 16, 1898 and died March 18, 1980. She was a polish artist. She was the first woman artist to be a glamour star. She has a distinctive and bold artistic style similar to cubism. She felt impressionist drew badly while her artwork was novel, clean, precise, and elegant.