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This handsomely produced book, compiled and edited by a leading contemporary illustrator and teacher, unfolds the rich pictorial history of American illustration -- decade by decade -- from 1900s to the 1960s. The text introducing the art of each decade is written by a famous illustrator with special knowledge of the work of that period.
The authors include Harold Von Schmidt, Arthur William Brown, Norman Rockwell, Floyd Davis, Al Parker, Austin Briggs, and Bernard Fuchs.
The art of illustrating magazines, books and newspapers is chronicled from its early days in the nineteenth century -- when most illustrations were reproduced from wood engravings -- to the sophisticated reproduction techniques and styles of the twentieth century. There are over 600 examples in color and black and white by 350 artists.
Rare illustrations by such early masters as
- Howard Pyle,
- Edwin Penfield and
- Charles Dana Gibson are followed by an honor roll of editorial artists, including -- to name just a few --
- Howard Chandler Christy,
- James Montgomery Flagg,
- Maxfield Parrish
- John Held, Jr.
- Rockwell Kent
- Stevan Dohanos
- Albert Dorne
- David Stone Martin, and among those representing the 1960s,
- Milton Glaser
- Harvey Schmidt
- Tom Allen
- Robert Weaver
Each of the artists represented is introduced by a biographical sketch giving interesting facts about his life and work. The book concludes with a forecast of the future of illustration by Rober Weaver.
This important book is a veritable mirror of the changing patterns of life in America as through the eyes of its greatest illustrators.
CONDITION: Hard Cover with DJ, DJ shows much wear - we will encase in a protective Mylar cover for purchaser. Book is in vg+ condition, clean.268 pages, 1966
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