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Category: Illustration

  • Maria Kalman (update)

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    As I mentioned back in February, illustrator Maria Kalman is continuing her illustrated blogging for the New York Times with her current blog And the Pursuit of Happiness. In her piece for July 30, 2009, Can Do, she focuses on my favorite of the United States’ “founding fathers” — inventor, raconteur, publisher, writer, ambassador, ladies…

  • Wizard of Oz characters reinterpreted

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    As a fun addition to my previous article on W. W. Denslow, here’s a piece on The Design Inspiration that has collected some contemporary artists’ interpretations of the major characters form the Wizard of Oz book and film: 25 Various Styles of The Wizard of Oz Illustrations. To this list you can add Nancy Dorser,…

  • W. W. Denslow

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    Many more people are familiar with the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz than are familiar with the source book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by Frank L. Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Though not as iconically linked with the title as, say John Tenniel was with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,…

  • Maxfield Parrish (update)

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    Today is the birthday of Maxfield Parrish, one of the great illustrators form the “Golden Age” of American illustratraton. For more, see my previous post on Maxfield Parrish, which includes a list of links to galleries of his work and other resources. I’ve included a few additional resources below that I’ve come across since then,…

  • Don Coker

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    Georgia artist Don Coker found himself at a crossroads this year when the round of cutbacks and layoffs sweeping the newspaper industry (which is being hit by both the economic downturn and the changing paradigm of how news is delivered) caused him to be laid off from his long time position as a newspaper illustrator,…

  • ImageS 11

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    I’ve pointed this out before, but it’s worth mentioning again. Lovers of beautiful illustration, and classic illustration from the “Golden Age” in particular, will tell you that computer monitors, for all of their glowing, zillions of colors brilliance, fall behind print when it comes to viewing images. (Seeing the original drawings or paintings in person…