By: Owen Schumacher,
on 2/29/2012
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Painter / Graffiti Artist / Brooklyn's Shooting Star
A runaway at 15
Tagged around Lower Manhattan as SAMO©
Blondie's DJ
Warhol's apprentice. Haring's friend. Dead at 27
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Wikipedia Bio
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 12/12/2011
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Painter / Giant of Medieval Painting
Wounded in war and nursed to health by The Knights Hospitaller
Studied under Van Der Weyden
Painted the best Last Judgment
Hans Memling
Wikipedia Bio
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 11/27/2011
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Painter / Printmaker / "The Sleep of Reason..."
Became deaf mid-career from... lead paint?
An artist in protest
Died alone, leaving his Black Paintings
Francisco Goya
Wikipedia Bio
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 11/17/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
Who are these moody 20-somethings lazing around an icy North American wilderness, and why do I find them so fascinating?
The truly odd and delicate paintings of Toronto-based artist Kris Knight are a decidedly strange brew: vague David Lynchian narratives, evocative teenage poutiness, boo!-inducing landscapes, aesexual things that go bump in the night—heck!—even cable-knit sweaters. But as the first guy to pour maple syrup on his breakfast links came to find out, weird combos are often, surprisingly or not, the most interesting of all. Kris' paintings have that "syrup on sausage for the first time" effect.
So before we take in any more of Knight's maple leaf mysteries, be sure to follow the man's wonderful Flickr stream. See you at the abandoned cabin!
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 11/10/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
What do you do when you find an amazing artist like L Filipe dos Santos (or Corcoise, as he seems to prefer), but almost everything written about him is in Portuguese? Answer: You let his amazing art do all the talking for you.
Still, before you take in Dos Santos' elegant, fast-and-loose drawings, be sure to follow his blog—on which he thankfully writes in Portuguese and English—as well as his Flickr stream.
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 10/27/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
As we draw ever closer to the creepiest night of the year, it's only fitting to recall the classic horror movie posters of Reynold Brown. Aside from covering a lot of the silly schlock films of the '50s—Tarantula and I Was a Teenage Werewolf, anyone?—Brown also illustrated a number of noirish paper back covers, too, like author Erle Gardner's Silent Cover (1948) and Martha Albrand's After Midnight (1951).
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 10/20/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
Quick! What's your favorite '80s movie? There's a pretty good chance veteran illustrator, Drew Struzan, painted the poster for it. Besides being the go-to guy for all the legendary Star Wars posters—the imagery of which seemed to be seared onto our childhood minds with a hot iron... in a good way!—he also covered basically every other movie you liked, too. And aside from being a force in Hollywood's art department, he's done a ton of publishing and packaging graphics, as well. I oughta know: I played his version of Clue when I was younger. Hey, it's still in the closet! Some things are too dear to be sold on eBay.
Anyway, sit back, relax in your office chair and take a stroll—a figurative one: don't leave me now—through some of yours and my more youthful favorites.
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 8/26/2011
～PROFILE～
Animator / Inventor / Da Vinci of Disney
Yes, he created Mickey Mouse
Made the birds on Hitchcock's, The Birds
Oscar-winning FX pioneerUb Iwerks Wikipedia Bio
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 7/14/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
It's hard for most of us not to recall the cars of postwar America with great fondness. But not for the author and illustrator, Bruce McCall, who saw through the clunky, neglected engineering and corresponding culture of gee-whiz enthusiasm—behind all those gleaming, two-tone, two-ton behemoths of the Eisenhauer era. Bruce was there at the time. He lived it. He illustrated the cars of Ford's Canadian division in Toronto. And he hated every moment of it.
The '56 Ford Meteor, the Canadian equivalent to the Fairlane, is absolutely beautiful, by the way. It's like a road sculpture. Bruce would likely burst your bubble and tell you something pessimistic about it, but just wow!
Enter Bruce's revenge: The Last Dream-O-Rama (2001), a tongue-in-cheek recollection of the gaudy, glittering monsters the Big Three forgot to build—like the '55 Bar-B-King Royal Patio Leisureliner, the car with a complete backyard barbecue, or the '59 Fin-Landia Choiceflow Fundeck, whose slotted rear deck leaves you, the proud owner, the freedom to insert a tail fin combination of your choice. Now that's freedom!
All these impossible cruisers, the author would argue, are the daffy, chromed-out expressions of an obnoxious Atomic Age: naïve, kitschy, wasteful, superficial, and even McCarthyan.
But I just think they're pretty—nuts—but pretty. And there's even a part of me—with a crew cut and skinny tie, I guess—that wouldn't mind seeing Bruce's creations built. As jokingly impractical as they are.
The time and culture behind these cars may be the object of Bruce's derision, but ironically, the beauty of his work still initiates our inner Goldwater—that dusty, latent part of us that can't help but shimmer for Rockwell, malt shops, or Wolfman Jack.
But enough thinking. Just laugh at Bruce's cars already!
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 7/12/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
As promised, here are some more of R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country. San Francisco - based poster designer, Victor Moscoso, a friend and fellow traveler, touched on the magic intrinsic to Crumb's style. His account of seeing the artist's work for the first time says it all: "I couldn't tell if it was an old man drawing young, or a young man drawing old."
Now that's Crumb!
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 7/8/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
It's no secret Robert Crumb is obsessed with the past — past comics, past places, and past music. For all his cynicism, neuroses and idiosyncratic verve, there's often a competing undercurrent of nostalgia and groundedness to his work — or at least an aspiration for it.
Which is why R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country (2006) is so special. You get an especially clear sense of his out-and-out enthusiasm for things old-fashioned: dusty, old music by dusty, old musicians. The care he gives in lovingly detailing each face speaks to his affinity for the subject matter. Crumb loves these people and he loves their music, which is why the book also includes an illuminating 21-track CD surveying some of the best in Depression era blues, jazz and country. I recommend listening to the CD as you read the book to really round out the overall experience.
Anyway, there are too many soulful and inspiring portraits to feature here, so stay tuned for more next week.
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 7/5/2011
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Golden Age Giant / 'Arabian Nights' Artist
Born in France, worked in England
Studied to become a lawyer... then got bored of it
Designed many UK stamps and even European currency
Edmund Dulac Wikipedia Bio
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 5/31/2011
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Illustrator / N.C. Wyeth's Teacher
Known for his novel, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Painted Captain Kid like no one's business
Street cred: Vincent Van Gogh loved his work
Howard Pyle Wikipedia Bio
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 5/26/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
They're cheap, and they're really, really fun.
From 1973 into the late '70s, academic publisher Pendulum Press—sometimes giving printing rights to houses like Starbooks—released their Illustrated Classics, a series of edutainment books intended to introduce school kids to great works of the Western canon. Usually paperback but sometimes hardcover, all of the more than 100 books were art directed by editor and producer Vincent Fago. Students were treated to such classics as Hawthorne's, The House of the Seven Gables [1977], Helen Keller's, The Story of My Life [1974], and the highlight of this article, Dracula [1973] by Bram Stoker.
Many of the books, including the one featured, were illustrated by Fago's friend, Nestor Redondo, an amazing talent from the Philippines, whose credits include DC Comics', Rima the Jungle Girl [1974-1975] and Swamp Thing [1974-1976]. As an interesting side note, he also drew the heavenly DC undertaking, The Bible [1975], a curious, one-off collector's item, as well as the Christian comic, Marx, Lenin, Mao and Christ [1977]. Anyway, Nestor was a genius, and vampirism never looked better!
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 5/19/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
Preceding Topps' trading card series Garbage Pail Kids—an odd, adolescent phenomenon in its own right—there was the company's first foray into MAD-style parody: the throw-away humor of Wacky Packages. Partly conceived by a young Art Spiegelman—who went on to author the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel, Maus [1972]—the series was a big hit in the early '70s, with its sales even eclipsing Topps' own baseball cards at one point.
The gags were simple and even simple-minded: Blisterine, a fiery rip on Listerine; Jail-O, Jell-O's incarcerated cousin; and Land O Quakes, the only butter churned by—you guessed it—earthquakes. But the illustrations were always fun and beautiful, often painted by artist Norman Saunders, who illustrated many paperbacks and pulp magazines of the time. Conveniently, you won't have to scour the dark recesses of eBay to grab up all these cards, thanks to a fine hardbound volume called—what else?—Wacky Packages [2008]. Check out these whimsical highlights.
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 5/12/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
Leo Hershfield was an eminent cartoonist, as well as one of the great courtroom illustrators of the '50s and '60s. NBC News called him the "Dean of Courtroom Artists," depending on him for many of the great courtroom dramas of the time, including those of infamous assassins Jack Ruby and James Earl Ray.
Hershfield's breezy, confident line work graced more than 50 books, including H. Allen Smith's, Low and Inside (1949), Richard Armour's, Golf Is a Four-Letter Word (1962), and—of course!—Groucho's womanizing tell-all, Memoirs of a Mangy Lover (1963). Incidentally, Groucho wrote more books than one might think, and all are worth checking out. Whatever the case, here are some of Leo's loopiest. Enjoy!
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 5/5/2011
Contributed by Owen Schumacher
Gluyas Williams was a turn-of-the-century illustrator whose work often appeared in the New Yorker, as well as many other publications of his time, such as Life and Collier's. While studying at Harvard, Gluyas was a member of the famous Harvard Lampoon. Later in his career, he illustrated a number of novels for various authors, including Edward Streeter's, Daily Except Sundays (1938) and Father of the Bride (1949).
Williams was known for his lucid line and minimalist, black-and-white execution, partly inspired by 19th century artist, Aubrey Beardsley. Here are some terrific excerpts from The Gluyas Williams Gallery (1959), a charming collection of some of his best work.
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 3/28/2011
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Painter / German Romantic
Master of mystical landscapes
Had early success, died poor and lonely
Work co-opted by the Nazis for its inherent Germanness
Caspar David Friedrich Wikipedia Bio
By: Lou Simeone,
on 2/28/2011
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 2/22/2011
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 2/22/2011
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Painter / American Treasure
Said her paintings weren't vaginal
Married to the influential photographer and gallery owner, Alfred Stieglitz
Has her own dinosaur, Effigia okeeffeae
Georgia O'Keffe Wikipedia Bio
By: Lou Simeone,
on 1/31/2011
Illustration Pages would like to take this opportunity to thank all the folks that have supported us to date. The following artists have shown their support by linking back to Illustration Pages from their websites and or blogs.
Graphic Designers
Jeff Fisher's blogomotives
Leighton Hubbell's Website
Art and Design by Janet Allinger
Illustrators
Artist In LA LA Land
Samalou too
Tom Hovey Skecthbook
Illustrator Ale Mercado
Artist and Designer, J.R. Mounger
Yuliya Art, Golden Section
A Love of Drawing
Moongazing Hare Illustration
Illustrator Katrina Kopeloff
Shaw Nielsen Illustration
Sean Christian Dampier Illustration
Illustrator Julie Fortenberry
Jennifer Thermes: Art, Words, Life
Illustrator Marcus Cutler's illobits
Paul Garland Illustration
Illustrator Aaron Blecha
Illustrator Farhana Nicholson
Illustrator Gerry Gonzalez
Illustrator Eddy Crosby
Illustration by Inkymole
Michael Slack :: Slackart
Illustrator Lawrence Cox
Tali Gal-on | Milk and Cookies
Ingvard The Terrible
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By: Owen Schumacher,
on 1/20/2011
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Illustrator / Author / Foppish Pervert
Buddies with Wilde and Whistler
Lecherous pen-and-ink drawings inspired by Japanese shunga
Died of tuberculosis at age 25
Aubrey Beardsley Wikipedia Bio
By: Owen Schumacher,
on 11/19/2010
Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～
Illustrator / Czar of Slavic Fairy Tales
Born in a suburb of St. Petersburg
Influenced by traditional Japanese prints
Died in the Siege of Leningrad
Ivan Bilibin Wikipedia Bio
By: Lou Simeone,
on 11/18/2010
Last Thursday, on the IP Facebook page, we invited everyone to post their artwork to the wall. After all Illustration Pages is an online community and sharing art is one of the many great things this site is all about. Below you'll find links to a few of the artists that posted their work. Enjoy! To see the others you'll have to visit the IP Facebook Page. And keep on sharing your work, thoughts, ideas and creativity. Illustration Pages is here to support you.
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