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List Of Illustrators ...
This is an alphabetical list of notable illustrators. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y * Chao Yat * Marianne Young (1811–1897) India et al * Yu Rong Chinese illustrator Z See also * List of caricaturists *List of cartoonists * List of graphic designers * List of science fiction visual artists References {{DEFAULTSORT:Illustrators * Illustrators An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Ambrus
Victor Ambrus (born László Győző Ambrus, 19 August 1935 – 10 February 2021) was a Hungarian-born British illustrator of history, folk tales, and animal story books. He also became known from his appearances on the Channel 4 television archaeology series ''Time Team'', on which he visualised how sites under excavation may have once looked. Ambrus was an Associate of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers. He was also a patron of the Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors up until its merger with the Institute for Archaeologists in 2011. Early life and studies Ambrus was born on 19 August 1935 in Budapest, Hungary. He continued to live in the capital, but spent many childhood holidays in the country, where he learnt to draw horses. As he grew older he became an admirer of the illustrators Mihály Zichy, E. H. Shepard, Joyce Lankester Brisley, and the large hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Ayto
Russell Ayto is an English author and illustrator of children's books including many picture books. Biography Russell was born in Chichester, Sussex in 1960 and grew up in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. After school he worked as a postman, then in the Histopathology Department of the John Radcliffe Hospital before studying at Oxford Polytechnic and Exeter College of Art and Design where he gained a degree in Graphic Design. He gained work with '' Observer Magazine'' and ''Time Out'' and began illustrating adult fiction before his work was spotted by Walker Books and he moved to illustrating children's fiction. Russell has illustrated over 80 books, including ''The Cow That Laid an Egg'' by Andy Cutbill, ''Quacky Quack-Quack!'' and ''Whiff'' both by Ian Whybrow, and ''The Witch’s Children'' series by Ursula Jones. His illustration of ''The Witch’s Children go to School by'' Ursula Jones won the 2008 inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Russell’s illustrations for ''The Cow That Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Ayer
Margaret Ayer (d. 1981) was an American author and self-illustrator of six books for children. She also illustrated 52 books, including '' Anna and the King of Siam'', written by other authors. In addition, she contributed short stories and articles to children's magazines. Early life career Born in New York City to Ira Ayer, a physician, and Louise Foster Ayer, she spent much of her childhood in Mexico and the Philippines, where she traveled with her parents and developed an interest in art. As an adult, she lived in Thailand (formerly known as Siam) from 1916 until 1928 and visited again in 1962–63. Ayer studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts and received private art instruction in Paris and Rome. She was a member of the Artists Guild of New York, serving for a time as its vice president. She also held membership in the Asia Society, the Society of Illustrators, and the Women's National Book Association. Some of Ayers' manuscripts, publications, ill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Augarde
Steve Augarde (born 3 October 1950) is a British author and artist. He has written and illustrated several novels for children and young adults as well as over seventy picture books for younger children, including pop-up books for which he designed the paper engineering. He also designed and illustrated the ''Little Red Car'' books by Matthew Price, among others. Biography Steven Andre Augarde was born in 1950 in Birmingham and spent many years in the West Country before moving to Yorkshire. He attended Yeovil School of Art, Somerset College of Art, and Rolle Teacher Training College. As well as producing his own books, he has worked as an illustrator and paper engineer for other authors and artists. He also provided the artwork and music for two series of the animated BBC television show ''Bump Bump or bumps may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bump (dance), a dance from the 1970s disco era * ''BUMP'' (comics), 2007-08 limited edition comic book series Fictional cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arotxa
Arotxa (''Rodolfo Arotxarena'' Montevideo, September 7, 1958), is a Uruguayan caricaturist. Career Since 1975 he has been busy as caricaturist at El País. He has portrayed all Uruguayan politicians and international figures. In 1983 he went to the United States and entered the pool ''Cartoonist and Writers Sindicate''. He has organized exhibitions in Uruguay, USA and Europe. His biggest caricature is the "Gardelazo" in Tacuarembó, a gigantography 26 m tall in honor to tango singer Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inter .... He has painted as well, featuring his series "Caudillos".
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James Arnold (author & Artist)
James Arnold (2 July 1909 – 7 September 1999) was an English commercial artist who developed a passion for the wagons that he saw on his cycling tours of the countryside in the pre- and post-War years. He set about producing painstakingly accurate measured drawings and watercolours of all the main regional types that he came across and these he included in a series of books beginning with ''The Joyous Wheel'' (1940) and including ''The Farm Waggons of England and Wales'' (1969). Life Arnold was born in Southall, Middlesex on 2 July 1909. Never owning a car, he cycled all his life, claiming to have covered nearly half a million miles in his lifetime. In November 1946 he became a founding member of the Birmingham-based Beacon Roads Cycling Club. He often toured with fellow members of the Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC). In 1961 (1964?) he married fellow cyclist Jeanne (Jeane?) Boore. James Arnold died in Welland, Worcestershire, on 7 September 1999. Publications *''The Joyous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Arnold
Hans Arnold (22 April 1925 – 25 October 2010) was an artist, born in Switzerland, who lived and worked in Sweden from 1947 until his death in 2010. He illustrated many magazines and books. He is perhaps best known for his illustrations for the '' Bland tomtar och troll'' books, and for the cover he did for the ABBA ''Greatest Hits'' album. In 2019 a feature-length documentary about Hans Arnold was released: Hans Arnold - Art of the Witchmaster'. Background Arnold was born in Sursee. He had a very strict Catholic education which included strong beliefs in heaven and hell. As a small boy, Arnold used to play the violin. Arnold began drawing caricatures of his teachers in school and sold them to his friends. Art career Arnold moved to Sweden in 1947. He was known in some circles for his horror art, which had a very distinct style. He illustrated short stories in Swedish weekly magazines such as '' VeckoRevyn'' from the 1950s through the 1970s, and in 1967 created '' Matulda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Arno
Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr. (January 8, 1904 – February 22, 1968), known professionally as Peter Arno, was an American cartoonist. He contributed cartoons and 101 covers to ''The New Yorker'' from 1925, the magazine's first year, until 1968, the year of his death. In 2015, ''New Yorker'' contributor Roger Angell described him as "the magazine's first genius". Biography Arno was born on January 8, 1904, in New York City. His father was Curtis Arnoux Peters, a New York State Supreme Court judge. He was educated at the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, where he contributed illustrations, covers and cartoons to '' The Yale Record'', the campus humor magazine, as "Peters". He also formed a jazz band called the Yale Collegians, in which he played piano, banjo, and accordion. Arno's infatuation with show business later had him designing, writing, and/or producing for four Broadway shows, and appearing with fellow cartoonists in the film Artists and Models. (Please see Role in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmo Armstrong
Cosmo Armstrong ( 1771–1847), was an English line-engraver. He was the son of John Armstrong and apprenticed to John Gyde, citizen and loriner 6 June 1787. Armstrong was a pupil of Thomas Milton, the landscape-engraver. He was a governor of the Society of Engravers, and he exhibited with the Associated Engravers in 1821. He engraved some plates for Cooke's edition of the British Poets, Sharpe's edition of the British Classics, Kearsley's edition of Shakespeare, Suttaby's edition of the British Classics, Allason's ''Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Pola'', 1819, and the ''Ancient Marbles in the British Museum''. Among his other works may be noticed ''Camaralzaman and Badoura'' and ''The Sleeper awakened'', after Robert Smirke, for Miller's edition of the ''Arabian Nights'', published in 1802; ''Don Quixote's Combat with the Giant Malumbruno'', also after Smirke, for Cadell's edition of ''Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arifur Rahman
Arifur Rahman (born August 8, 1984) is a Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi-Norwegians, Norwegian political cartoonist, illustrator and animator. He is a self-taught cartoonist who is renowned for his contribution to cartoons both on the internet and in print media. In Bangladesh, he is best known as Cartoonist Arif for anti-corruption cartoons. He's won multiple awards for Anti-Corruption cartoons from Transparency International Bangladesh and the The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Daily Star. He was the first and former guest cartoonist of International Cities of Refuge Network, International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN). He is a publisher of cartoon magazine Toons Mag and the organizer of international cartoon contests and exhibitions. Biography Early life Arifur Rahman was born in a small village called Tetiar Kanda in Shahjadpur Upazila, Shahjadpur, Sirajganj District, Sirajganj, Bangladesh. When Arifur Rahman was in the Preschool, Arif's father left his wife and children and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honor C
Honour (Commonwealth English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is a quality of a person that is of both social teaching and personal ethos, that manifests itself as a code of conduct, and has various elements such as valour, chivalry, honesty, and compassion. It is an abstract concept entailing a perceived quality of worthiness and respectability that affects both the social standing and the self-evaluation of an individual or of institutions such as a family, school, regiment, or nation. Accordingly, individuals (or institutions) are assigned worth and stature based on the harmony of their actions with a specific code of honour, and with the moral code of the society at large. Samuel Johnson, in his ''A Dictionary of the English Language'' (1755), defined honour as having several senses, the first of which was "nobility of soul, magnanimity, and a scorn of meanness". This sort of honour derives from the perceived virtuous conduct and personal integrity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
