101 Great Illustrators from the Golden Age, 1890-1925

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The most comprehensive book of its kind, this gorgeous edition presents more than 500 works by famous and lesser-known artists from the heyday of book and magazine illustration. Featured artists include Walter Crane, Edmund Dulac, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle, Arthur Rackham, N. C. Wyeth, and many others - 101 in all. Several examples of each artist's finest illustrations are accompanied by biographical comments and career notes.

Additional artists include Victorian-era illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, noted for his compelling combinations of the erotic and grotesque; American painter Harvey Dunn, one of Howard Pyle's most accomplished students; James Montgomery Flagg, famed for his U.S. Army recruitment posters; Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the iconic Gibson Girl; Charles R. Knight, a pioneer in the depiction of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; Edward Penfield, the king of poster art; Frederic Remington, whose works document the Old West; J. Allen St. John, the principal illustrator of Edgar Rice Burroughs's adventure tales; and dozens of others.

ISBN: 9780486430812
Author: MENGES, JEFF A.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01/04/2017
RRP: $99.00
Pages: 272
Dimension: 279mm X 209mm
Imprint: Dover Publications