Other Illustrators

Important twentieth-century commercial illustrators include Philip Boileau (1864-1917), George Bellows (1882-1925), William Henry Chandler (1854-1928), Harrison Fisher (1875-1934), Bessie Pease Gutmann (1876-1960), Hy Hintermeister (1897-1972), and Maud Humphrey (1865-1940). Other artists, including Andrew Wyeth (1917-present), Grant Wood (1891-1945), and Salvador Dali (1904-1989), did prints that were considered more artistic than commercial. Many artists who are […]

Wallace Nutting

For many years collectors have called the tinted photographs created by Wallace Nutting by the seemingly incorrect name Nutting prints. Experts and collectors today refer to them as “prints” or “pictures.” The twelve titles that were machine-produced (1938-1942) are sometimes called “process prints.” Wallace Nutting ( 1861–1941) was a successful clergyman, furniture maker, author, and […]

Maxfield Frederick Parrish

Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966) is known for his illustrations for magazine covers, books, posters, calendars, and advertisements. Parrish began as a magazine illustrator, creating his first magazine cover for Harper’s Bazar in 1895. Later he drew covers and illustrations for Scribner’s Magazine, Collier’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, and other publications and books. General Electric used Parrish prints […]

Louis Icart

French printmaker, painter, and illustrator Louis Icart (1888–1950) began working in Paris in 1907 as a colorist for a company that sold postcards of attractive women and actresses. He illustrated fashion brochures from about 1910 to 1915 and created a series of etchings of fashionably dressed women. Icart served in World War I, and when […]

R. Atkinson Fox

R. Atkinson Fox, (1860-1935) who produced more than 1,000 pictures, was one of the most prolific artists of his time. His subjects ranged from animals (especially cows), landscapes, Indians, and the American West to “enchanted” girls and gardens in the style of Maxfield Parrish. It is difficult to identify Fox’s work because he used more […]