The Illustration Departmentさんのイラストまとめ

This artist may have studied art with the granddaughter of a Confederate General. It’s likely she knew Woodrow Wilson. She probably illustrated well into her 70’s.

Then again, maybe not…

This is our #arthistory post on the mysterious Margaret Jervis. https://t.co/YWTzB4hmHB

❝In the 1950’s, when the comic industry hit an all-time low, there was no place for women to go. Today, because of graphic novels, there’s no place for aspiring women cartoonists to go but forward.❞

—Trina Robbins, born on this day, August 17, in 1938

❝Do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent. Lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It’s as simple as that.⁣❞

—Tove Marika Jansson, born on this day, August 9, in 1914

This illustrator & writer’s first two books were published when she was thirty-six years old.
They earned her a Newbery Medal AND a Newbery Honor that year.

This is our #arthistory post on E. L. Konigsburg. https://t.co/31MQZI0VuO

Illustrators who take mentorships and workshops with us are invited to add one of their assignments to our Showcase.

The newest addition is from @KerisaGreene! See her work at https://t.co/HSDvSnwUf5.

To check out our Illustrator Showcase, visit: https://t.co/NEXQf7tFSI

This artist—called “the foremost of foremost lady artists” and “one of the leading gentleman artists in this country”—helped American industrialist, Henry M. Flagler, create present-day Palm Beach, Florida.

This is our #arthistory post on Laura Woodward. https://t.co/vfCZ2I1OOa

“Sometimes I rip up the paper that I‘m drawing on because it looks so wrong. Sometimes I hate drawing.
But it gets under my skin. That is what I want to do. [So] you just have to keep on.”

This is our #arthistory post on Helen Gillian Oxenbury. https://t.co/xL3YJZDNl3

When this artist was asked about his life’s work, he said: “If I had known I was going to be any good, I would have tried harder.”

Here is our #ArtHistory post on Sir Quentin Saxby Blake. https://t.co/XOVSiz2naD

Mead Schaeffer was born on this day, July 15, in 1898.

Norman Rockwell once said, “I’d ask the model, ‘How many figures did Mr. Schaeffer paint today?’ ‘Five or six,’ the model would say, ‘and a horse.’ This would drive me crazy. I was spending days painting a single figure.”

❝My work is not pure art… but it is art nonetheless. It is all right with me that my work serves a purpose. I want to have an effect on my time, in which human beings are so confused and in need of help.❞

—Käthe Kollwitz, born on this day, July 8, in 1867