The Illustration Departmentさんのイラストまとめ

Lois Lenski was born on this day, October 14, in 1893.

In 1930, Arnold Munk of Platt & Munk asked Lenski to illustrate a book for him. He wrote it under the pen name, “Watty Piper”.

The book was called “The Little Engine That Could”.

Grace Drayton was born on this day, October 14, in 1877.

In the early 1900’s, Campbell’s hired Drayton to create a mascot.

Her “Campbell’s Kid” defined Campbell’s for generations.

❝My mother was watching ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’. The characters are George and Martha. Those are two pretty good names. So I borrowed from Edward Albee—who I’m told is not amused by this.❞

—James Edward Marshall, born on this day, October 10, in 1942

❝Picture books is a funny field. In one way it’s hard to take it seriously, but on the other hand it IS serious. If [kids] laugh at Martha and it helps them to read, I’ve done my job.❞

—Susan Meddaugh, born on this day, October 4, in 1944

❝Children do not know that they ought to admire certain art because it is “naive” or “spontaneous”. To give them anything less than frankness, honesty, and sincerity is the lowest crime.❞

—Robert Lawson, born on this day, October 4, in 1892

Edgar Parin d’Aulaire was born on this day, September 30, in 1898.

With his partner, Ingri, d’Aulaire popularized the non-fiction picture book. They are perhaps best known for their Caldecott-winning book “Abraham Lincoln”—published in 1939.

Stanley Melvin Berenstain was born on this day, September 29, in 1923.

He was a medical illustrator for the Army during WWII; he co-created The Berenstain Bears in 1962 with partner, Jan; and… he and Jan may be proof that we live in an alternate timeline (it’s not Berenstein).

María Luisa Pacheco was born on this day, September 22, in 1919.

Described as “one of the most significant artists in the history of the modern art of the Americas”, she memorialized her beloved Bolivia through a cubist convergence of light and form.

Hans Augusto Reyersbach was born on this day, September 16, in 1898.

In 1940, he and his partner, Margarete, fled Paris on makeshift bicycles as Nazi tanks approached.

One of the few items they carried with them was a children’s book manuscript about a “curious monkey”…

Yōichi Kotabe was born on this day, September 15, in 1936.

After joining Nintendo in 1985, his illustrations, designs, and character development (especially for the Mario franchise), revolutionized video games.