The Illustration Departmentさんのイラストまとめ

Katharine Pyle was born on this day, November 23, in 1863.

She was a leading illustrator (like her brother, Howard Pyle); she advocated for underserved youth; and she was a champion for artists’ rights.

Her niece, Ellen Pyle, said she was, “a woman well ahead of her time”.

Between 1939 and 1972, Charlotte Steiner created more than seventy books for children.

She was one of the most popular creators during the “Golden Age” of Children’s Books.

And yet, little is known about her.

Here is our #arthistory post on Steiner: https://t.co/1KERGkpAEA

Rafael Tufiño Figueroa was born on this day, October 30, in 1922.

Dubbed “The Painter of the People”, he advocated for art and literacy in underserved communities.

He later became the first Puerto Rican to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Arts Club.

William Henry “Bill” Mauldin was born on this day, October 29, in 1921.

During WWII, American soldiers called him their “secret weapon”.

His comic, “Willie and Joe”—about two, weary “dogfaces”—boosted the soldiers’ morale; and earned Mauldin a Pulitzer.

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

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.

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”…