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Illustration HIstory
Flashcards for my History of Illustration Exam
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
12/16/2010

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What magazines were titled "the seven sisters"
Definition
Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, Woman's Day, and McCall's.
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Who is David Levine? What was his relationship with Andy Friedman?
Definition
-most impactful member of the Brooklyn Mafia.
- almost always painted in watercolor.
- mostly known for his black and white caricatures.
- gave characters big heads because he wanted the heads to stand out in the small space they were given to illustrate.
- Andy Friedman stepped into his realm of work. Also lived in Brooklyn.
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What was the "Parade" by Harvey Dinnerstein?
Definition
-Dinnerstein's masterpiece that he jumped onto the scene with.
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What is Pushpin Studios and who created it?
Definition
- created by Milton Glaser and included himself, Seymour Chwast, and Reynold Ruffins in 1954.
- the studio was way ahead of their time, and they would send out brochures to show it with one of their artists right on the cover.
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Who is Milton Glaser?
Definition
- created Pushpin Studios.
- known for the I <3 NY logo and is portrait of Bob Dylan.
- major designer and illustrator of the 1960-1970s
- art director at Holiday magazine.
- designed the I <3 NY logo on the back of a matchbook cover in a cab.
- interested in classical music and opera.
- thought way outside the box: extremely contemporary.
- studied and got his masters in printmaking an went back to it as a form of his work.
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Who is Al Hirschfeld and what is he known for in his work?
Definition
-one of the most recognized pen and ink artists ever.
- color pieces are awful, beautiful line work.
- known for celebrity pieces, mainly broadway, but did others later.
- would hide is daughter's name (nina) in his pieces and put a number next to his signature indicating how many were hidden there.
- died at 100 years old.
- had a seat front and center on broadway.
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Who is Gene Szafran? What did Mark English rip off from him?
Definition
- known for his covers for science fiction novels during the 1960s-1980s.
- English ripped off Szafran's bas-reliefs, shallow sculptures in clay or plaster.
Term
What medium came into use in the 1960s and made a huge difference in the field?
Definition
Acrylic paint
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Who is Leonard Baskin and who did he have a huge influence on?
Definition
- Sculptor, wood engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer, and teacher.
- founded Gehenna Press when he was in college at Yale.
- did wonderful bas-reliefs.
- had an influence on Alan Cober, who himself had an influence on everyone.
Term
Who were the five major black and white artists of the 1970s?
Definition
David Levine, James Spanfeller, Gerry Gerstein, Alan Cober, and Ed Sorel.
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Who is Joe Bowler? Where did he start? What is he known for?
Definition
- Joe Bowler was a painter in the 1950s.
- had polio and had to relearn how to paint.
- great foreground, middleground, and background on his paintings.
- paints in layers.
- started at Cooper Studios.
- known for his portrait paintings and now gets about $30-40,000 for his portraits.
Term
What is Chiaroscuro? Name one artist that successfully used this technique.
Definition
- strong contrast of black and white
- Caravaggio.
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What is an "Op-ed"?
Definition
- illustration opposite the editorial page.
Term
Who is Frank Frazetta and what is he known for?
Definition
- mainly known for his work in fantasy.
- does amazing oil paintings of endowed men and women.
Term
When did the 35 mm camera hit the illustration scene and who was the artist that introduced it?
Definition
-during WWII
- Austin Briggs.
- comps were better with the camera because they were more spontaneous.
- did not want to admit he used a camera, so he kept a closet full of camera items hidden.
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Who was Austin Briggs?
Definition
- could jump from style to style and just keep going.
- started out by illustrating Flash Gordon.
- quickly moved to women's magazines and car illustrations.
- one of the first to embrace the 35mm camera.
- loose painting, did some advertising.
- acrylics played a part in his work.
- did a full catalog for chevy.
Term
Who is Bernie Fuchs? What element of illustration did he bring to the next level?
Definition
- artist from Ohio.
- could easily imitate Austin Briggs.
- started doing car ads in Detroit.
- worked in acrylics, which were brand new.
- youngest person ever elected to the society of illustrators.
- has the most gold medals in the society of illustrators.
- hired by the white house to follow Kennedy and illustrate days in his life.
- switched back to oils when they started to disappear in work.
- started to do murals at the end of his career, mainly for cruise lines.
- did a lot of Italian themed landscapes.
- brought the camera to the next level.
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Who is Bob Peak? What work is he most known for?
Definition
- very vain artist, not very friendly to others in his field.
- pattern oriented with distorted design figures.
- early work related to fashion design.
- wanted to make his work look like it was done fast.
- did movie posters for awhile.
- used airbrush so much that his wife made him get a studio separate from the house.
- known most for his illustrations for Marlboro, and his Star Trek posters.
- known for his Apocalypse now poster and then became the "it" guy for movie posters.
- one of the few hired to create Olympic posters.
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Who is Brad Holland?
Definition
- got rejected by Disney.
- went to Art Institute in Chicago, but decided it was too restrictive.
- worked in a tattoo parlor, then the John Dioszegi Studios, which left him with little time to create his own work.
- left to work an 8-hour/day job at Hallmark so he had time to create his own work.
- known mostly for his work with Playboy and Penthouse.
Term
How does Thomas Nast's influence carry on today?
Definition
- work of Ed Sorel, Gerry Gerstein, Al Hirschfeld, David Levine, Alan Cober, James Spanfeller.
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Who is Mark English? Who was he influenced by early on?
Definition
- grew up on a farm in Texas.
- got a job painting signs and loved it.
- went to Art Center.
- did a lot of work for Women's Home Journal.
- reinvented the use of a montage.
- currently uses airbrush, watercolor, and pastel pencil.
- would thin oils with turpentine and put them into an airbrush gun.
- influenced by Vuillard and Klimt early on.
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Who is Bernie Wrightson and what is he best known for?
Definition
- did alot of work for smaller magazines.
- followed and illustrated the original Frankenstein.
- the whole book is created in pen and ink, some of the best pen and ink drawings of all time.
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Who is Barron Storey and what did he have a heavy influence on?
Definition
- known for his legendary sketchbooks that he would fill cover to cover in 2-3 months.
- well known for his illustration for Lord of the Flies.
- very into "restore and rebuild" techniques.
- certifiably crazy.
- artists still looking back at his work for reference.
- had a heavy influence on the graphic novel.
Term
Who is Robert Hunt?
Definition
- work shows classical training with contemporary take.
- has done work for many book publishing companies, and done covers for authors such as S.E. Hinton and Stephen King.
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Who is Gary Kelley? What artist does he draw influence from?
Definition
- did many book illustrations.
- draws influence from Tamara de Lempicka.
Term
What are the five patterns that make up a head?
Definition
- shadow shape of the eye sockets, shadow under the nose, the upper lip, shadow under the lower lip, and chin.
Term
What illustrators relied on the five patterns of the head to create their work?
Definition
Mark English, Bart Forbes, Bernie Fuchs.
Term
What were the three markets that flowered in the mid-80s?
Definition
children's books, graphic novels, and science fiction.
Term
Who is Mark Summers and who was he influenced by?
Definition
- influenced by Franklin Boothe's work as scratchboard.
- work is displayed at Barnes and Noble.
Term
Name three famous children's book illustrators from 1980-2000.
Definition
- Leo Dillon
- Diane Dillon
- Jerry Pinkney
- Charles Santore
- William Low
Term
Who are the four principal digital illustrators using the computer to generate images?
Definition
- William Low
-Nancy Stahl
- Chris Spollen
- Danny Pelavin
Term
Who is James Jean and what is he known for?
Definition
- currently most known for his covers of the DC series Fables, which is contemporizing the characters from the Grimm Brothers fables and having the characters live in Manhattan.
Term
What was the message on the very last slide for this course?
Definition
-DRAW DRAW DRAW until you can't draw anymore.
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