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Francis Marshall (1901-1980)

Francis Marshall was a British magazine and book illustrator, whose short stint as a comic artist included illustrations for installments of the French vertical comic strip 'Le Crime Ne Paie Pas' by  Paul Gordeaux . Early life and career William Francis Marshall was born in 1901 and educated at the Slade College of Fine Art in London. He began his career in advertising illustration. In 1928 he began a collaboration with Condé Nast as an illustrator for their magazine Vogue, to which he contributed during a period of ten years. He also painted numerous covers for romantic fiction especially the Barbara Cartland titles for PAN, Bantam, Corgi and NEL amongst others. He furthermore had a weekly fashion feature in the Daily Mail.

Lewis Baumer, born in 1870 in London, in his later teens he studied at St. John's Wood Art School and the Royal College of Art, died in 1963, birtish illustrator

 Baumer quickly found favour as an illustrator with several magazines, his first commission was for the Pall Mall magazine in 1893 and soon his pen and ink illustrations also began to appear in others such as the Bystander and the Sketch. He also had some early success with children's book, including his own story Jumbles in 1897. His longest collaboration was with Punch.  In his cartoon work Baumer was essentially a social humorist.

Martin Claus, 1880-1956 (at least that's what we think, but it might be not totally correct), german illustrator. We don't know much about his life, we can try to stitch together a timeline of his career from the dates of some of his works

 The earliest example of his illustration is from a 1919 edition of the satirical magazine Meggendorfer Bl ätter, he would have been 31 years old, so it's sure that there are earlier works, but there's no evidence of them. Probably he was employed by the magazine as a staff artist. He had a different range of styles and techniques used all with technical and creative success .

John Held Jr. (January 10, 1889 – March 2, 1958) was an American cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, and author.

  One of the best-known  magazine  illustrators of the 1920s, his most popular works were his uniquely styled cartoons which depicted people dancing, driving, playing sports, and engaging in other popular activities of the era.

Erik Thor Sandberg (b. 1975, Quantico, VA) lives and works in Washington, DC. Sandberg is known for his masterful oil paintings of the human figure and landscape.

  Creating inventive imagery ranging from panoramic to intimate, Sandberg pushes the skillful illusionism of master painting to the contemporary edge of Magic Realism.   His work has been exhibited at public and private venues internationally, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC; Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA; and Baker Museum, Naples, FL. Sandberg's paintings are also included in numerous international private collections. https://www.facebook.com/Erik-Thor-Sandberg-308902122481764/

Andreas, pen name for Andreas Martens, born January 3, 1951 in Weißenfels (Germany). Martens studied in Düsseldorf at the Academy of Fine Arts and at the St. Luc comics school in Belgium, assisting Eddy Paape on Udolfo, before relocating to France.

  He made his debut in the magazines   (À suivre) ,   Le Journal de Tintin   and   Heavy Metal . In 2001 he won de   Prix Bonnet d’âne   [1]   at the comic festival   Quai des Bulles   in   Saint-Malo   (France) for his entire oeuvre. This includes that he may draw the poster for the next festival. His genre series include Arq, Cromwell Stone, Cyrrus,  Rork  and its spin-off, Capricorne, as well as a number of single works such as La Caverne du Souvenir (The Cave of Memory), Coutoo, Dérives (Adrift), Aztèques, and Révélations Posthumes (Posthumous Revelations). [2]

Jon Foster is an American freelance illustrator, penciler, and sculptor.

  Foster is best known for his comic book covers ( DC Comics ,   Dark Horse Comics ) and other works featured in   Dungeons & Dragons   and   Alternity . Jon Foster studied illustration at the  Rhode Island School of Design  and graduated in 1989. [1]  His paintings are oils on canvas and are known to have a dark or muted color palette. Typically, they incorporate subject matter like good vs. evil, anger, and adventure. Before a project is complete, Foster  scans  his paintings into a computer to add  digital  effects. Earlier in his career, Jon collaborated with artists such as  Rick Berry  and  Dave Dorman  (well known  Star Wars  artist). Foster has illustrated cards for the  Magic: The Gathering  collectible card game. Some of his achievements include multiple awards from the prestigious Spectrum sci-fi and fantasy art publications. [1] Jon lives in  Providence, Rhode Island ...

Jeffrey Catherine Jones (January 10, 1944 – May 19, 2011)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones  (January 10, 1944 – May 19, 2011) [1]  was an American artist whose work is best known from the late 1960s through the 2000s. Jones provided more than 150 covers for many different types of books through 1976, as well as venturing into fine art during and after this time. Fantasy artist  Frank Frazetta  called Jones "the greatest living painter". [2]  Although Jones first achieved fame as simply  Jeff Jones  and lived for a time as male, she later changed her name and was legally recognized as female.

Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta (/frəˈzɛtə/); February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010)

Frank Frazetta  (born  Frank Frazzetta  ( / f r ə ˈ z ɛ t ə / ); February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) [2] [3]  was an American  fantasy  and  science fiction   artist , noted for  comic books ,  paperback book  covers, paintings, posters,  LP record  album covers and other media. He was the subject of a 2003 documentary. Frazetta was inducted into the comic book industry's  Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame  in 1995 and the  Jack Kirby Hall of Fame  in 1999.

John Cuneo (born January 4, 1957)

John Cuneo  (born January 4, 1957) is an American  illustrator , whose work has appeared in many major publications, including  The New Yorker ,  Esquire ,  Sports Illustrated  and  The Atlantic Monthly . He has been awarded several medals from the  Society of Illustrators  in New York City. [1]  He is also the author of the 2007 book  nEuROTIC . [2] http://www.johncuneo.com/

Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967)

Franklin Christenson  " Chris "  Ware  (born December 28, 1967), [1]  is an American  cartoonist  known for his  Acme Novelty Library  series (begun 1994) and the graphic novels  Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth  (2000) and  Building Stories  (2012). His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional torment and depression. He tends to use a vivid color palette and realistic, meticulous detail. His lettering and images are often elaborate and sometimes evoke the ragtime era or another early 20th-century American design style. Ware often refers to himself in the publicity for his work in self-effacing, even withering tones. He is considered by some critics and fellow notable  illustrators  and writers, such as Dave Eggers, to be among the best currently working in the medium; Canadian graphic-novelist  Seth  has said, "Chris really changed the playing field. After him, a lot of [cartoonists] ...