Illustrationintheworld

  Howard V. Brown (1878-1945) is a US illustrator who, even though his sf Illustration represented only a small proportion of his prodigious output, became one of the Big Four sf illustrators of the 1930s (with Leo Morey, Frank R Paul and H W Wesso). He received his formal art education at Chicago's Art Institute and became based in New York. Among the books that he illustrated during his early career were all six volumes of Katharine Elizabeth Dopp's educational Industrial and Social History series about our prehistoric ancestors, beginning with The Tree Dwellers (1904). He was cover artist for Scientific American circa 1913-1931, typically showing human figures dwarfed by gigantic technological projects. Starting with a simple, almost primitive style, Brown rapidly developed into one of the most dramatic cover illustrators of that era. His first cover for an SF Magazine proper was for the October 1933 issue of Astounding, the magazine having just been bought by Street ...

  Theodorus ("Theo") van Hoytema was born on December 18, 1863 in The Hague. He died on August 28, 1917, The Hague. Lived and worked in Leiden, Delft, Amsterdam, Rijswijk (South Holland) 1890-1891, Loosduinen until 1894, Voorburg until 1898, Hilversum after 1898, Amsterdam, London 1905, Rijngeest 1905-1906, Voorburg, The Hague (temporary Texel ). Van Hoytema studied at the Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten (Academy of Fine Arts) in The Hague. He was a painter but also a watercolourist, engraver and draftsman, specializing in animals and plants. He was an accomplished bird draughtsman and lithographer. He was a member of the Amsterdam artistic society “Arti et Amicitae”. He taught E.H.J. van Eysinga, A.E. Humalda van Eysinga, M. Cramer, Th. F. Goedvrind, Th. G. Meissner, G. Knuttel. Signed: Theo van Hoytema. He exhibits in Amsterdam, Arnhem and The Hague. His work can be found in the collections of Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Dordrechts Museum a...

  Alan Lee (Middlesex, 20 August 1947) is an English illustrator and painter, best known for being the first to illustrate The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien; in 2004 he won the Academy Award for best art direction with the film The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King by Peter Jackson. He graduated in graphics and design at Ealing School of Art. After graduation he worked as a freelance illustrator, mainly creating covers and illustrations, drawing inspiration in part from his interest in mythology and folktales. In the mid-1970s he left London for Dartmoor, Devon, with colleagues Marja Lee Kruyt (to whom he was married for many years) and Brian Froud. He quickly established himself as a world-renowned illustrator, painting delicate watercolors for many well-known books, including The Mabinogion, Castles, Merlin Dreams and Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Illiad, which earned him the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1978, together with Brian Froud, the...

Robert O. Reid was one of the most popular illustrators of the 30s and 40s, characterized by his work full of humor. Most of the work that the American Robert O. Reid carried out throughout his professional career could be considered as realistic illustrations filled with humor. Because He had a very particular style and accepted among the readers of that time, Reid quickly made his name in the publishing industry. From the late 1920s to the 1940s, the Robert O. Reid's illustrations appeared regularly in magazines such as Collier's, Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal, and The Saturday Evening Post. From August 1931 to December 1940, the prolific artist illustrated at least 35 Collier's covers and at least 40 stories in that magazine.