Wilson McLean

Wilson McLean is one of the most respected contemporary illustrators. His long career has been built on making sophisticated pictures executed with the highest level of craftsmanship.

William Edwards

William Edwards was one of the great paperback illustrators of the sixties and seventies.

Anders Zorn (1860-1920)

Anders Zorn, a great Swedish painter and a master of printmaking.

Burt Silverman

Daniel Adel mentioned that he had studied with the esteemed Burt Silverman. Mr Silverman has achieved the distinction of being both a hall-of-Fame illustrator and major force in figurative gallery art. He has also had a sizeable impact on many students over the years.

Rolf Armstrong

Rolf Armstrong painted actresses and idealized girls-next-door which made him one of the highest paid commercial artists in America. He was considered the 'Father of Pin-Ups' after his first calendar pin-up which he created in 1919.

Natalie Ascencios

A graduate of New School University’s Eugene Lang College and Parsons School of Design, Ascencios has been a commercial illustrator since 1994. She has won many awards-for both illustration and puppetry.

Kennis and Kennis

Two Dutch identical twins, who make very beautiful scientific illustrations, focusing on the recreation of prehistoric life.

from their website:
"Human evolution was what interested us. We made clay models of drawings or we copied drawings of fossils and skulls. We still do. We're identical twins and always sat opposite each other to draw, which means you've always got your main competitor breathing down your neck. But the advantage is that you keep each other on your toes. No one spots any stylistic difference in our work, because the mix of our two styles forms one complex whole. But we only create animals and humans that really existed and they have to be scientifically accurate."

Lane Smith

Contemporary master of the children's book...

The art of Michael Alexandrovich Vrubel contributed to the establishment of the Symbolist movement in visual arts that flourished in Russia during the turn of the century. Though unappreciated in his own time, his art was given new life with the second generation of symbolists through association with the poetry of Block, Belyi, and Ivanov, the music of Scryabin and in Nijinsky’s choreography. Vrubel not only expressed himself in easel painting, but also in theater and costume design, decorative arts, sculpture, and book illustrations.

Dean Cornwell

Nikolai Fechin 1881-1955

Nicolai Fechin was born in 1881 in Kazan, Russia. Already an important artist and teacher, Fechin emigrated to to America in 1923 under the patronage of american illustrators including Dean Cornwell. His work, and his drawings in particular, have been influential to generations of artists.

N8 Van Dyke

check out www.n8vandyke.com

Joseph Clement Coll

Joseph Clement Coll (1881-1921)-Probably the greatest master of pen and ink in the history of illustration, Coll defined adventure illustration at the turn of the century- without the use of models or photography, but working entirely from his imagination.

Florence Academy Pallette

Courtsey of Professor Andy Amerai, Florence Academy, Italy

Robert Heindel 1938-2005

“ What is critical in all art endeavours is that ability to overcome fear: fear of not being understood, fear of exposing too much of yourself, fear of being rejected”
-Robert Heindel