Keith Haring, an iconic artist, blended high art and popular culture while advocating for social causes. His vibrant legacy continues to inspire and resonate globally.Read More →
Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes, a British wood engraver and sculptor, was a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, known for her masterful sculptures.Read More →
Clare Leighton, a prominent 20th-century British wood engraver, stained glass designer, and writer, had a significant influence on art and rural subjects. She became an American citizen in 1945.Read More →
One of my favourite pinup artists was Minnesota born Duane Bryers, creator of the famous Hilda, a pleasingly, popular and plump pinup girl. Bryers’ background was as interesting as his illustrations. Born in northern Michigan, he excelled at acrobatics as a child. His family moved to Virginia, Minnesota, at 12 and he soon had the neighbourhood gang putting on the “Jingling Brothers circus, complete with burlap-sack sidewalls.Read More →
Paul Iribe (1883–1935), a French designer and illustrator, played a significant role in the Art Deco movement through fashion, advertising design, and theatrical work.Read More →
He was born in London and had a brother, Hugh, an Angling Editor of The Field. He attended the King’s School, Gloucester, the Slade School of Fine Art (1899–1901), and the Sorbonne, Paris (1904–1906).Read More →
In the early 1900s, he was a designer for Porsgrunds Porselaensfabrik, Porsgrunn. In 1882 Kittelsen was granted a state scholarship to study in Paris. In 1887 he returned to Norway for good. When back in Norway, he found nature to be a great inspiration. He spent the next two years in Lofoten, where he lived with his sister and brother-in-law at Skomvær Lighthouse. Kittelsen also started to write texts to his drawings there. Read More →
London-based painter and illustrator Hattie Stewart is renowned for “doodlebombing” influential magazines with humorous and whimsical doodles, creating new meaning and artistic exploration.Read More →
Walter Molino, an influential illustrator from 1935, was renowned for his vivid, dynamic artwork depicting life-and-death scenarios, notably as chief cover illustrator for La Domenica del Corriere. Read More →
Yoshitomo Nara, a Japanese artist known for his large-eyed figures, has gained global recognition through exhibitions and influences from music and childhood experiences in post-war Japan.Read More →