ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part five

Paging through Victorian era magazines you will find thousands of dull, unimaginative illustrations that long ago ceased to have relevance t...

DAVID LOW: TAKING AN EXTRA DAY TO MAKE IT LOOK EASY

Perhaps the best political cartoonist to emerge from the smoking cauldron of World War II was David Low.  The power of his simple, clear dra...

ADULT CONTENT IN A CHILD-LIKE PACKAGE

For most of the 20th century, the primary gripe against illustration was its simple-minded content. No matter how talented or skillful the a...

STEINBERG AT PLAY

© The Saul Steinberg Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY In the whole long clanging pageant of art, no artist ever combined words an...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING part four

For thirty years, William Steig did yeoman work drawing competent drawings of mildly amusing domestic scenes. He supported his family throug...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part three

© The Saul Steinberg Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Saul Steinberg was one of the greatest illustrators of all time. He was so ...