PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT KOSSIN'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF "THE BAY OF PIGS"

It seems that no one can talk about the illustrations of Sanford Kossin for more than sixty seconds before bringing up his illustrations of ...

THE LAST PAINTING OF GAUGUIN

Paul Gauguin is one of my favorite illustrators. He was also the ultimate outsider. He fought with authority figures such as police and cle...

ROBERT G. HARRIS (1911-2007)

The illustrator Robert G. Harris died a few weeks ago at the age of 96. His career spanned many of the glory years of illustration. Harris l...

RES IPSA LOQUITUR

I continue to receive comments scolding me for being too judgmental about certain art. I've always tried to follow the ancient advice of...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 16

This drawing by Orson Lowell appeared as a double page spread in Life Magazine on January 28, 1909. Lowell depicts the characters waiting ou...

COLOR IN THE MID-DAY SUN

We had fun looking at the way Frederic Remington saw vivid colors in the dark of night. Here, on the other hand, is a different illustrator ...

COLORS IN THE WESTERN MOONLIGHT

Cowboy illustrator Frederic Remington seemed to find a whole rainbow of luminous colors in the night. When other painters might reach for a ...

DAVID LEVINE: MUCH IS TAKEN, MUCH ABIDES

David Levine, whose caricatures adorned the New York Review of Books for more than 40 years, recently stepped down due to failing eyesight. ...

" NEW "

The artist Marcel Duchamp claimed it is easier to be original in the US because Americans are so ignorant about history: In Europe, the youn...