ON THE DIFFICULTY OF DRAWING WOMEN'S FACES

One could easily devote a long and joyful lifetime to cataloging the differences between men and women without ever pausing to consider the ...

HENRY PATRICK RALEIGH (1880-1944)

The illustrator Henry Raleigh started and ended life in poverty and despair. But in between, he spent decades painting high society pictures...

ART TO KILL SNAKES WITH

When Jonathan Williams was asked to define art, he responded, "If you can kill a snake with it, it ain't art." That definition...

HOT SCANDAL BREWING

Stanley Meltzoff was a brilliant artist, scholar and author. At the peak of his powers, he painted a masterpiece for the cover of LIFE magaz...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 29

This is why your grandpa spoke with such reverence about the great Al Dorne. 1953 illustration from Colliers about six greedy, shiftless son...

THE SPRINGTIME OF BOB PEAK

Bob Peak started out in the 1950s as just one of many young, capable illustrators. But in the 1960s, Peak caught fire and began turning out ...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 28

I love this drawing of a speeding police car. Note the frenetic lines for the flashing light; the car's shape distorted by speed, with t...