Golden Age of American Illustration

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Jerry Weiss’s father, Morris Weiss, was a very successful cartoonist who also collected pictures from the Golden Age of American Illustration. Jerry Weiss, who was featured in the June 2008 issue of The Artist’s Magazine, credits his freewheeling approach to growing up with the works of fabulous draftsmen all around him.

To see examples of work by illustrators Jerry Weiss mentions, visit these sites.

Dean Cornwell
http://www.bpib.com/cornwell.htm

Normal Rockwell
http://www.americanartarchives.com/rockwell,n.htm

Harvey Dunn
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/dunn.htm

James Montgomery Flagg
http://www.americanartarchives.com/flagg.htm

J. C. Leyendecker
http://www.americanartarchives.com/leyendeceker,jc_studies.htm

Charles Dana Gibson
http://giam.typepad.com/100_years_of_illustration/charles_dana_gibson_and_his_imitators/index.html

Other wonderful Golden Age illustrators:

Jessie Willcox Smith
http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/Smith.html

N. C. Wyeth
http://www.americanartarchives.com/wyeth,nc.htm

Howard Pyle
http://www.americanartarchives.com/pyle,h.htm

To look up other illustrators whose work you’re interested in, visit:

Society of Illustrators/Museum of American Illustration
http://www.societyillustrators.org/museum/index.cms

National Museum of American Illustration
http://www.americanillustration.org/index2.html

American Illustrators Gallery
http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists.asp?G=&gid=111866&which=&rta=http://www.artnet.com

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