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<html> <head> <title>IH:Illus in America </title> <META name="Description" Content="Illustrator in America 1860-2000"> <META name="keywords" Content="illustrators, Cornwell, Rockwell, Parrish, Leyendecker, history of illustration" </head> <bBODY BG COLOR="999999"> <CENTER> <IMG SRC="images/IA_cover.jpg"><p> <FONT SIZE="6"> The Illustrator in America <br> 1860-2000 </FONT> <P><P><P> First published in 1964 and revised in 1984, this is the third edition <br> of The Illustrator in America. It now goes back in time to the Civil War <br> when artist reporters made on-the-spot pictures of the military action <br> for publication by newspapers and periodicals of the day. <p> Following the improvements in printing and the attractions of <br> better reproductions, the turn of the century brought a <br> "Golden Age of Illustration" spearheaded by Howard Pyle, Edwin Austin Abbey, A. B. Frost <br> and others, who brought it to a high art.<br> Illustrators were celebrities along with the authors whose works they pictured.<p> This history of 140 years of illustration is brought up <br> to the millennium year of 2000 when new computer-generated techniques <br> and digital printing is creating another revolution in this evolving, dynamic art form.<p> As before, the pictures and biographies of the outstanding artists of <br> each decade are presented along with the historical context of each ten-year period. <br> A time-line chart presents the various influences of styles, schools, and "isms" within <br> this diverse and vital field that has made such an important contribution to America's art. <p> Included are the works of over 650 artists, their biographies,<br> examples of their signatures and their best works. Among the artists are <br> Winslow Homer, Thomas Moran, Charles Dana Gibson, Frederic Remington, <br> William Glackens, Maxfield Parrish, N. C. Wyeth,James Montgomery Flagg,<br> J. C. and F. X. Leyendecker, Jessie Willcox Smith, John Held Jr., <br> Norman Rockwell, Dean Cornwell, John Falter, Harold von Schmidt, <br> Stevan Dohanos, Robert Fawcett, Austin Briggs, Al Parker, Bernie Fuchs, <br> Bob Peak, Brad Holland, Milton Glaser, Richard Amsel, Gary Kelley, <br> Leo and Diane Dillon, and Chris Van Allsberg. <P><P> <B>Available for $49.95, $12 shipping (CT and NY residents add appropriate sales tax) <BR> Call 212-966-9444 or email [email protected] to order your copy now!</B><P> Illustration House also offers <A HREF="book.html">other books about illustration</A>