by Daniel Zalkus | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
In Francis Marshall’s book “Magazine Illustration” he talks about the illustration business from the perspective of an artist living in the United Kingdom in 1959. However, he worked for many clients in the United States and his viewpoint is similar to what was going...
by Daniel Zalkus | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hank Ketcham (1920-2001) is a cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip, which he worked on from 1951-1994 (and is still published in newspapers today). The strip was based off his son Dennis, who was 4 years old when it debuted, and is set in a...
by Daniel Zalkus | Jan 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 1958 Ronald Searle (1920-2011) and his then-wife Kaye Webb took a trip to Paris where they documented it for their book “Paris Sketchbook”. Searle did location drawings using a fountain pen while Webb wrote the words. At the time Searle was already a well-known...
by Daniel Zalkus | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
David Stone Martin (1913-1992) is an artist who was born in Chicago and attended the School of the Art Institute for two years. He went on to become supervisor of mural projects for the Federal Arts program and worked as art director for the Tennessee Valley...
by Daniel Zalkus | Sep 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
I recently purchased a copy of Francis Marshall’s book “An Englishman in New York”. It contains a series of drawings created during a trip to New York in 1949. Marshall was a well known fashion illustrator who had a 10 year working relationship with Vogue Magazine in...
