This ever-expanding reference list provides background on a diverse spectrum of illustrators across time, cultures, and artistic styles.
James Ransome
Illustrator of children’s books focusing on African American figures in history, politics, sports, and the arts.
Walt Reed
An artist, author, and art historian, Reed made a lifelong commitment to scholarship related to the art of illustration.
Faith Ringgold
Painter, book illustrator, sculptor, performance artist, and writer who has worked across media, styles, and techniques.
Norman Rockwell
Best-known for his iconic "Saturday Evening Post" covers, he inspired generations of Americans.
Peter Rockwell
Notwithstanding his famous parentage, Peter Rockwell became an accomplished artist and author in his own right.
Alex Ross (Alexander Sharpe Ross)
Prolific illustrator of magazines from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Charles Marion Russell
Known as ‘’the cowboy artist," Russell was a painter and sculptor of the American West and Canada.
Tony Sarg
German-American puppeteer and illustrator regarded as the father of modern puppetry in North America.
Emanuel Schongut
Schongut has illustrated for advertising, book design, and poster art, and his own children's books.
E.H. Shepard
Illustrator and cartoonist who worked at "Punch;" best known for illustrating Winnie the Pooh.
Whitney Sherman
Award-winning illustrator and Founding Director of the MFA Illustration Practice program at MICA.