Illustrators Reportage
Raymond Redvers Briggs was a British writer, illustrator, and cartoonist.
A professional illustrator, he worked on the design of children's books. In the 1960s, Briggs discovered his talent and ability to combine words and pictures, using a form of strip cartooning that defined his later work.
Briggs is best known for his wordless book The Snowman, published in 1978, a sort of cute children's tale but with deep meaning. The animated and musical versions of this book are popular in Britain and are shown annually at Christmas.
Paul Flora was an Austrian cartoonist, graphic artist, and illustrator known for his skill with pen and ink.
Flora's work has appeared in the famous New York Times and The Observer newspapers, and his drawings have graced the stamps of Liechtenstein and Austria. Paul Flora has been one of Europe's most famous illustrators since the 1960s.
He also produced books, films and sets.
Hans Fronius was an Austrian painter and illustrator. His work is considered an example of "expressive realism," and he painted portraits, street scenes, and literary interpretations. Fronius was one of the first to illustrate stories by Franz Kafka, as well as works by Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Albert Guillaume was a French artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and master of the poster.
Guillaume was a prolific illustrator: he worked for magazines, books, and almanacs, and his satirical drawings were published in Parisian humor magazines. He was also a painter and designer of theater posters and advertising posters. Working for the large Parisian printing company Camis, he designed a series of highly successful posters for commercial goods.
Auguste-Xavier Leprince was a French painter, lithographer, draughtsman and illustrator.
Leprince displayed his talent and pictorial genius in a variety of genres and techniques during his short but vivid life. He painted portraits and landscapes, scenes of rural and urban life, and illustrated books. Leprince's art left a deep trace in the painting of the early 19th century.
Edouard Riou was a French artist and illustrator.
Riou illustrated adventure novels by Jules Verne, The Count of Monte Cristo by A. Dumas, Ivanhoe by W. Scott, and Notre Dame de Paris by W. Hugo. He also produced illustrated albums devoted to various historical events, including the opening of the Suez Canal.
Gustav Traub is a German painter, graphic artist and illustrator.
After studying at the Karlsruhe Art Academy, Gustav Traub lived for a long time in Munich, where he created most of his landscapes of Upper Bavaria.
During World War II he participated in large exhibitions in Germany, where Hitler purchased some of Traub's paintings. He was also awarded the title of professor. In addition to his landscapes, Gustav Traub made many chalk drawings and book illustrations.
Renzo Vespignani was an Italian painter, printmaker, and illustrator, co-founder of II Pro e II Contro (Pro and Con), which sought to develop new directions in neo-realism. Vespignani's 1944 drawings realistically depicted the destruction of German-occupied Rome. He also illustrated works by Boccaccio, Kafka, and T. S. Eliot.
Benjamin Zix was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator.
He is known for accompanying Napoleon's military campaign, producing many battlefield drawings. Zix also painted portraits, mythological scenes, allegories, landscapes, and caricatures.