Carl Erickson. American illustrator Carl Oscar August Erickson was born in Joliet, Illinois 1891 to Swedish immigrant parents. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although limited to only... Read full biography
Carl Erickson. American illustrator Carl Oscar August Erickson was born in Joliet, Illinois 1891 to Swedish immigrant parents. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although limited to only two years of schooling, his artistic talent attracted the likes of Marshall Field, Lord & Thomas... Read full biography
Carl Erickson. American illustrator Carl Oscar August Erickson was born in Joliet, Illinois 1891 to Swedish immigrant parents. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although limited to only two years of schooling, his artistic talent attracted the likes of Marshall Field, Lord & Thomas and other well known advertisement accounts in Chicago. In 1914 Eric, as he became known, made his way to New York to continue his advertising illustrations. In 1916 Eric made his debut in Vogue... Read full biography
Carl Erickson. American illustrator Carl Oscar August Erickson was born in Joliet, Illinois 1891 to Swedish immigrant parents. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although limited to only two years of schooling, his artistic talent attracted the likes of Marshall Field, Lord & Thomas and other well known advertisement accounts in Chicago. In 1914 Eric, as he became known, made his way to New York to continue his advertising illustrations. In 1916 Eric made his debut in Vogue magazine and by 1925 he was a regular artist on the magazine. He married Lee Creelman, a successful staff illustrator at Vogue, with whom he had one daughter, Charlotte. Eric dominated the field of fashion illustration for over thirty five years, creating... Read full biography
Carl Erickson. American illustrator Carl Oscar August Erickson was born in Joliet, Illinois 1891 to Swedish immigrant parents. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although limited to only two years of schooling, his artistic talent attracted the likes of Marshall Field, Lord & Thomas and other well known advertisement accounts in Chicago. In 1914 Eric, as he became known, made his way to New York to continue his advertising illustrations. In 1916 Eric made his debut in Vogue magazine and by 1925 he was a regular artist on the magazine. He married Lee Creelman, a successful staff illustrator at Vogue, with whom he had one daughter, Charlotte. Eric dominated the field of fashion illustration for over thirty five years, creating fashion illustrations and drawing society portraits. He regularly crossed the Atlantic to draw the fashionable and the rich (he... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (14)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration