Franklin Booth: American Illustrator
2006Auad, Manuel (Editor)
128 pages (color)
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1874 Carmel, Indiana - 1948 New York, New York. Known for: Illustrator, illuminator.
An illustrator admired for his craftsmanship and imaginative works, Franklin Booth was born and raised on a farm in Carmel, Indiana. His career spanned the first third of the 20th century, and... Read full biography
An illustrator admired for his craftsmanship and imaginative works, Franklin Booth was born and raised on a farm in Carmel, Indiana. His career spanned the first third of the 20th century, and hallmarks of his art were his decorative borders, gnarled trees, classic hand lettering, and scrolls that... Read full biography
An illustrator admired for his craftsmanship and imaginative works, Franklin Booth was born and raised on a farm in Carmel, Indiana. His career spanned the first third of the 20th century, and hallmarks of his art were his decorative borders, gnarled trees, classic hand lettering, and scrolls that framed his distinctive signature. As a boy, Franklin Booth was determined to become an artist. By studying pictures in books and magazines such as "Scribner's" and "Harper's," then copying the... Read full biography
An illustrator admired for his craftsmanship and imaginative works, Franklin Booth was born and raised on a farm in Carmel, Indiana. His career spanned the first third of the 20th century, and hallmarks of his art were his decorative borders, gnarled trees, classic hand lettering, and scrolls that framed his distinctive signature. As a boy, Franklin Booth was determined to become an artist. By studying pictures in books and magazines such as "Scribner's" and "Harper's," then copying the pictures line by line, he developed a very controlled and detailed line technique. Photographic reproduction was only in its infancy at that time, so many of the pictures he studied were simply reproductions of wood and steel engravings. The style Booth... Read full biography
An illustrator admired for his craftsmanship and imaginative works, Franklin Booth was born and raised on a farm in Carmel, Indiana. His career spanned the first third of the 20th century, and hallmarks of his art were his decorative borders, gnarled trees, classic hand lettering, and scrolls that framed his distinctive signature. As a boy, Franklin Booth was determined to become an artist. By studying pictures in books and magazines such as "Scribner's" and "Harper's," then copying the pictures line by line, he developed a very controlled and detailed line technique. Photographic reproduction was only in its infancy at that time, so many of the pictures he studied were simply reproductions of wood and steel engravings. The style Booth developed was an amazing blend of antique appeal and artistry. His typical works were crafted with thousands of lines, creating effects of... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesFranklin Booth Painter with a Pen
2002Fleskes, John0 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001Reed, Walt452 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAmerican Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991Gilbert Anne1,991 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984Reed, Walt and Roger355 pages (color)Treasury of American Pen-and-Ink Illustration 1881 to 1938
1982Johnson, Fridolf149 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesGolden Age of American Illustration F R Gruger and His Circle
1978Perlman, Bennard B232 pages (color)American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper
1976Stebbins, Theodore E464 pages (color)The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966Reed, Walt272 pages (color)American Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists
1938Bolton, Theodore290 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesA History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One
1932Hartmann, Sadekichi363 pages