A noted illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration, late 19th to mid-20th century, Louis John Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. There he was a... Read full biography
A noted illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration, late 19th to mid-20th century, Louis John Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. There he was a member of the Architectural League, and the New York Watercolor Society. Among his talents other... Read full biography
A noted illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration, late 19th to mid-20th century, Louis John Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. There he was a member of the Architectural League, and the New York Watercolor Society. Among his talents other than illustration were fine-art painting, etching, ceramic designing. He and his equally talented brother, George Wooliscroft Rhead, collaborated on editions of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" and... Read full biography
A noted illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration, late 19th to mid-20th century, Louis John Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. There he was a member of the Architectural League, and the New York Watercolor Society. Among his talents other than illustration were fine-art painting, etching, ceramic designing. He and his equally talented brother, George Wooliscroft Rhead, collaborated on editions of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" and Tennyson's "Idylls of the King." Among the many books Louis Rhead illustrated are "Swiss Family Robinson," "Gulliver's Travels" and "Treasure Island." Although Rhead illustrated many childrens books and novels, he is best remembered for his posters, which... Read full biography
A noted illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration, late 19th to mid-20th century, Louis John Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. There he was a member of the Architectural League, and the New York Watercolor Society. Among his talents other than illustration were fine-art painting, etching, ceramic designing. He and his equally talented brother, George Wooliscroft Rhead, collaborated on editions of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" and Tennyson's "Idylls of the King." Among the many books Louis Rhead illustrated are "Swiss Family Robinson," "Gulliver's Travels" and "Treasure Island." Although Rhead illustrated many childrens books and novels, he is best remembered for his posters, which are still reprinted. His very few original prints are very scarce. Louis Rhead was froma family of well-known English artists, and was sen... Read full biography
Louis John Rhead - Artist Info
About Louis John Rhead: Books
Books & Publications (24)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Posters American Style
1998
Heyman, Therese Thau
192 pages (color)
Advertising, Artists & the Borders of Art
1995
Bogart, Michelle H
427 pages
Designed To Sell: Turn of the Century Posters
1994
Brandt, Frederick R
1,994 pages (color)
The Golden Age Of Children's Book Illustration (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Dalby, Richard
143 pages (color)
A Spectrum of Innovation Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Acton, David
304 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990
Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface
430 pages (color)
Japonisme Comes to America Japanese Impact on Graphics 1876-1925
1990
Meech, Julia/Gabriel Weisberg
256 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
American Art Posters of the 1890s in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1987
Kiehl, David W
199 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
Turn-of-the-Century America Paintings, Graphics, Photographs 1890-1910 (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Hills, Patricia
194 pages (color)
200 Years of American Graphic Art
1976
Hornung, Clarence/F Johnson
211 pages
American Posters of the Turn of the Century
1975
Keay, Carolyn
115 pages (color)
American Poster Renaissance
1975
Margolin, Victor
224 pages (color)
The Chromolithographs of Louis Prang
1973
McClinton, Katharine M.
246 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Heidi
1925
Spyri, Johanna
333 pages (color)
Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art (Exhibition catalog)