The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Mead Schaeffer PUBLICATIONS
1898 Freedom Plains, New York - 1980. Known for: Illustrator-action genre, marine.
An illustrator of a popular boys adventure book series as well as a number of classics and magazine covers, Mead Schaeffer had a distinguished career as one of America's top magazine and book... Read full biography
An illustrator of a popular boys adventure book series as well as a number of classics and magazine covers, Mead Schaeffer had a distinguished career as one of America's top magazine and book illustrators. His work, according to Walter Reed ("The Illustrator in America") "divides itself into two... Read full biography
An illustrator of a popular boys adventure book series as well as a number of classics and magazine covers, Mead Schaeffer had a distinguished career as one of America's top magazine and book illustrators. His work, according to Walter Reed ("The Illustrator in America") "divides itself into two periods: the early one deals with romantic, swashbuckling and theatrical subjects. The second, although still strong and dramatic, is based on authentic, factual themes and is more reportorial.". He was... Read full biography
An illustrator of a popular boys adventure book series as well as a number of classics and magazine covers, Mead Schaeffer had a distinguished career as one of America's top magazine and book illustrators. His work, according to Walter Reed ("The Illustrator in America") "divides itself into two periods: the early one deals with romantic, swashbuckling and theatrical subjects. The second, although still strong and dramatic, is based on authentic, factual themes and is more reportorial.". He was born in Freedom Plains, New York and studied at Pratt institute and with Harvey Dunn and Dean Cornwell. He was regarded as a brilliant student who illustrated his first of seven "Golden Boy" books by L.P. Wyman in 1923 when he was twenty five. He... Read full biography
An illustrator of a popular boys adventure book series as well as a number of classics and magazine covers, Mead Schaeffer had a distinguished career as one of America's top magazine and book illustrators. His work, according to Walter Reed ("The Illustrator in America") "divides itself into two periods: the early one deals with romantic, swashbuckling and theatrical subjects. The second, although still strong and dramatic, is based on authentic, factual themes and is more reportorial.". He was born in Freedom Plains, New York and studied at Pratt institute and with Harvey Dunn and Dean Cornwell. He was regarded as a brilliant student who illustrated his first of seven "Golden Boy" books by L.P. Wyman in 1923 when he was twenty five. He also did a number of illustrated classics for Dodd Mead including "The Count of Monte Cristo", "Les Miserbles", and "Moby Dick." . With the o... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesMaxfield Parrish and the American Imagists
2004Cutler, Laurence S, Judy Goffman Cutler & The National Museum of American Illustrators448 pages (color)The 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 pagesCovers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995Cohn, Jan298 pages (color)American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991Gilbert Anne1,991 pages (color)Mantle 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)Dictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesThe Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966Reed, Walt272 pages (color)Illustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945
1961Mahony, Bertha E (others)527 pagesIllustrating for the Saturday Evening Post
1951Halsey, Ashley Jr160 pagesPortrait of America
1945Crane, Aimee204 pages (color)