Pruett Carter was an illustrator who worked predominantly for women's magazines and was credited with being one of the few illustrators who was able to keep a creative edge working within in that... Read full biography
Pruett Carter was an illustrator who worked predominantly for women's magazines and was credited with being one of the few illustrators who was able to keep a creative edge working within in that market. He did paintings in watercolor and oil, and influenced by his childhood and later a move to... Read full biography
Pruett Carter was an illustrator who worked predominantly for women's magazines and was credited with being one of the few illustrators who was able to keep a creative edge working within in that market. He did paintings in watercolor and oil, and influenced by his childhood and later a move to California, also did western subjects. Carter was a highly influential teacher of illustration. He was dedicated to professional quality of work and attitude by illustrators and asserted they should take... Read full biography
Pruett Carter was an illustrator who worked predominantly for women's magazines and was credited with being one of the few illustrators who was able to keep a creative edge working within in that market. He did paintings in watercolor and oil, and influenced by his childhood and later a move to California, also did western subjects. Carter was a highly influential teacher of illustration. He was dedicated to professional quality of work and attitude by illustrators and asserted they should take themselves very seriously in what he perceived to be a multi-faceted profession. He described their role by saying: "The illustrator may be likened to the director of a motion picture, or a spoken stage-play. He must know his characters---their... Read full biography
Pruett Carter was an illustrator who worked predominantly for women's magazines and was credited with being one of the few illustrators who was able to keep a creative edge working within in that market. He did paintings in watercolor and oil, and influenced by his childhood and later a move to California, also did western subjects. Carter was a highly influential teacher of illustration. He was dedicated to professional quality of work and attitude by illustrators and asserted they should take themselves very seriously in what he perceived to be a multi-faceted profession. He described their role by saying: "The illustrator may be likened to the director of a motion picture, or a spoken stage-play. He must know his characters---their emotions and desires---he must set the stage, and direct the arrangement and action a... Read full biography
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About Pruett Carter: Books
Books & Publications (23)
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Robert Lougheed Follow the Sun
2010
Hedgpeth, Don
360 pages (color)
Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibition Records 1940-1951 and Water Color Exhibition Records 1900-1951
2009
Katlan, Alexander W.
623 pages
A Seed of Modernism- The Art Students League of Los Angeles (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Kovinic, Marian, Dr. Will South, Julia Armstrong-Totten (Pasadena Museum of California Art)
160 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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