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Medium: Illustration Board
Australian Aboriginal Fairy Tale in Jungle Scene Fantasy like Paul Gauguin
Located in Miami, FL
Brilliant Italian Illustrator Gianni Benvenuti paints a moody fantasy that illustrates an Australian Fairy Tale. A young and fit Aboriginal man is scene chasing a beautiful Aborigin...
Category
1960s Surrealist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Imperial Woodpecker, aka Ivory Billed Woodpecker, Ornithology, Birdwatching
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John Livzey Ridgeway (American, 1859-1947)
Signed: J. L. Ridgway
Imperial Woodpecker, aka Ivory Billed Woodpecker, c. 1898
Gifted to Doris B...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Ferrari Berlinetta 563, circa 1964, Gouache Illustration by Jack Leynnwood
By Jack Leynnwood
Located in Long Island City, NY
This gouache painting on illustration board was created by American artist Jack Leynnwood. Fascinated by aviation from a young age, Leynnwood did kit illustrations of everything from military aircraft to rigged ships, Rat Finks, Flash Gordon, space ships and Ed “Big Daddy...
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1960s Photorealist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
“Waterfall with Birches”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor of a waterfall with birch trees on illustration board by the well known American artist, William Paskell. Signed lower left. Condi...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Lanzarote, Portugal - Hyper Realistic Windmill Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed drawing of a windmill on a farm in Portugal by M. Mayer (20th Century). A large, rustic windmill is the central focus of the piece, towering above the nearby trees an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Pencil
“Winter Evening”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on archival Molvin arches paper by the well known American illustrator Fred Sweney. The scene depicts Central Park in New York City in a winter landscape with figures in conversation under an illuminated lamp post. Signed lower right. Titled verso in pencil with American Scene magazine #32 and page 30...
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1960s American Realist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Vintage Bi-Plane Watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage bi-plane
Category
20th Century Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
'Figural', Carmel, California Post-Impressionist, Ruskin School of Art, Madrid
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A large study of several people in action contrasted against a background of saffron yellow and cerulean blue.
Signed lower right 'Moesle', painted circa 1975 and titled verso 'On ...
Category
1970s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 11, 2001, Ink on Mat Board, 32 x 40 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 14, 2001, ink on mat board, 40x 32 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
Early 2000s Suprematist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
'Harvest Time', Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, London Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Hammond' for Horace Murray Hammond (British, circa 1879-1966) and dated 1921.
A luminously painted, bucolic view of harvest time in England with the lilac of the evening casting a soft light over the contented horses and loaded hay-cart, as the harvesters come to the end of their day's labors.
Son of the noted landscape painter, Robert John Hammond, Horace Hammond was born and raised in Warwickshire. In 1927, he moved, first to Worcestershire and then to London. Over the course of a long and successful career, Hammond exhibited widely, including at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and at London's Royal Academy, among numerous other locations. A well-listed painter...
Category
1930s Academic Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Cal Nord, Denmark - Hyper Realistic Windmill Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed drawing of a windmill on a farm in Denmark by M. Mayer (20th Century). A large rustic windmill is the central focus of the piece, towering above the nearby trees and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Pencil
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 9, 2001, 25 x 30 inches, Ink on Mat Board
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 12, 2001, Ink on Mat Board, 40 x 32 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
'Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey', Modernist California Artist, Crocker Art Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Backman" for Muriel Backman (American, 1902-1996), titled verso and dated 1955.
A vibrant Modernist work by this notable California woman artist who exhibit...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Graphite
Nightie Night - 5"x9", Small Framed Artwork, White, Beige, Feminine
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
A soft neutral palette used in this artwork adds to the graceful, feminine quality of the subject matter. Focus is placed on the blending of delicate detail and expressive brush wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Illustration Board
Pretty In Pink - 3, (5.75" x 8.5") Framed Original Artwork, Dress Painting
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This original artwork on board combines delicate detail with expressive brushwork. The outcome offers a soft, feminine aesthetic, with a flowing pink draped gracefully against a fine...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Illustration Board
'Sunset Landscape with Cottage', Large 19th c. American Watercolor
By W.C.Eisen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, antique landscape showing a view of a picturesque rustic cottage standing beside a pond at late sunset. An unusually large and atmospheric watercolor with exceptionall...
Category
Early 1900s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #5" drawing and layered paper sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 9"h x 11"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Char...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #13
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 9"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Charles Clary was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Bridge at Sonning on Thames /// Antique British Watercolor Bridge Architecture
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Alfred Sale Watson (English, Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century)
Title: "Bridge at Sonning on Thames"
*Signed and dated by Watson lower left
Year: 1905
Medium: Original Gouache/Watercolor Painting on thin Illustration Board
Framing: Recently framed in a gold brush and rope-motif moulding with hand decorated archival French matting
Framed size: 26" x 31.88"
Matted size: 20.25" x 26.25"
Image size: 15" x 21"
Condition: Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition
Notes:
It is also titled and dated on verso, likely by a previous dealer.
Sonning is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Board
"Looks Like a Nice Getaway Spot, " Blue Landscape Oil Pastel scene signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Looks Like a Nice Getaway Spot" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. This piece features a surrealisti...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
Exploding Nude Orgasm, Original Illustration for Oui Magazine by Dennis Magdich
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dennis Magdich is one of America's leading illustrators and artists. His work has been published around the world in PLAYBOY and OUI magazines since 1975....
Category
1970s Pop Art Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Flowers for Mary #2
Located in Dallas, TX
Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University. She has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Flowers for Mary #3
Located in Dallas, TX
Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University. She has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board
"I Met a Virtuous Woman, " Oil Pastel on Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"I Met a Virtuous Woman" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece upper left. This piece features an expansive, surreal...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"No More Electric Toothbrushes, " Oil Pastel signed on Verso by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"No More Electric Toothbrushes - Part I" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The Artist signed the piece on the back. This piece features abst...
Category
1980s Expressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
Orange Envelope, Watercolor and pencil realist still life, 2016
By Margot Glass
Located in New York, NY
Margot Glass explores the fragility of communication, and people’s natural drive to find narrative in even the most ordinary of objects. In her Envelopes series, Glass works in water...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
1958 Broadway Musical Revue, "International Soiree"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1958 Broadway Musical Revue `International Soiree`, starring French singing star Patachou, Hiram Sherman. Featuring Spanish flamenco dancers Caracolillo and Maria Rosa, Belgian pantomimist Cornelis and George La Faye`s French puppets...
Category
1950s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
"Baghdad Rain, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Baghdad Rain" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It depicts some abstracted figures in a dream-like...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Please Don't Offer Me Billions or Rivers, Rifles, Roigs & Rogues..." Oil Pastel
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Please Don't Offer Me Billions or Rivers, Rifles, Roigs, & Rogues or... But They Still Think Fear Is Good" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee...
Category
1980s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Not Intended For Office Viewing Series Section F" Oil Pastel by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Not Intended For Office Viewing Series, Section F" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. This piece fe...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Gold Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil pastel on illustration board
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Yellow Daises" - Watercolor on Illustration Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant, saturated watercolor of yellow daises and other flowers by Walnut Creek, California artist Olga Degles (French/American, 1911-1999). Several dais...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
"Space Sense, " Multi-scene Oil Pastel on Illustration Board by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Space Sense" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features three distinct scenes--a green rainy scene with two figure...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Catching A Fish, " Gouache and Watercolor, Signed
By Tom Rost
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Catching A Fish" is an original gouache and watercolor painting on illustration board. It is signed in the lower left by the artist Tom Rost.
25" x 20 5/8" art
30 5/8" x 24 3/4" framed with museum glass
Tom Rost spent most of his life in Wisconsin, graduating from the Milwaukee State Teacher's College (now the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). He began his artistic career as an illustrator for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and the Treasury Department. Later, he began illustrating for the Milwaukee Journal and then left to work in New York with the Field...
Category
1950s American Realist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
"Greco Roman Nuko Lok - The Forefront, " Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Greco Roman Nuko Lok - The Forefront" is an original oil pastel on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the upper left. This piece depicts multiple ...
Category
1980s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 15, 2001, ink on mat board, 32x 20 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
Early 2000s Suprematist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
"The Sound of Color, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Sound of Color" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features an abstract figure in...
Category
1980s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Techniques of Meditation, " Oil Pastel Landscape signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Techniques of Meditation" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. It depicts a variety of abstracted figures in brightly-colored landscapes. The ...
Category
1980s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Dedicated to Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, IL, USA, " by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dedicated to Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, IL, USA" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It de...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Coaster Condo, " Oil Pastel on Ragboard Marina View signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Coaster Condo" is an original oil pastel drawing on ragboard by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork depicts two people outside of a condo building ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Nourishment, Shelter, Clothing, Art, " Surreal Oil Pastel by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nourishment, Shelter, Clothing, Art" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. This piece features an abst...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Some More of Those Toothbrushes - Part 2, " Abstract Oil Pastel by Reggie K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Some More of Those Toothbrushes - Part 2" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist created this piece with gestural, abstract marks in yellow, blue, red, gre...
Category
1980s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Surrealist Composition, " Ink on Board Drawing by Marvin Hill
By Marvin Hill
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Surrealist Composition" is an original ink on fourply museum board by Marvin Hil. It depicts a man balancing on a point over a faceless man and hovering above pyramids.
15 1/4" x ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
"Black Cloud Over Chenequa, " Oil Pastel and Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Black Cloud Over Chenequa" is an original oil pastel and watercolor piece on museum board by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It features a dark cloud ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Rowing Sculling Team Regatta, Life Magazine - African American Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbell was the first African-American illustrator/ cartoonist published in nationally distributed, slick magazines, he created Esky, the familiar pop-eyed mascot of Esquire. This early work of 1930 was done on assignment for an interior page of Life Magazine. It features two Rowing teams engaged in spirited competition with cheering onlookers. This is a highly stylized black-and-white illustration and is masterfully executed. The work is composed of two illustrations, 6 x 9 inches and 2-3/4 x 2 inches respectively. It is initialed center bottow ESC. unframed
Campbell left the University of Chicago and transferred to and received his degree from the Chicago Art Institute.[3]
Professional career
During a job as a railroad dining-car waiter, Campbell sometimes drew caricatures of the train passengers, and one of those, impressed by Campbell's talent, gave him a job in a St. Louis art studio, Triad Studios.
He spent two years at Triad Studios before moving to New York City in 1929. A month afterward, he found work with the small advertising firm, Munig Studios, and began taking classes at the National Academy of Design.During this time, he contributed to various magazines, notably Life, & Judge
Following the suggestion of cartoonist Russell Patterson to focus on good girl art, Campbell created his "Harem Girls", a series of watercolor cartoons that attracted attention in the first issue of Esquire, debuting in 1933. Campbell's artwork was in almost every issue of Esquire from 1933 to 1958 and he was the creator of its continuing mascot, the cartoon character in a silk top hat.
He also contributed to The Chicagoan, Cosmopolitan, Ebony, The New Yorker, Playboy, Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, Pictorial Review, and Redbook.
His commercial artwork for advertising included illustrations for Barbasol, Springmaid, and Hart Schaffner...
Category
1930s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Gouache, Pencil
Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
115 years after they were created, one can view these silhouettes differently than the artist’s intent.
After all, the genesis of this work was an editorial illustration for Life Magazine to showcase elaborate women’s hats.
They were done for a commercial assignment with a deadline, and picky editors were overseeing the final work.
Today, they have a dual meaning.
These charming silhouettes are abstractions as much as they are representations.
Moreover, each one is a compact little gem stuffed with observational detail.
Golden Age female illustrator Jesse Gillespie's mastery of technical skill, is apparent in minute details and composition.
Young women, old women, pendants, necklaces, feathers, and laced vails all contribute to the works understated complexity.
The identity of the subjects are revealed by small areas of exposed neck and chin.
As the viewers eyes goes from left to right - all six silhouettes read as fashion hieroglyphs in a sentence with a visual rhythm and cadence. .
Initialed JG lower right., Matted but not framed.
Published: Life Magazine, March 17th, 1910.
Provenance: Honey and Wax Bookstore
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jessie Gillespie Willing (March 28, 1888 – August 1, 1972) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of illustration. She was considered the foremost silhouette illustrator of her time, although she did traditional illustration as well. Willing illustrated for books and magazines including Life, The Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Mother and Child, McClure's Magazine, Childhood Education, the Sunday Magazine, Association Men (the magazine of the YMCA), Farm and Fireside, Every Week, Children: The Magazine for Parents (which became Parents Magazine), and the American Magazine. She is perhaps most well known for her work for the Girl Scouts.
Early life
Willing was born in Brooklyn on March 28, 1888 to John Thomson Willing (August 4, 1860 – July 8, 1947)[1][2] and Charlotte Elizabeth Van Der Veer Willing (December 1, 1859 – March 4, 1930).[3] Thomson Willing was a noted illustrator and art editor. He was also well known for finding new artistic talent. Jessie Willing was the eldest of three children. Her brother Van Der Veer (November 30, 1889 – January 14, 1919), who died of pneumonia at the age of 29, was an advertising agent.[4] Her sister Elizabeth Hunnewell Willing (July 26, 1908 – August 15, 1991) was one of the first women to graduate from the Philadelphia Divinity School.[5][6] Elizabeth married the Rev. Orrin Judd, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, on September 22, 1931, and was active in church work.[citation needed]
The Willing family moved to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1901 or 1902. Jessie Willing attended the Stevens School, from which she graduated in 1905. She then went on to attend the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1907.[7][8]
Career
Willing used her middle name Gillespie as her professional surname. She also often signed her illustrations J.G.[9] The story goes that the art editor of Life magazine was in Thomson Willing's office when he was the art editor of the Associated Sunday Magazine syndicate. Thomson Willing had some of Jessie's artwork on his desk, which the Life editor saw and admired. He asked for the artist's information so that he could give her freelance work. Thomson Willing did not want to be accused of nepotism so he persuaded Jessie to use Jessie Gillespie as her professional name, which she did.[10][11]
In addition to her extensive illustration work, Willing was also the editor of Heirlooms and Masterpieces from 1922 to 1931 and the art editor of Jewelers' Circular-Keystone from 1933 to 1939.[12] She specialized in jewelry publicity and advertising. In 1966 she won the Gold medal of the Printing Week Graphic Arts Exhibit in Philadelphia for her Christmas catalog for J.E. Caldwell Co., Philadelphia.
Willing was a member of the Plastic Club of Philadelphia,[13] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the National Arts Club of New York.[14] She was an honorary life member of the National Arts Club[15] and served on its Board of Governors from 1941-1970. In 1963, she received the Gold Medal of the National Arts Club in recognition of 32 years of selfless devotion.[15] Additionally, she was the national director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1943 to 1946.[15] Previous to this she served as the Program Chairman of the AIGA and in that position she put together a travelling exhibit on the "history of narrative art from the first recorded picture story to the comic book of the twentieth century."[16][17]
Illustrations in books
With Tongue and Pen--Frederick Bair, et al. (MacMillan, 1940)
Masoud the Bedouin--Alfred Post Carhart (Missionary Education Movement, 1915)
The Path of the Gopatis--Zilpha Carruthers (National Dairy Council, 1926)
The Schoolmaster and His Son: A Narrative of the Thirty Years War--Karl Heinrich Caspari (Lutheran Publication Society, 1917)
On a Rainy Day--Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Sarah Scott Fisher (A.S. Barnes and Co., 1938)
Book of Games for Home, School and Playground--William B. Forbush and Harry R Allen...
Category
1910s Victorian Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Green Lady
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on illustration board
Christian Frederiksen is a Georgian artist born in 1989 who lives and works in Calgary, Canada. He loves to experiment with new ways of creating imager...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
Caricatures of Four Broadway Male Stars, Sept. 1946 (4)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of four Broadway male stars, Sept 1946, including Lew Parker, Ri...
Category
1940s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Sun-Scorched Seaweed
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil and Acrylic on illustration board
Christian Frederiksen is a Georgian artist born in 1989 who lives and works in Calgary, Canada. He loves to experiment with new ways of creatin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - The Fire Tree
Located in Paris, IDF
Chalk pastel and acrylic on illustration board
Christian Frederiksen is a Georgian artist born in 1989 who lives and works in Calgary, Canada. He loves to experiment with new ways o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Illustration Board, Acrylic
"Oklahoma!", the Broadway Musical
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), promoting `Oklahoma!` the Broadway Musical, with Harold (Howard) Keel replacing Alfred Drake in the lead role of Curley, ca 1946. He is depicted with (l to r), Bruce Hamilton as Jud Fry, Ruth Weston as Aunt Eller, Mary Hatcher...
Category
1940s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Hotel Futura Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Men Who Plan Beyond Tomorrow” Advertising campaign for
The world’s incredible technological inventions that we take for granted today …..
Provenance: Edgar Bronfman Sr. former C...
Category
1940s Futurist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
"Friday Morning, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Friday Morning" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the upper right. It depicts a city in a rainstorm with sma...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Creatures, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Creatures" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features abstracted "creatures" in bright colors. ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Upside Down Couple Strolling To Lunch, " Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Upside Down Couple Strolling to Lunch" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and upper left. This piece...
Category
1990s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Dorothy Claire and James L. O'Neill in "Finian's Rainbow"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This piece is on 10.00" x 15.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 9.00" x 8.25."
The illustration was used for the New York Herald Tribune. Includes clipping.
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dorothy Claire and James L. O`Neill in the 1947 Broadway production of `Finian`s Rainbow` at the 46th St Theatre. These two replaced Ella Logan and Albert Sharpe part-way through the run, which was 1/1/47 to 10/2/48 for 725 performances. Directed by Bretaigne Windust, designed by Jo Mielziner...
Category
1940s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
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