Tag Archives: Illustration

Beatrix Potter, Peter Rabbit, watercolor on paper, Beatrix Potter, Illustration from The Tale of Peter Rabbit, c. 1901, watercolor on paper, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter

Helen Beatrix Potter, the English author, illustrator, and natural scientist, was born on July 28, 1866 in London into a wealthy Unitarian family. As a child, she kept many small pets and had a collection of insects and butterflies that she frequently … Continue reading

Norman Rockwell, OURS… to fight for Freedom from Want, 1942, color lithograph, covered by fair use laws via Wikimedia Commons.

Take Five: Norman Rockwell, Art, and Illustration

This is the best-known image of Thanksgiving. Norman Rockwell, the painter and illustrator who created cover art for the Saturday Evening Post for forty years, painted this as part of a series entitled  Four Freedoms that promoted war bonds during … Continue reading