The "Fashion Illustrator" is an artist who illustrates the designs of fashion designers. The ingenuity of these artisans dates back to the sixteenth century where illustrations of costume images have been found in books portraying local and traditional attire. Fashion illustration was unequivocally essential to the success of both fashion illustrator and designers alike. Utilized by both as a form of presenting there designs and artistry to the public by, publishing there works in early fashion magazines such as Lady's Magazine, La Galleries des Modes and later in Vogue.
The contributions of the fashion illustrator has been of great significance and remains a key component of the fashion industry. Although the introduction of fashion photography in 1913 has replaced fashion illustration as the more practical form of advertisement; now the two share an intertwined relationship, where it was once the sole leader.
Antonio Lopez (1943-1987)
Antonio Lopez designer and illustrator was born in Puerto Rico. He studied at the High School of Industrial Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Anotonio worked as a sketch artist until he got a job with designer Charles James, for whom he worked for a few years.(1882-1932)
Georges Barbier French illustrator and designer was born in Nantes, France. At the age of twenty-six he enrolled at the Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he attended from 1908 to 1910. He worked as an illustrator for the Gazette Du Bon Ton, Le Journal Des Dames and des Modes,
(1891 - 1981
Benito was born Edouard Benito in Valladolid, Spain in 1891. His artistic talent was discovered from an early age and he studied under the tutelage of painter Mignon, in 1910. Two years later, he was awarded a scholarship to study at the
(1900-1979)
French fashion illustrator Rene Bouet-Willaumez was born in Brittany, France in 1900. In 1929 he started working for the French edition of Vogue. He worked with Vogue for three decades, until the end of his career. His work was soft and fluid, usually pen and
French fashion illustrator and artist, Rene Bouche was born in France in 1906. He was a successful painter and portraitist of his time. He began illustrating exclusively in black and white, though in his later illustrations he developed a strong sense of color.
French illustrator, painter and engraver. Born in Paris, France in 1885. He graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He trained at the Atelier Fernand Cormon, together with other illustrators of his time like Andre-Edouard Marty, Charles Martin and
(1879 - 1949)
Italian fashion illustrator, painter and costume designer Umberto Brunelleshi was born in Montemurio, Italy. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. After graduating he concentrated his studies on nudes. After exhibiting his work in Italy, he
(1885 - 1961)
French illustrator Drian was born Adrian Desire Etienne into a poor family in Lorraine, France in 1885. He attended the Academie Julian where he took the pseudonym Drian, his own first name. An icon of the Art Noveau movement, his unique style
American illustrator, Carl Oscar August Erickson was born in Joliet, Illinoise 1892. Carl Erickson would received his formal art education at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although limited to only two years of schooling, his artistic talent attracted the likes of
Erte - (1892-1990)
Erte is recognized as one of the most notable fashion illustrators and costume designers; a master of the Art Deco style. He was born Romain de Tirtoff in St. Petersburg, Russia on November 23, 1892. He came from an aristocratic musical family loyal to(1867-1944)
Charles Dana Gibson was born in Roxbury, MA in 1867. Through family connections, at fourteen years of age Charles was apprentice to sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. After a year of apprenticeship, he leaves Saint-Gaudens and takes up pen and ink.
French-Italian illustrator Rene Gruau was born in Rimini, Italy; son of the Earl Alessandro Zovagli Ricciardelli delle Caminate and Maria Gruau. He later chose his mother's name as his pseudonym. The youngest of a large family, Gruau became an orphan
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