List of illustrators

This is an alphabetical list of notable illustrators.

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A

• Salomon van Abbé - etcher and illustrator of books and magazines
• Edwin Austin Abbey - American artist, illustrator, and painter
• Elenore Abbott - American book illustrator, scenic designer, and artist
• Jean Adamson - English children's author and illustrator
• Abed Abdi - Israeli Palestinian illustrator, painter, graphic designer and sculptor
• Dan Adkins - American illustrator of comic books and science-fiction magazines
• Attila Adorjany - Canadian fantasy illustrator
• Alex Akerbladh - Swedish-born UK comics artist
• Constantin Alajalov - American painter and illustrator
• Maria Pascual Alberich - Spanish book illustrator
• Annette Allcock - English children's book illustrator
• Thomas B. Allen - American painter and illustrator
• Thomas Allom - English architect and illustrator
• Chris Van Allsburg - American author and illustrator of children's books
• Yoshitaka Amano - Japanese artist illustrator for Vampire Hunter D
• Victor Ambrus - archaeological illustrator
• Raymond Ameijide - American illustrator and graphic designer
• Anne Anderson - Scottish children's book illustrator
• Lai Ann - Taiwanese cartoonist
• Honor C. Appleton - English children's book illustrator
• Arifur Rahman - Bangladesh-born Norwegian cartoonist
• Cosmo Armstrong - English line-engraver
• Peter Arno - American cartoonist
• Hans Arnold - Swiss-born Swedish illustrator
• James Arnold - English rural illustrator
• Rodolfo Arotxarena - Uruguayan caricaturist
• Steve Augarde - English children's book illustrator
• Margaret Ayer - American author; illustrator of books for children and adults
• Russell Ayto - English children's book illustrator

B

• Ken Bald - American illustrator and comic book artist
• Roberto Baldazzini - Italian illustrator and comic book artist
• Cyrus Leroy Baldridge - American artist, illustrator, author and adventurer
• Jan Balet - German-American painter, graphic artist and illustrator
• Asun Balzola - Spanish self-taught illustrator, writer and translator
• Edgar Henry Banger - British comics creator
• Eulalie Minfred Banks - British-American illustrator
• Istvan Banyai - Hungarian-born American commercial illustrator and animator
• George Barbier - French illustrator
• Cicely Mary Barker - English children's book illustrator and religious artist
• Carl Barks - American cartoonist, worked for the Disney Studio
• Angela Barrett - British artist and illustrator
• Niko Barun - Croatian cartoonist and illustrator
• Graeme Base - Australian author and illustrator of children's books
• Gary Baseman - American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, designer and animator
• Johanna Basford - Scottish illustrator
• Rudi Bass - Austrian-born American graphic artist, illustrator, and writer
• Richard Bassford - American illustrator for advertising and comic books
• John Batchelor - English artist and technical illustrator
• Vincent Batignole - French comic book artist
• John Dickson Batten - British painter, book illustrator and print maker
• John Bauer - Swedish illustrator concerned with mythology
• Pauline Baynes - English book illustrator
• Aubrey Beardsley - English illustrator and author
• Julie Bell - American illustrator
• Ludwig Bemelmans - American, known for Madeline children's books
• Earle K. Bergey - American artist and illustrator
• Jon Berkeley - Dublin-born illustrator and children's author
• Louisa Bertman - American illustrator, animator and visual narrative artist specializing in social and political advocacy
• Elsa Beskow - Swedish author and illustrator of children's books
• Rupert Besley - British illustrator
• David Biedrzycki - American illustrator and writer of children's books
• Alessandro Biffignandi - Italian illustrator
• Ivan Bilibin - Russian illustrator and stage designer
• Guy Billout - French artist and illustrator
• Charles Binger - known for SF and hard boiled covers
• Ned Bittinger - American portrait painter and illustrator
• Mary Blair - American artist, animator, and designer
• Quentin Blake - British, known for illustrating Roald Dahl books
• Ivan Blinov - Russian calligrapher
• Cheeming Boey - Malaysian artist
• Hannes Bok - American artist and illustrator
• Enoch Bolles - American painter of pin-up art
• Chesley Bonestell - American painter, designer and illustrator
• Melinda Bordelon - American painter and illustrator
• Tom Bouden - Belgian artist
• Eleanor Vere Boyle - illustrator of children's books
• Syd Brak - London based illustrator
• Anna Brandoli - Italian comic book artist
• Kaare Bratung - Norwegian illustrator and comic artist
• Lynn Breeze - British illustrator and author
• Molly Brett - English illustrator and children's author
• Rae Bridgman - Canadian anthropologist, author and artist
• Raymond Briggs - English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist
• Pierre Brissaud - French Art Deco illustrator, painter and engraver
• Steve Brodner - American satirical illustrator and caricaturist
• Gerald Brom - American gothic fantasy artist and illustrator
• Jason Brooks - artist, illustrator and author
• Gordon Browne - English artist and illustrator
• Hablot Knight Browne - English artist and illustrator
• Margaret Brundage - American illustrator and painter
• René Bull - British illustrator and photographer
• Nancy Ekholm Burkert - American artist and illustrator
• Mark Burrier - American cartoonist and illustrator
• Priscilla Susan Bury - English botanist and illustrator
• Sergio Burzi - Italian painter and illustrator
• Mitch Butler - illustrator and television personality

C

• Felicity Campbell - British painter and illustrator
• Aldo Capitanio - Italian comic book artist
• Fernando Carcupino - Italian illustrator, painter and comic book artist
• Edd Cartier - American pulp magazine illustrator
• Glenn Chadbourne - American artist
• Watson Charlton - British illustrator of children's books
• Earle D. Chesney - American cartoonist
• Lauren Child - English children's author and illustrator
• Richard Chopping - British illustrator and author
• Howard Chandler Christy - American artist and illustrator
• Edgar Church - American artist and comics collector
• Fabio Civitelli - Italian comic artist
• Alan M. Clark - American illustrator
• Harry Clarke - Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator
• John Cecil Clay - American illustrator
• John Clymer - American painter and illustrator
• Ted CoConis - American painter and illustrator
• Anthony Colbert - British illustrator and painter
• Hedvig Collin - Danish illustrator and painter
• Coop - American hot rod artist
• Frank Cadogan Cowper - British artist
• Kinuko Y. Craft - Japanese-born American painter, illustrator and fantasy artist
• Reed Crandall - American illustrator and penciller of comic books and magazines
• Donald Crews - American illustrator and writer of children's picture books
• Max Crivello - Italian artist, illustrator, and art cartoonist
• Robert Crumb - American cartoonist
• Thelma Cudlipp - American artist and book illustrator
• Stacy Curtis - American cartoonist, illustrator and printmaker

D

• Honoré Daumier - French printmaker, caricaturist, illustrator, painter and sculptor
• Geofrey Darrow
• Harry Grant Dart
• Jack Davis
• Reginald Ben Davis
• Jane Mary Dealy
• Adam Dechanel
• Jason Deeble - American author and illustrator
• Paul Degen
• Étienne Delessert
• John Henry Dell
• Christopher Denise
• W.W. Denslow - American illustrator
• Vince Deporter
• Peter de Sève
• Ali Dilem
• Brad Diller
• Leo and Diane Dillon
• Irv Docktor
• Richard Staples Dodge
• Angela Dominguez
• Franco Donatelli
• Donelan
• Gustave Doré - French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist and sculptor
• Brandon Dorman
• Denise Dorrance
• Ralph Waddell Douglass
• Richard Doyle
• Roger Drew
• Edmund Dulac
• Harvey Dunn

E

• Nicolas Eekman
• Lois Ehlert
• Edna Eicke
• Susan Einzig
• Will Elder
• David Elliot - New Zealand children's book illustrator and writer
• Craig Elliott
• Gil Elvgren
• Ed Emberley
• Peter Emmerich
• Ed Emshwiller
• Jack Endewelt
• Mark English
• Maginel Wright Enright
• Otto Eppers
• Erté
• Dulah Marie Evans
• Carl Eytel

F

• Jules Faber
• João Fahrion
• Frances C. Fairman
• Cathie Felstead
• Major Felten
• Jules Férat
• Nathalie Ferlut
• Alfons Figueras
• Rod Filbrandt
• Leonard Filgate
• Virgil Finlay
• Steve Fiorilla
• James Montgomery Flagg
• Jim Flora
• René Follet
• Mary Hallock Foote
• Henry J. Ford
• Hal Foster
• Marcia Lane Foster
• Julien Fournié
• Jane Frank
• Malcolm Fraser
• Frank Frazetta
• Kelly Freas
• Anthony Freda
• Chandra Free
• Barbara C. Freeman
• Oli Frey
• Brian Froud
• Bernie Fuchs
• Joseph Fuchs
• Thomas Fuchs
• Gyo Fujikawa
• Magdalena Rosina Funck
• Tom Funk
• Eva Furnari

G

• Wanda Gág
• Dumitru Găleșanu - Romanian book illustrator, writer and poet-philosopher
• Hector Garrido
• Zhenya Gay - American children's book illustrator
• Roman Genn
• Pencho Georgiev
• Eddie Germano
• Charles Dana Gibson
• Anne Yvonne Gilbert
• Eric Gill
• Margery Gill
• Willi Glasauer
• Milton Glaser
• Robin Preiss Glasser
• Frank Godwin
• Ted Goff
• Fabian Göranson
• Edward Gorey
• Erich von Götha de la Rosière
• Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom
• Carlos Grangel
• Vernon Grant
• Elizabeth Shippen Green
• Kate Greenaway
• Rebecca Guay
• Shekhar Gurera - India
• Vee Guthrie - American illustrator of children's books and cookbooks

H

• Dick Hafer
• Michael Hague
• Bob Hall
• Marcellus Hall
• Baron Barrymore Halpenny
• Clifford Harper
• Jim Harris
• Steven Harris
• Walter Haskell Hinton
• Ernest William Haslehust
• Catherine Haussard
• Elisabeth Haussard
• Adam Heller
• Ruth Heller
• Danny Hellman
• Brett Helquist
• Andrew Kennaway Henderson
• Joseph Morgan Henninger
• Cornelia Hesse-Honegger - Swiss scientific illustrator
• Don Hewitt
• Don Hillsman II
• Henry Hintermeister
• John Henry Hintermeister
• Jessica Hische - American lettering artist, illustrator and type designer.
• Susie Hodge
• Dick Hodgins Jr.
• William Hogarth
• Katsushika Hokusai
• Brad Holland
• Nicole Hollander
• Edgar Alfred Holloway
• Holling C. Holling
• Winslow Homer
• Jeff Hook
• Daniel Horne
• James Horvath
• John Howe
• Mentor Huebner
• David Hughes
• Debbie Hughes
• Rian Hughes - comic book artist and designer
• Jim Hummel
• Barry Hunau
• Robert Hunt
• Trina Schart Hyman

I

• Robert Ingpen - Australian artist and children's book illustrator
• Koji Ishikawa - Japanese children's book author and illustrator

J

• Robin Jacques - English children's book illustrator
• Al Jaffee - American cartoonist, notable for his work in satirical magazine Mad
• Jago - children's book illustrator based in Cornwall
• Zoran Janjetov - Serbian comic artist
• Kirk Jarvinen - American artist and illustrator
• James Jean - Taiwanese American visual artist
• Aurélien Jeanney - French illustrator and graphic designer
• Oliver Jeffers
• Alfred Garth Jones - English artist and illustrator
• Eddie Jones - British science fiction illustrator
• G.B. Jones - Canadian artist, filmmaker, musician
• Patrick J. Jones - sci-fi and fantasy painter from Northern Ireland, based in Brisbane, Australia
• Piet de Jong - British archaeological illustrator
• Federico Jordan - editorial and advertising illustrator

K

• Ingrīda Kadaka
• Arja Kajermo
• Victor Kalin
• Maira Kalman
• Jack Kamen
• Avi Katz
• Cosei Kawa
• Charles Keeping
• Jack Kent
• Dóra Keresztes
• Charles Kerins
• Kazu Kibuishi
• J. D. King
• Wyncie King
• Josh Kirby
• Cem Kızıltuğ
• Hilary Knight - known for illustrating Kay Thompson's Eloise books and some of the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books
• Lucy Knisley
• Shahar Kober
• E. L. Konigsburg - American writer and illustrator of young adult books such as From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth
• Ben Krefta
• Roy Krenkel
• Andrea Kruis
• Anita Kunz - Canadian artist, illustrator and Officer of the Order of Canada

L

• Agi Lamm
• Yvette Lapointe
• Antonio Lara de Gavilán
• Philippe Lardy
• Kivi Larmola
• Abigail Larson, 21st-century American
• Paul Laune
• Rick Law
• John Lawrence
• Edward Lear
• Alan Lee
• Suzy Lee
• John Leech
• Alfred Leete
• João M. P. Lemos
• Lois Lenski - American, wrote and illustrated historical and school-age books including Strawberry Girl and Shoo-Fly Girl
• Olive Leonhardt - American, cover illustrator for The Double Dealer magazine
• Cecil Mary Leslie
• Michael Leunig
• Celia Levetus
• Harris Levey - DC Comics illustrator
• Arnold Levin
• J. C. Leyendecker
• Kenneth Norman Lilly
• Selena Lin
• Oleg Lipchenko
• Virginio Livraghi
• Andrew Loomis
• Rafael Lopez
• Félix Lorioux
• Frederick Lowenheim
• Lubov

M

• Miel Prudencio Ma
• Annette Macarthur-Onslow
• David W. Mack
• Robert Maguire
• Matt Mahurin
• Gorg Mallia
• Mark Marderosian
• Marcel Marlier
• Michael Martchenko
• Antoinette Martignoni
• Emily Winfield Martin
• Felix Mas
• Fortunino Matania
• David Burroughs Mattingly
• Steve Mattsson
• Tatyana Mavrina - Russian artist and children's book illustrator
• John Alan Maxwell
• Mercer Mayer
• James Mayhew
• Angus McBride
• Winsor McCay
• Jeff McComsey
• James E. McConnell
• Jerry McDaniel
• Jim McDermott
• Thomas McIlvaine
• Craig McKay
• Dave McKean
• David McKee
• Shawn McManus
• Lilian Marguerite Medland
• Will G. Mein
• Farshid Mesghali
• David Messer
• Ken Messer - British watercolourist and illustrator
• Florence Meyerheim
• Ronald Michaud
• Yevgeniy Migunov
• H. R. Millar
• Mr Bingo
• Fanny Elizabeth de Mole - botanical illustrator
• Tim Molloy
• Chris Monroe
• Jeanne Montbaston
• Jacqui Morgan
• Lorin Morgan-Richards
• Barry Moser
• Colonel Moutarde
• Alfons Mucha
• Salvatore Murdocca
• Kelly Murphy

N

• Namboothiri
• Gogu Neagoe
• Kadir Nelson
• Vicky Newman
• Victo Ngai
• Kay Nielsen
• Christoph Niemann - German born illustrator and author, frequent New Yorker contributor
• Adam Niklewicz
• Ignacio Noe

O

• Violet Oakley
• John O'Carroll - British archaeological illustrator
• Alan Odle
• Elena Odriozola - Spanish and Basque children's book illustrator
• Power O'Malley
• Glen Orbik
• István Orosz
• Emre Ozdemir

P

• Sidney Paget
• Walter Paget
• Gaman Palem
• John Jude Palencar
• Fung Chin Pang
• William Papas
• Roberto Parada
• Eric Parker
• Peter Parnall
• Maxfield Parrish
• Dave Pascal
• Alan Stuart Paterson
• Frank R. Paul
• C. F. Payne
• Bob Peak
• Mervyn Peake
• Susan Beatrice Pearse
• Clara Elsene Peck
• Bob Penuelas
• Laura Pérez Vernetti
• Domingo F. Periconi
• Rosa C. Petherick
• Keats Petree
• Valerie Petts - English watercolourist and illustrator
• Mary Petty
• S. D. Phadnis
• LeUyen Pham - children's book illustrator
• Craig Phillips
• Françoise Pichard
• Thomas Mitchell Peirce
• André Pijet
• Brian Pilkington
• Rose M. M. Pitman
• Hanoch Piven
• Willy Pogany
• Beatrix Potter
• Richard M. Powers
• Ernest Prater
• Michael Mathias Prechtl
• Alice and Martin Provensen
• Howard Pyle

Q

• Rosane Quintella

R

• Arthur Rackham
• Alberto Rapisarda
• Chris Raschka
• Walter Ratterman
• Barb Rausch
• Leonard Raven-Hill
• Else Raydt
• Gardner Rea
• Mary A. Reardon
• Ralph Reese
• Marlene Reidel - German children's book illustrator
• Charles M. Relyea
• Emma Rendel
• Sarah Rhodes
• Renée Rienties - Dutch woman illustrator of comic books
• Robert Riger
• Elizabeth Rivers
• David Roberts
• Shelby Robertson
• Albert Robida - French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist and novelist
• Heath Robinson
• Christine Roche
• Norman Rockwell
• Laura Rodig
• Spain Rodriguez
• Lucinda Rogers
• Valentina Romeo
• Artie Romero
• Félicien Rops
• Don Rosa
• Rosalys - French author and illustrator of art books, children's books and exhibitions
• Ruth Rosekrans Hoffman
• Alex Ross
• Graham Roumieu
• Øystein Runde
• Willie Rushton
• Mark Ryden

S

• Robert Sabuda
• Wiktor Sadowski
• Alberto Saichann
• Xavier Saint-Just
• Armando Salas
• B. B. Sams
• Dan Santat
• Hal Santiago
• Norman Saunders
• Zina Saunders
• Allen Say
• Gerald Scarfe
• Richard Scarry - American creator of Busy Town
• Adolf Schrödter
• Simon Schwartz
• Richard A. Scott
• Steve Scott - American illustrator of comic books
• Henry Seabright
• Ronald Searle
• Wilhelmina Seegmiller
• Adrienne Segur
• Maurice Sendak
• Kate Seredy
• Charles Schneeman
• Ben Shahn
• Nick Sharratt
• Mark Shasha
• John Shelley
• Ernest Shepard
• Claude Allin Shepperson
• Dorothy Sherrill - illustrator of children's books that she wrote
• Gary Shipman
• David Shrigley
• John Sibbick
• Shel Silverstein - children's book author, illustrator, cartoonist, poet
• Anne Simon (comics) - bande dessinée author and illustrator
• Parismita Singh - author, illustrator, graphic novelist
• Peter Sís
• Jessie Willcox Smith
• Joseph A. Smith
• Lane Smith
• Cal Sobrepeña
• Fermín Solís
• Konstantin Somov
• Suzy Spafford
• Lancelot Speed
• Armstrong Sperry
• Art Spiegelman
• Peter Spier
• Minnie Dibdin Spooner
• Bob Staake
• Ralph Steadman
• Frederic Dorr Steele
• William Steig
• Ralph Stein
• Saul Steinberg
• Joan Steiner
• Karl Stirner - German painter, watercolorist and illustrator
• William Stobbs
• Barron Storey
• Willy Stöwer - German artist, illustrator, and author; prolific during the Imperial Period
• Helen Stratton
• Drew Struzan
• Anna Boudová Suchardová
• Lillie Sullivan
• Arthur Suydam
• Hiromi Suzuki
• Glynis Sweeny
• Christophe Szpajdel

T

• Emanuele Taglietti - Italian illustrator
• Douglas Tait
• Shaun Tan
• Margaret Tarrant
• Gary Taxali - Canadian artist known for his cartoon-style illustrations
• Françoise Taylor
• Prentiss Taylor
• Robert Tavener - English book and magazine illustrator
• Margaret Tempest
• Sir John Tenniel
• Henri Thiriet
• Béatrice Tillier
• Trini Tinturé
• Alton S. Tobey
• Margot Tomes
• Dolly Tree
• Stuart Tresilian
• Wallace Tripp
• Timothy Truman
• Tasha Tudor
• Michael Turner
• Dick Twinney
• Takashi Yanase - Japanese children's book author and illustrator

U

• Chen Uen
• Tomi Ungerer - French artist and a writer
• Clive Uptton
• Utisz

V

• Boris Vallejo
• Alberto Vargas
• Gee Vaucher
• Agaate Veeber
• Max Velthuijs
• Vhrsti
• Emilio Vilà

W

• Charles Wadsworth
• Dugald Stewart Walker
• Ernest Wallcousins
• Charles Waterhouse
• Arthur Watts
• Betty Temple Watts
• Robert Weaver
• Emil Weiss
• Jack Welch
• Don Weller
• Paul Wenzel
• Michael Whelan
• Jon Whitcomb
• Garth Williams
• Robert Williams
• Charles Banks Wilson
• Larry Winborg
• Eric Winter
• David Wisniewski
• Shannon Wright
• Jonathan Wolstenholme
• Ashley Wood
• Leslie Wood
• Hildegard Woodward
• George Wolfe Plank
• Frank Wu
• N. C. Wyeth

Y

• Chao Yat
• Marianne Young (1811–1897) India et al

Z

• Margot Zemach
• Laura Zuccheri
• Lisbeth Zwerger

See also

• List of caricaturists
• List of cartoonists
• List of graphic designers
• List of science fiction visual artists