Artists as Illustrators: An International Directory with Signatures and Monograms, 1800-Present

by John Castagno

Overview

With more than 14,000 entries of nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, this book is the most comprehensive international listing of artists as illustrators compiled to date. The entries include illustrators, sculptors, and fine art artists who have done illustrations for books, magazines, records, and posters. Biographical reference keys are provided with each entry. Approximately 4,000 of the listed artists are shown with a signature facsimile.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810821682
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/1989
Series:	The Scarecrow Art Reference Series
Pages:	645
Product dimensions:	9.99(w) x 11.28(h) x 1.85(d)

About the Author

John Castagno is a multimedia artist and sculptor. He has been an art researcher for the past forty years and also lectures on art and on art as an investment. Mr. Castagno's recent books include Abstract Artists: Signatures and Monograms, An International Directory, From 1900 (2007), American Artists II: Signatures and Monograms, From 1800 (2007), Artists' Monograms and Indiscernible Signatures II: An International Directory, From 1900 (2007), and European Artists II: Signatures and Monograms, From 1800 (2007).

Editorial Reviews

...this timely volume is the most detailed international listing of artists produced to date...an exhaustive job...can save the reader a tremendous amount of time and effort.

Fine Art and Auction

...has no competition...art libraries will want it.

Choice Reviews

...a useful reference tool...This is an important work and is recommended for art and museum libraries. The directory's uniqueness and value to art scholars make it a necessary acquisition for those academic libraries that support graduate study in art.

Rq

...well-done...will aid readers wanting biographical information about illustrators. At present no other comprehensive directory of information sources for illustrators exists.

Booklist

...extremely useful for any researcher, library, art collector, or dealer...highly recommended.

The Antiquer's Guide

...has no competition...art libraries will want it.

Choice

...a useful reference tool...This is an important work and is recommended for art and museum libraries. The directory's uniqueness and value to art scholars make it a necessary acquisition for those academic libraries that support graduate study in art.--Rq

...this timely volume is the most detailed international listing of artists produced to date...an exhaustive job...can save the reader a tremendous amount of time and effort.--Fine Art and Auction

...extremely useful for any researcher, library, art collector, or dealer...highly recommended.--The Antiquer's Guide

From the Publisher

...has no competition...art libraries will want it.

CHOICE

...well-done...will aid readers wanting biographical information about illustrators. At present no other comprehensive directory of information sources for illustrators exists.

Booklist

...a useful reference tool...This is an important work and is recommended for art and museum libraries. The directory's uniqueness and value to art scholars make it a necessary acquisition for those academic libraries that support graduate study in art.

RQ

Entries (some 14,000) include illustrators, sculptors, and fine art artists who have done book and magazine illustrations, booklet illustrations, or cover illustrations for books, magazines, records, and posters. Biographical reference keys are provided. About 4,000 of the listed artists are shown with a signature facsimile. Castagno also provides the following material: about 1,000 dual-nationality entries; when possible, full names, initials, nicknames, and pseudonyms; notation of questionable birth and death dates when they vary in different sources; and listings of many artists as illustrators. The serious art collector or dealer will want this book. The author plans to produce updates. Forthcoming in 1989 (Scarecrow) is American artists: signatures and monograms, 1800 to 1989. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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