The Lifetime Achievement Awards were established in 2005 by past chairs of The Original Art. Nominees must be judged to have a body of work that documents an innovative and pioneering contribution to the field of children's book illustration, and final selection is made by artists whose work has been juried into the show over the past six years. Two awards are given annually: one posthumously and one to a living illustrator.
2024: Fred Marcellino
Fred Marcellino (1939–2001), a painter, designer, and renowned creator of jacket art for adult books, fell in love with children’s book illustration when he created the pictures for A Rat’s…
Lisbeth Zwerger is an internationally acclaimed illustrator best known for creating captivating, lyrical, and whimsical pictures for classic tales. She was inspired by Arthur Rackham and other English artists of…