2008
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BURNE HOGARTH and VINCENT DI FATE
(1911-1996) I doubt that Burne Hogarth ever envisioned his modest row of drawing instruction bricks would serve as foundation for one of the most formidable commercial art institutions ever assembled. Hogarth maintained his focus on the human figure, or, more specifically, the dynamic qualities of anatomy in motion, which he believed to be at the core of all representational art ...
Vincent Di Fate continues to enjoy an extraordinary career at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Since he began teaching fifteen years ago, Vincent has taught a wide array of classes from Color Theory and The Art of Science Fiction through the History of Illustration.
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2007
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ROBERT WEAVER and BARBARA BRADLEY
Beginning in the 1950s, Robert Weaver epitomized a socially engaged approach to commercial
illustration, drawing the human drama from the immediacy of life. By integrating formal and conceptual currents from fine
art practices, he altered the practice’s methodologies...
After UC Berkeley, Art Center, and a career in New York at Charles E. Cooper Studios, Barbara Bradley, then known as
Barbara Briggs, returned to San Francisco. In 1958 she was invited to speak at the Academy of Art in San Francisco...
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2006
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HARVEY DUNN and ALICE “BUNNY” CARTER
Harvey Dunn is best remembered as a brilliant illustrator, one of America's greatest, whose career spanned four decades beginning in the 1910s. Around this time illustrators were in great demand; many were celebrities, caught up in a nation's insatiable appetite for information and entertainment through magazines...
It comes as no surprise that Alice A. “Bunny” Carter has risen to the highest levels of accomplishment as an award winning illustrator, an award winning writer, and a very dedicated award winning educator. Simply put, it’s in her DNA...
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2005
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RUDY GUTIERREZ
Rudy Gutierrez is the epitome of what a teacher of illustration should be. The following statement of purpose by Rudy does much to describe the essence of his spirit in the classroom; “The highest honor I can achieve is to assist a student to walk on his or her own path.”
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2004
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HOWARD PYLE
DAVID MACAULAY
The illustrations of Howard Pyle, N. A. (1853-1911) are as exciting now as they were over a century ago. As a teacher, Pyle attracted large numbers of students, and inspired them as much by his idealism as by the high standards he set for picture-making.
Macaulay was born in England and moved to the United States at the age of 11. He discovered a talent for drawing which lead him to the Rhode Island School of Design where he studied architecture. He has never practices as an architect, but uses his architectural training both in the obvious sense of the subject matter of his first several books and in his breaking down of large problems into smaller details.
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2003
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BEN EISENSTAT
His teaching career began by accident. When he returned to Philadelphia at the end of World War II, he decided to seek advertising assignments to support his family while he established himself as a painter.
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2002
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DAVID PASSALAQUA
A reading of Dave's resume clearly reveals his very impressive qualifications as an artist and designer. it is important to note that he continues to be creative and active as well as having a strong interest in learning and mastering new developing technologies.
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2001
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BARRON STOREY
TOM ALLEN
Barron Storey is a real teacher. I say this with great admiration and some envy. Seven years ago when I accepted the offer to chair the Illustration Department at the California College of Arts and Crafts, the first call I made was to Barron.
I met Tom for the first time six years ago when he became the Chairman of our illustration department here at Ringling School of Art and Design. Through Tom's work and friendship, it seems like I've known him forever.
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2000
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MARSHALL ARISMAN
PHIL HAYS
I've known Marshall Arisman for more than 30 years. We met when I began teaching a book illustration class at the School of Visual Arts in 1968. Marshall had just become Chair of Illustration and Cartooning.
In September of 1957 Phil Hays taught his first illustration class at the School of Visual Arts in New York. It was my good fortune to be a student in that class. Phil was not much older than his students were but he was already one of the top illustrators in America.
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1999
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MURRAY TINKELMAN
Many of Murray Tinkelman's former students share similar memories of the teacher who would be instrumental in launching their careers. What they recall is his tremendous enthusiasm and boundless energy.
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