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Illustration Magazine http://www.illustration-magazine.com is a full-color quarterly periodical
Periodical publication
Periodical literature is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar examples are the newspaper, often published daily, or weekly; or the magazine, typically published weekly, monthly or as a quarterly...

 first published in October 2001 by The Illustrated Press, Inc. Edited, published, and designed by founder Daniel Zimmer, each issue features biographical articles on notable American (and some international) illustrators from the Golden Age of illustration (1860 to 1950.) 22 issues have been produced as of April 2008, and some of the many illustrators featured in previous issues include: Haddon H. Sundblom
Haddon Sundblom
Haddon Hubbard "Sunny" Sundblom was an artist best known for the images of Santa Claus he created for The Coca-Cola Company.-Background:Sundblom was born in Muskegon, Michigan to a Swedish-speaking family...

, James Avati
James Avati
James Avati was an American illustrator and paperback cover artist. His father was a professional photographer in New York City. His mother died shortly after Jim's birth. He was raised by his aunt and eventually, his father married her...

, Norman Saunders
Norman Saunders
Norman Blaine Saunders was a prolific commercial artist who produced paintings for pulp magazines, paperbacks, men's adventure magazines, comic books and trading cards...

, Perry Peterson, Eugene Iverd, Robert Maguire
Robert Maguire
Robert A. Maguire , or R. A. Maguire, was a twentieth century American illustrator and fine artist. Known primarily for his crime noir paperback cover art, he has produced artwork for over 600 covers since 1950...

, Sam Savitt
Sam Savitt
Sam Savitt was an equine artist and author, as well as an illustrator of over 100 books. He was the official illustrator of the United States Equestrian Team, and a founding member of the American Academy of Equine Artists...

, Stanley Meltzoff
Stanley Meltzoff
Stanley Meltzoff was an American painter and was most known for his marine paintings The artist attended the MA Inst. Fine Arts, NYU, 1940 and the Art Students League of New York. He was a soldier Artist-Journalist with Stars and Stripes, Italy World War II 1941-45. The artist became a full time...

, James Dwyer, Frank Frazetta
Frank Frazetta
Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for work in comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media...

, Roy G. Krenkel, Robert Peak
Bob Peak
Robert "Bob" M. Peak was an American commercial illustrator best known for innovative design in the development of the modern movie poster....

, Reynold Brown
Reynold Brown
Reynold Brown was a prolific American realist artist who drew many Hollywood film posters....

, William George, Enoch Bolles
Enoch Bolles
Enoch Bolles was an American painter of pin-up art. He was among the earliest and most widely circulated glamour illustrators...

, Rafael DeSoto, Robert Bonfils, Robert G. Harris, Harry Anderson
Harry Anderson (artist)
-External links:* from GoodSalt.com...

, John R. Neill
John R. Neill
John Rea Neill was a magazine and children's book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum's, Ruth Plumly Thompson's, and three of his own. His pen-and-ink drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series...

, Bernie Fuchs
Bernie Fuchs
Bernie Fuchs was an American illustrator known for advertising art, magazine illustration and portraiture, including for a series of U.S. postage stamps.-Biography:...

, W.T. Benda
Władysław T. Benda
Władysław Teodor "W.T." Benda was a Polish-American painter, illustrator, and designer....

, James Bama
James Bama
James Bama is an American artist known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects. Life in Wyoming led to his comment, "Here an artist can trace the beginnings of Western history, see the first buildings, the oldest wagons, saddles and guns, and be up close to the remnants of...

, Allen Anderson, Jack Potter, Louis Glanzman, Andrew Loomis
Andrew Loomis
William Andrew Loomis , better known simply as Andrew Loomis, was an American illustrator, author, and art instructor. His commercial work was featured prominently in advertising and magazines; however, Loomis is best known as author a series of instructional art books printed throughout the 20th...

, Gustaf Tenggren
Gustaf Tenggren
Gustaf Adolf Tenggren was a Swedish-American illustrator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces...

, Frederick Blakeslee, and more.

According to Charley Parker on the blog lines and colors http://www.linesandcolors.com, "To say the articles in Illustration are “lavishly illustrated” is to belabor the obvious. Worth noting, though, is that the quality of the images and production values of the magazine in general are outstanding." "

John B. Dwyer, writing on AmericanThinker http://www.americanthinker.com, says, "This beautifully produced and lovingly edited periodical is a feast for the eyes and the imagination. While editor, publisher and designer Daniel Zimmer presents some articles about the celebrated icons of that era, such as Frank Schoonover
Frank Schoonover
Frank Earle Schoonover was an American illustrator. Born in Oxford, New Jersey, he studied under Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and became part of what would be known as the Brandywine School...

 and Haddon Sundblom (creator, Coca—Cola Santa), most issues are devoted to less well—known but equally talented artists such as Robert Fawcett
Robert Fawcett
Robert Fawcett trained as a fine artist but achieved fame as an illustrator of books and magazines.Born in England, he grew up in Canada and later in New York. His father, an amateur artist, encouraged Robert's interest in art. While in Canada, he was apprenticed to an engraver...

, Frank Frazetta and Reynold Brown." "
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