This is an alphabetical list of notable illustrators.

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 • 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

• 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

Z

• Margot Zemach • Laura Zuccheri • Lisbeth Zwerger