2004 Death Syd Hoff, cartoonist/children's book illustrator, The New Yorker, dies at 91 2003 Death Robert McCloskey, writer/illustrator, Make Way for Ducklings, dies at 78 1999 Death Harry Rossoll, illustrator, created Smokey Bear, dies at 89 1995 Death Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator, dies at 90 1995 Death Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter, dies at 83 1994 Death Janet Ahlberg, illustrator, dies at 50 1994 Death Warwick Hutton, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen, dies at 55 of cancer in Cambridge, England 1994 Death Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Dutch painter/illustrator, dies 1994 Death Richard Scarry, author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74 1994 Death Richard McClure Scarry, U.S. kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74 1992 Death James Marshall, illustrator/author (The Stupids), dies at 50 1991 Death James Marshall, U.S. children's book writer/illustrator, dies at 50 1987 Death Anton F Pieck, illustrator (1001 Nights), dies at 92 1987 Death Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91 1971 Death Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 1971 Death Rockwell Kens, U.S. artist/painter/illustrator, dies at 88 1957 Death Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies 1953 Death Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75 1947 Death Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 1944 Birthday Janet Ahlberg, illustrator 1940 Death Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies 1939 Death Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71 1939 Birthday Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen 1933 Birthday The Tjong King, Dutch illustrator of children books, Miep Diekman 1931 Death Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65 1928 Birthday Maurice Sendak, New York City, author/illustrator, Where The Wild Things Are 1927 Birthday Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator 1927 Birthday Shirley Hughes, author/illustrator 1921 Birthday Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator, MAD Magazine 1921 Death Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 1919 Birthday Richard McClure Scarry, children's author/illustrator 1917 Birthday Sidney Nolan, born in Australia, painter/illustrator, Ned Kelly 1915 Death Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 1914 Birthday Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, Dutch cartoonist/illustrator 1914 Birthday Saul Steinberg, Romania, cartoonist/illustrator, New Yorker 1914 Death John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93 1914 Birthday David Langdon, cartoonist/illustrator 1911 Birthday Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter 1909 Death Caran d'Ache, Emmanuel Poire, French illustrator, dies 1904 Birthday Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator 1902 Death Jean Y. Y. Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies 1901 Birthday John Wijga, painter/illustrator 1898 Birthday Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator, Orlando 1898 Death Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 1896 Death William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies 1895 Birthday Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator 1895 Birthday Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author/illustrator, Off With Their Heads 1894 Birthday Norman Rockwell, U.S., artist/illustrator, Sat Evening Post covers 1886 Birthday Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator, Dr. Dolittle 1883 Death Gustave Dore, French illustrator, dies at 51 1882 Birthday Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator, Canterbury Tales 1879 Birthday Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator, Candide 1878 Death George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 1878 Birthday Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator 1877 Birthday James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator, "I want you" Uncle Sam 1872 Birthday William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist, Don Quixote 1871 Birthday Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore 1868 Death George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies 1867 Birthday Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator 1867 Birthday Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1867 Birthday Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew "Gibson Girl" 1865 Birthday Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator 1860 Birthday Sidney Paget, British illustrator, Sherlock Holmes 1853 Birthday Howard Pyle, illustrator, painter and author, King Stork 1846 Birthday Randolph Caldecott, born in England, illustrator, Caldecott Medal namesake 1846 Birthday Kate Greenaway, born in England, artist/book illustrator, Under the Window 1845 Birthday Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator, Beauty and Beast 1845 Birthday Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator 1839 Death Joseph A Koch, Australia painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 1832 Birthday Gustave Dore, Strasbourg Fr, illustrator, Inferno, Ancient Mariner 1820 Birthday John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator, Alice in Wonderland 1817 Birthday John Gilbert, painter/illustrator 1815 Birthday Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English illustrator, Pickwick Papers 1784 Death Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71 1780 Death Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81 1779 Death Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 1775 Birthday Alexander Anderson, U.S., engraver/illustrator, Shakespeare 1712 Birthday Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator 1711 Birthday Jan Punt, Dutch engraver, illustrator and actor, Gideonschool 1698 Birthday Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator 1678 Death Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63 1615 Birthday Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised 1539 Birthday Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator
