illustrator

An illustrator practices one of the applied arts that is related to design . He draws and paints to illustrate ( illustrate ) a book, a magazine or other documents and printed matter .
The term illustrated came up in the middle of the 19th century. Modeled after the Illustrated London News and Illustration (newspaper) (Paris) appeared from 1843 in Leipzig publisher J.J. Weber the first illustrated magazine in Germany .
Professional profile illustrator
According to rough estimates, around 80 percent of freelance illustrators worldwide no longer work in the “classic” areas of illustration such as literary illustration, but in the areas of advertising, packaging and illustrations for periodicals .
A major problem with periodicals is the increasing use of "stock illustration". Classically trained illustrators who cannot make ends meet in literary illustration produce illustrations for a small fee that are sold through "Stock Houses". In the USA, the illustration market for editorial illustration largely collapsed since the early 1990s. The “Stock Houses” gave their illustrations to the client for a very small fee, thereby undercutting the editorial illustrators and their agents. This wave of dumping reached Europe ten years later, so that here, too, illustration is hardly lucrative outside of commercial use.
Another branch of illustration work belongs to the book and novel illustrators. As a freelance artist or as a permanent member of a publishing house, they illustrate the covers of books and individual external illustrations for novels and poems.
Another branch is the event sector: fast draftsmen and graphic recorders accompany the event live: fast draftsmen mostly as caricaturists, graphic recorders visualize abstract content such as B. Discussion processes of a conference.
In Germany , the interests of illustrators are represented by the Illustratoren Organization (IO) as an association. As a registered association , the IO is in turn a member of the European Illustrators Forum (EIF) . You can search for illustrators for projects on the website of the illustrator organization. In addition, information on all job-related topics is offered there, such as usage rights, remuneration and legal assistance.
Eminent illustrators

Europe
- Franz Karl Basler-Kopp (* 1879 in Basel, † 1937 in Lucerne)
- Fritz Birkmeyer (* 1848 in Rothenburg; † 1897 in Munich), children's book illustrator
- Gunter Böhmer (* 1911 in Dresden; † 1986 in Lugano), book illustrator and university lecturer
- Braldt Bralds (* 1951 in Hoogkerk)
- Mariana Chiesa Mateos
- Iwona Chmielewska
- Gabriela Cichowska
- Carll Cneut
- Kitty Crowther
- Gustave Doré (* 1832 in Strasbourg, † 1883 in Paris)
- Hans Fronius (born September 12, 1903 in Sarajevo, † March 21, 1988 in Mödling)
- Chris Foss (Christopher "Chris" F. Foss, born March 16, 1946 in Devon, England)
- Gerhard Goßmann (* 1912 in Guben, † 1994 in Bad Saarow)
- Mario Grasso (born September 12, 1941 in Milan; † February 14, 2018 in Bettmeralp)
- Manfred Gruber (* 1951 in Erkshausen)
- Richard Gutschmidt (* 1861 in Neuruppin, † 1926 in Munich)
- Sven Hedin (* 1865 in Stockholm, † 1952 in Stockholm)
- Nikolaus Heidelbach
- Oskar Herrfurth (born February 5, 1862 in Merseburg, † 1934 in Weimar)
- Ota Janeček (* 1919 in Pardubice, † 1996 in Prague)
- Horst Janssen (* 1929 Oldenburg; † 1995 in Hamburg)
- Susanne Janssen (* 1965 in Aachen)
- Tove Jansson (* 1914 in Helsinki; † 2001 ibid)
- Judith Kerr
- Tyra Kleen (born March 29, 1874 in Stockholm, † September 17, 1951 in Lidingö, Sweden), artist and writer
- Werner Klemke (born March 12, 1917 in Berlin-Weißensee; † August 26, 1994 ibid), book illustrator and university lecturer in Berlin-Weißensee
- Gerhart Kraaz (born May 22, 1909 in Berlin; † August 26, 1971 in Frankfurt am Main)
- Harro Maass (* 1939), illustrator and painter
- Wilhelm Maier-Solgk (* 1919 Maxgrün; † 2007 in Munich)
- Erhard Reuwich (also Reeuwyck , Reeuwich , Rewich ; * around 1450 in Utrecht, † after 1505 in Mainz)
- Heiner Rothfuchs (born June 18, 1913 in Wünschendorf / Elster in Thuringia † July 27, 2000), book illustrator and university lecturer
- Axel Scheffler
- Black (* 1968 in Leipzig)
- Max Schwimmer (* 1895 in Leipzig, † 1960 in Leipzig)
- Ernest Shepard (* 1879 in London, † 1976 in Midhurst)
- Wieslaw Smetek (* 1955 in Poland)
- Karl Staudinger (* 1874 in Wies; † 1962 in Sonneberg)
- Tomi Ungerer (* 1931 in Strasbourg, † 2019 in Cork)
- Kaatje Vermeire
- Karl Walser (* 1877 in Biel / Bienne, † 1943 in Bern)
- Jakob Wegelius
- Józef Wilkoń
- Jürgen Wölbing (born January 14, 1942 in Breslau; † September 3, 2009 in Schöneck)
- Mihály Zichy (* 1827 in Zala, † 1906 in Saint Petersburg)
North and South America
- Norman Rockwell (* 1894 in New York - † November 8, 1978 in Stockbridge)
- Frank Frazetta (born 1928 in New York; † 2010)
- Josh Kirby (* 1928 in Waterloo, † 2001 in Shelfanger)
- Jon classes
- Boris Vallejo (* 1941 in Lima, Peru)
- Roger Dean (* 1944 in Ashford, Kent)
- Alan Lee (* 1947 in Middlesex, England)
- Javier Martínez Pedro
- Patrick Woodroffe
- John Jude Palencar (* 1957 in Fairview Park)
- Julie Bell (* 1958 in Beaumont)
- Edel Rodriguez (* 1971 in Cuba)
Asia
See also
- Picture book
- Book illustration
- Book art movement
- Illustrators of children's and youth literature
- List of famous illustrators