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Johann Baptist Homann Johann Homann (1663 to 1724) and heirs are acknowledged to be the most important German map publishing firm of the 18th century, having supplanted the Dutch cartography which dominated the 17th century. The Homann firm was founded in Nurnberg about 1702. Soon after publishing his first atlas in 1707, the founder became a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences and, in 1715, he was appointed Geographer to Emperor Charles VI. [...] Click here to continue reading. Gustave Flaubert (French 1821 to 1880) Gustave Flaubert was a novelist born in Rouen, France. His 1857 realist masterpiece Madame Bovary garnered him attempted prosecution and widespread condemnation for immorality. Among his later works is Salambo (1862), a story of the siege of Carthage in 240-237 BC by mercenaries. His 1877 work, Three Tales, proved him a master of the short story. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Walker Evans (1903 to 1975) Walker Evans was born born in St. Louis on November 3, 1903. He worked mostly in black and white, and didn’t use any fancy equipment or techniques. He took pictures with an old beat-up camera with a slow lens and developed his pictures with rudimentary materials. He tried to capture images of the failed American promise, portraits of sharecroppers, old automobiles, faded signs, ghost towns of the West, decrepit [...] Click here to continue reading. Eugene Field, Sr. Eugene Field, Sr. was born September 2, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of attorney Martin Field who earned quite a name for himself as one of the attorneys associated with Dred Scott, the slave who sued for freedom in 1857. When Eugene was five, his mother died, and he was sent to Amherst, Massachusetts to be raised by a cousin. Field began college at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, [...] Click here to continue reading. Wharton Harrris Esherick (1887-1970) Living in a remote area by Valley Forge near Philadelphia, Wharton Esherick built his homestead and work place in the 1920s and left a legacy of bridging art with craftsmanship. Many of his works reflect the Art Deco style, and his distinctive furniture designs made him a pioneer of the decorative arts. He had little use for straight lines, and his structures are full of swirls and spirals, with an [...] Click here to continue reading. Seth Eastman (1808-1875) Seth Eastman was a West Point graduate and later a teacher at the academy. He spent five years working on a six volume set with 300+ illustrations authorized by Congress which recorded all of the Indian tribes of America entitled Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Grace Gebbie Wiederseim Drayton, (1877 to 1936) Author / illustrator Grace Gebbie Wiederseim Drayton was known for Fido, Kitty Puss, and other children’s books. She created Toodles and Pussy Pumpkins,” “Dimples,” and “Pussycat Princess,” “Dolly Dingle,” and illustrated many series in magazines. Her “funny babies” were the mainstay of her tremendous popularity, but she is undoubtedly best-known for her Campbell Soup Kids. According to the Dictionary of Women Artists, she is considered [...] Click here to continue reading. Theodore de Bry (German, circa 1527 to 1598) A German publisher and engraver, Theodore de Bry was born in Liege, Belgium circa 1527 and moved to Frankfurt-am-Main circa 1570, where he established an engraving, publishing and bookselling business. He died in 1598. De Bry is known to have engraved a number of charts in Waghenaer’s The Mariner’s Mirrour published in London in 1588. In that same year, also in London, an account was published [...] Click here to continue reading. GUIDE TO COMIC BOOK TERMS AND AGES Victorian Age Comics 1828 to 1899 Platinum Age Comics 1900 to 1938 Golden Age Comics 1938 to 1955 Atom Age Comics 1946 to 1955 Silver Age Comics 1956 to 1970-2 Bronze Age Comics 1973 to 1985 Copper Age Comics 1986 to 1992 Chrome Age Comics 1992 to 1999 Diamond Age Comics 1972 to present Dark Age Comics 1972 to present Modern Age Comics 1972 to Present or [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry Coley, 1633 to circa 1695 Henry Coley was the adopted son and amanuensis of the astrologer William Lilly, was, in addition to being an astrologer himself, an accomplished mathematician; he continued to publish Lilly’s celebrated almanack following the latter’s death. |
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