PAST GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Curated by: Judy Goffman Cutler, Executive Director
Assembled by: The American Illustrators Gallery (AIG)
The American Illustrators Gallery has exhibited some of the most prestigious artwork representing illustration throughout the decades. Featured exhibitions have included artwork by NC Wyeth, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Howard Pyle, JC Leyendecker and countless others. The American Illustrators Gallery also curated the permanent collection of the National Museum of American Illustration, in Newport, Rhode Island.
The Brandywine Illustrators
November 2009 through March 2010The American Illustrators Gallery is pleased to present its current exhibition of artworks featuring the students of Howard Pyle. Artists include Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, NC Wyeth, Anna Whelan Betts, Philip R. Goodwin, Arthur Becher, Stanley Arthurs, Anton Otto Fischer, and many others.
Fashion in the Golden Age
May 2009 through September 2009From the 1890s through the 1940s, it was the artist’s responsibility to represent the current fashion trends of the season. This exhibition features original drawings, paintings, and watercolors by important illustrators J.C. Leyendecker, John LaGatta, Howard Chandler Christy, Charles Dana Gibson, John Held, Jr., Norman Rockwell, Harrison Fisher, F.X. Leyendecker, Rolf Armstrong, and others.
Illustrations from the Golden Age
October 2008 through March 2009Featured artists from the Golden Age of American Illustration include J.C. Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, John Clymer, Howard Chandler Christy, and Jessie Willcox Smith, among others.
Summertime: Illustrations from the Golden Age
June 2008 through September 2008The American Illustrators Gallery is pleased to announce its summer exhibition, Summertime: Illustrations from the Golden Age, a compilation of artists’ works featuring a variety of classic summer activities such as bathing, fishing, horseback riding, and scenes of summer romance, all created during the first half of the twentieth century. The selected artworks have appeared as magazine covers, advertisements, and story illustrations by important illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, Howard Chandler Christy, J.C. Leyendecker, John Falter, Jessie Willcox Smith, N.C. Wyeth, and John Lagatta among others from the Golden Age of American Illustration.
An American Spring
March 2008 through June 2008The American Illustrators Gallery announces its current exhibition entitled, An American Spring: Illustration from the Golden Age. The exhibition features quintessential scenes by such noted illustrators as J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Howard Chandler Christy, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle, and others from the Golden Age of American Illustration.
J. C. Leyendecker Exhibition
January 2007 through March 2008"J.C. Leyendecker emerged as a major talent in illustration art near the close of the nineteenth century. He became the most sought after and in vogue illustrator of his day, reaching the peak of his fame and of his productivity in the 1930's. His career approach immensely influenced the art of illustration and he became a mentor to an entire generation of younger artists, most notable among them Norman Rockwell, who began his own career by specifically emulating Leyendecker."
Children And The Picture Book
May 2006 through September 2006"While their aesthetic appeal has endured for generations, the artworks in this exhibition also evidence historical trends specific to the times in which they were created. During the latter part of the nineteenth century, new technologies in the reproduction of images revolutionized the field of illustration. With these developments, an increasing number of illustrations began to accompany children's books, and a new visual form was given to folk and fairy tales."