THE PROGRAMS

1. Illustration: A History Part 1
Illustration from the 1800's to the 1930's. Beginning from the historical illustrations of Fredrick Remington, Charles Russell, Howard Pyle, and N.C. Wyeth.

2. Illustration: A History Part 2
Illustration art from the 40's through the 50's. During the years of World War II illustrators such as Baumhofer, Dohannos, Whitcomb, and Dean Cornwell painted an idealized life as well as classic WWII imagery. Due to the wartime shortages of art supplies, illustrators experimented with substitute materials, thus adding a new look to art images.

3. Illustrating an Era: The Charles Cooper Studio
From the late 30's through the late 60's, the artists at the Cooper Studio in New York created illustrations that helped sell a myriad of products, from automobiles to jewelry, soda pop to insurance. These illustration helped sell another kind of product: America's romantic idea of itself, the iconography of style and sophistication that domnated this country's collective imagination for 30 years and still lingers in our memory today.

4. James Bama: American Realist (completed)
Perhaps one of the most influential artists / illustrators of the 60's and 70's, Bama's realistic painting so Doc Savage Man of Bronze as well as hundreds of book covers and story illustrations were a revelation to many other illustrators. His powerful images of people and drama virtually changed the format of how paperback illustration was designed. Bama's Western and Native American art is also showcased.

5. Robert McGinnis: Painting the Last Rose of Summer
He is considered to be the complete illustrator by many of his peers. With a wide range of subject matter, McGinnis brought paperback illustration to a new level of style with his "McGinnis Woman" cover art for Mike Shayne and Carter Brown paperback. McGinnis also created classic movie poster art for films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's, Barbarella, The Odd Couple, and the James Bond posters of the 60's and 70's.

6. Bob Peak: Designing the Decades
It would be impossible to place Bob Peak's body of work into one category. His design and art images changed the entire illustration industry's approach to design and execution. Peak's images for advertising, movie posters, story illustration and corporate images are explored in this program.

7. Retrovisions: The Return of the 50's and 60's
Beat generation art of album covers, books, and illustrations make a comeback with profiles of the artsts of the 50's and the rebellious 60's. Interviews will include contemporary artist Shag (Josh Agle).

More programs will be announced in the months ahead . . . Check back with us for updates.