Notable Poster Artists & Illustrators, “H...-I...-J...-K...-”
resources for classrooms and homeschoolers.

Jennie Harbour

Little is known about the illustrator Jennie Harbor- her work was published by Raphael Tuck and Sons, the official publisher to Queen Victoria. Unfortunately all their records were destroyed in the Blitz of London, 1940.

• farm animals posters

John Hassall
b. 5-21-1868; Walmer, Kent, England
d. 3-8-1948

John Hassall's most memorable image, known as the Jolly Fisherman, was created for a Great Northern Railways (GNR) vacation advertising campaign.

Ando Hiroshige
b. 1797; Edo (present day Tokyo)
d. 10-12-1858

Hiroshige was a noted Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) artist whose images were mass produced.

• oceanography posters

William Hogarth
b. 11-10-1697; London, England
d. 10-26-1764

Painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist William Hogarth has been credited with pioneering the sequential art we commonly refer to as the “comics”.

• The Importance of Knowing Perspective poster

Ludwig Hohlwein
b. 7-27-1874; Wiesbaden, Germany
d. 9-15-1949; Berchtesgaden

Hohlwein, who was based in Munich, began as an architect and painter then focused on commercial art and poster design.

• The word “zoo” is an abbreviation for zoological and refers to a garden or park facility where animals are confined - zoology posters.

Katsushika Hokusai
b. Oct/Nov, 1760; Edo, Japan
d. 5-10-1849; Tokyo

Katsushika Hokusai ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period, is best-known for his woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser
b. 12-15-1928; Vienna, Austria
d. 2-19-2000

Friedensreich Hundertwasser is known for his unconventional architectural facades, buildings with wavy floors, clothing, postage stamp, flag and poster design.

• more Friedensreich Hundertwasser posters