Notable Poster Artists & Illustrators, “S...-”

Frederick Sandys
b. 5-1-1829; England
d. 6-25-1904

Frederick Sandys is best remembered as an illustrator and draughtsman (precise drawing) of the Victorian era, focusing on mythological subjects.

Jessie Willcox Smith
b. 9-6-1863; Philadelphia
d. 5-3-1935

Jessie Willcox Smith, who was a kindergarten teacher when she took her first art class, went on to illustrate ads for Cream of Wheat, Campbell’s Soup, the Red Cross, Ivory Soap, and Morton Salt, as well as covers for Good Housekeeping magazine.

Jessie Wilcox Smith, with Elizabeth Shippen Green and Violet Oakley, were called the Red Rose girls by Howard Pyle because they shared lodgings and studios at the Red Rose Inn.

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
b. 11-10-1859; Switzerland
d. 12-13-1923; Paris

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, an Art Nouveau period painter and printmaker, was a fixture in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris.

Steinlen roduced hundreds of illustrations between 1883 and 1920, a number of which were done under a pseudonym so as to avoid political problems due to their harsh criticisms of societal ills.

• cat posters

Vladimir & Georgii Stenberg were brothers whose most recognized work spanned the years 1924 to 1933, in Russia.

• Russia posters

Frank Stella
b. 5-12-1936; Massachusetts

Painter and sculptor Frank Stella is also a noted printmaker. In the mid-1960s Stella began produced a series of prints with lithography, screenprinting, etching and offset lithography.