American Illustration
Lorraine Fox was one of the more prominent female illustrators in America during the 50's and 60's with her work being printed in many well known magazines from the time such as Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan. Getting work at the Charles E. Cooper studio, she managed to get her voice heard despite being the only woman working there and the views towards women at the time. Most of the work she did during her time working for magazines is typical of the type of work they would give women to do at the time, because why would a man want to illustrate a recipe or love advice. After working for a while she was eventually allowed to branch out and work on more varied articles.
The style of her work definitely has the typical style of magazine illustrations of the time, looking both quickly put together and detailed and expressive at the same time, due to them being in such high demand and needed quickly as well as being very well paid.
The style of her work definitely has the typical style of magazine illustrations of the time, looking both quickly put together and detailed and expressive at the same time, due to them being in such high demand and needed quickly as well as being very well paid.
Bernie Fuchs has a similar quick style to Lorraine Fox, being based in photography but only putting detail into the important parts of the image. A lot of his compositions are quite strange, usually because of how the text of the article would need to be laid out, although sometimes its just strange because its fun.
Some of his most acclaimed work was his work for sports magazines but he also worked for many other types of magazine as well as advertisements and even stamps.
Some of his most acclaimed work was his work for sports magazines but he also worked for many other types of magazine as well as advertisements and even stamps.