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Looking for a good book? Treasury of American Pen Ink Illustration 1881-1938 is a coffee-table-style book of outstanding black and white art that is magnificent to look through and should be in every art lovers home. mdash; Rushford Public LibraryA combination of technological advances and a vast reservoir of native talent led to a golden age in American illustration during the period between the Gilded Age and the dawn of World War II. Popular magazines such as Century; Scribners; Puck; and Life launched the careers of many aspiring illustrators; including Edwin Austin Abbey; Howard Pyle; Maxfield Parrish; Frederic Remington; Charles Dana Gibson; Rockwell Kent; and many others. This collection features more than 230 reproductions of the finest pen-and-ink drawings by more than 100 artists during the heyday of the illustrated magazine; from 1881 to 1938. In addition to images from popular magazines; the survey features illustrations from newspapers and books that recapture a broad range of expressions of artistic imagination and experimentation. The compilation includes an informative Introduction by designer and art historian Fridolf Johnson; which traces the history and development of pen-and-ink illustration and chronicles Americas richly varied illustrative tradition and artistic heritage.