Arthur L. Guptill (1891–1956)

20th century American artist, illustrator

Fantastic book. Classic.

This is a major publication covering all conceivable aspects of hand rendering with color as it was practiced in the 1930;s. Lavishly illustrated on glossy paper with both technical information and many finished illustrations.

A naturalist painter who ignores the non-human, and chooses to paint the human, from birth to elderness, with a brush dipped in the honey-pot of lovableness and zest.[ix]

Detailed notes by the "illustrator" (the word NR used to describe himself), with each reproduction. In the final Chapter, Rockwell describes his creative and technical process.

First published in 1946 when Norman Rockwell was at the height of his fame as America's most popular "illustrator".