Illustrating Modern Life: The Golden Age of American Illustration from the Kelly Collection

Illustrating Modern Life: The Golden Age of American Illustration from the Kelly Collection by Richard Kelly. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781882705108.

Exhibit book for "Illustrating Modern Life: The Golden Age of American Illustration from the Kelly Collection" held at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at the Pepperdine University. This collection features all of the paintings and drawings in the show, along with a few additional pieces. There are nearly 70 pieces which are reproduced from the originals by the premier illustrators during the 1890s through the 1930s. They include Norman Rockwell, Dean Cornwell, N.C. Wyeth, Mead Schaeffer, Howard Pyle, J.C. Leyendecker, Joseph Clement Coll, among others. Museum director Michael Zakian provides an essay on the time period and artists represented. An interview with Richard Kelly by David Apaotff is included.