Harry Beckhoff (1901–1979) was an American
illustrator
An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...
.
Work
Country Gentlemen published his first magazine illustrations in 1929. From the late 1920s to the early 1960s Beckhoff did illustrations for numerous books and magazines, most notably
Collier's
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Collie ...
. His small sketches, almost thumb-nail size contained all of the information needed including facial expressions. He then pantographed the drawing, up-scaling it up to five time, and inked in the outlines.
Style and influence
Although he studied with
Dean Cornwell and
Harvey Dunn, he didn't pursue the style of painterly brushstrokes and impastos. Instead, he defined his forms with flat shapes, whose internal forms are defined by thin lines. The emphasis is more on silhouette and line than it is on texture and lighting. Beckhoff also described his work as having been influenced by illustrators
Martin Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austral ...
,
Brissaud, and
Marty.
References
1901 births
1979 deaths
20th-century American illustrators
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