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Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum (August 28, 1849 — October 22, 1925) was an American illustrator,
''Harper's Weekly'' normally hired freelance illustrators; nevertheless, for a time Zogbaum was on the magazine's art staff and was sometimes given the assignment to redraw submissions by freelance illustrators. In the 19th-century news magazine world, redrawing illustrations was the equivalent of editing writers’ works. Two of the most famous artists who made illustrations for Harper’s were
Smithsonian American Art Museum biography of Wilfred Zogbaum
/ref> (1915–1965), was a well-respected painter and sculptor who had teaching stints in several universities, including the University of California at Berkeley.
* ttps://americangallery.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/the-prairie-letter-box.jpg ''The Prairie Letter Box'', by Rufus Zogbaum (1887), with modern hand coloring, on the ‘’AmericanGallery’’ websitebr> ''Montana Cowboy'' by Rufus Zogbaum (1885) used to illustrate his article, ''A Day's Drive With Montana Cowboys'' in Harper's Magazine, July 1885, Volume 71, Issue 422
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zogbaum, Rufus American illustrators 1849 births 1925 deaths Artists from New Rochelle, New York Painters from New York City Artists from Charleston, South Carolina Painters from South Carolina American male painters 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists Art Students League of New York alumni
journalist
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, and writer
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. He is primarily known as an illustrator for late 19th century news magazines. His works were regularly featured in ''Harper’s Weekly
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'' magazine.
Early life
Zogbaum was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was educated at theArt Students League
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Although artists may stu ...
in New York City
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from 1878–1879, and during 1880–1882 studied under Léon Bonnat
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Early life
Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in M ...
in Paris
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.
Career
''Harper's Weekly'' normally hired freelance illustrators; nevertheless, for a time Zogbaum was on the magazine's art staff and was sometimes given the assignment to redraw submissions by freelance illustrators. In the 19th-century news magazine world, redrawing illustrations was the equivalent of editing writers’ works. Two of the most famous artists who made illustrations for Harper’s were Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in ...
and Frederic Remington
Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United Stat ...
, whose first few illustrations for Harper’s were redrawn by staff artists, including Zogbaum. Zogbaum and Rockwell both lived and worked in New Rochelle, New York, a well-known art colony
An art colony, also known as an artists' colony, can be defined two ways. Its most liberal description refers to the organic congregation of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, often drawn by areas of natural beauty, the prior existence o ...
especially popular among illustrators of the early twentieth century.
Rudyard Kipling referred to Zogbaum in a poem he sent to then-Captain (later Rear Admiral) Robley D. Evans, U.S. Navy, in 1896.
Specialization and influence
Zogbaum specialized in several areas of illustration. During his lifetime, his drawings and paintings of horses and military themes (U.S. Army and Navy) were almost as well known as Remington’s, although he was older than Remington and his works had actually influenced the younger artist. As did Remington, during theSpanish–American War
, partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence
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, Zogbaum served as an on-the-scene artist-correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, locati ...
. His 1897 book, ''All Hands: Pictures of Life in the United States Navy,'' is a collector's item featuring 36 full page illustrations. He painted a mural of the Battle of Lake Erie
The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shore of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the Briti ...
in 1910 for the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio.
Descendants
His son, Rufus F. Zogbaum, Jr., became an admiral in the U.S. Navy, and his grandson, Wilfrid Zogbaum/ref> (1915–1965), was a well-respected painter and sculptor who had teaching stints in several universities, including the University of California at Berkeley.
References
External links
* ttps://americangallery.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/the-prairie-letter-box.jpg ''The Prairie Letter Box'', by Rufus Zogbaum (1887), with modern hand coloring, on the ‘’AmericanGallery’’ websitebr> ''Montana Cowboy'' by Rufus Zogbaum (1885) used to illustrate his article, ''A Day's Drive With Montana Cowboys'' in Harper's Magazine, July 1885, Volume 71, Issue 422
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zogbaum, Rufus American illustrators 1849 births 1925 deaths Artists from New Rochelle, New York Painters from New York City Artists from Charleston, South Carolina Painters from South Carolina American male painters 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists Art Students League of New York alumni