Yayoi Kusama (1)

In 1929, Yayoi Kusama was born in a rich family in Tokyo.  In her childhood, she was a quiet girl who stayed alone for a long time than other peers.  Even though Yayoi Kusama show the talent in art, her mother was object to the kind of talent because she think art was not a valid job for a girl. The memory in Yayoi’s childhood is not beautiful, but she still create some works, such as the strange and huge plant, to express her emotion.

She found the painting which created by Georgia Totto O'Keeffe in a bookshop when she was 25.  She wrote a letter for Georgia to tell the female artiste although she was far from the art, she need Georgia’s help to lead her become a professional artiste. With the reply form the Georgia, Yayoi began her art life. When she arrived in New York, she start to created the wave point. In that time, pop art was fashionable in America. The wave point created by Yayoi drew in large crowds. Therefore, she got a chance to make an exhibition with Andy Warhol and her name was recorded in pop art history.

J.C. Leyendecker

As a famous commercial illustrator in America,  J.C. Leyendecker is not the name that everyone hear before; however, talking about the achievement and the value in commercial illustration, we cannot ignore the effect form Joseph. Joseph was born in a normal family in Germany in 1874, while  he was not the only child which appeared his art talent in his family. When he was 15, he began to create logo for a company which built by his relative. After that, he began to accept some painting works about Bible. The succeed form Bible painting gave him more confidence and let him know some insufficient; therefore, he started to get professional training in that time. In 1896, he win his first worldwide prize -The cover design of The Century.         

( The cover design of The Century)

After he won the prize, he decided to study in french with his brother. In 1990, they back to America and began to accept formal work about commercial illustration. Joseph worked with some fashion magazines, fictions, even some political newspapers. Joseph is the first illustrator that use a great deal of decorates and different color to give the person intense personality in his painting. 

illustration for 《With The Night Mail》