The materials at the Modern Graphic History Library serve a diverse research interest. Since the start of 2016, MGHL has already a number of distinct research requests. Materials have been pulled from numerous collections, some of which include the Al Parker, Chwast, Firecracker Press, Robert And...
Back in August 1994, President Bill Clinton issued Proclamation 6716 stating the month of September to be Classical Music Month. In celebration of this, Modern Graphic History Library looks at various illustrated album covers of classical recordings from the 1950s – 1970s. by Cliff Condak,...
This weekend would have been expressionistic artist Robert Weaver‘s 90th birthday. In honor of this occasion, Modern Graphic History Library presents sketches which Weaver drew 55 years ago for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). CBS Television Network released annual promotional calen...
This weekend marks the 146th Belmont Stakes and another chance at a Triple Crown winning horse. To mark the occasion, Modern Graphic History Library looks at horse racing in illustration. race at Belmont Park, by Robert Weaver, New York Magazine, June 8, 1968 First stop … Belmont Park, the...
Baseball season has begun! In celebration of this, Modern Graphic History Library would like to present its rendition of the classic baseball song we all know and sing during the seventh inning stretch. (Please note, since MGHL is located at Washington University in St. Louis … there might...
Fifty years ago today, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Modern Graphic History Library takes a look at how JFK has been represented through illustration. by Robert Weaver, in April 1959 Esquire Kennedy was a popular person for magazines to illustrate. During his political career, mag...
It’s time to head back to school. Let Modern Graphic History Library help you focus your attention back again on school life and school work with two new exhibits. Illustration by Jessie Wilcox Smith for Good Housekeeping, September 1924. At MGHL’s space at West Campus, there is an e...
Robert Weaver would have been 89 today. Born in Pittsburgh, he lived until the age of 70, and was a pioneer in transforming illustration from the realistic to the expressive and abstract. Undated Robert Weaver “3-D” artwork Up until Weaver’s time, the typical illustration metho...
Lately, there have been a lot of gangsters popping up in the news. Illustration by Cliff Condak, unknown date. In Boston, there’s the trial of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger while in suburban Detroit, the FBI used a mobster’s tip to justify digging up a field, in a continuing searc...
Don’t forget that this Sunday is Father’s Day. If you are still looking for a gift to give your dad, why not go with a tried and true, traditional gift: a necktie! Al Parker fiction illustration for Girl With A Briefcase by Ruth Lyons for Good Housekeeping, September 1956. Solid colo...
