Welcome to the Illustration Art Gallery We show you the very best from the wide, sometimes overlooked, world of illustration art, including original artwork for comics (comic books) and annuals, book covers and illustrations, graphic novels, magazines, film animation cels, newspaper and comic strips, poster art, album cover art, superb fine art reproductions and high quality art prints.
Our gallery brings together the work of artists from all over the world and many genres, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, education, history, nature, technology, humour, romance, glamour, architecture, whimsy and even political satire and caricature.
Nearly all of our pieces are Original and most are Signed. We also have a wide selection of Prints including many Limited Editions. As you will see, illustrators are not shy of employing many techniques and media in their quest to communicate and entertain, so we are pleased to offer watercolours, acrylics, pen and inks, oils, washes, gouache, pencil, crayon, giclée and charcoal, amongst others.
We have over 25 years experience in sourcing and selling original illustration art and are very proud to have this new showcase of wonderful art. With over 230 featured artists, we hope you enjoy browsing our gallery ... and of course, (almost) everything you see is for sale!
From the beginning of the 20th century demand for original art to illustrate books, magazines and comics grew dramatically, especially with the onset of improved printing and production techniques. In the 1920s and 1930s a few artists in the UK and the USA especially (where the demand for magazine illustration grew enormously) became household names and their work commands huge sums of money.
Names in the USA such as NC Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Wilcox Smith, and in England names such as Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Willy Pogany, EH Shepard, Mabel Lucie Attwell, William Heath Robinson and Louis Wain are still all universally known and respected.
These artists are but the tip of the iceberg of an enormous body of art seldom if ever seen in its original form. Art commissioned and created for books and periodicals has always been celebrated in its printed form, but the publishers - and often the artists themselves - have not realised the enormous appeal of the originals. The public often have not even been aware that originals exist and are available to own and enjoy.
Hundreds of thousands of original drawings and paintings have over the years been destroyed by publishers through a lack of interest or imagination, despite the fact that many of the images created are already 20th century icons.
It is our aim to present the wide variety of illustration art in all its various forms for the collector to own and enjoy. New art is added to the gallery every month.
Artist: Stanley White Medium: Pen & Ink on Board Size: 13" x 9" (330mm x 229mm) Signature: Signed by Artist Description: A rae original pen and ink drawing probably used for a SF magazine illustration circa 1940s. Very reminiscent of Flash Gordon. find out more
2000AD cover art Prog 70 (Original)
Artist: Garry Leach Medium: Pen & Ink on Board Size: 14" x 18" (350mm x 450mm) Description: A very early page of original art by the incomparable Garry Leach. This action page of art was used for the cover of 2000AD Prog #70 on 24th June 1978.
Artist: Mike Noble Medium: Watercolour on Board Size: 13" x 17" (320mm x 420mm) Description: Original art from Follyfoot story as it appeared in Look In issue 6 page 24, from 1974. Beautiful pen and ink and colour work by Mike Noble. find out more
African Elephant (Original)
Artist: GW Backhouse Medium: Gouache on Board Size: 9" x 20" (220mm x 520mm) Description: An original illustration on board used in the magazine Treasure dated 25th February 1967 to illustrate a scene in Africa. Excellent example of Backhouse's illustration work. find out more
Cliff Richard Lookin Cover art (Original)
Artist: Arnaldo Putzu Medium: Acrylic on Board Size: 19" x 24" (480mm x 600mm) Description: Look In magazine was a hugely popular weekly in the 1970s and 1980s. Arnaldo Putzu created many terrific cover paintings of TV stars and Pop stars which significantly helped the popularity of the magazine. He is well known for his numerous movie poster paintings from the 1960s, including many Carry On films, many of which now fetch high prices at auction. This original painting used as a cover for Look In is a superb likeness of Cliff Richard at the height of his career in the 1970s. find out more
Confederate Ghosts (Original)
Artist: Andrew Howat Medium: Gouache on Board Size: 8" x 12" (200mm x 300mm) Description: Original art used as one of a series of illustrations for a book about ghosts through the ages. Very striking and atmospheric, this depicts a ghostly patrol of Confederate troops during the American Civil War. find out more
Mexican Gunfighter (Original)
Artist: Harry Bishop Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board Size: 14" x 10" (356mm x 254mm) Description: An original pen and ink wash painting used in the Valiant Annual 1964. A very atmospheric painting in the great western style used by Harry Bishop. find out more
Emma by Jane Austen (Original)
Artist: Cecil Doughty Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board Size: 9" x 10" (229mm x 254mm) Description: An original pen and ink wash drawing used in Look and Learn magazine for the article A Guide to Authors and their books: When Jane Austen came to tea. Detail from Look and Learn no 142 (3 October 1964). Notation on the art "Emma sketching watched by Mr Elton" find out more
The Meeting (Original)
Artist: Ron Embleton Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board Size: 4" x 12" (110mm x 300mm) Description: An original pen and ink wash painting used in the 1958 British Annual Hawkeye. A superb depiction of a frontiersman meeting North American Indians. find out more
A Buccaneer's Log (Original)
Artist: Derek Eyles Medium: Crayon on Board Size: 13" x 15" (330mm x 381mm) Description: A great pirate painting used for the cover of the Dean book A Buccaneer's Log by C.M. Bennett. Typical of Eyles' great use of colour. Even the lettering is hand painted. find out more
Schoolgirl Picture Library #139 cover art (Original)
Artist: Gerry Haylock Medium: Gouache on Board Size: 11" x 13" (280mm x 320mm) Description: This is the original art for the cover of Schoolgirl Picture Library #139 "Carol Out West" published by Fleetway Library 1960s. find out more
Schoolgirl Picture Library cover art (Original) (Signed)
Artist: Lawrence Houghton Medium: Acrylic on Board Size: 16" x 22" (400mm x 550mm) Signature: Signed by Artist Description: An original painting used for the cover of a girls picture library comic circa 1970s. find out more
Disney comic cover art #6 (Original)
Artist: Disney Studio Medium: Gouache on Board Size: 7" x 9" (170mm x 220mm) Description: Original art to the cover of a British Disney comic. This superb art features Mickey, Donald and Pluto eating spagetti circa 1980s. find out more
Princess Picture Library cover art #86 (Original)
Artist: Peter Kay Medium: Gouache on Board Size: 11" x 14" (280mm x 360mm) Description: This is the original art for the cover of Princess Picture Library #86 "Fleurette's Days of Danger" published by Fleetway Library 1965. The art comes with a copy of the original comic. find out more
Le Notti di Cabiria (Fellini) (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Artist: Milo Manara Medium: Numbered Limited edition Print (Lithograph) Size: 11" x 15" (280mm x 380mm) Signature: Signed by Artist Description: One of a series of signed and numbered limited edition prints from an edition of 599. Each print depicts a scene from a Federico Fellini film, this from the 1957 film Nights of Cabiria, starring Guilietta Masina, Francois Perier, Franca Marzi and Aldo Silvani. find out more
Roger Bacon, the inventor of gunpowder (Original) (Signed)
Artist: James McConnell Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board Size: 10" x 8" (254mm x 203mm) Signature: Signed by Artist Description: An original pen and ink wash painting used for the magazine Look and Learn in the 1970s to illustrate the story of Roger Bacon the inventor of gunpowder. find out more
Polish Lancer 3 (Original) (Signed)
Artist: S. Pajsczkowska Medium: Watercolour on Paper Size: 11" x 13" (270mm x 320mm) Signature: Signed by Artist Description: An original watercolour painting, one of a series of four by Polish artist Pajsczkowska painted in 1965. This depicts a World War One lancer. find out more
The Master (Lee Van Cleef) (Original)
Artist: Roger Payne Medium: Gouache on Board Size: 9" x 13" (220mm x 340mm) Description: The original art for the VHS video box of The Master Ninja, as the series was renamed on video release. This action TV series starred Lee Van Cleef in the central role, plus Demi Moore, Doug McClure, David McCallum and George Lazenby. Superb action art by Roger Payne. find out more
Roy Rogers Adventure Annual #4 (Original)
Artist: Lou Rawlings Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board Size: 6" x 7" (150mm x 190mm) Description: One of a series of original art paintings used in the 1958 Roy Rogers Adventure Annual #2. A highly respected artist and illustrator Lou Rawlings expertly depicted Roy Rogers. find out more
In The Mahdi's Grasp book cover (Original)
Artist: Philip Simmonds Medium: Gouache on Board Size: 13" x 15" (320mm x 370mm) Description: The original art used for the dustjacket of the boys adventure novel "In the Mahdi's Grasp" by George Manville Fenn, published in 1942 by Dean & Co. It is very rare for book cover art of this period to have survived. In beautiful condition. find out more
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