Andrew Loomis
William Andrew Loomis (1892, Syracuse, New York – 1959) was an illustrator from the United States.
He was born in New York, but spent most of his working life in Chicago. He was a student of George Bridgman's as a youth. He is best remembered now for a series of art instruction books that continues to influence realist artists, though they are currently (in 2010) all out of print, except for some excerpts available from the art publisher Walter Foster. The Loomis family, who still hold the copyrights to all the books published by Andrew Loomis, have not expressed any intention of re-printing any of his work in recent days[citation needed] despite popular demand. Some of his books are currently being published in Japanese via Maar Sha Co., Ltd.
Bibliography
- Fun with a Pencil (1939)
- Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (1943)
- Creative Illustration (1947)
- Successful Drawing (1951) This book was also republished in a revised edition as Three Dimensional Drawing. (16 new pages with technical material on perspective replacing the pictorial gallery sections)
- Drawing the Head and Hands (1956)
- The Eye of the Painter (1961) (Loomis presents the problems of anatomy, movement, balance, expression, technique and he significantly emphasizes the importance of creativity and idealism in every artist's work.)
Influence
Noted comic book artists Alex Ross and Steve Lieber, among others, have cited the influence of Loomis on their style. Another influenced artist, Steve Rude, named one of the characters he drew in the Nexus comic book General Loomis.
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