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ILLUSTRATION ART: AUSTIN BRIGGS RETURNS TO WHERE HE STARTED Joseph Alleman, Austin Briggs, Kyffin Williams, Joan Eardley, Golden Age Of Illustration, Old Illustration, First Drawing, American Illustration, Inspirational Illustration

Austin Briggs was 19 and still in art school when he sold his first drawing to Collier's magazine. Briggs soon decided he didn't need more school. He was making good money from Collier's imitating the popular artists of the day. But after a couple of years Briggs realized that he was faking it. Many of his lines were just random squiggles with little understanding of what went on beneath the surface. He was borrowing solutions he hadn't earned, and his shortcuts began to betray him. His…

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unpublished drawings by Austin Briggs.  It is a shame that Briggs does not get much attention today; for decades he was one of the most highly regarded illustrators in the country.  An excellent painter, Briggs was especially known for the great subtlety and sensitivity of his drawing with a lithography crayon or other tools. Austin Briggs, Sketching People, Pics Art, Life Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Figure Drawing, Drawing Sketches, Drawing Reference, Art Sketches

In keeping with our current theme of posting working sketches by the great illustrators, today let's look at some unpublished drawings by Austin Briggs. It is a shame that Briggs does not get much attention today; for decades he was one of the most highly regarded illustrators in the country. An excellent painter, Briggs was especially known for the great subtlety and sensitivity of his drawing with a lithography crayon, charcoal or similar tools. Despite the free and spontaneous look to his…

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