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3 unusual facts about Society of Illustrators


Alan E. Cober

In 2011, Cober was posthumously inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame for lifetime achievements in illustration.

Graphic Artists Guild

Many were members of the Society of Illustrators, but they were told that the Society did not do advocacy work.

Society of Illustrators

Through member Watson Barrett, the Illustrator's Show of 1925 was held at the Shubert Theatre, and the Shuberts purchased the rights to the skits for their Broadway productions of Artists and Models.


Jessica Weber

She is the recipient of over one hundred awards from the Art Directors Clubs of New York and Los Angeles, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Society of Illustrators, the Type Directors Club, the Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts magazine, Graphis Inc. magazine and Print magazine.

Leonard Filgate

He was honored as the featured illustrator for the 2003 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, has been included in the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance "Every Picture Tells a Story" traveling exhibition, had a major solo exhibition in 2005/2006 at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, Delaware, and is an artist member of the Society of Illustrators in New York City.


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Ron Barrett

He also found a mentor in Ervine Metzl, illustrator and President of the Society of Illustrators, who predicted that the young Mr. Barrett "...would either wind up in a mental institution or make a million dollars."