John Burden 1943 | Canadian painter, printmaker, illustrator

Visual arist P. John Burden is a classically trained Canadian and British subject. Burden's work includes original acrylic paintings, watercolour paintings, and traditional and modern artist’s prints. His art is symbolic or surrealist, using representational skills from a lifetime of drawing, painting, design. John Burden also illustrates books for all ages and has work in collections worldwide.

Louis Icart 1890-1950 | French Art Déco Painter and Illustrator

Louis Icart's, nickname was Helli derived from his initials L.I. Louis Icart, was a French Art Deco painter and designer.
Icart was born in 1890 in Toulouse and died in Paris in 1950. He became most well known as an artist in New York in the 1920's. His most characteristic theme was glamourous women.
During his career he created paintings, lithographs, etchings, pastels, advertisements, posters, book illustrations and more. Born in Toulouse, France, Icart was nicknamed Helli as a boy, which stuck with him even during his artistic career.
As a young man, Icart frequently read the work of Victor Hugo and longed to be an actor. However, he initially studied business and after receiving a business diploma, was called to fight in the war.
After a brief service in the military, Icart found himself in Paris where his career as an artist would begin. Icart would never be academically trained in the arts and was almost completely self-taught.