This week I'm sharing the art of illustrator Jack Unruh, and I want to begin by encouraging readers to click on Jack's images to enlarge them. Unruh's art is so detailed and intricately textured that it really merits closer inspection.
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| click to enlarge | CA, 1977 |
Above is the earliest example I have of Jack Unruh's work, a poster he created in the mid 70s for the State Fair of Texas. It has two earmarks of much of his later work — decorative borders and what I will term "subsidiary drawings."
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| click to enlarge | CA, 1984 |
Another Unruh trademark is his use of distinctive calligraphy and hand titling, as seen in the image above and directly below.
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| jackunruh.com |
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| click to enlarge | CA, 1984 |
This is a detail of a poster for "The Great American Race," which pitted pre-1942 cars against each other for a $235,000 prize.
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| click to enlarge | CA, 1978 |
Undoubtedly it was his fine illustrations of nature — like the one above — that brought Jack Unruh to the attention of
National Geographic Magazine. Below is an illustration Unruh did for a series of
National Geographic articles entitled
1491, America Before Columbus. Do click on it.
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| click to enlarge | National Geographic Magazine, 1991 |
Here, members of the Abenaki tribe kidnap women from the Otstungo tribe, a common practice amongst tribes that had lost members in battle or to disease.
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| a detail from the same illustration |
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| click to enlarge | Graphis Magazine, 1993 |
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| click to enlarge | nymag.com |
Unruh creates masterful portraits, like this image of New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo.
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| jackunruh.com |
In 2006, Jack Unruh was inducted into the Illustrators Hall of Fame. To read his biography and to see more of his portfolio, visit his own site by clicking
here.
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