Archie Gunn
Popular illustrator and portrait painter
Archie Gunn was a well known and popular illustrator, whose pictures where in leading periodicals. He was born in England and his father a member of the British Royal Academy. He first studied under his father in London. For a time he designed costumes for Gilbert & Sullivan productions. He also achieved success as a portrait painter; one of his portraits of Disraeli hung on the walls of Queen Victoria's apartments. After coming to America he worked as a magazine and newspaper illustrator. He also did several calendar paintings for the Gerlach Barklow Calendar Company.
Artworks by this artist
- Mlle. Fifi 1899
- Sunday Journal, New York. Sunday features 1896
- Poster shows a woman posing, holding a flower 1896
- My first and only love 1895
- An exile from London by Col. Richard Henry Savage ca. 1890-1920
- Horse show number of the Journal’s colored supplement 1896
- Summer resort number of The Sunday Journal, New York, June 14, 1896 1896
- The Illustrated American 1890-1900
- A passing emperor 1898
- His Cuban sweetheart 1895
- New York Journal’s colored Sunday supplement 1896
- The mystery of handwriting 1896
- The Love Adventures of Al-Mansur 1895