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James Allen St. John (October 1, 1872 – May 23, 1957) was an American author, artist and illustrator. He is especially remembered for his illustrations for the novels ofEdgar Rice Burroughs, although he illustrated works of many types. He taught at theChicago Art Institute and with theAmerican Academy of Art. He is considered by many to be 'The Godfather of Modern Fantasy Art'. His most famous disciples wereRoy Krenkel andFrank Frazetta,[1] the latter of whom has also been styled as the grandmaster of the Genre.
St. John's artistic career began in 1898. He studied at theArt Students League of New York which includedWilliam Merritt Chase,F.V. Du Mond,George de Forest Brush,H. Siddons Mowbray, Carol Beckwith andKenyan Cox. This was followed by his first commercial relationship with theNew York Herald. During this period he spent time in Paris from 1906 to 1908 at theAcadémie Julian, then moved to Chicago around 1912 and would eventually live at Tree Studios art colony until his death. While in Chicago he became close friends with artistLouis Grell. Here he began his work with the publisherA.C. McClurg & Co., although he had already produced his best-known work for this publisher back in 1905,The Face in the Pool, which he had both written and illustrated.[2][3]
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