Background
Zogbaum, Rufus Fairchild was born on August 28, 1849 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Zogbaum, Rufus Fairchild was born on August 28, 1849 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
He was educated at the Art Students League in New York City from 1878–1879, and during 1880–1882 studied under Léon Bonnat in Paris.
He is primarily known as an illustrator for late 19th century news magazines. Harper"s Weekly normally hired freelance illustrators. Nevertheless, for a time Zogbaum was on the magazine"s art staff and was sometimes given the assignment to redraw submissions by freelance illustrators.
In the 19th-century news magazine world, redrawing illustrations was the equivalent of editing writers’ works.
Two of the most famous artists who made illustrations for Harper’s were Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington, whose first few illustrations for Harper’s were redrawn by staff artists, including Zogbaum. Zogbaum and Rockwell both lived and worked in New Rochelle, New York, a well-known art colony especially popular among illustrators of the early twentieth century.
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Zogbaum specialized in several areas of illustration. As did Remington, during the Spanish–American War, Zogbaum served as an on-the-scene artist-correspondent.
His 1897 book, All Hands: Pictures of Life in the United States Navy, is a collector"s item featuring 36 full page illustrations.
A mural by him is located in the Howard M. Metzenbaum United States. Courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio.
Member American Water Color Society. Member United States Naval Institute, United States Military
