Arthur Burdett Frost (January 17, 1851 - June 22, 1928) was an early American illustrator, graphic artist, and comics writer. He was also well known as a painter. Frost's work is well known for its dynamic representation of motion and sequence. Frost is considered one of the great illustrators in the "Golden Age of American Illustration". Frost illustrated over 90 books, and produced hundreds of paintings; in addition to his work in illustrations, he is renowned for his realistic hunting and shooting prints. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... An illustrator is a graphic artist that specializes in enhancing written text by providing a graphic representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... Comics (sometimes spelled comix) are combinations of words and images into a medium for telling stories. ...

Frost was born on January 17, 1851, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of ten children; his father was a literature professor. He became a lithographer, and in 1874 he was asked by a friend to illustrate a book of humorous short stories, which was a commercial success, selling more than a million copies. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County. ... Lithography is a method for printing on a smooth surface, as well as a method of manufacturing semiconductor and MEMS devices. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1876, Frost joined the art department at the publisher Harper & Brothers, where he worked with such well-known illustrators as Howard Pyle, E. W. Kemble, Frederic Remington, and C. S. Reinhart. While there, he learned a wide variety of techniques, from cartooning to photorealistic painting. Frost's color blindness may have helped his excellent use of grayscale. In 1877 and 1878, Frost went to London to study with some of the great cartoonists of the time. Later, he returned to Philadelphia and studied under painters Thomas Eakins and William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Categories: Corporation stubs ... An illustrator is a graphic artist that specializes in enhancing written text by providing a graphic representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853-November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and writer, primarily of books for young audiences. ... The Hunters Supper, 1909, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, and sculptor who specialized in depictions of the American West. ... Color blindness in humans is the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other people can distinguish. ... In computing, a grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... A cartoon is a form of art with diverse origins and even more diverse modern meanings. ... Eakins Max Schmitt in a single scull Thomas Eakins (July 25, 1844 - June 25, 1916) was an American painter, sculptor, and fine arts educator. ... William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916) was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. ... The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art school in the United States, founded in Philadelphia in 1805. ...

Soon after returning, he published several stories formed of sequential drawings with captions, pioneering the form that would later develop into comic strips and comic books. In 1884, Frost published Stuff and Nonsense, an anthology of his previous works that advanced the concept of time-stop drawings and contained several other innovations. This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...

From 1906 until May of 1914, Frost and his family lived in France, attracted by the impressionist artistic movement. Upon returning to the United States, he continued work as an illustrator and comics artist, mainly for Life magazine. Frost died on June 22, 1928. 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ... A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Partial list of works

• Out of the Hurly Burly, illustrations (1874)
• Rhyme? & Reason?, by Lewis Carroll (1883)
• A Tangled Tale, by Lewis Carroll
• Our Cat Eats Rat Poison (titled Fatal Mistake in later editions)
• Stuff and Nonsense, anthology (1884)
• The Bull Calf and other tales, anthology (1892)
• Carlo (1912)

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References

• Coconino World Production. "A. B. Frost: Forgotten Master of the Comic Strip" (http://www.coconino-world.com/sites_auteurs/ab-frost/). Retrieved June 1, 2005.
• Lambiek Comiclopedia. "A. B. Frost" (http://www.lambiek.net/frost_ab.htm). Retrieved June 1, 2005
• Getarthere.com. "A. B. Frost" (http://www.getarthere.com/af.shtml). Retrieved June 1, 2005.