Masters of American Illustration: 41 Illustrators and How They WorkedHIGHEST RECOMMENDATION. If you have any interest in vintage illustration art, this book is the best one as it covers so many artists and is so well written with great images too! From 1989 to 2001, author Fred Taraba was a regular contributor to the graphic arts publication, Step By Step Graphics. His column, Methods of the Masters, documented the lives and working methods of some of America s finest Golden Age illustrators. While a number of other