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A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost
1851–1928
Best remembered for bringing Br'er Rabbit and other Uncle Remus characters vividly to life, this American illustrator had a gift for motion, humor, and lively storytelling on the page. His drawings helped shape the look of late 19th-century magazine and book illustration in the United States.
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Born in Philadelphia in 1851, A. B. Frost began working young, learning wood engraving and lithography before building a career as an illustrator. Though largely self-taught, he also studied art in Philadelphia and went on to work in New York, where his drawings quickly attracted attention.
He became especially well known for illustrating Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus stories, including the adventures of Br'er Rabbit. Readers and critics also admired the energy of his sporting scenes, comic drawings, and magazine work; his pictures are often noted for the way they suggest movement and timing, almost like snapshots in sequence.
Across a long career, Frost worked as an illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and comics maker. He remained one of the most recognizable American illustrators of his era, and his work still stands out for its warmth, humor, and wonderfully animated sense of life.