Jazz Age Illustration

A gorgeous look at popular illustrators of the Jazz Age and their influential role in the dynamic culture of the 1920s and ’30s

The 1920s in the United States was characterized by economic prosperity and dramatic social change. Known as the Jazz Age, it was a time when Black music, art, and literature became a powerful cultural force. Shifting roles for women and trends in youth culture coalesced in the figure of the flapper, causing a moral panic chronicled in the expanding popular press....