Welcome to the IBIS Website
IBIS was established in 1995 to encourage research into, and to facilitate the exchange of information on book and periodical illustrations, the artists and their publishers. The Society has a worldwide membership including artists, collectors, bibliographers, writers and general enthusiasts.
Whilst IBIS embraces all aspects of illustrative art, the main emphasis is on the illustration of texts in English since the 1830s.
As well as containing information about the Society (its activities, benefits of membership, how to join) our website includes full details of our past publications which serve as important sources of information for writers and researchers.
Forthcoming Event: 5 September 2009
To co-incide with Southampton City Art Gallery's Faery exhibition, IBIS is jointly organising a Study Day on faery book illustration. Further details are on our Events page. We also have a London meeting planned for 18 November 2009 - a talk by artist and illustrator Shirley Hughes.
Email List
We invite IBIS members to join our email list. This will enable us to notify you of events and to report news in a more timely manner. The list will remain private and used only by members of the IBIS committee. To join our list, start by clicking here.