Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) was an illustratorfrom the United Stateswho is best remembered now for a series of art instruction books that continues to influence realist artists, though they are in 2004all out of print, except for some excerpts available from the art publisher Walter Foster. The Loomis family, who still holds the copyrights to all the books published by Andrew Loomis, has not expressed any intention of re-printing any of his work in recent days despite popular demand.