Art Instruction Schools, better known to many as Art Instruction, Inc., was a home study correspondence course providing training in cartooning and illustration. The company was located in Minneapolis
Art Instruction Schools headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ad as it appeared in Modern Romances (November 1949)
Full-page ad as it appeared in the Oakland Tribune on Sunday, November 13, 1959.
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Peanuts, featuring the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
Art Instruction Schools
…dean, Bartholomew gave illustrated lectures known as chalk talks. Two of the school's instructors were cartoonist Mort Walker and Minneapolis native Charles M. Schulz (later of Peanuts fame). When Schulz was in high school, his mother saw an ad for the Art Instruction, Inc. talent test that asked, “Do you like to…
Schulz drawing Charlie Brown in 1956
United States Army portrait of Sergeant Schulz, c. 1943
Schulz receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Knott's Berry Farm in June 1996
Schulz's Signature ("Play Ball" Lithograph) in 2024