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View ArticleDas Gold vom Sacramento illustriert von Hans W. Schmidt und Zdenek Burian
Das Gold vom Sacramento von Max Felde mit Illustrationen von Hans W. Schmidt erschien 1917 in der Kamerad-Bibliothek als 27. Band. Wie viele dieser Bände wurde auch diese Erzählung 1940 ins...
View ArticleCinderella Picture Book by Walter Crane
WalterCrane (1845 - 1915) was an English artist best known for his illustrations of children's books and nursery rhymes.Titles of some books illustrated by Walter Crane:Walter Crane's New Toybook...
View ArticleMemoirs of Madame Du Barry illustrated by William Russell Flint
The Anecdotes sur la Comtesse du Barry by Pidansat de Mairobert were first published in London in 1775, a year afterthe death of Louis XV. They enjoyed great success in Paris and at Versailles, where...
View ArticleAesop's Fables with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham
The first edition of Aesop's Fables with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham appeared in 1912.THE HARE AND THE TORTOISEA Hare was one day making fun of a Tortoise for being so slow upon his feet. "Wait a...
View ArticleGerlach's Jugendbücherei: Ignaz Taschners Illustrationen zu Grimms Märchen,...
Ignatius (Ignaz) Taschner (1871 - 1913) war ein deutscher Bildhauer, Medailleur, Grafiker und Illustrator.Doch seine Karriere gestaltete sich schwierig. Er arbeitete zwar eifrig: schuf Skulpturen,...
View ArticleFrank Frazetta: Thun'da, King of the Congo, No 1.
Frank Frazetta, painter, illustrator, and comic artist, got green light from Magazine Enterprise to create his own comic Thun'da King of the Congo in 1951. It is basically Franzetta's own version of...
View ArticleAladdin and His Wondeful Lamp illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie
Thomas Mackenzie (1887–1944) was born in Bradford, England. He produced illustrations for books and watercolours during the early 20th Century. His earliest commissioned works were for Ali Baba, for...
View ArticleArthur Rackham: Illustrations for Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis...
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) is the pseudonym of Charles Ludwidge Dodgson. He was a lecturer in logic and mathematics at Oxford University and author of several books. His best known are Alice’s...
View ArticleGerlach's Jugendbücherei: Ignaz Taschners Illustrationen zu Grimms Märchen,...
The Giant and the TaylorDer Riese und der SchneiderThe ElvesDie Wichtelmänner The Goose-Girl at the Well Die Gänsehirtin am BrunnenThe Little Folk's Presents Die Geschenke des kleinen VolkesThe Devil...
View ArticleKarl May: Der Schatz im Silbersee illustriert von Zdenek Burian
Karl May'sThe Treasure in Silver Lake (Der Schatz im Silbersee) is one of the most popular western stories published in Europe. The first German bookedition appeared in the Union Deutsche...
View ArticleHerman Melville's Moby Dick illustrated by Otto Tschumi
Man kann sich fragen, ob man Melvilles Meisterwerk Moby Dick von einem surrealistischen Maler illustrieren lassen soll. Viele werden diese Frage verneinen, aber die Büchergilde Gutenberg Schweiz hat...
View ArticleMore Tales from the Arabian Nights illustrated by Willy Pogany
Willy Pogany was born in Szeged, Hungary, in 1882. He studied at the Art School in Budapest and spent two years in Paris and ten in London, where he created his quartet of masterpieces: The Rime of...
View ArticleKarl May: Old Surehand I illustrated by Zdenek Burian
The first German edition of Karl May's Old Surehand, Volume I, was published by Verlag von Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld, Freiburg i.B., 1894. The Czech edition of the complete Old Surehand with...
View ArticleH. Chr.Andersen: Fairy Tales illustrated by Maxwell Armfield
Maxwell Armfield (1881-1972) was born at Ringwood of Quaker parents, his father being a milling engineer. Armfield entered the Birmingham School of Art in 1899. There he came under the influence of...
View ArticleKarl May: Old Surehand II illustrated by Zdenek Burian
Karl May schrieb Old Surehand als dreibändiges Werk. Der zweite Band enthält allerdings nur eine Rahmenerzählung; der Rest des zweiten Bandes ist mit Erzählungen zusammengeschustert, die May schon...
View ArticleJean de Bosschère: Beast and Men, Part 1
Jean de Bosschère (1878-1953) was an Belgian writer and Symbolist painter. His color-plates may be placed beside the illustrations of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and Kay Nielsen. The Little Review...
View ArticleSindbad der Seefahrer illustriert von Anton van der Valk
Anton van der Valk (1884-1975) war ein niederländischer Maler und Grafiker. 1913 erhielt er den Auftrag vom Verlag Elsevier Bilder für Sinbad de Zeeman zu malen. Die entsprechende deutsche Ausgabe...
View ArticlePaul Horst-Schulze: Bilder zu J.v. Eichendorffs Gedichten
Selbstbildnis: links seine Frau Wera, rechts der Baum, von dem er stürzte.Selfportrait: on the left side his wife Wera; on the right the tree he fell from.Aus Wikipedia: Paul Horst-Schulze (1828–1909)...
View ArticleZdenek Burian: Illustrations for Stevenson's Treasure Island
We have already shown different illustrations for Stevenson's Treasure Island, but we shouldn't miss Zdenek Burians pictures!
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