The Book of Fairy Poetry illustrated by Warwick Goble
The Book of Fairy Poetry is a compilation of poems that took compiler Dora Owen several years to complete. Published in 1920, this anthology is divided into three parts: fairy stories, fairy songs,...
View ArticleJacque Tardi: Grabenkrieg (It was the War of the Trenches )
Selten wurde das Grauen, der Schrecken und der Wahnsinn des Ersten Weltkrieges so gekonnt in Comic-Form umgesetzt, wie es der Band Grabenkrieg von Jacques Tardi tut.Tardi selbst schrieb dazu:...
View ArticleThe Great Sioux Trail by Joseph Altsheler illustrated by Charles R. Wrenn and...
The Great Sioux Trail (A Story of Mountain and Plain) by Joseph A. Altsheler was published in 1918. The book contains four illustrations by Charles L. Wrenn.The Czech edition Za zlatem do země Siouxů...
View ArticleTatjana Hauptmann: Illustrationen zum Das Grosse Märchenbuch
"Wenn ich arbeite", sagt die Illustratorin Tatjana Hauptmann, "bin ich nicht ansprechbar. Ich gehe über die Strasse und erkenne keinen Menschen. Ich lebe in einer anderen Welt". Fünf Jahre lang lebt...
View ArticleEmil Doepler: Illustrationen für Walhall, Die Götterwelt der Germanen, Part 1
Emil Doepler der Jüngere (* 29. Oktober 1855 in München; † 21. Dezember 1922 in Berlin) war Maler, Kunstgewerbler, Gebrauchsgraphiker, Heraldiker und Lehrer. Emil Doepler war der Sohn des Professors...
View ArticleConstantinople painted by Warwick Goble, Part 1.
Two weeks ago we presented the illustrations of Warwick Goble's The Book of Fairy Poetry. Constantinople painted by the same artist shows a quite another side of his ability. The first edition was...
View ArticleMax Klinger: Intermezzos, Opus IV
Max Klinger: Intermezzos, Opus IV (Intermezzi, Opus IV) was first published 1881.The Opus IV offers a diverse selection of amusements, like brief comedic interludes at the opera. The portfolio...
View ArticleConstantinople painted by Warwick Goble, Part 2.
Golden Horn Suleimaniyeh at SunriseCemetery from Eyoub Galata and Stamboul from Eyoub Golden Horn after Sunset The Walls; the Tower of Isaac Angelus Constantinople and Golden Horn from the Cemetery...
View ArticleAlex Raymond: Flash Gordon, Im Königreich aus Eis (The Ice Kingdom of Mongo)
“The Ice Kingdom of Mongo” was the thirteenth installment of Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Sunday comic strip serial for King Features Syndicate.It was originally published between March 12, 1939 and...
View Article*The white Tiger" - Pierangelo Boog
My new work: Gouache and some colored pencilsand oil pastells on paper, 33x48 cm.www.pierangeloboog.com
View ArticleMarie Hohneck: Illustrationen zu Waldmärchen von Gustav Heick
Für Frauen war es um 1900 nicht einfach als Illustratoren oder Autoren von Kindernbüchern aufzutreten. Obschon sich im anglikanischen Sprachgebiet eine Reihe von Namen aufzählen lässt: Kate Greenway,...
View ArticleVirginia Frances Sterrett: Illustrations for Old French Fairy Tales by...
Last year we showed the pictures of Virginia Frances Sterrett for N. Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales. Now we show the illustrations for Old French Fairy Tales by Comtesse de Ségur. The illustrations...
View ArticleOtto Ubbelohde: Illustrationen zu Deutsche Sagen der Brüder Grimm, Part 1
Otto Ubbelohde (geboren 1867 in Marburg an der Lahn, gestorben1922 in Grossfelden) war Maler, Radierer und Illustrator.Er schuf nicht nur die weltweit bekannten 448 Illustrationen zu zu einer 1909...
View ArticleShaun Tan: The Arrival
Shaun TansThe Arrival ist eine "graphic novel" ohne Worte, eine parabelartige Abfolge von Bildern, die das Schicksal des Emigranten in die USA schlechthin schildert. Gleichzeitig durchdringen...
View ArticleThe Story of the Champions of the Round Table Written and Illustrated by...
Howard Pyle was an American illustrator, author, and teacher who produced many classic illustrated volumes, including fables, fairy tales and adventure stories.Howard Pyle was born on March 5, 1853, in...
View ArticleThe White Company by A.C. Doyle illustrated by N.C. Wyeth
The White Company is a historical adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle set during the Hundred Years' War. The story is set in England, France, and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background...
View ArticleOld-Time Stories by Charles Perrault with Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson
W. Heath Robinson was born in London in 1872 into a long line of artists. He aspired to be a landscape painter, but had little commercial success and so followed his father and brothers into commercial...
View ArticleAubrey Beardsley: Illustrations for The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock is one of the most famous English-language examples of the mock-epic. Published in its first version in 1712, when Alexander Pope was only 23 years old, the poem served to forge...
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