Zdenek Burian: Bilder zu Karl Mays Winnetou IV
Im Sommer 1908 schrieb Karl May an Kommerzienrat Felix Krais in Stuttgart: Ich gehe morgen nach Amerika zu Vorstudien von Bd. IV von Winnetou. Auf dem ersten Bild sehen wir Karl May und seine Frau...
View ArticleWalter Crane: Designs and Pictures for A Wonder Book Girls & Boys
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he rewrites myths from Greek mythology. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood...
View ArticleHope Dunlap: Illustrations for The Pied Piper of Hamlin by Robert Browning
Hope Dunlap was an American artist who was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1881. He is known for his illustrations of children's books: Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak...
View ArticleEmil Zbinden: Holzschnitte zu Jeremias Gotthelfs Jakobs Wanderungen durch die...
Jeremias Gotthelf schrieb Jakobs Wanderungen durch die Schweiz sozusagen auf Bestellung. Anlass zu dessen Entstehung gab eine Bitte des Kirchenrates von Zwickau, und der Dichter schrieb die Erzählung...
View ArticleONCE UPON A TIME illustrated by Harry George Theaker
Harry George Theaker (1873 - 1954) was a British illustrator, painter, designer, decorator for pottery, calligrapher, and principal of art school.he was a successful illustrator, particularly of...
View ArticleSchweizer Sagen mit Bildern von Felix Hoffmann, 1.Part
Heiny Widmer, ehemaliger Konservator, Kunsthaus Aarau schreibt über den Künstler Felix HoffmannFelix Hoffmann liesse sich ausstellungsmässig, wollte man das tun, auf die verschiedenste Weise...
View ArticleW. Heath Robinson: Illustrations for A Song of the English by Rudyard...
The passion for the sea, the mastery of its terrors, the confident but distrustful familiarity with it of the English seaman, have never had such expression as Mr. Kipling has given to them. (Charles...
View ArticlePart 2, W. Heath Robinson: Illustrations for A Song of the English by Rudyard...
WE THAT WERE BRED OVERSEASThose that have stayed at thy knees, Mother, go call them in —We that were bred overseas wait and would speak with our kin.Not in the dark do we fight-haggle and flout and...
View ArticleCharlotte Harding, American Illustrator
Charlotte Harding (1873-1951) was the fourth of the young Philadelphia women to come from the early [Howard Pyle] Drexel classes. She, too, had the decorative bent and indulged it with more freedom and...
View ArticleArchibald Bertram Webb: Illustrations for adventure novels.
Archibald Bertram Webb was born in Kennington, Kent, on 4 March 1887, the son of journalist Thomas Waters Webb and his wife Emily (nee Tutt). He grew up in St. Albans and Camberwell, London, and...
View ArticleJules Verne: Mathias Sandorf illustrated by Zdenek Burian and Léon Benett, 1....
Der tschechische Titel von Jules Vernes Mathias Sandorf lautet Nový hrabě Monte Christo. Man fragt sich, wieso dieser Name im Titel auftaucht. Ein Brief von Jules Verne an Alexandre Dumas d.J. gibt...
View Article2. Teil, Jules Verne: Mathias Sandorf illustrated by Zdenek Burian and Léon...
Jules Vernes Mathias Sandorf ist ein recht umfangreiches Werk, das aus fünf Teilen und 570 Seiten besteht. Die Anzahl der schwarz-weissen Vollbilder von Burian sind etwas spärlich, deshalb finden sich...
View Article3. Teil, Jules Verne: Mathias Sandorf illustrated by Zdenek Burian and Léon...
Dritter TeilIllustrationen von Zdenek BurianDer Körper Peter Bathorys wurde zu einem spindelförmigen Bootskörper gebracht.Von Vergangenem: Die Erzählung Mathias Sandorfs, jetzt Doktor Antekirrt Zwei...
View Article"The Huntress" - oil painting from Pierangelo Boog
"The Huntress"Oil on Masonite, 42 x 60 cmwww.pierangeloboog.com
View ArticleLast Part, Jules Verne: Mathias Sandorf illustrated by Zdenek Burian and Léon...
Vierter TeilIllustrationen von Zdenek Burian Dustcover, Edition 1956Namir war Sarcany in Gedanken und in Taten sogar noch enger verbunden als es Zirone je...
View ArticleThe Book of Romance illustrated by Henry Justice Ford
A few words may therefore be said about the Romances contained in this book. In the editor's opinion, romances are only fairy tales grown up. The whole mass of the plot and incident of romance was...
View ArticleThe Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter illustrated by N.C. Wyeth
Jane Porter's The Scottish Chiefs is the epic story of William Wallace's struggle for Scottish independence from English rule. After the cruel death of his wife at the hands of the English, Wallace...
View ArticleOtto Ubbelohde: Illustrationen zu Deutsche Sagen der Brüder Grimm, Part 2
Der Gemsjäger...stand plötzlich ein hässlicher Zwerg vor ihm, der sprach zornig: "Warum erlegst du mir lange schon meine Gemsen und lassest mir nicht meine Herde? Jetzt sollst du's mir mit deinem Blute...
View ArticleKarl Mühlmeister: Illustrationen zu Tausend und einer Nacht
Karl (Rudolf Gustav) Mühlmeister (1876 - 1942 ?1945) war der Sohn des aus Detmold stammenden Zeichners und Lithographen Wilhelm Mühlmeister und dessen Frau Wilhelmine Brühling.Der hochbegabte Maler und...
View ArticleEleanor Fortescue-Brickdale: Illustrations to IDYLLS OF THE KING by Alfred...
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1871 – 10 March 1945). She was an English artist. was born in Upper Norwood, Surrey as Mary Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale the daughter of Matthew and Sarah Fortescue...
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