The great Zdenek Burian - "Winnetou" illustrations for Karl May (part1)
Great Zdenek Burian. One of the best of the best artistillustrators in the world!!! For ever !!!! Below: Zdenek Burian in his studio 1959.A self portrait with his wife.
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View ArticleF. H. Nicholson - The Robinson Crusoe illustrations (part1)
Dr. Ernst Waelti write:It has been brought to market in time countless editions . Some shortened so that you have almost speak of a defacement of the text already . But is the original work in two...
View ArticleAlbert Richter - illustrations for *Tokeah* 1895
Mister Waelti write: The book was publishedin 1895. The illustratorAlbert Richterwas bornin Dresdenin 1845 and died in1898 in LangenbrückinDresden. He was awatercolorpainter, draftsman,and illustrator,...
View ArticleJohnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Meine erste Langspielplatte die ich mir gekauft hatte war "hallo, ich bin Johnny Cash". Mutter schimpfte. Der Beginn eines Lotterlebens, fürchtete sie.Seitdem begleitet mich Cashs Gitarrensound seit...
View ArticleFrederic Dorr Steele - Illustrations for *The Return of Sherlock Holmes*
Frederic Dorr Steele was born 1873 in Eagle Mills, Michigan and died 1944.During his early years in New York, Steele first made the acquaintanceship of Sherlock Holmes. His friend Alfred Heinrich read...
View ArticleGeo Ham (Georges Hamel) Fast racing crates
Dr. Waelti write:The motor car has always held a romantic appeal for artists who have sought to capture the speed and the excitement of motoring. At the beginning of the 20th century the automobile...
View ArticleTesting Scraperboard
It isalwaysadvisableto makebeforea test!Scraperboardis a directmatterand mistakes arehard to undo.It is important tofind the balance betweenspontaneityand control.Only in this wayare achievedthe...
View ArticleGustave Doré - *The Rime of the Ancient Mariner* (part1)
The poem’s first version of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was published in Lyrical Ballads 1798. Gustave Doré’s crowded, romantic illustrations for the Acient Mariner were...
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