Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Premier Palaeo-artist Zdenek Burian -- Prehistoric Animals

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Zdenek Burian (1905-1981), you could say he's the man who put the life back into dinosaurs. Working with palaeontologist Joseph Augusta...
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Monday, December 7, 2009

Early Illustrators of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

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I'm especially fond of antique Mother Goose books. Here are a few samples of antique Mother Goose illustrations: It's interesting ...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Masha, a Mystery Illustrator of Childrens Books in the '40s

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Masha (Maria Simchow Stern) illustrated the very first Little Golden Book, Three Little Kittens in 1942. That is some claim to fame, however...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Dog Illustrators Capture the Canine Spirit

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Small children, horses, dogs -- can't resist vintage books with illustrations of these. Today, the subject is dogs. Many children’s book...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Marguerite de Angeli’s Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes – Among the Best

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Marguerite de Angeli, (1889-1987) if not a Renaissance women, she was certainly multi-talented. Marguerite de Angeli’s Book of Nursery and...
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Monday, November 9, 2009

Holling C. Holling -- Colourful Historic Fiction

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Holling Clancy Holling (1900 -1973), a prolific children’s book writer and illustrator, combined large, colorful, full-page illustrations ...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Many Illustrators of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty

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I don't know how many different artists have illustrated a version of Black Beauty since it was first published in 1877. It may be the c...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Bessie Pease Gutmann -- Golden Age of Illustration

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Bessie Pease Gutmannn was one of the women illustrators from what is considered the Golden Age of Illustration late 1800s to early 1900s. ...