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Category Archives: Cover Art
Heads you win!
This is the front cover of the theatre program – “The Eagle Has Two Heads” ( French: “L’Aigle à Deux Têtes”) by Jean Cocteau. Not only did he illustrate the front cover of this, he was also the playwright. The … Continue reading
Compare the Pair #10
“Sometimes I sit and think… and sometimes I just sit,” is a bastardization of an old proverb or saying that escapes my recall for the moment, however; I use this to describe this street art piece. This has to be … Continue reading
Posted in Cover Art, Gallery Art, Paintings, StreetArt
Tagged #GalleryArt, Art, Hippolyte Flandrin, Oscar Wilde, Robert Mapplethorpe, StreetArt, Teleny, The Louvre
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An Orchid Garden magazine – well fantasy that!
Der Orchideengarten (‘The Orchids-garden’) subtitled Phantastische Blatter or (‘Fantastic Pages’) was a short-run German magazine which was published from January, 1919 until November, 1921. Published by Dreiländerverlag; each of its 51 issues contained 24 pages, printed on rough book paper. … Continue reading
Posted in Cover Art, Illustrations, StreetArt
Tagged #Illustrators, Der Orchideengarten, fantasy, fantasy magazine, magazine, supernatural-horror
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Plenty of Sax appeal here
Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward was born to a working-class Irish Catholic family on 15th February, 1883, in Birmingham, U.K. More commonly known as the British novelist, “Sax Rohmer“, he created the evil ‘Dr. Fu Manchu‘, who featured in a variety of … Continue reading
Does anyone fantasy Gandalf?
The brothers Hildebrandt were a formidable force in science fiction and fantasy art drawing. Twins, Greg and Tim were born on January 23rd, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan. They began painting professionally in 1959 and since then, have produced illustrations for … Continue reading
Posted in Cover Art, Gallery Art, Paintings
Tagged Art, greg hildebrandt, Hildebrandt brothers, tim hildebrandt
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Fair winds and following seas
Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss symbolist painter who was born on 16th October 1827 . His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk trade. His mother, Ursula Lippe, was … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnold boclklin, Art, calm seas, meerestille
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Little Cock Feather Frock
Little Cock Feather Frock is a Russian folk tale for children, adopted by A.N. Tolstoi. The version I am referring to is translated from the Russian language by Eugene Felgenhauer and illustrated by E. Rachev, from the Soviet Children’s Library printed … Continue reading
When Dicksee met Valentino
Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee was born in London, on 27th November, 1853. He was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his popular portraits of fashionable women, as well as dramatic literary, historical, and legendary scenes. His early teacher was his father … Continue reading
Posted in Cover Art, Gallery Art
Tagged E.M. Hull, Emily Maude Hull, Frank Dicksee, Leila, Sir Frank Dicksee, The Sheik
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“Splitty goes to the snow!”
“Splitty goes to the snow!” that’s my version of the title for this illustration, when I look at this album cover design. Does anyone remember the 1969 movie “Last of the Ski Bums“? I don’t. But, with an interest in … Continue reading
Posted in Cover Art, nostalgia, VWArt
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