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Category Archives: Illustrations
Glamourpuss posters from a previous age
Advertising in the early 1950s saw a boom in posters for both the corporate world and the everyday consumer. Wanting to appeal to a broad audience, the 50s Style posters were often brightly coloured, and often whimsical or playful in … Continue reading
These Are No Fakes | These Are Real Thake’s
Eric Thake, (1904-1982), Australian print-maker, painter and photographer trained at the National Gallery School and the George Bell School. During his earlier career, he showed with the Contemporary Group in Melbourne between 1932 and 1938 before serving as an … Continue reading
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I’m Spinning Around | The Famous Hill’s Hoists
The Australian invention Hill’s Hoists outdoors clothes line transformed backyards across Australia in years after World War Two (WW2) due to a couple of wayward fruit trees behind a house in an Adelaide suburb. Lance Hill of Glenunga returned home … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art, Illustrations, nostalgia, Paintings, Tea Towels
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A Topological Measure of Escher
[Images: Dream (early woodcut, 1935), Stars (polyhedron wood engraving, 1948), Vlinders aka Butterflies, (wood engraving, 1950), Circle Limit III (woodcut, 1959)]. Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher aka “ Mauk” was born June 17, 1898, in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. … Continue reading
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Pop Art | Dot Art | Appears to Tear the Heart
American pop art artist Roy Fox Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923 in New York, into an upper-middle-class Jewish family. He is known as a leading figure in the pop-art movement which focussed on parody; where his work was … Continue reading
Joyeux Noël | Festive Greetings to You All
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) provides emergency food and healthcare to children and women in countries that have been devastated by war or other significant emergencies. UNICEF has been selling greeting cards for over 70 years. These cards … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Cards, GreetingCards, Illustrations
Tagged Anthony Harvey, Australian art, Australian artists, Danish art, Danish artists, Giksen Gross, Greeting cards, Unicef
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Hutton’s Hamming It Up
Hutton’s Hams and Bacon (Pine-Apple Brand) During the 1860s the suburb of Preston in Melbourne’s north saw the introduction of a bacon-curing factory. Following its opening in 1862, came a tannery in 1865. These original establishments would be followed by … Continue reading
Posted in Edible Art, Illustrations, nostalgia, StillLife
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Walk Softly Witch! You Are Wanted by Carter Brown
The 1950s were a golden era for Australian pulp fiction and one of the main attractions was its striking cover art. With import restrictions on books and magazines from the United States (US) in the 1940s and 1950s; opportunities arose … Continue reading
Can We Do It? | Yes We Can
The Infamous “We Can Do It!” poster which has become a symbol of women’s empowerment has remained popular since its inception in 1942. The original depicts a 17 year old WW2 factory worker who modeled for the poster which was … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations, StreetArt
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The Art of UNICEF Never Gives Up
[Above: Nicolas Fimbari – The Procession – Italy] The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) provides emergency food and healthcare to children and women in countries that have been devastated by war or other significant emergencies. UNICEF was created by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Cards, GreetingCards, Illustrations
Tagged #Christmas, Greeting cards, Unicef, worldwide charities
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The Art of Keiichi Tanaami
Keiichi Tanaami (b. Tokyo, 1936) has been an active artist, illustrator and graphic designer since the 1960’s. He refers himself to an Edokko (a person born and raised in Tokyo). Tanaami’s early career took him to San Francisco in 1968, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, Oriental Art
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Confessions of an English-Opium Eater & Others
Opium usage in art and literature is not as uncommon as you might think. Fascination with narcotics has reigned interest since the late 19th to early 20th Centuries with movies relating to the drug craze, such as: The Derelict (1914), … Continue reading
With a Huffin’ and a Puffin’ These Covers Will Blow You Away
[Above: Book covers for Puffin Story Books published in 1951. Gloria Freedman’s front and back cover (The Secret Garden) and John Harwood’s covers for Fairy Tales From the Isle of Man.] Four years after Australian paperback publisher Penguin Books had been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cover Art, Illustrations
Tagged Book illustrators, Gloria Freedman, John Harwood, paperback books, Penguin books, Puffin books
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Summer Nights | Tell Me Moore, Tell Me More
[A Summer Night by Albert Moore, (1890) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool] Albert Joseph Moore (4 September 1841 – 25 September 1893) was an English painter known for his depictions of langorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of … Continue reading