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Category Archives: Illustrations
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
The Spring Cycle
[Above: Spring Cycle by Wen Jun (mixed media) 2013]. This colourful artwork is in the form of a pedicab, which was once commonly used as transport in Chinese cities. Painted in the traditional Spring Festival style, the eight paintings on … Continue reading
Soup de Jour? | Can Do
Warhol proved you can make Souper-Art – but why Broth-er? Pop art is the art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Collectibles, Edible Art, Illustrations, Paintings
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The Art of Bishai is a Bit Shy and the Great Sphinx of Giza Holds Secrets as Well
Postcard of the Sphinx by A. Bishai (ca 1958). So far any information regarding the artist for this postcard remains a mystery, unless someone can provide any further information. In which case I would love to hear and then share … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Illustrations, Postcards
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Apples of Temptation are Bonza!
Above are some great examples of Apple Case Art and Australiana. Labels began to appear in large numbers on wooden crates around 1920 and were only superseded in the 1960s by cardboard cartons. Although the designs were for the most part basic, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edible Art, Illustrations, nostalgia
Tagged apple case art, apple museum, Australiana, Ephemera, Harcourt, huon valley, industrial folk art, tamar valley, wombat
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From Backstage Girl To Lucky In Love
Pulp Fiction paperback publishing did not only happen in America. In the second half of the 20th Century an Australian pulp scene burned brightly with tales of jaded gunshoes, valiant servicemen and women, daring spies, violent youth gangs and bikies. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cover Art, Erotic Art, Illustrations, nostalgia
Tagged Cover Art, pulp fiction
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Hisashi Tenmyouya | From Passive Moon To Vibrant Sun
Above Left: Nine Kamakura Samurai (from Contemporary Japanese Youth Culture Scroll) August 2001, acrylic on wood (60cm x 42cm) Above Right: Archery 2008 acrylic on wood (90 cm x 70 cm) Japanese contemporary artist Hisashi Tenmyouya was born in February, 1966 in Tokyo. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Illustrations, Oriental Art, Paintings
Tagged Archery, Hisashi Tenmyouya, Japanese art, Japanese artists, neo nihonga, Nine Kamakura Samurai
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Is This the First Picture of a Young Street Artist at Work?
French painter, poster artist and print-maker, Etienne Maurice Firmin Bouisset was born to a working-class family in the town of Moissac in the Tarn-et-Garonne département in south-western France on September 2, 1859. He specialized in painting children and did a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, StreetArt
Tagged Etienne Firmin Bouisset, Menier chocolates, poster art, poster artists, Yvonne Bouisset
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Compare the Pair #17 | The Tale of Two Fridges
Above: Left: Leda and the Swan fridge by Arthur Boyd; Above Right: Decorated fridge by Shirley Stewart at ANA Hall, Harcourt, Victoria. What separates these two beautifully decorated fridges? – About 31 km via the Midland Highway (A300) in Central … Continue reading
The Fairy Dell Dream of the Great Henry Rheam
Above: Henry Meynell Rheam “The Fairy Dell” English painter Henry Meynell Rheam was born in Birkenhead on Merseyside on 13 January 1859. He studied in Germany; London at Heatherly’s; and at the Académie Julian in Paris, working primarily in watercolour before settling … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Art, Artists A-Z, DarkArt, Gallery Art, Illustrations, Paintings, Watercolours
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Time to Share Hampshire’s All In a Garden Fair
Above are six in a series of images by Ernest Lewellyn Hampshire, aka E. L Hampshire (1882-1944), entitled, “All in a Garden Fair“. Born in East Dulwich on 16th June 1882, Hampshire was a professional landscape artist, water colourist, oil … Continue reading
It’s a Great Illustration – But No Cigar!
Above: Inside of cigar box illustrated by Eirene Mort containing wood working tools belonging to Nora Weston ca. 1920. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Eirene Mort’s death at the age of 98, a fitting time to consider her … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, DecorativeArts, Illustrations
Tagged Canberra Museum and Gallery, Eirene Mort, Livelihood, Nora Weston
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