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Category Archives: Illustrations
The dying art of giving and receiving cards
Christmas cards have been a popular form of seasonal greetings of comparatively recent origin. W.C.T Dobson, RA, is usually regarded as having sent the first Christmas card in 1844. Sir Henry Cole and J.C. Horsley produced the first commercial Christmas … Continue reading
Proof that heat’ll bring out the Christmas Beetle
“Goliath Beetle” (1767) by Sydney Parkinson; gouache on vellum, 32×25.5cm National Library of Australia picture collection. Sydney Parkinson (1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish Quaker, botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was employed by Joseph Banks to … Continue reading
A Sunday in the Country on a De Dion-Bouton
“Un Dimanche à la Campagne aka A Sunday in the Country” was a 1984 French film which depicted life in France, prior to WW1. The plot focussed on Sunday country life, when an old painter would be visited by his … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Illustrations
Tagged bouton, De dion, De Dion Bouton vehicles, French poster art, trepardoux, Wilhio
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Raymond Peynet’s Lovers’ almanacs are so intensely French
The witty and fanciful artist and cartoonist Raymond Peynet was born on 16 November, 1908. His early career in illustration began with Tolmer, a commercial art agency in Paris, where he drew labels for fragrances and chocolates boxes, and progressed … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Cover Art, Illustrations
Tagged #Illustrators, Denise Damour, French cartoonists, French illustration, French illustrators, H.E. Bates, Le Rire, Paris Magazine, Raymond Peynet, Rire à Deux, The Boulevardier, The Lovers' Bedside Book, The Lovers' Pocketbook, The Lovers' Travelogue
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Stanton Deliver… Don’t Run Away, Don’t Run Away…
American bondage and fetish illustrator, cartoonist and comic-book artist; Eric Stanton (Ernest Stanzoni) was born on September 30, 1926 and raised in New York City. He attended the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and began specializing in erotic bondage comics such … Continue reading
The Perils of Pauline were no Bayne in her life
Artist and illustrator Pauline Diana Baynes was born in Hove, East Sussex, on 9 September, 1922. She grew up in Agra, India, where her father worked as a commissioner for the Indian Civil Service. Her summers were spent at the … Continue reading
From East to West – I’ve Goatcher Covered
Philip W. Goatcher was born on the 23rd November 1851, in London; the son of a scene painter. He left school in his early teens to work as a law clerk at Lincoln’s Inn. In his spare time he would visit … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, DecorativeArts, Illustrations, Paintings, Performing Art, Textiles
Tagged #Kalgoorlie, #Melbourne, #Victoria, #WesternAustralia, Bay of Naples, Block Arcade, Boulder, gold rush, goldrush towns, J. C. Williamson, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Philip Goatcher, Sadler's Wells Theatre, theatre backdrop curtains, theatre design
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May the Sky Saw for Tom Phillip’s contribution to Another Green World
Tom Phillips was born in 1937. A former Royal Academician based in London, he is known for his work as a draughtsman and traditional painter; best known for his portrait commissions. He became an expert on African art and curated … Continue reading
Be happy with what you have and appreciate the smaller things in life
The Fisherman and the Goldfish by A. Pushkin is a classic children’s story translated from the Russian by L. Zelikov and illustrated by B. Dekhtertov. It was printed and republished in 1958 by the Union of the Soviet Republic as … Continue reading
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Tagged #Children'sStories, #IllustrativeArt, A. Pushkin, B. Dekhtertov, fairy tales, golden fish, illustrative artists, L. Zelikov, Russian fairy tale, Soviet Republic, The Fisherman and His Wife, The Fisherman and the Goldfish, The Greedy Old Wife
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There’s more to this cardiologist than meets the eye
Image on left is: “Music to the eye” photographed and donated by Yean L. Lim AM ARPS FRACP Image on right: “In loving memory of our friend and colleague: Margaret Dougherty” (painted by Yean Lim) According to information on the … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Illustrations, Oriental Art, Paintings, Watercolours
Tagged cardiologist, Dr. Yean L. Lim, Epworth Hospital
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There is no malaise involved with the art of John Millais
The Boyhood of Raleigh by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA who was born in Southampton, on 8th June 1829, a prominent Jersey-based family. Millais was an English painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. … Continue reading
An Annalisa enigma
I saw a show on TV a while ago where the presenters focussed on a private collector’s specialty – Decorative label surrounds for tinned tomatoes – especially those from Italy and Spain. Needless to say his collection was vast and … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, Cover Art, Edible Art, Illustrations
Tagged annalisa, Annalisa tinned tomatoes, Italian tinned tomatoes, Lodato, Salerno, Senesi, tinned tomatoes
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