Hannes Bok —The Enchanted City — 1946
Hannes Bok — The Enchanted City
Showing posts with label Maxfield Parrish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maxfield Parrish. Show all posts
Monday, October 17, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Heresy
I know this is heresy, but Maxfield Parrish is NOT one of my favorite golden age illustrators. Maybe it 's over-exposure that limits my appreciation, and don't get me wrong—his work has many high water marks, yet in general I like a lot of other illustrators' work more. But this illustration by Parrish is intriguing for its technique and its wealth of content in such a small space.
This is the original art for one of the illustrations from Kenneth Grahame's 'The Golden Age', an 1899 book. The art is black and gray wash, with white gouache touches, over graphite on beige wove paper. The inscription, by the artist, says:
This is the original art for one of the illustrations from Kenneth Grahame's 'The Golden Age', an 1899 book. The art is black and gray wash, with white gouache touches, over graphite on beige wove paper. The inscription, by the artist, says:"Alarums and Excursions." — Once again were damsels rescued, dragons disembowelled, and giants . . . etc.
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