One of the most beautiful clocks in the world is in Prague at the Old Town Square, and is an astounding 600 years young. Follow this link ov...

Ann Macbeth — Once Upon a Time — 1902 Ann Macbeth was best known in her time for outstanding embroidery and needleweaving, wielding a needl...

The Belle Époque, French for Beautiful Era —the turning of the 19th century to the 20th—was a graceful time, graphically. So many examples ...

There was a time when advertising, and even the act of smoking itself, was a refined and aesthetic experience . . . Charles Loupot — cigaret...

Norman Mingo was the main cover artist for Mad Magazine, during my formative years. Who knew back then that he was a mainstream illustrator ...

I often wished that Norman Rockwell would have painted more historical, or even fanciful artwork, more in the vein of Mucha. Ah well—but he ...

I really like George Barr artwork. It has an expressive sense of wonder that is so important to making fantasy stories come to life. The bea...

Apologies once again to Jack at his Enoch Bolles site , but I just have to post one more cover with a gaze that just Bolles me over. This co...

A hale and hearty hello to our cyber friend Jack over at the web log dedicated to the art of Enoch Bolles, which you can jump to by clicking...

This has got to be one of the most bizarre magazine covers of the 20th century. The name of the magazine translates as Smile , and I transla...

Though it has nothing to do with Fall or Halloween, here is an enigmatic illustration that feels autumnal and mysterious. This drawing by Al...

Mucha's artwork is astounding by any measure. This is Quo Vadis , referring not to the biblical references of Jesus, but to Petronius a...

Did I mention how I jump all over the place on this here bloggy thingy? John Buscema. Conan. 'Nuff said.

Good Lord, look at the waist on that young lady, and Vogue was setting the standard for women in 1909, as in the decades since. What a crazy...

This book has been around the block and then some. It has a nice cover illustration by Paul Emile Becat, but I can't show any of the int...

A plate from Sir Wm Russell Flint's 1909 Song of Solomon . I am the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorn...

This comment came in on the last post referring to Privat-Livemont: Artman2112 said... that's very nicely done but man, that figure is ...

Once again I'm in deadline crunch phase. I'll post here and there some individual images that have been scanned and waiting, but I w...

There's just something about a Roy Krenkel drawing that grabs my imagination and just won't let go. There are so many Krenkel drawin...

I'm telling ya, there's a lot of validity to this idea. It's like having your cake and eatin' it too. Most of us own too—muc...