Ah, the Rubáiyát is full of worldly wisdom.
Helen M. Sinclair — 1914
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Funky Little Number
Karen from Arkansas sent over this funky little number. Music sheets have thousands of cover images just waiting to be explored.
Thanks Karen!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Viva la Evolution!
Today's post on the ever-intriguing Histories of Things to Come reminds us that this is Charles Darwin's birthday, thus reminding me that I had a couple of Darwinesqe items in the scan file just waiting to be posted. There's a relevant page on the Pictorial Arts Journal.
Viva la evolution!
cartoon from Mr. Punch's Almanack — 1882
A magnificent portrait of Mr. Darwin
Monday, February 11, 2013
A Rarity
HERE's a rarity — the guy is nude and the gal fully clothed!
H. Granville Fell — Zephyrus and Flora — 1900
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Man!
Man, I miss Antonio Lopez's energetic fashion renderings!
Antonio Lopez — L'Uomo Vogue — 1970
Antonio Lopez
Xtreme Level
Taking fashion photography to an Xtreme level, a brave model barely hangs on to the Eiffel Tower, just to get our attention:
Erwin Blumenfeld — Sur la tour Eiffel — 1939
Friday, February 8, 2013
Out on the Town
What a funtastic photo of Tarzan's little family out on the town.
Tarzan's New York Adventure — 1942
Handsome
This is a handsome digital medium rendering, utilizing some Mucha/Art Nouveau styling, brought to an androgynous slightly manga level, successfully giving new life to an old style.
© 2009 Shannon van Muijden — Declan O'Dwyer
Mothers, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Artists
Yes, this is just one of the hazards of the biz . . .
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Run Away!!!
The Good Duck Artist took a little break from painting Donald and the boys to paint some real humans. Run away!!!
© 1978 Carl Barks — King Beowulf
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
But, Still . . .
As I was preparing this, my daughter looked over my shoulder and said, "Mm, not his best work". She's right, but, still . . . Mucha!
Mucha — La Plume — 1897
From A to Z
I forget what I was going to say about this post.
It was on the tip of my tongue . . .
TullioPericoli — From A to Z — ca 1986
Monday, January 28, 2013
Eight Hands of Tenslith
Oh, I love the comics from the old days. This beautiful splash page by Gene Fawcette has it all: strange adventure, murky monster, dashing hero, b-b-beautiful heroine (with pirate boots!), sizzling spaceship, great lettering, bold and colorful.
One of my favorite splash pages of all time.
Gene Fawcette —Tara — Wonder Comics #17 — 1948
All Shapes and Sizes
Faeries come in all shapes and sizes . . .
from Johnny Gruelle's My Very Own Fairy Stories, 1917
Always a Pleasure
It's always a pleasure to see work by Johnny Gruelle, he of Raggedy Ann and Andy fame — wonderful fairy tale author and illustrator of the early 20th century, he had a nice range of style.
Johnny Gruelle — illustration from Grimm's Fairy Tales — 1918
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