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  • John Bauer (update)

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    John Bauer was a Swedish illustrator and painter, active around the turn of the 20th century, who I first wrote about back in 2006. Since then, I’m happy to report, resources for images of his charming, wonderfully realized illustrations have become more widely available. Though not as well known outside of Sweden as some of…

  • John Bauer

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    While we’re still on our virtual visit to Sweden for yesterday’s post about Anders Zorn, we should stop by and say hi to John Bauer, a dramatically underappreciated fantasy artist. Looking at Bauer’s wonderfully caricaturish trolls and gnomes, his glowing young princesses and his dark forests of ancient trees, their roots intertwined in Art Nouveau…

  • John Berkey (update)

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    John Berkey, who died in 2008, was one of the premiere space artists. His distinctive style graced the covers and interiors of a wide variety of publications with visionary images of the future. Berkey had a wider range of style and subject matter than is widely known. Since my article about John Berkey in 2006,…

  • Johan Egerkrans

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    Johan Egerkrans is a Swedish illustrator and writer — parmarily of children’s books. Egerkrans has a wonderful touch with dragons and monsters. I particularly enjoy the energetic semi-cartoony style with which he portrays dinosaurs. Egerkrans’ work often carries of echoes of classic Swedish illustrators, particularly John Bauer (e.g. images above, bottom). His webstore features signed…

  • Treasure trove of high-res images from Nationalmuseum Stockholm

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    In a gesture to make up for the inaccessibility of much of the museum’s collections during a major renovation to the building, the Nationalmuseum Stockholm has just released 3000 high resolution public domain art images from its collection to Wikimedia Commons. There is an article on the museum’s website here. The images are arranged on…

  • Ted Nasmith

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    Along with Alan lee, John Howe and the Hildebrant brothers, Canadian illustrator Ted Nasmith is one of the artists most associated with bringing to visual form the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It’s difficult now to see past the look established by the extremely popular movies, but that look was largely developed from existing sources in…