Category: Illustration
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Eye Candy for Today: Tenniel’s Jabberwock
The Jabberwock, John Tenniel, pen and ink. I don’t know the size or location of the original drawing. Link is to the image page on Wikipedia, which in turn links to a very high resolution image (11.62 mb). John Tenniel’s beautifully iconic illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s books have never been equaled for their visual charm…
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Edwin Austin Abbey (revisited)
Edwin Austin Abbey, who I first wrote about in 2006, was an American painter, illustrator and muralist who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born here in Philadelphia, Abbey studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He did a series of highly regarded murals and other artworks for the…
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Johan Egerkrans
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…
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Eye Candy for Today: Virginia Frances Sterrett illustration
Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvellous beauty, illustration from Rosalie’s Tree, Virginia Frances Sterrett Image is sourced from this blog post from Jack Guignol. For more, see my previous post on Virginia Frances Sterrett.
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Eye Candy for Today: Steinberg’s iconic View of the World from 9th Avenue
View of the World from 9th Avenue, March 29, 1976 cover of The New Yorker, Saul Steinberg; ink, colored pencil and watercolor; 26 x 19 inches (71 x 48 cm). Whether you’re seeing this for the first time (in which case, you’re welcome), or you’ve seen it a hundred times and had the poster on…
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Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2024!
As I’ve done every New Year’s Eve for the past 18 years, I’ll wish Lines and Colors readers a Happy New Year with one of J. C. Leyendecer’s New Year’s covers for the Saturday Evening Post, in this case marking the arrival of 1924. For more Leyendecker to while away your New Year’s day, check…