Comments on: Arthur Rackham

By: Felideus (Juan Parra) | CS5 Design

Felideus (Juan Parra) | CS5 Design — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:32:11 +0000

[...] of some of the Golden Age illustrators who worked in detailed and highly textural styles, like Arthur Rackham and Gustav Tenggren. Felideus manages at the same time to make his images feel ancient and modern, [...]

By: Scott Gustafson | CS5 Design

Scott Gustafson | CS5 Design — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:56:14 +0000

[...] Scott Gustafson’s richly textured and intricately detailed illustrations are steeped in his admiration for great illustrators of the Golden Age like N.C. Wyeth, Normal Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish and Arthur Rackham. [...]

By: Joe Fenton | Qatato

Joe Fenton | Qatato — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:55:36 +0000

[...] mythology, Northern Renaissance art and contemporary pop culture, with a bit of M.C. Escher and Arthur Rackham thrown in for good measure; creating a wild visual stew of eclectic [...]

By: Charles Burchfield - Art You Know

Charles Burchfield - Art You Know — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:01:39 +0000

[...] pieces, incorporating influences from botanical illustrations, Japanese prints, illustrators like Arthur Rackham and Romantic artists like William Blake and Samuel Palmer; but after the event he began to [...]

By: i-eclectica.org » Blog Archive » Colin Stimpson

i-eclectica.org » Blog Archive » Colin Stimpson — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:12:33 +0000

[...] Stimpson lists early influences that include great Edwardian illustrators like Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham. He carries those influences into his snappy, nicely textured illustrations and a richly [...]

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:48:15 +0000

Thanks, Joel. While I had seen one or two of Peake's illustrations in isolation (history of illustration type books), I wasn't really familiar with much of his work or the Gormenghast books. I found his official web site. (If you know of other good online galleries of his work, please let me know.) His illustrations for Alice certainly have their own strong identity, but what really knocked me out were his illos for The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Wow. He'll probably be the topic of a future post. Thanks!

By: Joel Zablow

Joel Zablow — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:44:34 +0000

There are some other beautifully done illustrations of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass, by Mervyn Peake, who also wrote the extraordinary Gormenghast Trilogy. His Alice drawings are odd and whimsical, with a not quite purely innocent Alice, unlike any others, and some unusual vaguely Seuss-like creatures, . I’d highly recommend you have a look. And also read the Gormenghast stories, which he both wrote and illustrated, long, complex and beautiful.

be well
joelz

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:14:08 +0000

Thanks. I wasn’t familiar with her work. I’ve found some small reproductions (mostly book covers on bookstore sites) and her watercolors look enticing, particularly the illustrations for The Wizard of Oz. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a web site with images large enough to really get a good look her paintings. I’ll keep looking around, but If you come across a site with large reproductions of her work, please let me know.