Comments on: Edmund Dulac

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:30:05 +0000

I have a book Sinbad the Sailor and other stories from the Arabian Nights illustrated byEdmund Dulac. It is 11″ x 8 1/2″ 223 pages. The cover has what looks like green flowers with a gold castle and boat it is illustrated with 22 color illustrations,
The only info. is in the back of the bookEngraved and Printed by Henry Stone &son Banbury. I would love info, when published,value and anything else.
Thank you,
Susan

By: ArtDulac Vestibule d'art

ArtDulac Vestibule d'art — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:20:16 +0000

Vestibule d’art où ont place tous les styles et toutes les expressions d’art Comptes avec des domaines comme photographie, sculpture, poésie, música,comic,manga… etc.donde pouvoir expresarte.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyfqoLE2_HE
http://www.artdulac.com/index.php?sec=3&action=forum
http://www.artdulac.com/index.php?sec=1&action=blogs

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:57:23 +0000

Sorry, previous message should have read “Robert Loraine as Cyrano at the Garrick Theatre”.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:52:47 +0000

Hello,
Thank you for the very interesting information on Edmund Dulac. Many years ago I was given the original drawing for his theatre poster of Robert Lorraine as “Cyrano” at the Ambassadors Theatre. It is currently being restored, (it was faded and mounted on board), and would be interested to know more about it.

By: anthony govoni

anthony govoni — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:03:12 +0000

when i was young my mother gave me a scadinavian book called snow queen very well drawn one picture in it i remember is of a frozen girl in woods kneeling feeding animals she was frozen in time animals all near her long hair a beautiful blue skin have you seen or heard of such a book it was an inch and half to 2 inches thick hard covered thanks

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:49:03 +0000

Mike,

Wow. That’s fascinating. Hopefully someone else may have come across these.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:48:05 +0000

Robin,

Thanks for the insight into that printing. I think you’re right about the difficulty of reproducing Dulac. He seemed to be taking advantage of the advanaces in printing tech at the time and pushing it to the limit.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:22:35 +0000

I “stumbled” upon an interesting fotenote to Edmund Dulac’s artistic past. I recently purchased 7 Theodore Haviland (Limoges, France)plates with fish scenes that were HAND PAINTED BY Edmumd Dulac.
These plates are dated 1903, have been verified as hand painted, and are signed “Dulac”. He was employed within Haviland’s stable of artists for one year, before moving to England in 1904.
I invite someone to share their Dulac signed Haviland plates with me….. Thanks

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:12:59 +0000

Thanks for the info.
I have been a fan of Dulac’s for a long time.
Years ago, I had the good luck to find an original 1904(?) printing of The Arabian Nights. Despite the US $250 price tag and our meager resources, my wife bought it for me for Xmas soon after. Though the images are small (most are about 10 X 15cm) the reproductions are excellent and there are dozens of them. The condition of the binding was somewhat rough and I have considered removing the illustrations and framing them, but to do this properly would cost thousands and ruin the book.
I have also found a few used copies of collected works, but the reproduction is usually ugly. His use of color, in particular, seems to be very delicate and is probably difficult to reproduce without meticulous printing.