I could hear you talk about art all day... the way you describe things is just.. so whimsical and thoughtful. like, seriously, I love your videos because I can really see how much time you put into them. all the editing, and your sense of humor is amazing to me. I don't mean to sound creepy, I just watch a lot of your videos and never comment; but this one just really hit me for some reason. keep it up, thanks for your hard work!
Dr. Seuss is not taken seriously as an artist enough in this day and age. Not only is his art fantastic but the way he would incorporate political/social/philisophocal themes and issues was so perfectly balanced and not one-sided at all that I legitimately cannot think of much other works that tackle said issues in such a neutral yet insightful way, let alone in a fashion that children _and_ adults could understand and learn from. I think it may be because of the movies, but too many people see him as "The Funny Cat Man" and not much else.
@@kage1983 Emphasis on 'was', sure he held some not so acceptable ideals/thoughts, but later on in his life he changed for the better. Allow me to clarify so I can stop getting comments about this, I am only talking his racial views getting better & not the garbage way he treated his dying wife.
If you take out the happy characters, Dr. Suess's artwork is probably some of the most liminal artwork I've ever seen. With the uncanny architecture and impossible features, it reminds me of those obviously photoshopped grass hills.
Yea it’s like he was able to accurately paint his dreams that are completely unique to him. Nobody else Has ever thought of the stuff he paints so every time you see it it’s creepy like those crazy dreams you had as a kid
FINALLY someone is talking about Dr. Suess besides his children's books! I knew about the WW2 Propaganda art but I had NO IDEA about the weird Taxadermy and Midnight Paintings! Thanks Solar Sands!
And another thing that I believe is widely known, but should be mentioned was that he served in world war 2 alongside Stan lee. He also supposedly was a fan of a particular type of hat and was rumored to have 300 of them hidden in his house. Lastly, because he couldn’t have kids of his own whenever others would talk about their kids he would talk about his made up daughter who made a killer oyster stew with chocolate frosting and flaming Roman candles. Why do I know this? because I got bored and looked it up one day.
@@nihil0771 Searched it, lots of results but no taxidermy or midnight paintings, at least not at first glance. Still interesting though. Very rappable texts.
Many of these are clearly vent art but also an art style that Seuss liked to go for but thought it was not worth it to share to the world until his death.
@@ayaanosaurasrex6582 honestly I get the hate the meme comments get and to a degree the YT commenters that are in every video you watch but why the verified youtubers? They really aren't doing anything harmful at all plus it's not like they're flexing their verification badge
@@ayaanosaurasrex6582 ok but it's not their fault if they got a bunch of likes. I do agree it's pretty bs this isn't the same as verified people on twitter lol
“While the Cat in the Hat knows all about that, the Cat on the Wrong Side of the Tracks will probably try to sell you various kinds of cracks” -Unknown commenter. This comment made me laugh for like 10 minutes straight, but now I can’t find it. So, I reposted it, for anyone else experiencing this issue.
@@helpimstuckinafridgeandits305: If you find that you're low, And you're feeling so-so, There's a place you can go, To get rid of your woe, And in time you'll be high, Like a kite in the sky, Where the crack won't run dry, Why not give it a try?
Paintings used to be untitled like this cause it was a lot more fashionable to be taciturn back then. Less was more and the paintings did all the talking. Contemporary art needs a name to help tell a story or relate to something
if he lived 400 years ago he wouldnt have been Dr. Seuss the famous writer that everyone knows either. the reason his painting and art arent widely publicized is because we package it all together with his books that everyone recognizes. hes a historical story book author and illustrator and will always be. many people have seperate talents that make them recognizable but people choose to remember them by their most famous of those talents. if he was a famous painter he wouldnt have been a story book writer.
As a very young child, it was the bizarre art that really triggered my imagination. I sensed that there was something there beyond childish entertainment. Like Alice in Wonderland.
I've always loved seuss's art because even though it is whimsical and adorable, it's also rather terrifying in an interesting way... like the story with the walking pants. gosh that terrified me as a child
@@HotStrange ME TOO it was like... the kind of fear that captured you completely and made you wanna read it over and over! I've always been the type of person that is hard to scare, but that one really got me when I was a kid for some reason. seuss's excellent storytelling and his affecting, atmospheric work definitely stuck with me and I'm so glad other people feel the same way haha
@@ellasedits_ NOT AT ALL! it was such a terrifying story, and honestly i haven't known another work that really captures that sense of terror. I loved the ending too because like it taught me that even if I was deeply scared of something, things turn out okay and the thing you're scared of might even turn out to be something good if you face it
When I was a little boy (early-mid 90's) I was frozen in my tracks, captivated and obsessed with Dr. Seuss books. There just wasn't anything else quite like it. As I've gotten older, I feel like it was literally a way to cope with the absurdity of dreams in the waking life. And those settings....You really couldn't duplicate how eerie they were. Even an empty hallway in the background gave me a profound feeling of being watched. There was this thrill that when you were in a Dr. Seuss book, you were traveling somewhere exciting and vibrant to no end.
His art was never pretty too me. And yeah now that a think about it his art WAS a little unsettling. Not to mention the Cat in the Hat always looked so sad tired and depressed despite his smile-
For me the art wasn't a problem it was the fact that in nearly ever book there's at least one character that nearly dies now I get that it was in a older time and stuff was different back then but as a kid in the modern world I felt bad for the protagonist or sad or horrified at some of the books
I met him about 60 years ago. My mother was an elementary school teacher in San Diego, and I think she met him at some education-related event. We went to his house for a brief visit. He was very nice, and gave me an autographed copy of Horton Hears A Who. I wonder where that book is now.
The man was an artist, and therefore had doubts about himself and his abilities. This was a healthy way to let that energy out, as his children’s works were upbeat and positive. Every action has an opposing reaction. This was clearly his.
@Beumadine Sweevy wow I thought I was the only one... yeah as a kid hes art was scary to me I did not understand why they read them in school. I tried to ignore them every chance I could. It still freaks me a bit... and I am into horror... crazy that something made for kids creeps me out... def conspiracy
2:47 I have this book about Dr. Suess and he legit hated when people called his work whimsical, saying that in the dictionary whimsical means "without meaning" and he took that as an insult. I read it like 7 years ago but I remember that stuck with me because it was so strange (Havent watched the entire video tho so idk if you brought it up)
Honestly, that just reminds me of artists nowadays saying "Don't call me talented, that dismisses all the hard work I did to get here!" No it doesn't, just take the compliment and move on. People are trying to praise how good you are, don't read too much into it.
@@leirawhitehart1236 I personally find it irritating, but to each their own (being called talented insinuates being born with the ability to make the art I make now, which is undeniably incorrect).
Rubies and Jaspers Jasper my pre-kid teacher I have read this books to me and my classmates, since I were 4 yr old from Ella Dolhonde Elementary School, since 2003.
I won't say I was creeped out, but yeah, even as a kid you knew there was something different about his art. you certainly don't feel that way about say "where the wild things are" critters.
I really enjoy how the midnight paintings give a sense like our childhood is grown now. Like he grew up with us and is continuing as we grow. All these are older emotions like isolation and confusion and depression that we couldn’t really connect to before when we were younger. Where as now we can and now the art has deeper meaning. In his childrens books I feel the art meaning was right there in front of us as it should’ve been being a kids book. I really like that there are more serious works with the nostalgia and essence of our childhoods.
I like them, too. Maybe he didn't want the world to see them, for PR purposes. Can't be a children's book author and producing something scary at the same time. Or maybe it's possible, but too risky. Hard enough to sell a book as it is.
The midnight paintings demonstrate how clever he was. If you ignore your shadow it will come out in awful ways. He's accepted his shadow and kept it under control.
Your definition of kept it under control must be different than mine. Even taking into account that ones definition of shadow is highly personalized by their life's experiences, many would agree his shadow ran wild.
Fun fact: last year when I was a freshman at my high school, I was in a ceramics class and we were learning about and talking Dr.Suess’s secret artwork and his unorthodox taxidermy, and for our project that we were doing, we had to draw and create our own monster/creature inspired by his artworks! So that was a really fun time for me, and I’ve been doing ceramics ever since 6th grade because it’s a really amazing experience for me! :D!!
I was in La Jolla this summer and at a gallery featuring these midnight paintings. I was surprised that Suess painted nudes as well, often in the same whimsical way and with his famous cats.
All of his art has been unsettling to me to a certain degree, especially when I was a lot younger. It's something about the empty horizon, the abstract-ness, or the flat colors. I feel the same about a lot of art now that I think about it. It makes me anxious or unsettled.
I don't get any feelings of creepiness or discomfort from any of his works, but I agree there's a profound isolation in many of them that only comes to a head in the deco paintings.
Yeah same lol, I remember going into art class in elementary school and my teacher had various small copies of works of art and most of the creeped me tf out
I see influences from MC Escher (the patterned one is almost a personal variant of one of his works, imo), Italian futurism, and surrealism as well, almost like he wanted to try out different techniques and styles
I grew up with Dr. Seuss, so this was a very fascinating look into his other paintings I have never seen. Also, glad to see that there wasn't any dark subliminal messaging in these paintings, just him showing off his creative side in different ways.
It just goes to show that he was a person, too. He experienced a range of emotions he wanted to express, but did not publicly, due to his career. The same is true for Mister Rogers.
cat in obsolete shower is by far my favorite painting. its so visceral and it touched me. feels like a huge disconnect and the only time you can be yourself is when no one is looking
My neighbor actually owns what I think to be a copy of “The cat from the wrong side of the tracks”. I noticed while house sitting and never got to ask if it was an original
Oh my god. Imagine if your walking through a hallway. Its badly lit, only silhouettes are visible. The entire place is damp and puddles cover the floor. You then hear what sounds like mops slapping against the ground approaching from around an upcoming corner. Your breathing slows as you subconsciously try to make as little noise as possible. A head that looks like cross between a deer and a human head pokes out from around the corner with glowing eyes. The head is on a impossibly long paper-thin neck that seems to break and violently change direction in ways that don't seem naturally possible. The entire thing is coated in damp, dirty, dark orange-brown fur. Two identical heads follow the first, their necks intertwined in ways that make it seem as if it's gonna crumble if the heads move too much, yet it trudges towards you, it's six legs attached to a dog-oxen body. You get a feeling that its eyes can't see you, yet it knows where you are at all times. It stares at you, as if calculating every possible way it can make sure you die from its claws. It suddenly charges at you, making a wail that sounds like a whale combined with the souls of _hell_ . The scene goes black, you lose consciousness, knowing that going out without knowing what happens is the best thing you can do. God why did I take the time to write this nobody's gonna read the whole anyway. If you did, however, thank you for having the same appeal to creepy, disturbing, dumb stuff as me.
@@Magnoliaschnolia Congratulations! You made what I was thinking seem tame! You nightmarish person! *_BUT WHAT IF... THE FACES... THEY HAD EMPTY EYE SOCKETS, AND FLESH A SICKLY YELLOW, ALONG WITH RAZOR SHARP BEAKS STAINED DARK RED AND CRUSTY._*
I cherished my dr Seuss books growing up. The smell of the pages even. The art style & stories really expanded my mind as a child. I knew it was books for kids but I was always faced with a mixture of feelings as the viewer. The pages gave me eerie vibes but at the same time, cozy. I grew up quite lonely and it was reflected to me in the characters who usually looked sad, dismal and isolated. Despite the sometimes depressing storyline themes his books never failed to quench my curiosity for kooky oddities ❤
“Dr Seuss, what does this painting represent” “It represents the capitalist system and how workers are trapped in a inevitable and infinite loop of work” “And what does this one represent” “CAT”
I grew up in the town that Seuss lived in and grew up in. It was honestly so magical living in a city filled with his imagination, and it was incredible :)
Not really, the war nearly crippled the animation industry at the time, so many studios (including Disney and Warner Bros) were commisioned by the government to create war propoganda. Alot of it included making fun of Hitler and the Japanese
He did a huge amount of good through his amazing books. The setting was that there are things you never heard of and they have names of course and the stories were always new ideas.
Seuss art was often both whimsical and haunting to me, with nonsensical structures and unnatural creatures. Even as a child I was both entertained and fascinated by his art, wondering what sort of alternate dimension these stories could possibly take place in. The taxidermy definitely lends more towards the disturbing nature as his creatures are given physical form. The books are like all the surface level joy that exists in the world of his art, similar to a travel brochure, while the paintings express the full depth of emotion a person can feel when traversing this world. It's strangely beautiful how complex his art is.
It's funny to imagine that "The Midnight paintings" were painted in a state of mind and in a manor similar to Francisco Goya's "Black paintings. This obviously isn't true but the parallels are there.
Sean L that’s exactly what I thought when he talked about the midnight paintings, I was kinda hoping the art would be more dark themed, with some darker subjects but the paintings are still incredible
Thanks for this! I've always had great love for Dr. Seuss, and seeing him as a more rounded human, imperfect yet extraordinary, gives me a new appreciation for him.
I love the art but they also really unsettle me like I would buy one if I had the opportunity but I don’t know if I could deal with seeing them everyday
Honestly, a lot of Seuss's artwork really has always creeped me out since I was a kid. Even now some of the creatures he illustrated are actually kind of terrifying.
I think those of us who had this reaction were also part of the G.A.T.E. program. It’s interesting to see what was chosen as part of the curriculum for young children during the 80’s and 90’s.
I felt that way when I first saw it too, it was just so unusual and nonsensical that I wanted to understand what I was looking at but couldn't because it's not something you're meant to understand I think. I kept thinking "What is that? What kind of animal is that?" And I had no way of finding the answer, it bothered me a lot. I'm also autistic and my special interest is animals, might have something to do with it.
@@aphyngodiva2551 Heh. I am too, actually. Asperger's. I'm also the same way with the interest in animals. Especially cats! Video games are also included in my small circle of interests... lol
I remember feeling creeped out as a child when first reading "one fish two fish red fish blue fish." The illustrations and creatures like the one that drinks ink were weird and dark.
That seascape painting is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen! Seuss has always been a favorite artist of mine, specifically with how he does architecture (or an abstraction thereof). I enjoyed seeing these others sides of his works here. I never looked this deep.
@@laggingdragons do we even still have them? I remember they were a bit on the challenging side when we first saw them, but has not the unconventionalaty of them been lost to time?. They were fun times though😊.
“Cat from the wrong side of town” omg this is great. His twisted imagination seeped through everything he created. Seriously, why all the Cats? I always overlooked his art because I find his storytelling and word use superb. Oh Say Can You Say (about tongue twisters) is definitely one of my favorite kids books.
The paintings are so surreal, it just shows that maybe every artist has this darker side but many of them don't show it or its discovered later. I wish they were more well known and appreciated.
Every artist. Every single one. Every artist goes through their "blue period" where their work is darker in tone or color choice. These works are personal, and far less likely to be sold or recognized. Due to this, many of these pieces are lost before they can be appreciated. That is the unfortunate truth.
I find the Mike Myers cat in the hat very close to what I'd expect he was imagining as that reality. Always lurking always different with a touch of humour aimed at a more elder audience. Definitely ahead of his time.
My stepfathers mother used to be dr. Seuss’s neighbor in La Jolla. He told stories of always going to his house to see if he would sign a book but no one would answer, and the man barely left his house. When he did, he was seemingly always in a dark place. Seeing photos of dr seuss’s images poke fun of his neighbors makes me wonder if any could have been inspired by my sisters great grandmother. Crazy stuff!
Its important to be able to seperate the public sphere and personal sphere. For example, MLK Jr was abusive towards hid wife, but this shouldn't diminish his achievements in civil rights. Or there are many hollywood stars who abuse drugs but that shouldn't diminish their ability to entertain.
I seen his paintings at the Chicago museum. U hit the nail on the head on how I felt seeing the art in person. Recommend going to the field museum. Lots ofawesome stuff. Dr suess section is fire
I like how Solar refers to Dr. Suess as "Ted Geisel" when he referred to his darker paintings. It gives off a feeling of Dr. Suess being a completely different person as if it was sort of a made-up facade created by Ted to hide his real emotions. That, and the fact that Suess change the pronunciation to "Soos" rather than "Soice" gives off the feeling of having almost split personalities. Either that, or, when Suess started focusing on children books, he saw it as maybe a sort of "new beginning" and adopted Dr. Suess as his new self. This is just my speculation. His paintings make me think that maybe Suess suffered from mental issues at one point and he channeled them through his work and, having overcome these mental issues, he switched to a more colorful and child-like style. Note: This is literally just me thinking out a hypothetical, I'm not claiming that this is true. Please stop commenting with stupid, snarky comments about how not every artist or author is mentally ill and that I'm not a psychologist. I'm just saying that this is the impression I got based off of how Solar laid everything out and that it would be interesting if it were true.
I read that he changed the pronunciation because his audience kept mispronouncing it. Also EU being pronounced as OI or OY is German pronunciation, and many Americans with German or German-sounding names changed them during the world wars. When America was fighting the Germans, it would have been a bad move to insist on using a German name.
i think its pretty clever. for most people its "look at this thing i shot". me personally i never put the deer parts into anything more sinister than a burrito, nothing as grizzly as a trophy, only that taking one animal can feed you all year. but this guy made his own one of a kind critters. might be a statement about that, that one day strange extinct creatures my only be known because those that hunted them to extinction placed a trophy on the wall. maybe im just overthinking it. regardless this man just earned a whole new level of respect from me.
Woah, me too! It’s so unsettling to me yet noone else I talk to seems to agree on such a fundamental level. Even the “positive” and “cheery” images, like that shown at 9:02, make me uneasy.
The painting at 9:02 was the most ominous to me. It was the only image that seemed to represent a potential threat. It's interesting how people interpret art differently.
Same!! When i was younger i hated reading Seuss books because the thought of having only a town with nothing beyond it made me freak out. Of course, now i appreciate his creativity but i still feel panicky when i see his art
The art always made me uncomfortable because I couldn't understand it. Like the architecture never seemed possible, or wondering if there was more to this universe these characters are in. Stories like the dude who only goes east and the dude who only goes west (or however it goes, it's been many years since I read it) always bothered me too.
i enjoyed reading his books but i remember was a kid being creeped out by some of the illustration. i remember sticking pages together in books because the pictures unsettled me and would give me nightmares. it’s really interesting, looking back. a lot of the artwork just feel empty and soulless, and it really creeped me out.
His personal art is truly amazing. It sucks how he's recognized more for his cartoons when it seems his true genius was surpressed by this preconceived appearance to the media. What is art without raw emotion and psychology... as an artist, the man is absolutely priceless.
You reminded me of something I wish we could get rid of about our culture. You'll notice a few of his midnight paintings have nude women in them. Overall, artists that operate in the more respectable area of art and media, can't cross over to anything pornographic. If you paint or draw someone naked it has to be "tasteful", whatever that means, or humorous like the ones Dr. Seuss drew. If you found out that the animator for a popular children's cartoon also drew pornography, it really hurts their ability to do business in anything other than that. So, it largely has to be hidden. I notice some people can get away with it easier, Chris Sanders is one that comes to mind. But it's definitely not easy. Be nice if that changed.
@@YukonHexsunwhy is drawing people without clothes pornogaphic?, surely it is dependent on what emotions or feelings were intended with the images, a nude figure could be used to denote destitution or vulnerability to cite just two examples, the human body, with or without clothing, is a wonderful thing and we should not be afraid to celebrate it. Many years ago when I used to do a lot of photography I read that nude work is the easiest thing to do badly, it would have been an interesting challenge to have done something I could have justified to myself, but I think it would have been my bridge too far.
A correlatory to your comment. Beatrix Potter (like him), is so well known for her child tales. Yet, her studies of plants etc., are astounding. Her study of fungi were so outstanding that she was honored, but not permitted to present her paper. Being a woman, only a man could lecture on her work. There are several definitive texts about her hidden life. Happy hunting!
I honestly love how your channel isn't just the stereotypical making fun of kids on deviant art because they're cringey kind of thing. You genuinely have things to say and good critique for art. You have good advice for young artists. You bring things to light that many people have left in the shadows. I really enjoy your videos, they feel refreshing after all the "lol deviant art kids are cringe" videos
Dr. Seuss books are like a dream you're not sure isn't a nightmare, something in between that at any minute can go either way.
Why did I feel that so damn much...
Best description I’ve ever felt
In shorter terms, they feel like fever dreams.
Funny I never got that from "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish."
You need a safe space
I could hear you talk about art all day... the way you describe things is just.. so whimsical and thoughtful. like, seriously, I love your videos because I can really see how much time you put into them. all the editing, and your sense of humor is amazing to me. I don't mean to sound creepy, I just watch a lot of your videos and never comment; but this one just really hit me for some reason. keep it up, thanks for your hard work!
Same!
He’s amazing!
It reminds me of yandere devs voice
I love his documentaries about art, honestly they're better than borwsing deviantart
@@thebritishbuilder6251 Do not disrespect my man like that please
imagine youre just trying to sun bath one day 50 years ago and you find out that dr seuss had a secret drawing of you as a bird
I'd be truly honored and hopefully I'd make it into his book of boners
@@barnaclescum7011 out of context this whole thing sounds very weird lol
I'd be stoked because birds are fuckin cool
@@Frog101_Real more like storked, am I right fellas
*. . 😂 . .*
His art style is so unique and original, his art kind of fascinated me as a child, it was immediately captivating.
I see some similarities to M. C. Escher's work.
@@okidoke4822 True, can't believe I didn't write that myself.
It still is to me as an adult
Both of them are primary influences of mine from childhood.
Many of those 'secret-paintings' are quite surreal
Dr. Seuss is not taken seriously as an artist enough in this day and age. Not only is his art fantastic but the way he would incorporate political/social/philisophocal themes and issues was so perfectly balanced and not one-sided at all that I legitimately cannot think of much other works that tackle said issues in such a neutral yet insightful way, let alone in a fashion that children _and_ adults could understand and learn from. I think it may be because of the movies, but too many people see him as "The Funny Cat Man" and not much else.
Also he was racist
@@kage1983
Emphasis on 'was', sure he held some not so acceptable ideals/thoughts, but later on in his life he changed for the better.
Allow me to clarify so I can stop getting comments about this, I am only talking his racial views getting better & not the garbage way he treated his dying wife.
Portal Freak Maybe that’s why he made these.
But he was the funny cat man
@Alfonso Razo I was stating a fact dont get your panties in a bunch simp
Bold of you to assume the cat in the hat doesn’t have a sinister aura
*Stand rumbling intensifies*
Exactly
Fitting profile pic
@@caldw615 bold of you to assume the cat in the hat doesn't have a menacing *ORA*
Baseball bat intensifies
I didnt realize how drop dead gorgeous his art was, especially these hidden pictures. Its awe inspiring, i genuinely want to buy one
Charm13 good luck I bet those are worth millions
Stop it
Crooks no
@@radakinryder2741 Nah, just literally click the provided link and you get prices for items on sale. They seem to go for just under 2000$
Stop furry
If you take out the happy characters, Dr. Suess's artwork is probably some of the most liminal artwork I've ever seen. With the uncanny architecture and impossible features, it reminds me of those obviously photoshopped grass hills.
Yea it’s like he was able to accurately paint his dreams that are completely unique to him. Nobody else Has ever thought of the stuff he paints so every time you see it it’s creepy like those crazy dreams you had as a kid
His liminality gave me an omnibus boner.
If your referring to the windows "Bliss" wallpaper, it is completely unedited
I feel like Seus would be the guy whose dreams would be him flying through those places, but as the dream goes on, it gets darker and more scary.
It's probably liminal because you read them as a child
Dr. Soice is lookin noice
I cried at this
How dare you
Nice
Dr. Soy sauce
I fucking knew someone was going to do this
Now I know this seems far fetched but I think he liked cats...
nah i think hes more of a dog person
-_-
no way!
Nah, he's more of a green eggs and ham person
Nah, he's a boner person.
FINALLY someone is talking about Dr. Suess besides his children's books! I knew about the WW2 Propaganda art but I had NO IDEA about the weird Taxadermy and Midnight Paintings! Thanks Solar Sands!
Same. It was so interesting, especially the bird above the waves
did- did you just say his name correctly? i am shook
And another thing that I believe is widely known, but should be mentioned was that he served in world war 2 alongside Stan lee. He also supposedly was a fan of a particular type of hat and was rumored to have 300 of them hidden in his house. Lastly, because he couldn’t have kids of his own whenever others would talk about their kids he would talk about his made up daughter who made a killer oyster stew with chocolate frosting and flaming Roman candles. Why do I know this? because I got bored and looked it up one day.
@@SSunbros How was it possible for such an imaginative man to exist?
@Ya Boi okay?
The taxidermy and midnight paintings are the two art collections I never knew Dr.Suess had…
Search for Dr Seuss rap then
@@nihil0771 Searched it, lots of results but no taxidermy or midnight paintings, at least not at first glance.
Still interesting though. Very rappable texts.
Many of these are clearly vent art but also an art style that Seuss liked to go for but thought it was not worth it to share to the world until his death.
I am replying on a verified youtuber's comment early therefore I require an absurd amount of likes.
@@ayaanosaurasrex6582 honestly I get the hate the meme comments get and to a degree the YT commenters that are in every video you watch but why the verified youtubers? They really aren't doing anything harmful at all plus it's not like they're flexing their verification badge
@@FakestLoogi because verified youtubers get a lot of likes lol
@@ayaanosaurasrex6582 ok but it's not their fault if they got a bunch of likes. I do agree it's pretty bs this isn't the same as verified people on twitter lol
@@FakestLoogi i am not hating on them and never saud its their fault
“While the Cat in the Hat knows all about that, the Cat on the Wrong Side of the Tracks will probably try to sell you various kinds of cracks” -Unknown commenter.
This comment made me laugh for like 10 minutes straight, but now I can’t find it. So, I reposted it, for anyone else experiencing this issue.
Leigh Belk: Hahahahahaha!!!
Can you get the cat to hook me up? Im low
@@helpimstuckinafridgeandits305:
If you find that you're low,
And you're feeling so-so,
There's a place you can go,
To get rid of your woe,
And in time you'll be high,
Like a kite in the sky,
Where the crack won't run dry,
Why not give it a try?
The Non-Believer Welcome! You the original poster?
Isnt that from Robot Chicken
Dr. Seuss knew what the word "boners" was gonna mean in the future change my mind
No
That....would be impressive if it was true
"One dick
Two dicks
Red dick
Blue dick" - *Dr Seuss*
Then my friend is a boner
he loves boners
The painting at 11:27 gives me a nostalgic, peaceful and dreamlike feeling that I can’t describe.
Anemoia.
9:10
"A detailed drawing of hell for general electric"
hold up
some darker humor there lol
wow why did I not question this
My father and all his family worked for GE. A big shout of laughter flew out of me when you said, "General Electric."
Right! Wtf was that?
Right?
Damn, didn't realize just how great of an artist Seuss was.
I love how he named his paintings, most people try to make their titles just as artistic as their art, but nope, “A Plethora Of Cats” works just fine
The pronunciation is off
a lot of old artists actually did this
Paintings used to be untitled like this cause it was a lot more fashionable to be taciturn back then. Less was more and the paintings did all the talking. Contemporary art needs a name to help tell a story or relate to something
For some reason it's so funny to me whenever artists give their pieces 100% literal titles
The ones with simple names and dark painting are always the best
if Dr. Seuss lived 400 years ago he would be one of the most famous painters in history
Absolutely
He would have been murdered or shunned lol
He was born just in time to get “Seuss land” at universal studios though.
If he had lived 400 years ago he wouldn't have become Dr. Seuss.
if he lived 400 years ago he wouldnt have been Dr. Seuss the famous writer that everyone knows either. the reason his painting and art arent widely publicized is because we package it all together with his books that everyone recognizes. hes a historical story book author and illustrator and will always be. many people have seperate talents that make them recognizable but people choose to remember them by their most famous of those talents. if he was a famous painter he wouldnt have been a story book writer.
As a very young child, it was the bizarre art that really triggered my imagination. I sensed that there was something there beyond childish entertainment. Like Alice in Wonderland.
Hahaha yeah, okay
Yes! My feelings exactly
Well, Alice in Wonderland is a political satire of Victorian age UK
@@qvida4614 A lot of the fairy tales and such were subversive.
👍👍
I've always loved seuss's art because even though it is whimsical and adorable, it's also rather terrifying in an interesting way... like the story with the walking pants. gosh that terrified me as a child
Me too but I would still read that book over and over even though it creeped me tf out.
MORE PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
@@HotStrange ME TOO it was like... the kind of fear that captured you completely and made you wanna read it over and over! I've always been the type of person that is hard to scare, but that one really got me when I was a kid for some reason. seuss's excellent storytelling and his affecting, atmospheric work definitely stuck with me and I'm so glad other people feel the same way haha
@@ellasedits_ NOT AT ALL! it was such a terrifying story, and honestly i haven't known another work that really captures that sense of terror. I loved the ending too because like it taught me that even if I was deeply scared of something, things turn out okay and the thing you're scared of might even turn out to be something good if you face it
Where the Wild Things Are has that kind of creepy vibe as well. Didn't realize the Little Bear author created it until recently!
This is legit "when the funny kid goes home"
When the class clown goes home
when the Dr. Soice goes in his nonsensical architecture
700th like!
@@barnaclescum7011 😂 im ngl, that's hilarious
*#lolz*
When I was a little boy (early-mid 90's) I was frozen in my tracks, captivated and obsessed with Dr. Seuss books. There just wasn't anything else quite like it. As I've gotten older, I feel like it was literally a way to cope with the absurdity of dreams in the waking life. And those settings....You really couldn't duplicate how eerie they were. Even an empty hallway in the background gave me a profound feeling of being watched. There was this thrill that when you were in a Dr. Seuss book, you were traveling somewhere exciting and vibrant to no end.
At the very least he didn't draw vore art and post it to DeviantArt.
No, we don't mention that fetish here.
Yeah, he kept it to himself
did someone say vore? OWO
Gusty Let’s go take a walk in the woods. You stay in front.
@@quive5705 oh look, it's you
I vividly remember being a child seeing his art and thinking "this isn't at all fun, something here is off"
His art was never pretty too me. And yeah now that a think about it his art WAS a little unsettling. Not to mention the Cat in the Hat always looked so sad tired and depressed despite his smile-
For me the art wasn't a problem it was the fact that in nearly ever book there's at least one character that nearly dies now I get that it was in a older time and stuff was different back then but as a kid in the modern world I felt bad for the protagonist or sad or horrified at some of the books
You must have been a boring child
@@notconvinced2204 can i ask if this was a joke as by seeing your profile name (just asking)
"and then the wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones!"
And don't forget the Cat in The Hat broke into those children's home.
Dr. Suess world never seems to have a time or date. It's not even a world that can rotate. It's like another dimension lost thru time and space.
well said. true.
🤯
When you try to post a conundrum lmfao 🤡
Must’ve been the DMT & mushrooms. Time is man made.
@@lordsesshomaru9527 when you try to insult someone for no reason 🤡
I met him about 60 years ago. My mother was an elementary school teacher in San Diego, and I think she met him at some education-related event. We went to his house for a brief visit. He was very nice, and gave me an autographed copy of Horton Hears A Who. I wonder where that book is now.
I wonder what that book would be worth? wow!
At least $5 or more.
Nice men who left (with a mistress) his wife to die alone when he got the news that she has cancer.
@@AA-cf4esaPeRsOnSaPeRsOnNoMaTtEeRhOwSmAlL
@@AA-cf4eshy do you think commenters mom got “invited to his house” and he got to leave with a signed book 😂 autographs arent free
The man was an artist, and therefore had doubts about himself and his abilities. This was a healthy way to let that energy out, as his children’s works were upbeat and positive. Every action has an opposing reaction. This was clearly his.
Woah that hit deep bro. I don't like physics but that hit deep.
Beautifully said and such a lovely insight you must be a creative one
@Beumadine Sweevy you gotta admit the booby trap one was funny😂😂😂
@Beumadine Sweevy wow I thought I was the only one... yeah as a kid hes art was scary to me I did not understand why they read them in school. I tried to ignore them every chance I could. It still freaks me a bit... and I am into horror... crazy that something made for kids creeps me out... def conspiracy
@@aswagbeats9674 Physics are why we live as a species.
2:47 I have this book about Dr. Suess and he legit hated when people called his work whimsical, saying that in the dictionary whimsical means "without meaning" and he took that as an insult. I read it like 7 years ago but I remember that stuck with me because it was so strange
(Havent watched the entire video tho so idk if you brought it up)
I think I remember hearing something like this but this years ago could just be deja vu.
Im not a native english speaker but does whimsical rly means nothing?? I thought its a beautiful word meant magic or some sort
@@Vyansya the definition has changed over time, it doesn't mean 'nothing' anymore
Honestly, that just reminds me of artists nowadays saying "Don't call me talented, that dismisses all the hard work I did to get here!"
No it doesn't, just take the compliment and move on. People are trying to praise how good you are, don't read too much into it.
@@leirawhitehart1236 I personally find it irritating, but to each their own (being called talented insinuates being born with the ability to make the art I make now, which is undeniably incorrect).
"Not everyone can become a Great Artist
but a Great Artist can come from anywhere"
*-Anton Ego*
Duchi I think I saw you comment on a Click video the other day..
No you know Anton Ego said cook, not artist
I used to be scared shitless by his art as a kid. I think now I see the reason
Yupp, he was a realist.
He may have been a good artist, but I never liked his books. They gave me the creeps.
@@annwithaplan9766 he was a Jew
TH-cam: hey, wanna see a guy talk about dr.seuss’ paintings for almost 12 minutes?
Me: *yes*
His paintings of cats make me want to see a darker, more serious book from him
yeah... too bad he didn’t have the time to make one...
didnt he have an adult bookm
I know, hes gotta stop being lazy and make another book already
(yes this is a joke I know hes dead)
Petition to get Dr Seuss writing again
@@Tusskie find anyone who knows an art of necromancer.
Even as a kid I always thought Dr. Seuss' illustrations were somewhat creepy.
Rubies and Jaspers Jasper my pre-kid teacher I have read this books to me and my classmates, since I were 4 yr old from Ella Dolhonde Elementary School, since 2003.
Alex Mathew Mendoza .. seriously!!!
I won't say I was creeped out, but yeah, even as a kid you knew there was something different about his art. you certainly don't feel that way about say "where the wild things are" critters.
Same and I still do
The green pants with nobody inside scared them the Bejeezus out of me when I was a kid.
I really enjoy how the midnight paintings give a sense like our childhood is grown now. Like he grew up with us and is continuing as we grow. All these are older emotions like isolation and confusion and depression that we couldn’t really connect to before when we were younger. Where as now we can and now the art has deeper meaning. In his childrens books I feel the art meaning was right there in front of us as it should’ve been being a kids book. I really like that there are more serious works with the nostalgia and essence of our childhoods.
I like them, too. Maybe he didn't want the world to see them, for PR purposes.
Can't be a children's book author and producing something scary at the same time.
Or maybe it's possible, but too risky. Hard enough to sell a book as it is.
The midnight paintings demonstrate how clever he was. If you ignore your shadow it will come out in awful ways. He's accepted his shadow and kept it under control.
psychology thanks u
Your definition of kept it under control must be different than mine.
Even taking into account that ones definition of shadow is highly personalized by their life's experiences, many would agree his shadow ran wild.
Very true.
@@CNYKnifeNerd how so?
SO DEEP BRO
Fun fact: last year when I was a freshman at my high school, I was in a ceramics class and we were learning about and talking Dr.Suess’s secret artwork and his unorthodox taxidermy, and for our project that we were doing, we had to draw and create our own monster/creature inspired by his artworks! So that was a really fun time for me, and I’ve been doing ceramics ever since 6th grade because it’s a really amazing experience for me! :D!!
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Skylo the Nightingale Of Apocrypha Wow Thats Fascinating What An Interesting Art Project !
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Confirmed: The Cat in the Hat was Dr Zeuss's fursona
From all the comments why the hell did I laugh the most to THIS?
oh no
godddamit what the hell
Edit: I have no faith in humanity
Ah, yes, my favorite author...
Dr. Zeuss.
Dr suess, did you draw this?
I was in La Jolla this summer and at a gallery featuring these midnight paintings. I was surprised that Suess painted nudes as well, often in the same whimsical way and with his famous cats.
Dr. Has this artstyle that I always knew that could get really creepy without trying so badly
Exactly! Usually it’s bright and happy and joyful, but as little as a simple color change can make it seem dark and depressing.
Something about his art has always been a bit unsettling to me.
The long hairs at the end of feet and hands, the snarling nature of their faces,..
I'm so childish, I actually laughed like 10 minutes because of the boner joke...
Don't worry you're not the only one
Same sis
Same
More boners is also a book
Boner
All of his art has been unsettling to me to a certain degree, especially when I was a lot younger. It's something about the empty horizon, the abstract-ness, or the flat colors. I feel the same about a lot of art now that I think about it. It makes me anxious or unsettled.
Whimsical Wyvern yes. Well said.
I don't get any feelings of creepiness or discomfort from any of his works, but I agree there's a profound isolation in many of them that only comes to a head in the deco paintings.
Thats why I do hills and clouds or pictures and style on the wall
Yeah same lol, I remember going into art class in elementary school and my teacher had various small copies of works of art and most of the creeped me tf out
I see influences from MC Escher (the patterned one is almost a personal variant of one of his works, imo), Italian futurism, and surrealism as well, almost like he wanted to try out different techniques and styles
Totally agree. I enjoyed seeing those too as I never knew Seuss had done any type of that artwork.
People: Mistakes make us human.
Me an intellectual: Boners make us human.
Ok
Also true backwards. Humans make us boner.
It really works for either definition
Wise Man Time
Wiseau time
There’s more books about boners than there are people correctly saying Dr. Seuss’ name
🤨🤔😦😂🤣🤣👍
@@maebandy why those emojis?
@@vibing6530 I have to count on my fingers after midnight.
Doctor soose
@@maebandy alrighty
Broke: Dr. S-oo-s
Joke: Dr S-oice
WOKE: Dr. Sauce
Dr saucy
Dr. Soup
Dr scoop
Dr Pepper
Dr Ssssssssh
I grew up with Dr. Seuss, so this was a very fascinating look into his other paintings I have never seen. Also, glad to see that there wasn't any dark subliminal messaging in these paintings, just him showing off his creative side in different ways.
Nice men who left (with a mistress) his wife to die alone when he got the news that she has cancer.
I never realized how gorgeous Dr. Seuss's art is
It just goes to show that he was a person, too. He experienced a range of emotions he wanted to express, but did not publicly, due to his career.
The same is true for Mister Rogers.
How is it like that for Mister Rodgers
Cruz Gomes fr im curious
badreality2 explain mister rogers
mr rogers was like an angel on earth lol. a gem in history right beside bob ross
Mr Rogers was not a person he was a Marine! Oorah /Hooyah brother!
Anyone ever realize that all Dr.Suess' books all have that weird smell
the smell that smells kind of like dust with a bit of lemon?
@@jolliwoodstudios yeah that one
It’s boner smell
_what the actual fuck_
I suddenly feel the urge to go and smell a Dr. Seuss book
cat in obsolete shower is by far my favorite painting. its so visceral and it touched me. feels like a huge disconnect and the only time you can be yourself is when no one is looking
My neighbor actually owns what I think to be a copy of “The cat from the wrong side of the tracks”. I noticed while house sitting and never got to ask if it was an original
Ah, that is my favorite one of his paintings.
Mine too
wow totally true not likebait
You want a picture?
@@nothingbutcontent2000 LOL good comeback
Man, those paintings are beautiful.
I would *love* to see a horror game in the seuss style. It's so surreal and alive.
That would be hard to do, but not impossible. It could be named something like "Sketch" and focus on a much darker Dr. Seuss world. More realistic.
WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM AND WHY DO THEY KEEP PRESSING MY BUTTON? STOP! STOOOOOOPPPPP!!!
Oh my god. Imagine if your walking through a hallway. Its badly lit, only silhouettes are visible. The entire place is damp and puddles cover the floor. You then hear what sounds like mops slapping against the ground approaching from around an upcoming corner. Your breathing slows as you subconsciously try to make as little noise as possible. A head that looks like cross between a deer and a human head pokes out from around the corner with glowing eyes. The head is on a impossibly long paper-thin neck that seems to break and violently change direction in ways that don't seem naturally possible. The entire thing is coated in damp, dirty, dark orange-brown fur. Two identical heads follow the first, their necks intertwined in ways that make it seem as if it's gonna crumble if the heads move too much, yet it trudges towards you, it's six legs attached to a dog-oxen body. You get a feeling that its eyes can't see you, yet it knows where you are at all times. It stares at you, as if calculating every possible way it can make sure you die from its claws. It suddenly charges at you, making a wail that sounds like a whale combined with the souls of _hell_ . The scene goes black, you lose consciousness, knowing that going out without knowing what happens is the best thing you can do.
God why did I take the time to write this nobody's gonna read the whole anyway. If you did, however, thank you for having the same appeal to creepy, disturbing, dumb stuff as me.
@@Magnoliaschnolia Congratulations! You made what I was thinking seem tame! You nightmarish person! *_BUT WHAT IF... THE FACES... THEY HAD EMPTY EYE SOCKETS, AND FLESH A SICKLY YELLOW, ALONG WITH RAZOR SHARP BEAKS STAINED DARK RED AND CRUSTY._*
@@galaxydoes8034 oh hell yea dude.
I cherished my dr Seuss books growing up. The smell of the pages even. The art style & stories really expanded my mind as a child. I knew it was books for kids but I was always faced with a mixture of feelings as the viewer. The pages gave me eerie vibes but at the same time, cozy. I grew up quite lonely and it was reflected to me in the characters who usually looked sad, dismal and isolated. Despite the sometimes depressing storyline themes his books never failed to quench my curiosity for kooky oddities ❤
“Dr Seuss, what does this painting represent”
“It represents the capitalist system and how workers are trapped in a inevitable and infinite loop of work”
“And what does this one represent”
“CAT”
Dumb communist kid, you have no idea what cap/com is
@@Lyle-xc9pg Epic
@@Lyle-xc9pg get outta here boner
@@Lyle-xc9pg fuck off lyle
Lol
8:18
_"Self-portrait of the Artist Worrying-"_
*I'ma stop you right there, that's already a mood.*
THE OMINOUS BONERS I feel so immature for laughing at that one
*Omnibus.
@@billysinge8977 Im sorry but that just makes it even more immaturely funny
The omnimatrix boner
@@justiceofbook The Onomatopoeia Boners *insert door stop shigga-digga-doo*
@@guyinthecorner0 *SHIGGA-DIGGA-DOOO*
I grew up in the town that Seuss lived in and grew up in. It was honestly so magical living in a city filled with his imagination, and it was incredible :)
"Dr. Seuss hitler isn't real, he cant hurt you."
*_Dr. Seuss Hitler:_* 2:45
Horton see’s a Jew
@@pablogarcia6188 👀
"Unorthodox Taxidermy" is the funniest thing I have heard this year
Imagine living through WW2, seeing Dr.Suess' political art, then post war seeing your child read his story books- how confused I'd be😂
Not really, the war nearly crippled the animation industry at the time, so many studios (including Disney and Warner Bros) were commisioned by the government to create war propoganda. Alot of it included making fun of Hitler and the Japanese
all too modern... buckle up
@@angellozano1938 "making fun of" is a bit of a understatement, especially in regards to how they portrayed the Japanese
@@socksleeve didn't he and the people who did Looney Tunes made cartoons only for the military during WW2?
@@socksleeve Japanese army were animals
He did a huge amount of good through his amazing books. The setting was that there are things you never heard of and they have names of course and the stories were always new ideas.
Seuss art was often both whimsical and haunting to me, with nonsensical structures and unnatural creatures. Even as a child I was both entertained and fascinated by his art, wondering what sort of alternate dimension these stories could possibly take place in. The taxidermy definitely lends more towards the disturbing nature as his creatures are given physical form. The books are like all the surface level joy that exists in the world of his art, similar to a travel brochure, while the paintings express the full depth of emotion a person can feel when traversing this world. It's strangely beautiful how complex his art is.
yeah even tho he was an awful person his work is great
@@nothanks1508 Awful compared with whom? Jesus?
@@nothanks1508he's complex like his art, often the greatest artists/creators have very troubled minds anyway
It's funny to imagine that "The Midnight paintings" were painted in a state of mind and in a manor similar to Francisco Goya's "Black paintings. This obviously isn't true but the parallels are there.
Lmao. How ART of you good sir
Sean L that’s exactly what I thought when he talked about the midnight paintings, I was kinda hoping the art would be more dark themed, with some darker subjects but the paintings are still incredible
Exactly what I was thinkin about
Bold of you to assume Dr Seuss painted in a manor
Solar Sands: *changes topic*
Everyone: *dosen’t notice*
Solar Sands: _I’m safe, for now..._
You guys really didn’t notice...?
Wait what
wait what
Wait what
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Thanks for this! I've always had great love for Dr. Seuss, and seeing him as a more rounded human, imperfect yet extraordinary, gives me a new appreciation for him.
All of these paintings are wierdly calming, if i ever got the chance and had the money i would definitely buy one of these paintings.
And of course you know that since he has become controversial, the value of his art will skyrocket. Gee, I wonder who manipulated that situation?!?
I love the art but they also really unsettle me like I would buy one if I had the opportunity but I don’t know if I could deal with seeing them everyday
@Humble bumble you crack me up man😂
@Humble bumble weirdo.
@Matija Dorđević I swear blm is always brought up when the situation has nothing to do w the movement..
Please never stop doing this kind of videos, is always interesting to know a little more about the artist behind it's creation
Honestly, a lot of Seuss's artwork really has always creeped me out since I was a kid. Even now some of the creatures he illustrated are actually kind of terrifying.
I think those of us who had this reaction were also part of the G.A.T.E. program. It’s interesting to see what was chosen as part of the curriculum for young children during the 80’s and 90’s.
I felt that way when I first saw it too, it was just so unusual and nonsensical that I wanted to understand what I was looking at but couldn't because it's not something you're meant to understand I think. I kept thinking "What is that? What kind of animal is that?" And I had no way of finding the answer, it bothered me a lot. I'm also autistic and my special interest is animals, might have something to do with it.
@@aphyngodiva2551 Heh. I am too, actually. Asperger's. I'm also the same way with the interest in animals. Especially cats! Video games are also included in my small circle of interests... lol
I remember feeling creeped out as a child when first reading "one fish two fish red fish blue fish." The illustrations and creatures like the one that drinks ink were weird and dark.
Haha yeah some of them where terrifying
That seascape painting is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen! Seuss has always been a favorite artist of mine, specifically with how he does architecture (or an abstraction thereof). I enjoyed seeing these others sides of his works here. I never looked this deep.
I am a child for laughing at "Boners" repeatedly.
Homo erectus.
I am actally a child
I’m getting all the boners
The panel about the joker's boners still makes me laugh :P
How did the word Boner get ruined anyway?
"Only 5 people pronounce it like Dr. Soice"
Germany: Am I a joke to you?
Switzerland: Am I a joke to you?
Austria: Am I a joke to you?
Sadly It is true, Germans are a joke to Americans
Yes, you are
@@ramisamman5674 The rest of the world is a joke to Americans.
One of my classmates in art has a very... psychedelic style to it. That’s literally what I thought of when I saw this video.
One of my favouitre works of Dr suess is the film "the 500 fingers of doctor T" in which he did the art and set design for
The phrase "Whimsical Hitler" is something that I never expected to hear
Good name for a punk band
@@laggingdragons I'll play the viola
Dibs on the spoons.
@@laggingdragons do we even still have them? I remember they were a bit on the challenging side when we first saw them, but has not the unconventionalaty of them been lost to time?. They were fun times though😊.
Wasn't it "... Hitler in his [Seuss's] whimsical style.."?
“Cat from the wrong side of town” omg this is great. His twisted imagination seeped through everything he created. Seriously, why all the Cats? I always overlooked his art because I find his storytelling and word use superb. Oh Say Can You Say (about tongue twisters) is definitely one of my favorite kids books.
Louis Waine a British artist had a obsession with cats too. Unfortunately Waine was diagnosed as being Schizophrenic. His later life was very sad.
I like “Cat detective in the wrong part of town.” It feels like it’s part of a mystery novel, and I want to read the rest of it.
Luckily you can come close. There's a comic series and video game about the titular cat detective named Blacksad.
@@James11111 Interesting. I’ll have to look into that.
Hard-Boiled Cat Noir Detective Fiction? The Meow-tese Falcon? The Cat-inental Op? (I'll stop now.)
Awesome work. Some later paintings seemed to be “cartoon” versions of what M.C Escher was producing at the time.
The paintings are so surreal, it just shows that maybe every artist has this darker side but many of them don't show it or its discovered later. I wish they were more well known and appreciated.
Every artist. Every single one. Every artist goes through their "blue period" where their work is darker in tone or color choice. These works are personal, and far less likely to be sold or recognized. Due to this, many of these pieces are lost before they can be appreciated. That is the unfortunate truth.
The surly cat being ejected represents his wife kicking him out of the house for being a stupid lanky doofis
The phrase "the midnight paintings" is the most metal thing I've heard today.
METAL?
@@getin3949
Right
I find the Mike Myers cat in the hat very close to what I'd expect he was imagining as that reality. Always lurking always different with a touch of humour aimed at a more elder audience. Definitely ahead of his time.
The cat from the wrong side of the road looks likes the grinch as a cat
Finally someone also sees it
I thought the same thing.
I saw myself
My stepfathers mother used to be dr. Seuss’s neighbor in La Jolla. He told stories of always going to his house to see if he would sign a book but no one would answer, and the man barely left his house. When he did, he was seemingly always in a dark place. Seeing photos of dr seuss’s images poke fun of his neighbors makes me wonder if any could have been inspired by my sisters great grandmother. Crazy stuff!
that’s so cool wow
That's interesting... I wonder if he got the idea for the Oncler from himself. They seem pretty similar.
Adultery really changes one's perspective on a person
WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE
Wow you don’t have like 11k likes
Why do I see you literally everywhere-
Its important to be able to seperate the public sphere and personal sphere. For example, MLK Jr was abusive towards hid wife, but this shouldn't diminish his achievements in civil rights. Or there are many hollywood stars who abuse drugs but that shouldn't diminish their ability to entertain.
The greatest minds have dark secrets
I seen his paintings at the Chicago museum. U hit the nail on the head on how I felt seeing the art in person. Recommend going to the field museum. Lots ofawesome stuff. Dr suess section is fire
The cat in obsolete shower bath conveys a sense of visceral loneliness that I don’t think many other artists would have been able to depict.
。紙の神 I can almost smell that now that you mention it.
Time stamp?
Edward Garcia 6:50
I totally agree. Some of those paintings scream depression is such a palpable way that it gave me shivers. I’ll never be the same.
Leo Velli 😐
I like how Solar refers to Dr. Suess as "Ted Geisel" when he referred to his darker paintings. It gives off a feeling of Dr. Suess being a completely different person as if it was sort of a made-up facade created by Ted to hide his real emotions. That, and the fact that Suess change the pronunciation to "Soos" rather than "Soice" gives off the feeling of having almost split personalities. Either that, or, when Suess started focusing on children books, he saw it as maybe a sort of "new beginning" and adopted Dr. Suess as his new self.
This is just my speculation. His paintings make me think that maybe Suess suffered from mental issues at one point and he channeled them through his work and, having overcome these mental issues, he switched to a more colorful and child-like style.
Note: This is literally just me thinking out a hypothetical, I'm not claiming that this is true. Please stop commenting with stupid, snarky comments about how not every artist or author is mentally ill and that I'm not a psychologist. I'm just saying that this is the impression I got based off of how Solar laid everything out and that it would be interesting if it were true.
How has no one noticed this comment
i believe it is spelled seuss
Most authors go by a different name
I read that he changed the pronunciation because his audience kept mispronouncing it.
Also EU being pronounced as OI or OY is German pronunciation, and many Americans with German or German-sounding names changed them during the world wars. When America was fighting the Germans, it would have been a bad move to insist on using a German name.
@@vickibamman8333 that’s actually super cool.
Okay, what he did with that taxidermy is just phenomenal! Love his dark art too. Humans are complex creatures. I'm glad it's being shared now at least
i think its pretty clever. for most people its "look at this thing i shot". me personally i never put the deer parts into anything more sinister than a burrito, nothing as grizzly as a trophy, only that taking one animal can feed you all year. but this guy made his own one of a kind critters. might be a statement about that, that one day strange extinct creatures my only be known because those that hunted them to extinction placed a trophy on the wall. maybe im just overthinking it. regardless this man just earned a whole new level of respect from me.
Such an enormous pleasure to learn about the Art of Dr Seuss, my all time favorite!!!
Ive always felt a bit anxious looking at his art. ive always got a sense of lonliness and despair
Woah, me too! It’s so unsettling to me yet noone else I talk to seems to agree on such a fundamental level.
Even the “positive” and “cheery” images, like that shown at 9:02, make me uneasy.
The painting at 9:02 was the most ominous to me. It was the only image that seemed to represent a potential threat. It's interesting how people interpret art differently.
Bruh you got a JoJo pic so like
@@legallypumpkin 😂😂😂
Feelstoro Star Pepe ...I’m 67 years old, and I always thought it looked kinky, weird and devilish in some way (not innocent or childish)
Everyone: *DR. SEUSS SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY!!*
Me: WAs Dr SEuSs GiVinG PeOplE BoNERs?
So many boners. Entirely too many boners. I can't handle all of these boners.
Chriss *gEtTiT gUyS? i’M qUiRKy!*
I find his art to be quite..eerie. The cat in the hat movies town setting makes me feel uncomfortable, seeing a town with only rolling hills beyond it
Same!! When i was younger i hated reading Seuss books because the thought of having only a town with nothing beyond it made me freak out. Of course, now i appreciate his creativity but i still feel panicky when i see his art
The art always made me uncomfortable because I couldn't understand it. Like the architecture never seemed possible, or wondering if there was more to this universe these characters are in. Stories like the dude who only goes east and the dude who only goes west (or however it goes, it's been many years since I read it) always bothered me too.
i enjoyed reading his books but i remember was a kid being creeped out by some of the illustration. i remember sticking pages together in books because the pictures unsettled me and would give me nightmares. it’s really interesting, looking back. a lot of the artwork just feel empty and soulless, and it really creeped me out.
Liminal spaces.
@@eli-rv7tb Not usually areas of transition, in my opinion. We, the readers, may only be passing through the towns, but they are lived in regardless.
The end is beautiful and great editing
I love the direction this channel is going; analyzing lesser known works and ideas when it comes to art
His personal art is truly amazing. It sucks how he's recognized more for his cartoons when it seems his true genius was surpressed by this preconceived appearance to the media. What is art without raw emotion and psychology... as an artist, the man is absolutely priceless.
The cartoons are genius too though, especially if you look at the potential meanings behind them.
@@benjaminlumsden oh I love his cartoons even more bc they seem so sinister when you consider what was really going on in his mind.
You reminded me of something I wish we could get rid of about our culture. You'll notice a few of his midnight paintings have nude women in them. Overall, artists that operate in the more respectable area of art and media, can't cross over to anything pornographic. If you paint or draw someone naked it has to be "tasteful", whatever that means, or humorous like the ones Dr. Seuss drew. If you found out that the animator for a popular children's cartoon also drew pornography, it really hurts their ability to do business in anything other than that. So, it largely has to be hidden. I notice some people can get away with it easier, Chris Sanders is one that comes to mind. But it's definitely not easy. Be nice if that changed.
@@YukonHexsunwhy is drawing people without clothes pornogaphic?, surely it is dependent on what emotions or feelings were intended with the images, a nude figure could be used to denote destitution or vulnerability to cite just two examples, the human body, with or without clothing, is a wonderful thing and we should not be afraid to celebrate it.
Many years ago when I used to do a lot of photography I read that nude work is the easiest thing to do badly, it would have been an interesting challenge to have done something I could have justified to myself, but I think it would have been my bridge too far.
A correlatory to your comment. Beatrix Potter (like him), is so well known for her child tales. Yet, her studies of plants etc., are astounding. Her study of fungi were so outstanding that she was honored, but not permitted to present her paper. Being a woman, only a man could lecture on her work. There are several definitive texts about her hidden life. Happy hunting!
I honestly love how your channel isn't just the stereotypical making fun of kids on deviant art because they're cringey kind of thing. You genuinely have things to say and good critique for art. You have good advice for young artists. You bring things to light that many people have left in the shadows. I really enjoy your videos, they feel refreshing after all the "lol deviant art kids are cringe" videos
I hope that, with his knowledge, he doesn’t get too emotionally strained or overwhelmed.
Where did you get that idea?
That's what it used to be but he changed
He was as fascinating as his artwork. Multi-talented, outrageous, unique.