Hello and I'm very pleased that I get quite a lot of positive and flattering responses to the videos but I have to say yours ihas brought a huge grin to my face. Thanks.
Ah! That's so sweet. If that's an original line with you: I'm giving you credit. When I go courting again, I will use it to woo my unwitting sweet heart. Many thanks. It is a darling commendation to Mr Beard in deed. Respectfully yours Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis
My ignorance is always exposed when I watch this channel, but I don't mind as it is one of the most pleasant ways to discover new artists. And the choice of artists and the insightful comentaries are always top notch. Good work Pete.
Hello again and I see Eamonn has beaten me to the punch with his reply. That's what I was going to add. Three out of four in this one were entirely new to me.
A constant delight as ever. The presentation perfect in every way, with the emphasis solely on the artwork, unlike so many others that are basically glorified selfies. We know, from your bereted self portrait, that you look like the great Ernie Bilko, though you certainly don't sound like him, and that's than enough for us! I'm astounded at the number of artists that you've now added to the Song Book: over 240, many of whom I've never heard of. Even more astounded that you haven't mentioned many of my favorites. From the 'Golden Age': Sidney Sime, forever associated with Lord Dunsany, who so loved his work that, for The Book of Wonder, the artwork came first. And Joseph Clement Coll, with his superb illustrations for Conan Doyle and Talbot Mundy. And there were some truly wonderful artists working in the sf/fantasy Pulp magazines: the greatest, undoubtedly, being Virgil Finlay, truly beautiful artwork (much of it done on scraper board), Edd Cartier, whose humourous art adorned many Street & Smith publications, Frank Kelly Freas, and Hannes Bok amongst others. From English comics of the same period two names stand out: the brilliant R.S.(Ron) Embleton and Frank Bellamy. Oh, and I nearly forgot Hal Foster, or is he too well-sung... The very best resource for classic illustrator biographies is ~ www.bpib.com/illustra.htm ~ Although not updated for many years, that hardly matters!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. And regarding the absentees I hope the following goes some way to addressing the list. Sime is in the pipeline and will be up in a few unsung instalments time. And the same is true of J C Coll. Hal Foster is on the list but it'll be a while before he shows up as I haven't written anything yet. Bok has appeared briefly in the origins of fantasy art video, and also in the pipeline as a work in progress as a video subject (possibly in more than one instalment) on the history of pulp in all its forms so Cartier, Virgil Finlay and a lot of others will feature there - if I live long enough. There's no reason you would know this but my cutoff d.o.b for unsung heroes is 1910 so Bellamy and Embleton (as with a host of others) were born too late to qualify. So thanks for your interest and for sending me the link, although I was aware of it previously. I hope you'll continue to watch and if others occur to you please send them along.
I'm a huge fan of the channel but almost never have something to add because your research is impeccable. As far as Lynd Ward's later life, there's a documentary called "O Brother Man" that his family put out that covers some of that period. The influence of his preacher father, his fight against wealth inequality and poverty and work ethic/pricing. If I remember correctly they talk about him working until he died. I'd definitely recommend watching it if you like his work. Your videos have been the highlight of my week for the past year so thank you for all the work you put into these!
Hello and I'm very grateful for your continued support for the channel. Positive responses such as yours convince me I must be doing something right (for a change). And thanks a lot for the information about the documentary - I'll see if I can track it down.
i was really struck by the work of Charles Paine (i think his signature is so cool!) and googled him to see if i could find some prints for sale and there was a listing for him on the Christies Auction site that said he training as a stained glass artist which influenced his design style of bold, structured and high stylized images! in my head his background in stained glass draws a parallel to Henry Clarke!
Hello to you and thanks for the appreciation of the video. And I know what you mean about the stained glass connection. I didnt mention it in my necessarily short feature but he returned to stained glass later in his career too. I'm pretty sure you can buy some prints of his work from the London Transport Museum's online shop.
Adrian Smith is one of today's underrated heroes of illustration.. His early traditional paintings, water colour and ink works he did for Games Workshop Warhammer & WH40K in the 80s and 90s was genre defining.
Hello and thanks for giving me the name Adrian Smith - I'll give him a bit of a google.Never previously heard of him but then I tend to dwell on the past glories of illustration.
Another gem in the series. I detect a bit of William Blake in Fidus work, they both have utopian and expansive ideas. And another Howard Pyle student in SS Weber. I think a video about Pyle and all his 'students' who really dominated American illustration would be wonderful. Thanks Pete for all the beautiful artwork and insightful commentary.
Hi Albert. I hope all is well and you're making progress with the e-book. I had thought about the Pyle connection as a subject but decided to feature them individually in the unsung series instead. Still got a couple to go but I think most of the significant ones have been covered. And what I can't get over is how much Fidus was influential on the hippy poster art. And a commune in the 1880s?
@@petebeard Hi Pete, thanks the ebook is moving along nicely. There were many proto-hippie groups in the US in the 19th century, like the Shakers, the Quakers and the Mormons who are still around. Not all practiced nudity and free love, but the communal spirit prevailed. I think in the US we revere the Brandywine school more than you do in the UK. You had the best of the Golden Age illustrators all in London working at the same time. It wasn't until Charles Scribner's Co. started featuring Pyle and his 'students' in their magazines and later the wonderful Illustrated Classics series did the US enjoy quality color illustration. But yes, you have covered them nicely in your series, although I never tire of NC Wyeth and his family.
I am a huge fan of this channel, I have still a lot to learn about illustration. To get to know who illustrated in the past is fascinating. But it would be interesting to have a website who you can just see the pictures or have a larger archive for only illustratos would be amazing as a rescource for younger illustrators like me and more.There are archives like the webside Simplicisus who preserve the illustrasions of older time like Heinrich Kley(One of the Draftsmen Podcast got me into the channel, so promotion is good). Thank you so much for the research an the love for old illustrators and artists. It would be interesting how you the the resource for the art and artist.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. Regarding an archive the vast majority of the images I use are downloaded from the internet so if there's a particular illustrator you would like to keep the work of you could do that too. Alternatively take screen shots from the videos -the resolution shouldn't be too bad.
What a revelation Paine and Ward's work is! Thanks for bringing these hidden gems to light. That such magnificent and brilliant work like theirs and others were so commonplace back then to taken for granted. I believe they would all be hailed with greater praise and fame had they lived today to produce such illustrations that graced everyday publications and ads back then.
Hi John and good to hear from you again. Not a fan of Weber myself, more Charles Paine. But that's one of the great things about illustration I think - something for everyone!
Another Excellent Video! This series and your whole channel is just so good. Thanks for continuing to document and revive the work of so many talented artists from the past! 💥👍👁
Hello and many thanks for the comment. And regarding your suggestion that subject has been on my 'to do' list for quite a while. But I keep coming up with no more than a handful of names and very little useful information. I have covered a few specific Japanese illustrators in the unsung series if that's any help. You can find them on the master list that comes with unsung 75.
Thank you, Pete! It's wonderful to hear about and see, about these wonderful artists, in their heydays... about a hundred years later! Keep this wonderful series coming.
@@petebeard Just throwing in an idea: This wonderful series will be around for a long time, no doubt on the digital realm, but you could collate this into a published book series. Pretty much all of the content requires repeated viewing, on a tactile printed page, with our fingers seeking out secrets and hidden images. Not the same as zooming in and zooming out on the screen. I admit to saving some screen shots of drawings and paintings for future contemplative and meditative 'walks in the parks and forests'. Thank you so much !
Hello again, and thanks very much for the reply. A few viewers have expressed a similar desire to have a physical book, but the logistics of such a production go way beyond what I'm capable of. I'd need to find a publisher or self publish, and I know from personal experience how hard that can be so I'm sorry to disappoint but I'll be sticking to the digital realm. Other viewers have suggested an e-book and that might be more suitable. But even that will have to wait until I get to the end of the videos, and it looks like that will be some time yet - providing I live that long...
Hello to you, and thanks for the comment.I genuinely believe that good illustration isn;t necessarily about good drawing. If that was the case many of the illustrators I show woyldnt have been successful. And that still holds true today. Can Matt Groening draw? It's about creating something people like looking at, and most of the public wouldn't know good drawing if it bit them.
Most interesting as always. Quite unsettling when philosophy so heavily informs content - to have a little voice whispering "Nazi" in the background whils the Fidus scrolls by, though I am undoubtedly just being clever after the fact and overstating it at that. Thanks for all your hard work. We all appreciate it :-)
Hello Paul and thanks for your comment as ever. I know what you mean about Fidus and sadly many more Germans of that generation that Ive covered. All that aryan Wagnerian mythology stuff seems to end badly. Ubermensch my backside...
Another great video and as usual enlightening to say the least. Have you ever come across the work of Franz Von Stuck in your years? Thanks again for inspiring me and countless others.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I was previously dimly aware of Von Stuck, mostly because of his marvellous head of Christ drawing, but your comment compelled me to check him out in greater detail. The bad news is that it seems he was way more of a painter and graphic artist than he was an illustrator (if at all) and despite the compelling nature of his work I confine myself to those who at least primarily worked as illustrators. So unfortunately he's not one for my channel.
Hello and they are pretty fascinating for anyone with an interest in graphic novels or illustration generally for that matter. Check out the work of Otto Nuckel for similar.
Superb as ever. Thank you for making and posting these videos. I can’t be alone in thinking that the prevalence of photography ( and some photography can be as outstanding as illustration) has somewhat diminished human creativity. Please continue your great work.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. Don't get me started about the dominance of photography. I've got nothing against those who work in that medium but it's lazy art directors and designers especially in book covers, magazines and advertising who have eroded the use of illustration . There goes my blood pressure again....
Who knew the graphic novel had such an early start?! I found Lynd Ward's God's Man online a year or so ago,...Wow! I recently read Dierdre Bair's biography of Saul Steinberg... fascinating, a complicated person! Have you considered him for a spot?
Hello and thanks for the comment. There's another example in Otto Nuckel, who will probably feature at a later date. And regarding Steinberg he's been on a tentative 'to do' list for quite some time. He was born too late to qualify for the unsung series but I reckon he's worth a video to himself. But there are quite a few others in the queue before him so the best I can say is 'eventually'.
Hello and thanks for your favourable comment. And thanks also for the name May Gibb, who I had never heard of. Having checked out her online presence I would really like to include her in the series, although ther may not be quite enough high resolution images to warrant a feature. I will explore further. And in terms of Australian illustrators there are a few more on the way including the wonderful Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, so watch this space...
Hello and I agree absolutely. The images I found had no titles but all of them including this one are downloadable at decent resolution from a google image search on Fidus or Hugo Hoppener.
Pete, I really love these videos. I’m so glad you’re still making them after so many videos to your name. Do you think you could make a video about how magazines and posters being printed en mass managed to transfer the hand drawn and hand painted commissions? I have a hard time imagining how they did it without a scanner and jet printer! Also if I could make one suggestion, it’s that there is a high pitched beeeeeeeeeeeeeee sound in the background of your wonderful voice overs. If there’s a way to edit it out or prevent it from being recorded, I could play these wonderful videos on my tv and get a better look at the art without hearing the sound very loud on the tv speaker.
Hello and thanks for the favourable comment. Funnily enough another viewer has expressed similar curiosity about the print process, and here's what I said to him. As far as print in the time of Rockwell is concerned they were all printed by what's called full colour offset lithography. This meant the artist created the picture in the chosen medium, and the image was scanned using a filter system which picked out the indivual colours in dot form. This is known as CMYK. These are transferred (etched) onto zinc or aliminium plates, one for each colour. The four runs then combine to create a faithful halftone representation of the original. There are loads of videos on youtube which show the process in greater detail, and essentially it's the same as current practice. Sorry about the noise. Other viewer feedback indicates it only happens on a few devices/computers and I haven't been able to find out where it comes from. So whatever the cause it isn't there for most viewers and I can't be any more help, I'm very sorry to say.
Hello, and thanks for the question. As the series uses the word 'heroes' I thought about the horse and rider as a symbolic evocation of that. In some cases it's not man and horse, as I've used others including bear on a pig and fairy on a grasshopper.
#61 Pete, Your artwork by Fidus might be a bit too titillating for this old man. Pretty risque and seemedly I'd be a poor National Socialist as they seem to have frowned on Fidus's talented work. Hope that my pulse rate can get a bit slower and I can get to sleep tonight! Another fine episode, JJS
Hello again and thanks for both your rcent comments - and a welcome bit of humour in these bleak times. Regarding close-ups and zooms thanks for noticing and I include as many as I can but in many cases the resolution of the images isn't up to closer inspection. And vis a vis titilation as a fellow sufferer from advancing years I must say it would take considerably more than Fidus has to offer to send me for a cold shower. Can I recommend my video The Illustrations of Norman Lindsay foe a more robust adult -oriented experience?
Say! Peerless Pete. Your remarks led me to recall Peter Maxx. Are you disposed to honoring he who did so much to laud THE BEATLES? Just suggesting. Respectfully submitted Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Hi again, and you hit the mark again with Artur Watts - another favourite of mine and your observations about his compositional prowess are spot on. Regarding Peter Max he was born too late to wualify for the series (cut-off year of birth is 1910). But he appears admittedly briefly in my 1960s counterculture video.
@@petebeard you are always so charitable in heart and mind to respond to as much as a sneeze with a sincere "God bless you", but, we're not only speaking of a great man in your case but of a good man. As William of Wyndham said in 1654 (at my graduation class at Winchester) "Manners maketh the man" and, in your case, we're speaking of quality as well as quantity output. Thank you for your devotion to your appointed duty. "England expects every man to do his duty," H. M. Victory signal flags at Trafalgar. Respectfully yours as always. Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Hello, and although I'm intrigued as to why you might want it I keep that private. There are some strange and occasionally malevolent characters out there. I'm sure you're not one of them but it would be seen by quite a few others. Sorry.
Absolutely awesome videos and research presented here. I really would like to chat with you about making a video segment of an artist in my family who immigrated to the United States from Prussia prior to the Civil War. How does one contact you? His name is Richard Veenfliet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Veenfliet. I would be happy to help you with some research I have already done. Lack the time and technical knowhow prevents me from giving this artist his due in video form.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel content. I'm sorry that I have to give what Im sure you will find a disappointing response to your suggestion, but I hope you'll accept my reasons. Unfortunately Richard Veenfliet was born before the date I consider the beginning of the unsung heroes series, that being 1850. And I stop at d.o.b 1910. I know this may seem arbitrary but I had to give myself parameters for searching and researching. As it is I'm completely overwhelmed with subjects. And although I'm sure he would make a good subject as a stand-alone feature those are currently reserved for my own personal favourites, and therefore illustrators I'm more than familiar with. That too is a very long list I will probably never get to finish, given my age. I can see from a google search that Veenfliet was an important figure in the development of American illustration, but I was only vaguely aware of him so could hardly rank him as a personal favourite. And I'm sure it's a character flaw of mine but I dont tend to fare well in collaborations. Once again, my apologies.
@@petebeard I understand completely when you say you have parameters and your favorites. No worries. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Best regards. Carl Capps
Thank you for sharing dear friend 👍Stay healthy and blessed happy day. See you around 🤗💕🙏🍀🌺
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. Best wishes to you.
Thank God for Pete Beard and his sanity restoring video series. All these artists were amazing to my eyes.
Hello and that's a very nice thing to say. I only knew one of them previously so this was a real eye-opener for me too.
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Your videos are like the Christmas gift I never knew I always wanted. Thank you.
Hello and I'm very pleased that I get quite a lot of positive and flattering responses to the videos but I have to say yours ihas brought a huge grin to my face. Thanks.
Ah! That's so sweet. If that's an original line with you: I'm giving you credit. When I go courting again, I will use it to woo my unwitting sweet heart. Many thanks. It is a darling commendation to Mr Beard in deed. Respectfully yours Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis
My ignorance is always exposed when I watch this channel, but I don't mind as it is one of the most pleasant ways to discover new artists. And the choice of artists and the insightful comentaries are always top notch. Good work Pete.
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Hello again and I see Eamonn has beaten me to the punch with his reply. That's what I was going to add. Three out of four in this one were entirely new to me.
A constant delight as ever. The presentation perfect in every way, with the emphasis solely on the artwork, unlike so many others that are basically glorified selfies. We know, from your bereted self portrait, that you look like the great Ernie Bilko, though you certainly don't sound like him, and that's than enough for us!
I'm astounded at the number of artists that you've now added to the Song Book: over 240, many of whom I've never heard of. Even more astounded that you haven't mentioned many of my favorites. From the 'Golden Age': Sidney Sime, forever associated with Lord Dunsany, who so loved his work that, for The Book of Wonder, the artwork came first. And Joseph Clement Coll, with his superb illustrations for Conan Doyle and Talbot Mundy. And there were some truly wonderful artists working in the sf/fantasy Pulp magazines: the greatest, undoubtedly, being Virgil Finlay, truly beautiful artwork (much of it done on scraper board), Edd Cartier, whose humourous art adorned many Street & Smith publications, Frank Kelly Freas, and Hannes Bok amongst others. From English comics of the same period two names stand out: the brilliant R.S.(Ron) Embleton and Frank Bellamy. Oh, and I nearly forgot Hal Foster, or is he too well-sung...
The very best resource for classic illustrator biographies is ~ www.bpib.com/illustra.htm ~ Although not updated for many years, that hardly matters!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. And regarding the absentees I hope the following goes some way to addressing the list.
Sime is in the pipeline and will be up in a few unsung instalments time. And the same is true of J C Coll.
Hal Foster is on the list but it'll be a while before he shows up as I haven't written anything yet.
Bok has appeared briefly in the origins of fantasy art video, and also in the pipeline as a work in progress as a video subject (possibly in more than one instalment) on the history of pulp in all its forms so Cartier, Virgil Finlay and a lot of others will feature there - if I live long enough.
There's no reason you would know this but my cutoff d.o.b for unsung heroes is 1910 so Bellamy and Embleton (as with a host of others) were born too late to qualify.
So thanks for your interest and for sending me the link, although I was aware of it previously.
I hope you'll continue to watch and if others occur to you please send them along.
I'm a huge fan of the channel but almost never have something to add because your research is impeccable. As far as Lynd Ward's later life, there's a documentary called "O Brother Man" that his family put out that covers some of that period. The influence of his preacher father, his fight against wealth inequality and poverty and work ethic/pricing. If I remember correctly they talk about him working until he died. I'd definitely recommend watching it if you like his work.
Your videos have been the highlight of my week for the past year so thank you for all the work you put into these!
Hello and I'm very grateful for your continued support for the channel. Positive responses such as yours convince me I must be doing something right (for a change). And thanks a lot for the information about the documentary - I'll see if I can track it down.
i was really struck by the work of Charles Paine (i think his signature is so cool!) and googled him to see if i could find some prints for sale and there was a listing for him on the Christies Auction site that said he training as a stained glass artist which influenced his design style of bold, structured and high stylized images! in my head his background in stained glass draws a parallel to Henry Clarke!
Hello to you and thanks for the appreciation of the video. And I know what you mean about the stained glass connection. I didnt mention it in my necessarily short feature but he returned to stained glass later in his career too. I'm pretty sure you can buy some prints of his work from the London Transport Museum's online shop.
Thanks, Pete, for a very talented foursome of folks.
Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment. I'm glad to say there's yet more similar talent in the pipeline.
Watching your videos, Pete is my guilty pleasure without the guilt. OMG, these are SO beautiful. Thank you so much!!!
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Hello again and many thanks fr continuing to watch the channel and bothering to express your appreciation. It matters.
"Socialist Nudist Commune" is not how I expected a video to begin, honestly.
What surprised me was that this was in the 19th century. I thought the hippies had invented that sort of idea.
This series is equal to the works being shown! Which is about the highest compliment I can think of…!
Hello and my sincere thanks for such an enthusiastic endorsement of my work with the channel. It means a lot to me.
Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!!
Hello again and thanks for your very enthusiastic comment. They really do make my day.
@@petebeard You make our days too!
another wonderful journey! Thank you.
Hello again and thanks again for your continued appreciation and comment.
Wonderful stuff! I always enjoy what you come up with and I invariably learn a lot as well. Thanks so much!
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive review of the channel.
Adrian Smith is one of today's underrated heroes of illustration.. His early traditional paintings, water colour and ink works he did for Games Workshop Warhammer & WH40K in the 80s and 90s was genre defining.
Hello and thanks for giving me the name Adrian Smith - I'll give him a bit of a google.Never previously heard of him but then I tend to dwell on the past glories of illustration.
PS I just had a good browse and I'm speechless. Thanks again.
Thanks Pete. Paine and Ward's work amazing. Now I have to search out Ward's woodcut novels.
Hello again and I hope you find what you're looking for. I think some at least are in print.
Fantastic work, explained very well! Thanks! His graphic novels are still obtainable.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I'm pleased his work is still available but he really should be better known.
Another gem in the series. I detect a bit of William Blake in Fidus work, they both have utopian and expansive ideas. And another Howard Pyle student in SS Weber. I think a video about Pyle and all his 'students' who really dominated American illustration would be wonderful. Thanks Pete for all the beautiful artwork and insightful commentary.
Hi Albert. I hope all is well and you're making progress with the e-book. I had thought about the Pyle connection as a subject but decided to feature them individually in the unsung series instead. Still got a couple to go but I think most of the significant ones have been covered. And what I can't get over is how much Fidus was influential on the hippy poster art. And a commune in the 1880s?
@@petebeard Hi Pete, thanks the ebook is moving along nicely. There were many proto-hippie groups in the US in the 19th century, like the Shakers, the Quakers and the Mormons who are still around. Not all practiced nudity and free love, but the communal spirit prevailed. I think in the US we revere the Brandywine school more than you do in the UK. You had the best of the Golden Age illustrators all in London working at the same time. It wasn't until Charles Scribner's Co. started featuring Pyle and his 'students' in their magazines and later the wonderful Illustrated Classics series did the US enjoy quality color illustration. But yes, you have covered them nicely in your series, although I never tire of NC Wyeth and his family.
I am a huge fan of this channel, I have still a lot to learn about illustration. To get to know who illustrated in the past is fascinating. But it would be interesting to have a website who you can just see the pictures or have a larger archive for only illustratos would be amazing as a rescource for younger illustrators like me and more.There are archives like the webside Simplicisus who preserve the illustrasions of older time like Heinrich Kley(One of the Draftsmen Podcast got me into the channel, so promotion is good). Thank you so much for the research an the love for old illustrators and artists. It would be interesting how you the the resource for the art and artist.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. Regarding an archive the vast majority of the images I use are downloaded from the internet so if there's a particular illustrator you would like to keep the work of you could do that too. Alternatively take screen shots from the videos -the resolution shouldn't be too bad.
What a revelation Paine and Ward's work is! Thanks for bringing these hidden gems to light. That such magnificent and brilliant work like theirs and others were so commonplace back then to taken for granted. I believe they would all be hailed with greater praise and fame had they lived today to produce such illustrations that graced everyday publications and ads back then.
Thanks a lot, and it's very rewarding when viewers bother to tell me I've introduced to new illustrators worthy of admiration. Much appreciated.
Thank you Peter, lovely work you are doing
Hello and thanks for the comment - it's much appreciated
Mr pete beard, you rock.
Hello and thanks for that. I used to rock but these days I just roll...
Another excellent video. Thanks Pete. Your style and research and presentation are impeccable.
Hello and thanks for the flattering comment. It's good to think the work is appreciated.
I love every single video in your series. I watch them again and again. Each viewing feels as pleasing as the first!
Hello again and that has to be one of the most flattering comments I've had to date. Thanks a lot.
WONDERFUL. Thank you for the continued education.
Hello Jeff and thanks for the continued appreciation. It's great to have longstanding viewers.
Lynd Ward is reminiscent of Fritz Eichenberg. Great series!
Hi Pete.... Weber has my vote in this video. My learning is increasing every week thanks to your videos. Thanks.
Hi John and good to hear from you again. Not a fan of Weber myself, more Charles Paine. But that's one of the great things about illustration I think - something for everyone!
Thank you for giving me a memorable Saturday!
Hello again and thanks as ever for the comment. Favourable responses always put a spring in my step.
Another Excellent Video! This series and your whole channel is just so good. Thanks for continuing to document and revive the work of so many talented artists from the past! 💥👍👁
Thanks a lot as usual. It's very encouraging when viewers respond positively.
Bravo. really enjoyed.
Hi again and thanks.
Thank you so much for the best channel. Please consider doing an installment of JAPANESE woodblock illustration.
Hello and many thanks for the comment. And regarding your suggestion that subject has been on my 'to do' list for quite a while. But I keep coming up with no more than a handful of names and very little useful information. I have covered a few specific Japanese illustrators in the unsung series if that's any help. You can find them on the master list that comes with unsung 75.
@@petebeard Thank you Pete. I love your channel so much.
Another post, another happy morning., Thank you.
Hi Rick and thanks once more for your continued appreciation. I never get tired of positive comments.
what a great channel...thank you mr. beard!
Hello and thanks for your appreciation of the channel - I hope you'll stick around for more.
Just in time for Father’s Day! Thanks Pete, I really enjoyed watching this on my time off.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation - such comments keep me motivated.
Splendid!
Hello again and thanks a lot as usual.
The bell alerted me there was a brand new Pete Beard video for me to view. Always a delight. Thank you.
Hello again and its good to know the youtube alerts work. Thanks as ever.
Thank you, Pete!
It's wonderful to hear about and see, about these wonderful artists, in their heydays... about a hundred years later!
Keep this wonderful series coming.
Hello and many thanks for your positive comment. And there is no sign of me running out of material for quite a while yet.
@@petebeard Just throwing in an idea:
This wonderful series will be around for a long time, no doubt on the digital realm, but you could collate this into a published book series.
Pretty much all of the content requires repeated viewing, on a tactile printed page, with our fingers seeking out secrets and hidden images. Not the same as zooming in and zooming out on the screen. I admit to saving some screen shots of drawings and paintings for future contemplative and meditative 'walks in the parks and forests'.
Thank you so much !
Hello again, and thanks very much for the reply. A few viewers have expressed a similar desire to have a physical book, but the logistics of such a production go way beyond what I'm capable of. I'd need to find a publisher or self publish, and I know from personal experience how hard that can be so I'm sorry to disappoint but I'll be sticking to the digital realm. Other viewers have suggested an e-book and that might be more suitable. But even that will have to wait until I get to the end of the videos, and it looks like that will be some time yet - providing I live that long...
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Watching all of these amazing unsung heroes let's me know that I seriously can't draw lol! It's very inspirational though!
Hello to you, and thanks for the comment.I genuinely believe that good illustration isn;t necessarily about good drawing. If that was the case many of the illustrators I show woyldnt have been successful. And that still holds true today. Can Matt Groening draw? It's about creating something people like looking at, and most of the public wouldn't know good drawing if it bit them.
@@petebeard that's such a great way of looking at it, thank you so much!
Thank you.
Hello and you're very welcome. Thanks for the comment.
Most interesting as always. Quite unsettling when philosophy so heavily informs content - to have a little voice whispering "Nazi" in the background whils the Fidus scrolls by, though I am undoubtedly just being clever after the fact and overstating it at that. Thanks for all your hard work. We all appreciate it :-)
Hello Paul and thanks for your comment as ever. I know what you mean about Fidus and sadly many more Germans of that generation that Ive covered. All that aryan Wagnerian mythology stuff seems to end badly. Ubermensch my backside...
@@petebeard It's quite cleansing to have a quick look through my Krazy Kats after Fidus..... and thank heavens for German expressionism :-)
Good stuff,best wishes from the wirral, thanks for sharing this impressive story telling...E
Hi again and it's great to knw you're sticking with the channel. It means a lot.
Another great video and as usual enlightening to say the least. Have you ever come across the work of Franz Von Stuck in your years? Thanks again for inspiring me and countless others.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I was previously dimly aware of Von Stuck, mostly because of his marvellous head of Christ drawing, but your comment compelled me to check him out in greater detail. The bad news is that it seems he was way more of a painter and graphic artist than he was an illustrator (if at all) and despite the compelling nature of his work I confine myself to those who at least primarily worked as illustrators. So unfortunately he's not one for my channel.
I definitely want to check out those cool "Wordless Novels". Sounds really interesting!
Hello and they are pretty fascinating for anyone with an interest in graphic novels or illustration generally for that matter. Check out the work of Otto Nuckel for similar.
@@petebeard Thanks, I will!
Superb as ever. Thank you for making and posting these videos.
I can’t be alone in thinking that the prevalence of photography ( and some photography can be as outstanding as illustration) has somewhat diminished human creativity.
Please continue your great work.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. Don't get me started about the dominance of photography. I've got nothing against those who work in that medium but it's lazy art directors and designers especially in book covers, magazines and advertising who have eroded the use of illustration . There goes my blood pressure again....
wonderful, and the alert worked again. Just sat down to watch this a second time.
So grateful for your videos mon ami.
be well
Hello again and many thanks for your continued dedication to the cause.
Who knew the graphic novel had such an early start?! I found Lynd Ward's God's Man online a year or so ago,...Wow!
I recently read Dierdre Bair's biography of Saul Steinberg... fascinating, a complicated person! Have you considered him for a spot?
Hello and thanks for the comment. There's another example in Otto Nuckel, who will probably feature at a later date. And regarding Steinberg he's been on a tentative 'to do' list for quite some time. He was born too late to qualify for the unsung series but I reckon he's worth a video to himself. But there are quite a few others in the queue before him so the best I can say is 'eventually'.
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Love your videos!
Hello and that;s always good to hear.
Thank you for this wonderful channel, have you done anything on the Australian book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, think it is May Gibb.
Hello and thanks for your favourable comment. And thanks also for the name May Gibb, who I had never heard of. Having checked out her online presence I would really like to include her in the series, although ther may not be quite enough high resolution images to warrant a feature. I will explore further. And in terms of Australian illustrators there are a few more on the way including the wonderful Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, so watch this space...
@@petebeard thank you
1:28 is stunning. Could anyone point me to the illustration's title, even better a downloadable version?
Hello and I agree absolutely. The images I found had no titles but all of them including this one are downloadable at decent resolution from a google image search on Fidus or Hugo Hoppener.
Pete, I really love these videos. I’m so glad you’re still making them after so many videos to your name. Do you think you could make a video about how magazines and posters being printed en mass managed to transfer the hand drawn and hand painted commissions? I have a hard time imagining how they did it without a scanner and jet printer!
Also if I could make one suggestion, it’s that there is a high pitched beeeeeeeeeeeeeee sound in the background of your wonderful voice overs. If there’s a way to edit it out or prevent it from being recorded, I could play these wonderful videos on my tv and get a better look at the art without hearing the sound very loud on the tv speaker.
Hello and thanks for the favourable comment. Funnily enough another viewer has expressed similar curiosity about the print process, and here's what I said to him. As far as print in the time of Rockwell is concerned they were all printed by what's called full colour offset lithography. This meant the artist created the picture in the chosen medium, and the image was scanned using a filter system which picked out the indivual colours in dot form. This is known as CMYK. These are transferred (etched) onto zinc or aliminium plates, one for each colour. The four runs then combine to create a faithful halftone representation of the original. There are loads of videos on youtube which show the process in greater detail, and essentially it's the same as current practice. Sorry about the noise. Other viewer feedback indicates it only happens on a few devices/computers and I haven't been able to find out where it comes from. So whatever the cause it isn't there for most viewers and I can't be any more help, I'm very sorry to say.
Your initial illustrations have an equine theme. What is the origin of this?
Hello, and thanks for the question. As the series uses the word 'heroes' I thought about the horse and rider as a symbolic evocation of that. In some cases it's not man and horse, as I've used others including bear on a pig and fairy on a grasshopper.
#61 Pete,
Your artwork by Fidus might be a bit too titillating for this old man. Pretty risque and seemedly I'd be a poor National Socialist as they seem to have frowned on Fidus's talented work.
Hope that my pulse rate can get a bit slower and I can get to sleep tonight!
Another fine episode, JJS
Hello again and thanks for both your rcent comments - and a welcome bit of humour in these bleak times. Regarding close-ups and zooms thanks for noticing and I include as many as I can but in many cases the resolution of the images isn't up to closer inspection. And vis a vis titilation as a fellow sufferer from advancing years I must say it would take considerably more than Fidus has to offer to send me for a cold shower. Can I recommend my video The Illustrations of Norman Lindsay foe a more robust adult -oriented experience?
Say! Peerless Pete. Your remarks led me to recall Peter Maxx. Are you disposed to honoring he who did so much to laud THE BEATLES? Just suggesting. Respectfully submitted Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Hi again, and you hit the mark again with Artur Watts - another favourite of mine and your observations about his compositional prowess are spot on. Regarding Peter Max he was born too late to wualify for the series (cut-off year of birth is 1910). But he appears admittedly briefly in my 1960s counterculture video.
@@petebeard you are always so charitable in heart and mind to respond to as much as a sneeze with a sincere "God bless you", but, we're not only speaking of a great man in your case but of a good man. As William of Wyndham said in 1654 (at my graduation class at Winchester) "Manners maketh the man" and, in your case, we're speaking of quality as well as quantity output. Thank you for your devotion to your appointed duty. "England expects every man to do his duty," H. M. Victory signal flags at Trafalgar. Respectfully yours as always. Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Pete, how can you be reached via email?
Hello, and although I'm intrigued as to why you might want it I keep that private. There are some strange and occasionally malevolent characters out there. I'm sure you're not one of them but it would be seen by quite a few others. Sorry.
Absolutely awesome videos and research presented here. I really would like to chat with you about making a video segment of an artist in my family who immigrated to the United States from Prussia prior to the Civil War. How does one contact you? His name is Richard Veenfliet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Veenfliet. I would be happy to help you with some research I have already done. Lack the time and technical knowhow prevents me from giving this artist his due in video form.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel content. I'm sorry that I have to give what Im sure you will find a disappointing response to your suggestion, but I hope you'll accept my reasons. Unfortunately Richard Veenfliet was born before the date I consider the beginning of the unsung heroes series, that being 1850. And I stop at d.o.b 1910. I know this may seem arbitrary but I had to give myself parameters for searching and researching. As it is I'm completely overwhelmed with subjects. And although I'm sure he would make a good subject as a stand-alone feature those are currently reserved for my own personal favourites, and therefore illustrators I'm more than familiar with. That too is a very long list I will probably never get to finish, given my age. I can see from a google search that Veenfliet was an important figure in the development of American illustration, but I was only vaguely aware of him so could hardly rank him as a personal favourite. And I'm sure it's a character flaw of mine but I dont tend to fare well in collaborations. Once again, my apologies.
@@petebeard I understand completely when you say you have parameters and your favorites. No worries. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Best regards. Carl Capps