Mr Beard is THE unsung hero of illustration. His videos are sheer delight. From the gorgeous visuals to commentary. So, not a song but an opera is needed as tribute to this indefatigable historian and educator of illustration.
Hello and what can I say. I've had some very flattering comments about my videos but this just might be the most flattering I have ever recieved. It really is great to know that viewers are so enthusiastic about the content, and it keeps me wanting to make more, Thanks a lot.
@@petebeard Nott really flattery, Mr Beard, but an attempt to give proper credit where credit is due. You have put a lot of time, effort and expertise into making really fascinating videos which are a delight to watch and highly informative. Yes, you'd be worth an opera...!
This series of videos is a treasure, sir. Thank you very much for your work. I'm a young illustrator and through your videos I'm able to discover artists that I would never have found out otherwise. Again, thank you very much. I hope you are well.
Hello Pedro and thanks a lot. I'm very glad that you are finding plenty of illustrators through my channel - that's what I made it for! I hope you will continue to watch and please share if you can.
Hello to you. I thought I'd already replied but youtube tell me I didn't and as I can't trust my memory I'll take their word for it. And I absolutely agree about Gibson. I may have used this joke before (memory again) but I'd give my right arm to be able to draw like that.
He is somewhat famous in Sweden where I live. He illustrated several anthologies with fairy tales for children. Great that more people are learning about his genius! He did a suite of illustrations depicting the apocolypse of Norse mythology called Ragnarøk that I was lucky enough to get my hands on about a year ago, recommend any illustration fan to check it out if you get the chance.
Just want to feed back a little: such a serious, detailed, complex quality- collection, I discovered it yesterday - want to realize to watch it on a big screen- anyway an undusty vision comes true into fine drawings in their time, it really - as we German say hits me from the chair
@petebeard that's so funny, I thought the video was going to be just about Moe. His art is so different, it feels like half of all TH-cam artists are "inspired" by him. It's like he invented "twee".
Thanks for another great episode Pete! Also, your channel is so packed with great videos that it may be appropriate to post a heath warning, such as: new viewers may be exposed to an artistic talent overdose if they watch too many episodes in one sitting 😊 .
I began watching through this series last month, and I've taken to watching/listening to the series while working on assignments for a Graphic Design degree. I've watched them through to this point, and I am going to continue the entire way through and beyond. I want to tell you that as an aspiring Illustrator myself, these stories are all fascinating and inspiring. I returned to school as I entered my thirties after working in customer service for over a decade, and to this moment frequently find myself feeling like it's too late to really ever do what I love. Your videos in general, and especially this series in which you walk us through case, after case, after case of successfull artists from myriad of backgrounds, inspires and motivates me to keep drawing. Thank you!
Hello and thanks so much for your generous comments about the impact the channel has had on you. In terms of your possible future as an illustrator, in my experience teaching the subject (and my own professional experience as an illustrator) I can confidently state that those who succeed in this very precarious business are the ones who do not give up. Many people think being able to draw well is the most important thing but it really isn't. It's the determination to succeed and ability to persevere in the fae of the inevitable obstacles. I wish you the very best of luck. And look at it this way, you can always fall back on being a graphic designer in the short term. That's what I did in the early days and it's much easier to get a job in that area.
Hello to you and welcome to the channel. You may have already seen the video but there is one I made specifically about great pen/brush and ink illustrators called 'Between the Lines'.
These have been fantastic videos! I've enjoyed discovering all these, new to me illustrators. What a Golden Age of Illustration the mid 1800's to mid 1900's were.
I am watching through your whole series from the beginning and each video throws something amazing my way. I just have to say I didn’t know who Louis moe was but wow he is stunning , his work reminds me of so many great artist that I like…love that I found him here and did some other searches and was blown away. Thank you 🙏
Hello and many thanks for your favourable comment. Like quite a few others I was unaware of Louis Moe until I started making these videos and I was blown away by his talent as soon as I discovered his work.
¡Hola Pete! Quiero agradecerte por el gran trabajo que estás haciendo en este canal TH-cam. Te mando un fuerte abrazo y mis mejores deseos desde Panamá.
One my childhood illustrators, was a man called William Neave Parker ( 1910 - 1961), most well known for his black and white dinosaur postcards, from the 1960's.
Hi Pete.... this one is a tough one... I enjoyed all the artists. Reynolds and Poe were fabulous but I really took a liking to Peck, she stood out. I wonder if all these artists ever got their original artwork returned after all the publications were done with them? And if not, where is all the art today. Thanks for another educational video, I really enjoy them.
Hello again, and for me it's Louis Moe with Frank Reynolds a close second. It has to be said that most of the images I locate tend to be from the printed outcome which is a great pity. A lot of the work was seen as relatively worthless and got lost or destroyed.
@@petebeard That's a shame, can you imagine the collecting frenzy there would be today in the art world! I used to collect comics when I was a kid, never gave it much thought then, but look at their worth today, amazing.
@@johncollado1151 and up until relatively recently - the late sixties/early seventies - comic art was seen as worthless too. There are many horror stories of art by the comic greats being thrown away by the publishers after the comic went to press, they didn't even send it back to the artist!
Hi there and thanks a lot for your positive response to the channel. It's always a pleasure to hear from those actually working in illustration, and I've just been admiring your pen work on video.
@@petebeard Thank you. It's so good to see artists get some recognition as I know many who's art is famous but they themselves will never get credit. I also respect these artists ability to work commercially which can be a high pressure stressful environment. It has been wonderful to enjoy all these videos and it's so important these artists are immortalised.
Delightful, as usual. And on a separate subject, I like the way advertisers were inserted between artists. Commercial television seemed to understand from the beginning that audiences resent abrupt interruptions, which affects their bank.
Hi and thanks. Regarding the ads I really would like to do without them completely. The sad truth is that since I opted for monetization youtube have made the channel much more visible, and subscibers are very much on the rise.
@@petebeard another friend is also struggling with how to monetize his online product. I hope finding a way to compensate those who work so hard creating all this fabulous entertainment is possible.
The work of Moe is quite entrancing, His charming pictures were enhancing Books, which he did illustrate, As one can now appreciate. The Gibson Girls, demure and pretty, Like phantasies of Walter Mitty, Graced covers of some magazines, Regally, like fairy queens. Reynolds (the younger, so to speak) Delights, when one does take a peek At Punch, where he did poke some fun At war and at the German hun. Love’s strange phases - illustrated By Clara Peck. And she created Delicate drawings, advertising, And other things, some quite surprising.
Well, you have outdone yourself this time. Greatly appreciated, and smile inducing. Thanks a bunch. I must see if I can find enough on Louis Moe to make a full video.
Another delightful episode, I can't thank you enough for your ongoing dedication to this series. If you ever decide to launch a Patreon or Ko-fi, I would love to be able to offer some support. thank you again for your amazing work.
Hello and thanks a lot. Thanks for the offer but I don't do this for money. I only have ads ( which I hate) on the channel because that means TH-cam make a much bigger effort to promote it.
Thanks for the comment. I must admit in my younger years I didnt see the appeal of his work, but now I'm older and hopefully a little wiser I'm in awe of his expressive abilities with pen and ink.
Hello, and that's my ultimate preference too. Work such as Louie Moe's I find endlessly fascinating. With hindsight I regret my own later move inro digital media.
Another lovely bout of illustrations. It seems like a lot of commercial artists turned to painting, after retirement. Why do you suppose that was? Maybe it was something they could take their time with, and not have to worry about deadlines.
Hello, and if my own meagre experience is anything to go by it's because they made enough money to not have to deal with the demands of clients and art directors. Deadlines too of course.
How would Gibson be in any way considered unsung. By your own biography here you demonstrate nicely how much wealth, fame and general appreciation he received in his lifetime. Also, even now most people familiar with art or history know of the Gibson girls.
I was just exposed to your videos from your Dulac video. While scrolling the thumbnails - the pig here reminded me of an illustrator I saw a lot on greeting cards and the like in - I believe - the late 1970s and the 80s and still now and again. I'm pulling a blank but perhaps they went by "Pawprints" and somewhere I have a large formatted paperback of poems, limericks, and the like. I'm also thinking of an image not of animals anthorporphised in this case, but of a woman with long tresses blowing in the wind saying "Omaha" or understood as Oh My Hair... Yes, I think he did quite a bit of visual puns as well.. But who was he? :/
Hello and thanks for your comment. I'm sorry to say that I'm completely mystified as to who this illustrator might be. So I can't really be any help in your search. But let me know if you ever find out who they are.
Clara Peck's illustrations and layouts in Collier are a must! This shows why classic is out of time! May be her religious carrer was a public sorrow about her early advertising involvement!
Hello Gabriel. Yes, although she would not be among my personal favourites the magazine work is particularly attractive. Perconally I can't get over how great Louis Moe was - and I had not heard of him before.
Clichéd perhaps, but just when I think undiscovered gems are depleted you prove me wrong with another magnificent entry! Louis Moe was unknown to me--but his influence is very apparent, (though unacknowledged) in his heroic visions like the one at the 1:29 mark, where the worm's-eye view of the hero vanquishing his enemies has been (subconsciously?) cribbed by too many sword and sorcery artists in later decades to mention. I normally would not have thought of Charles Dana Gibson as "unsung", but then I realized that I'm, well, old, and indeed, many younger artists have never been adequately introduced to his superlative pencraft. I humbly suggest that a comparable deeper look at Joseph Clement Coll might be considered in an upcoming episode. Frank Reynolds was known to me in a very superficial way, but what an incredible overview of this man's towering skill! The brief sample of his sequential work convinces me he was also influential in the later European style of comic art, with its emphasis on elegant line and translucent shades, rather than the murkier toned or brashly colored fare more commonly found state-side. Clara Elsene Peck was completely new to me and what a discovery! Her decorative, Art Nouveau-meets-Brandywine-tradition style is deceptively familiar, yet the approach to figures, lettering and expressions are uniquely hers. I dug around and was not surprised to read that she and her then-husband were associated with Harvey Dunn's (one of Pyle's pre-eminent pupils) illustration school in an artist's colony in Leonia, New Jersey. Sorry to ramble. Your joyous lessons are one of my greatest pleasures. Excellent choices, and your narration, as always, takes us on new journeys while instructing us effortlessly.
Hello to you and particular thanks for your considered observations. That Moe image struck me in the same way it did you, and I think that cinematic approach to composition has been crucial in fantasy art. I had never heard of him until about a year ago. And I know there are some in the series who older viewers don't consider unsung, but you're right - I'm mindful that there are generations behind the likes of you and me who are fairly ignorant of the past.
This is a brilliant channel! Beautifully made and beautifully written. I've seen others describe it as a treasure. That's a great description. I've also people offer to support you on Patreon or Ko Fi. I'd be more than happy to do that if you ever change your mind and decide you could do with the extra motivation. I'm spreading the word.
Hello and it's very pleasing to know that you appreciate the channel. Regarding Patreon I really wouldn't be comfortable asking people to hand over money. I'm not rich but I really don't need it, and responses such as yours are all the reward I need from this. It really doesn't feel like work to me.
I doubt you would be interested in doing anything about underground punk and metal posters and the like, but having come from that background, it is something at least this person would enjoy, and I am sure would attract the eye of other lovers of the chaotic freeform style and what influences it might have had outside the medium, such as its impact on the movies, like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, or the stream of low budget movies in the 70's, and vice versa.
Hello again and there is one (one of the first I made) about the graphics of the second half of the suxties. So it isn't just posters, but they are covered. And I'm currently working in a video devoted to Rick Griffin which will be up in a few weeks. Anyway the one that's up - and for some baffling reason it's one of the least viewed on the channel - is called Purple Haze - Psychedelic Era Illustration. It doesn't get into other aspects of pop culture such as films but maybe you'll enjoy it anyway.
@@petebeard Yeah, I'm just getting to that now. Right after I posted that comment, I saw a video where you gave a brief, but respectful nod to the punk and metal posters I spoke of, or rather showed a couple of the very best of them. I will enjoy any content you do on that genre. Though I do enjoy all your content.
Thanks a lot for all these delightful presentations! I enjoyed each one of them! I watched all the episodes in little more than one week...and discovered many many illustrators that I didn’t knew( the majority of them...) I am glad that you mentioned Kupka’s illustrations, I was impatient to see if you would do so. There is an illustrator that I like a lot but I don’t know much about him other than that he was born in Italy(?)in the 1930’s to Hungarian parents as his name suggest to me: Pintér Ferenc. Do you know him and do you think he could fit in one of your future episodes? Thanks again for your great work!
Hello to you and thanks a lot for your generous positive response to the channel. I'm glad you find it rewarding. I know and like Pinter's work but sadly he was born too late to qualify for the unsung series. My cut off date of birth is 1910. And even with that I've still got over 200 more illustrators to cover. And at my age I might not finish them.
Hello and as far as I know it doesn't have a name I can't remember where it came from but if googling Frank Reynolds doesn't find it try the Punch cartoon archive and enter his name.
Love your videos. Should you ever update this one please use the Frank Reynolds plate of David meeting Dora from his David Copperfield at gerd.smugmug.com/BookArt/Frank-Reynolds/i-f7LvtcZ/A He illustrated 3 editions of Dickens and the original watercolours on paper are small and beautiful - roughly A4. I have seen many go through the rooms since the 1960's but have never managed to buy one - sadly. A collection of 14 of them owned by the whiskey distillers were published in 1935 as a promotional gift: THE BUCHANAN PORTFOLIO OF CHARACTERS FROM DICKENS, Glasgow and London, J Buchanan & Co [1935]. I managed to obtain a near mint copy and the plates are large and wonderful to look at.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciative comment. It's a funny thing but I've been an admirer of Reynold's work for the best part of half a century and I thought he would attract more than usual favourable comment. But yours is the only one so far. In a fair world his originals would be on display in the non-existent Museum of British Illustration. Thanks again and I'll check out the link.
Hello again. I'm afraid not. I detest both facebook and twitter and particularly the zombies who own them. I only tolerate youtube because it gives me a platform. But I'm genuinely sorry if that means I'm missing something of interest from you.
@@petebeardPerhaps you can visit my page again? It was an original issue of 'The Studio', winter number A.D. 1900-1901 'Modern Pen Drawings: European and American' listing Artists British, American, French, German, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish & Swiss with some artwork either been made expressly for this publication or appearing for the first time. You have possibly covered all these artists. On a personal note I have been a keen fan of the 'Punch Magazine' and have a reasonable collection, my favorites being the '30s. Keep up the excellent work...Thank you
Hello again Peter. I would very much like to be able to see the work you mention. It seems there's always another illustrator who has got under the radar. But other than making pictures, music and videos I'm clueless. Do you mean your facebook page? If so as I'm not registered I can't get in there. Or is there another page you refer to? Please advise...
I didn't. I said 'unsung'. And you are speaking as an American about an American illustrator and a purely American phenomenon. The channel is for the whole world. p.s. Try asking an American teenager what the name means.
Hey Pete, fellow artist here (mostly collage). If you're interested in doing a video on modern illustrators, particularly some very popular folk artists that have taken over children's books and female magazines in the last 5 years, I'll be happy to point you to the most successful bunch.
Hello and thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately the present is something I steer clear of in my videos. I'll leave the present to others to examine. But it sounds like a good idea for someone.
Mr Beard is THE unsung hero of illustration. His videos are sheer delight. From the gorgeous visuals to commentary. So, not a song but an opera is needed as tribute to this indefatigable historian and educator of illustration.
Hello and what can I say. I've had some very flattering comments about my videos but this just might be the most flattering I have ever recieved. It really is great to know that viewers are so enthusiastic about the content, and it keeps me wanting to make more, Thanks a lot.
@@petebeard Nott really flattery, Mr Beard, but an attempt to give proper credit where credit is due. You have put a lot of time, effort and expertise into making really fascinating videos which are a delight to watch and highly informative. Yes, you'd be worth an opera...!
This series of videos is a treasure, sir. Thank you very much for your work. I'm a young illustrator and through your videos I'm able to discover artists that I would never have found out otherwise. Again, thank you very much. I hope you are well.
Hello Pedro and thanks a lot. I'm very glad that you are finding plenty of illustrators through my channel - that's what I made it for! I hope you will continue to watch and please share if you can.
@@petebeard Hi - i just found on wiki, that some Peter Beard, artist, died on March 2020 - are you related? thanks, greeting from Slovakia.
Hello - and no relation. He was a famous photographer. I'm an unknown former illustrator - but still just about alive.
@@petebeard Ok :)) thank you.
I agree with you. I'm an old illustrator & still am discovering new, old artists here. I wish we had TH-cam in the 1970's and 80's.
So grateful for your work. Invaluable exploration into illustration and illustrators. Just lovely. Thank you!
Hello and thanks for watching. It's good to know the channel is appreciated.
Gibson's line work is timeless beauty. Thanks again!
Hello to you. I thought I'd already replied but youtube tell me I didn't and as I can't trust my memory I'll take their word for it. And I absolutely agree about Gibson. I may have used this joke before (memory again) but I'd give my right arm to be able to draw like that.
The range of illustrators that you have covered is amazing! Your work here on youtube is an absolute treasure... so inspiring!
Hello and many thanks for your enthusiastic response to the channel Many more illustrators on the way!
Another excellent episode.
I am on Episode 19 right now, just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your work.
And I'm very glad to hear it.
i never heard of louis moe but he is incredible! he makes very good use of the groundplane all is images feel like you can just walk right in to them
I had never seen any work by Moe until about a year ago, and how that is possible I can't imagine. Absolute genius.
He is somewhat famous in Sweden where I live. He illustrated several anthologies with fairy tales for children. Great that more people are learning about his genius! He did a suite of illustrations depicting the apocolypse of Norse mythology called Ragnarøk that I was lucky enough to get my hands on about a year ago, recommend any illustration fan to check it out if you get the chance.
Don't know when I'e seen such an interesting and enjoyable series. Glad I found you. Thanks, Pete Beard!
Hello and your positive comment about the channel is very much appreciated.
Just want to feed back a little: such a serious, detailed, complex quality- collection, I discovered it yesterday - want to realize to watch it on a big screen- anyway an undusty vision comes true into fine drawings in their time, it really - as we German say hits me from the chair
Hello and many thanks for your enthusiasm for the channel. I hope you will watch more - and share if you can.
You put so much work into these videos....thank you !
That was a nice trip you took us on. It was like when you forget you’re in a movie theater. Thanks for art, Pete.
Thanks a lot - I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I'm currently working on a video just about Louis Moe - he's more than worth it.
@petebeard that's so funny, I thought the video was going to be just about Moe. His art is so different, it feels like half of all TH-cam artists are "inspired" by him. It's like he invented "twee".
Hello Mr beard, pete, a ginormous library of beautiful images and nice music too !! I think it's wonderful, thanks.Paul.
Hello to you and thanks a lot for your positive reaction. I hope you'll subscribe and share if you haven't already.
Thanks for another great episode Pete! Also, your channel is so packed with great videos that it may be appropriate to post a heath warning, such as: new viewers may be exposed to an artistic talent overdose if they watch too many episodes in one sitting 😊 .
Hello and many thanks. Your remarks are as ever humorous and flattering, and that can only be a good thing in my book.
I began watching through this series last month, and I've taken to watching/listening to the series while working on assignments for a Graphic Design degree. I've watched them through to this point, and I am going to continue the entire way through and beyond. I want to tell you that as an aspiring Illustrator myself, these stories are all fascinating and inspiring. I returned to school as I entered my thirties after working in customer service for over a decade, and to this moment frequently find myself feeling like it's too late to really ever do what I love. Your videos in general, and especially this series in which you walk us through case, after case, after case of successfull artists from myriad of backgrounds, inspires and motivates me to keep drawing. Thank you!
Hello and thanks so much for your generous comments about the impact the channel has had on you. In terms of your possible future as an illustrator, in my experience teaching the subject (and my own professional experience as an illustrator) I can confidently state that those who succeed in this very precarious business are the ones who do not give up. Many people think being able to draw well is the most important thing but it really isn't. It's the determination to succeed and ability to persevere in the fae of the inevitable obstacles. I wish you the very best of luck. And look at it this way, you can always fall back on being a graphic designer in the short term. That's what I did in the early days and it's much easier to get a job in that area.
Amazing and remarkable series, thank you for that indeed!
Hello to you and thanks a lot for watching. Please share the channel with others if you can.
Excellent, as always!
Hello and many thanks for your continued support. Positive comments are a real motivator.
When I finish this series I will start watching it over again. Thank you.
Hello again and that's music to my ears. If only everyone was that keen!
Wonderful!!!
Glad you liked it. I must say I thought all four were in their own way astonishingly talented.
I've only recently found your channel, and as an ex-illustrator getting back into inking, this channel is really inspiring. Thank you :)
Hello to you and welcome to the channel. You may have already seen the video but there is one I made specifically about great pen/brush and ink illustrators called 'Between the Lines'.
These have been fantastic videos! I've enjoyed discovering all these, new to me illustrators.
What a Golden Age of Illustration the mid 1800's to mid 1900's were.
Hello again and it really is good to know that you are continuing to find content of interest on the channel. Thanks a lot.
That's a great episode! thank you!
Hi again and I'm glad you enjoyed it. A particularly strong group of illustrators I think.
@@petebeard they are in deed!
👍👍👍👍👍 Thank You *Pete Beard*
I kept trying to pick a favorite. I see now that's going to be impossible 😊.
Another excellent and highly informative episode. Thank very much.
Hi and thanks again. John Bauer was a revelation.
I am watching through your whole series from the beginning and each video throws something amazing my way. I just have to say I didn’t know who Louis moe was but wow he is stunning , his work reminds me of so many great artist that I like…love that I found him here and did some other searches and was blown away. Thank you 🙏
Hello and many thanks for your favourable comment. Like quite a few others I was unaware of Louis Moe until I started making these videos and I was blown away by his talent as soon as I discovered his work.
Wònderful, Pete !
ThX for sharing
My thanks for watching.
Thanks a lot. I just discovered this series of wonderful videos.
Hello and many thanks for your comment. I hipe you'll keep watching.
¡Hola Pete! Quiero agradecerte por el gran trabajo que estás haciendo en este canal TH-cam. Te mando un fuerte abrazo y mis mejores deseos desde Panamá.
Muchas gracias, amigo. Significa mucha para mi.
Thank you for your generosity
Hello and many thaks to you for your appreciation of the channel.
One my childhood illustrators, was a man called William Neave Parker ( 1910 - 1961), most well known for his black and white dinosaur postcards, from the 1960's.
Hi Pete.... this one is a tough one... I enjoyed all the artists. Reynolds and Poe were fabulous but I really took a liking to Peck, she stood out. I wonder if all these artists ever got their original artwork returned after all the publications were done with them? And if not, where is all the art today. Thanks for another educational video, I really enjoy them.
Hello again, and for me it's Louis Moe with Frank Reynolds a close second. It has to be said that most of the images I locate tend to be from the printed outcome which is a great pity. A lot of the work was seen as relatively worthless and got lost or destroyed.
@@petebeard That's a shame, can you imagine the collecting frenzy there would be today in the art world! I used to collect comics when I was a kid, never gave it much thought then, but look at their worth today, amazing.
@@johncollado1151 and up until relatively recently - the late sixties/early seventies - comic art was seen as worthless too. There are many horror stories of art by the comic greats being thrown away by the publishers after the comic went to press, they didn't even send it back to the artist!
informative, pictures that I'd never seen or would see in my lifetime, Can't thank you enough. Inspiring for all the wannabe illustrators.
Hello and many thanks for your positive response to the channel content. It's a good feeling to know it's making an impression.
These are gorgeous videos. I have already bought some books based on the artists in here. Thank you so much
Hi there and thanks a lot for your positive response to the channel. It's always a pleasure to hear from those actually working in illustration, and I've just been admiring your pen work on video.
@@petebeard Thank you. It's so good to see artists get some recognition as I know many who's art is famous but they themselves will never get credit. I also respect these artists ability to work commercially which can be a high pressure stressful environment. It has been wonderful to enjoy all these videos and it's so important these artists are immortalised.
Delightful, as usual. And on a separate subject, I like the way advertisers were inserted between artists. Commercial television seemed to understand from the beginning that audiences resent abrupt interruptions, which affects their bank.
Hi and thanks. Regarding the ads I really would like to do without them completely. The sad truth is that since I opted for monetization youtube have made the channel much more visible, and subscibers are very much on the rise.
@@petebeard another friend is also struggling with how to monetize his online product. I hope finding a way to compensate those who work so hard creating all this fabulous entertainment is possible.
The work of Moe is quite entrancing,
His charming pictures were enhancing
Books, which he did illustrate,
As one can now appreciate.
The Gibson Girls, demure and pretty,
Like phantasies of Walter Mitty,
Graced covers of some magazines,
Regally, like fairy queens.
Reynolds (the younger, so to speak)
Delights, when one does take a peek
At Punch, where he did poke some fun
At war and at the German hun.
Love’s strange phases - illustrated
By Clara Peck. And she created
Delicate drawings, advertising,
And other things, some quite surprising.
Well, you have outdone yourself this time. Greatly appreciated, and smile inducing. Thanks a bunch. I must see if I can find enough on Louis Moe to make a full video.
Another delightful episode, I can't thank you enough for your ongoing dedication to this series. If you ever decide to launch a Patreon or Ko-fi, I would love to be able to offer some support. thank you again for your amazing work.
Hello and thanks a lot. Thanks for the offer but I don't do this for money. I only have ads ( which I hate) on the channel because that means TH-cam make a much bigger effort to promote it.
You've got to love Charles Gibson's "Gibson Girls" illustrations. JJS
Thanks for the comment. I must admit in my younger years I didnt see the appeal of his work, but now I'm older and hopefully a little wiser I'm in awe of his expressive abilities with pen and ink.
Another enjoyable video….much as I appreciate all mediums & styles I seem to prefer pen & watercolour …
Hello, and that's my ultimate preference too. Work such as Louie Moe's I find endlessly fascinating. With hindsight I regret my own later move inro digital media.
Still with you, time permitting. This is a very enjoyable selection - but then, they all are!
Thanks as usual and I was particularly pleased to stumble across the remarkable Louis Moe.
It may not be a massive audience, but it's enough of one where we know who these illustrators are and even somewhat of their lives and existence.
Hi and thanks for the morsale booster. Funnily enough views and subscriptiona have shot upward recently.
Another lovely bout of illustrations. It seems like a lot of commercial artists turned to painting, after retirement. Why do you suppose that was? Maybe it was something they could take their time with, and not have to worry about deadlines.
Hello, and if my own meagre experience is anything to go by it's because they made enough money to not have to deal with the demands of clients and art directors. Deadlines too of course.
How would Gibson be in any way considered unsung. By your own biography here you demonstrate nicely how much wealth, fame and general appreciation he received in his lifetime. Also, even now most people familiar with art or history know of the Gibson girls.
All I can say is just try asking people who he was and see what success rate you get. Especially among the young.
@@petebeard oh yes, the young. My niece (30) doesn't know who Cary Grant was
When teaching at university I happened to mention Julius Caesar and the student said "who?". Naturally I had them executed.
@@petebeard I am not familiar with that artist. Did he work in oils? Anyways just discovered your channel, excellent work.
I was just exposed to your videos from your Dulac video. While scrolling the thumbnails - the pig here reminded me of an illustrator I saw a lot on greeting cards and the like in - I believe - the late 1970s and the 80s and still now and again. I'm pulling a blank but perhaps they went by "Pawprints" and somewhere I have a large formatted paperback of poems, limericks, and the like.
I'm also thinking of an image not of animals anthorporphised in this case, but of a woman with long tresses blowing in the wind saying "Omaha" or understood as Oh My Hair...
Yes, I think he did quite a bit of visual puns as well.. But who was he? :/
Hello and thanks for your comment. I'm sorry to say that I'm completely mystified as to who this illustrator might be. So I can't really be any help in your search. But let me know if you ever find out who they are.
@@petebeard His work is charming. Perhaps I'll be doing a Google search soon.
love these
Thanks a lot - i hope you continue to find interesting content.
Thanks for another inspiring video! I love the style of all the artists on this one.!
Thanks a lot, and so do I. It's Louis Moe that really does it for me.
Clara Peck's illustrations and layouts in Collier are a must! This shows why classic is out of time!
May be her religious carrer was a public sorrow about her early advertising involvement!
Hello Gabriel. Yes, although she would not be among my personal favourites the magazine work is particularly attractive. Perconally I can't get over how great Louis Moe was - and I had not heard of him before.
Clichéd perhaps, but just when I think undiscovered gems are depleted you prove me wrong with another magnificent entry! Louis Moe was unknown to me--but his influence is very apparent, (though unacknowledged) in his heroic visions like the one at the 1:29 mark, where the worm's-eye view of the hero vanquishing his enemies has been (subconsciously?) cribbed by too many sword and sorcery artists in later decades to mention.
I normally would not have thought of Charles Dana Gibson as "unsung", but then I realized that I'm, well, old, and indeed, many younger artists have never been adequately introduced to his superlative pencraft. I humbly suggest that a comparable deeper look at Joseph Clement Coll might be considered in an upcoming episode.
Frank Reynolds was known to me in a very superficial way, but what an incredible overview of this man's towering skill! The brief sample of his sequential work convinces me he was also influential in the later European style of comic art, with its emphasis on elegant line and translucent shades, rather than the murkier toned or brashly colored fare more commonly found state-side.
Clara Elsene Peck was completely new to me and what a discovery! Her decorative, Art Nouveau-meets-Brandywine-tradition style is deceptively familiar, yet the approach to figures, lettering and expressions are uniquely hers. I dug around and was not surprised to read that she and her then-husband were associated with Harvey Dunn's (one of Pyle's pre-eminent pupils) illustration school in an artist's colony in Leonia, New Jersey. Sorry to ramble. Your joyous lessons are one of my greatest pleasures. Excellent choices, and your narration, as always, takes us on new journeys while instructing us effortlessly.
Hello to you and particular thanks for your considered observations. That Moe image struck me in the same way it did you, and I think that cinematic approach to composition has been crucial in fantasy art. I had never heard of him until about a year ago. And I know there are some in the series who older viewers don't consider unsung, but you're right - I'm mindful that there are generations behind the likes of you and me who are fairly ignorant of the past.
This is a brilliant channel! Beautifully made and beautifully written. I've seen others describe it as a treasure. That's a great description. I've also people offer to support you on Patreon or Ko Fi. I'd be more than happy to do that if you ever change your mind and decide you could do with the extra motivation. I'm spreading the word.
Hello and it's very pleasing to know that you appreciate the channel. Regarding Patreon I really wouldn't be comfortable asking people to hand over money. I'm not rich but I really don't need it, and responses such as yours are all the reward I need from this. It really doesn't feel like work to me.
I doubt you would be interested in doing anything about underground punk and metal posters and the like, but having come from that background, it is something at least this person would enjoy, and I am sure would attract the eye of other lovers of the chaotic freeform style and what influences it might have had outside the medium, such as its impact on the movies, like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, or the stream of low budget movies in the 70's, and vice versa.
Hello again and there is one (one of the first I made) about the graphics of the second half of the suxties. So it isn't just posters, but they are covered. And I'm currently working in a video devoted to Rick Griffin which will be up in a few weeks. Anyway the one that's up - and for some baffling reason it's one of the least viewed on the channel - is called Purple Haze - Psychedelic Era Illustration. It doesn't get into other aspects of pop culture such as films but maybe you'll enjoy it anyway.
@@petebeard Yeah, I'm just getting to that now. Right after I posted that comment, I saw a video where you gave a brief, but respectful nod to the punk and metal posters I spoke of, or rather showed a couple of the very best of them. I will enjoy any content you do on that genre. Though I do enjoy all your content.
Thanks a lot for all these delightful presentations! I enjoyed each one of them! I watched all the episodes in little more than one week...and discovered many many illustrators that I didn’t knew( the majority of them...) I am glad that you mentioned Kupka’s illustrations, I was impatient to see if you would do so. There is an illustrator that I like a lot but I don’t know much about him other than that he was born in Italy(?)in the 1930’s to Hungarian parents as his name suggest to me: Pintér Ferenc. Do you know him and do you think he could fit in one of your future episodes? Thanks again for your great work!
Hello to you and thanks a lot for your generous positive response to the channel. I'm glad you find it rewarding. I know and like Pinter's work but sadly he was born too late to qualify for the unsung series. My cut off date of birth is 1910. And even with that I've still got over 200 more illustrators to cover. And at my age I might not finish them.
Kopenhagen? Are we a part of Germany now? 😉
What's the name of that Mr. Punch illustration at 8:45? I can't find it on Google.
Hello and as far as I know it doesn't have a name I can't remember where it came from but if googling Frank Reynolds doesn't find it try the Punch cartoon archive and enter his name.
@@petebeard thank you
Love your videos. Should you ever update this one please use the Frank Reynolds plate of David meeting Dora from his David Copperfield at gerd.smugmug.com/BookArt/Frank-Reynolds/i-f7LvtcZ/A He illustrated 3 editions of Dickens and the original watercolours on paper are small and beautiful - roughly A4. I have seen many go through the rooms since the 1960's but have never managed to buy one - sadly. A collection of 14 of them owned by the whiskey distillers were published in 1935 as a promotional gift: THE BUCHANAN PORTFOLIO OF CHARACTERS FROM DICKENS, Glasgow and London, J Buchanan & Co [1935]. I managed to obtain a near mint copy and the plates are large and wonderful to look at.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciative comment. It's a funny thing but I've been an admirer of Reynold's work for the best part of half a century and I thought he would attract more than usual favourable comment. But yours is the only one so far. In a fair world his originals would be on display in the non-existent Museum of British Illustration. Thanks again and I'll check out the link.
Are you on Facebook? I've placed on my Page something that could be of interest...let me know if any are new to you. Keep up the excellent work...
Hello again. I'm afraid not. I detest both facebook and twitter and particularly the zombies who own them. I only tolerate youtube because it gives me a platform. But I'm genuinely sorry if that means I'm missing something of interest from you.
@@petebeardPerhaps you can visit my page again? It was an original issue of 'The Studio', winter number A.D. 1900-1901 'Modern Pen Drawings: European and American' listing Artists British, American, French, German, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish & Swiss with some artwork either been made expressly for this publication or appearing for the first time. You have possibly covered all these artists. On a personal note I have been a keen fan of the 'Punch Magazine' and have a reasonable collection, my favorites being the '30s. Keep up the excellent work...Thank you
Hello again Peter. I would very much like to be able to see the work you mention. It seems there's always another illustrator who has got under the radar. But other than making pictures, music and videos I'm clueless. Do you mean your facebook page? If so as I'm not registered I can't get in there. Or is there another page you refer to? Please advise...
Please check out my grandfather PJ Monahan!
How can you put Gibson as 'unknown'? The term 'Gibson Girl' is still a byword.
I didn't. I said 'unsung'. And you are speaking as an American about an American illustrator and a purely American phenomenon. The channel is for the whole world. p.s. Try asking an American teenager what the name means.
Hey Pete, fellow artist here (mostly collage). If you're interested in doing a video on modern illustrators, particularly some very popular folk artists that have taken over children's books and female magazines in the last 5 years, I'll be happy to point you to the most successful bunch.
Hello and thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately the present is something I steer clear of in my videos. I'll leave the present to others to examine. But it sounds like a good idea for someone.