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- Boris Artzybasheff is another in an ever-lengthening list of great illustrators I had previously featured as an unsung hero. But on mature reflection there's just too much great illustration created by him for that to be enough. So here's a solo video which attempts to encapsulate his formidable draughtsmanship, range and imagination. And although I was completely unaware of his existence before I started making videos he is to my mind at least one of the 20th century's all time greats.
I can't begin to describe how grateful i am for you putting in the effort to document all these magnificent illustrators, some of whoms legacy may be lost in time forever, if not for this noble act of lovingly compiling the artwork in an objective and honest manner
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation for what I'm trying to do with the channel. If it means these great talents are not forgotten then I haven't been wasting my time.
You said what I was about to compose in my mind, but you said it better than I could have. Beautiful work!!
@@petebeard Yeah, I second what leu se said. Really a beautiful documentary of an artist I had never heard of until this moment of viewing your extraordinary documentary. Everything about it was done perfectly: selection of work, pacing, music, copy, and voice. Stunning piece of work. I’m a major fan of both of you. Thanks for the great post.
Well most are pretty forgettable but this guys not bad
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One can learn so much from Boris Artzybasheff. Absolutely outstanding creativity, beautiful design, flow of line is superb and hopelessly original. Thanks Pete I am going to watch it again now. Wow!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. His work - more than many I can think of - really does stand repeated watching.
I can remember Artzybasheff's illustrations back in the late 1950's until his death in 1965. What a wonderful imagination! Some of his work reminds me a little bit of M.C. Escher's work.Too bad most magazines (that still survive) are usually photos and/or Photoshop. I miss so many of those wonderful illustrators of the past. Also, thank you Peter Beard for all the work you put into the research and presentation of all these artists, many who have faded into the past.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. And I hadnt made the connection but you are absiolutely right about the Escher connection. Playful and sinister at the same time. And of course beautifully rendered.
Escher also came to my mind: those woodcuts and span of creative imagination. Artzybasheff and Escher were contemporaneous, with MC being born one year before Boris. It would be interesting to know if both or one knew of the other's work...and thereby influences? I've yet to run into any indication of that, though.
@@hlcepeda I saw the Escher connection as well. It’s a shame how one is massively famous and one is forgotten. I looked for books about Boris but there were only used books printed in 1961 and very expensive. I believe he deserves a superb book. Taschen would be an excellent choice of publisher to do a major new book and even a boxed set of exquisitely produced prints.
Thanks again Pete, your channel is real treasure and very much appreciated.
Hello and tanks for your continued support.
Thank you for doing this deep dive into Artzybasheff's carrier, his machinalia is really impressive not only for the level of detail but also because you still can get sense of functioning of each part of the characters.
Hello and yes they are absolutely rivetting (pun intended). I had to leave loads of others out just to keep the video as balanced as possible.
Beard knocks it out of the park again with this one. Explaining and giving tribute to an artist like this is an art itself. Well done.
Hello and many thanks for your flattering analogy. This one seems to have gone down particularly well.
I have never heard of him! I’m absolutely blown away because his work is right up my alley! I know what I’m going to be deep diving into until I learn as much as I I can about him. Stunning work, absolutely stunning. It’s so much more than art, or graphics, or advertising, or ? It transcends.
Hello and I'm delighted to have introduced you to the visual wonder of Artzybasheff's world.
Unlike so many artists his ability was not limited to a single style. I remember reading that Mechanix Illustrated article when it came out way back then; my first taste of his under-appreciated talent.
At another great Pete's Video, I've thinking like you Marc: it's incredible how many graphic and illustration styles have develop this artist. I've been surprised at 5:33 min with this beatiful cover book when at the video end I saw all his "machinalia" and the war's illustration campaing giving allies support.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. To be so talented in so many styles and so imaginative is a combination rarely found in one person.
@@petebeard In another ocassion I just said you Pete how I enjoy watching cover books, I ussualy goes to Come In the english bookstore in Bcna, sometimes to buy or to order a book - I'm just reading "Cherry" a Sara Wheeler biography, and next week will arrive me "Every days matter" from Danny Gregory - but, sometimes I goes only for watching cover books...as in a graphic design museum.....As I said, the illustrator cover that I coment is really uptodate design....and this is your work, who take to us these artists from the "unsung place" to today. My breakfast - and soul - are better with your videos!
@@gabrielerosa665 Hello Gabriel and thanks for your appreciation again. I still plan to make a video about book cover design and I have been gathering images and doing research. But it may well be a long time before I finish it as there are so many others I must make first. It is always a pleasure to hear from you.
Artzybasheff is one of my favorite illustrators, and his combination of a Slavic/Ukrainian folk aesthetic and the modern technological world is spectacular. Thanks so much for providing your usual insight and crisp commentary applied to his works.
Hello and I'm pleased you found it of interest. How I got to be 65 years old without ever encountering his remarkable images is a mystery to me.
@@petebeard you and me (same age to boot). Fully intend to follow up your work here Pete and try and snaffle some hard copies, it’s fantastic stuff alrighty.
@@petebeard I’m 69 and this video was my introduction. I remember back in high school art class days being very interested in surrealist artists. Never encountered Boris. He would have been very well received. It’s one of the enduring amazing things of life that there is always something new and magical to discover and you never know when it’s coming. I checked for books about him on amazon but only rare, expensive books seem to be available. Taschen publishers should do one on him. And someone should do a box set of his prints. Thanks for the video. It was superbly done. You also have an extraordinary voice. The narration was exquisite.
Why Slavic/Ukrainian! There is more Russian!
His early black and white work is so perfectly poised it could make me weep.
I learnt more in my art practice from illustrators working in all their constraints, and this guy, imo, leaves say Picasso on the starters blocks, from the point of view, of say, if you could only learn art from 1 artist, who would be the most daring, most versatile, and yet most rooted in a traditional genre and able to reimagine it to invigorate his work. What a pity he learnt to work so closely to the brief post war, 😂 his mastery being sufficient to produce highly skillful, generic anonymous, art, the ultimate irony.
It's going to take me a while to deconstruct him, such joy in the anticipation, and so aptly curated Pete!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation and insightful comments. It seems he was every bit as complex as he was talented, and why he gave up children's books in the 40s baffles me.
Another wonderful video. Thank you for introducing me to so many amazing artists!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. It's great to know the work is of interest.
Great film of beautiful art!
Hello and thanks for your appreciation of the video.
I love your videos!
Hello and that's very reassuring to know.
I have known of Boris since the 1970's 'As I See' but I had known little of the history and massive scope of this artist. Thanks for this.
Hello and thanks a lot. I'm glad i could shine a light onsome of his other work.
Wow, lovely, thank you.
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed his work.
Fascinating!
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Yet another beautiful video that you offer to us, Peter. Thank you! Obrigado.👍🇬🇧🇵🇹
Hello and thanks again for your appreciation. Artzybasheff deserves to be much better known, I think.
Thank you again and again for this wonderful series!
I’m sure this will stand the test of time!
Thanks 🙏 u
Hello and your support of the channel is greatly appreciated.
A fantastic artist! Always loved his time Magazine covers!
Hello and unusually for me I love everything he did.
This was indeed a refreshing cup of tea.
Hello and thanks a lot.
The amount of time, energy and enthusiasm you bring to these illustrators and their work is immense and in the realm of excellence!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of what I'm trying to do with the channel. Your support is very welcome.
To call Artzybasheff "versatile" would be an extreme understatement, both in the technical and creative sense. Thank you for showcasing this amazing artist, Pete.
Hi again and thanks as ever.
I took commercial art back in the mid 90's like 1994-1995 year it kind of reminds me of the kind of art he creates. It's wonderful to see others like Boris, I have a Charlie Harper original on my bedroom wall framed it's a 1972 print on silk on paper. It also has papers and a portfolio sleeve on the back of the print art. It's a one of a kind as Charlie Harper passed away some years ago, a keeper. Thanks for this story and history of Boris, he amazing.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. And even more thanks for the name Charlie Harper. I was completely unaware of this illustrator (like Artzybasheff and Jim Flora - an entirely American phenomenon) and a quick look tells me he's well worth investigating.
I'm an illustrator and it's the first time ever I've heard of this incredible artist! So, thanks a million for showing! 🤗
Hello and thanks for your comment. It's always a real pleasure to introduce artists of Artzybasheff's talent to viewers who were prevuously unaware of them.
Another great illustrator! I remember the time covers at the library when I was growing up!
Hello again and thanks for the appreciation.
Just marvellous. I had no idea about him or his work of course. Each stage of his work is so different and yet all are equally appealling.
Hello and I'm glad you share a similar enthusiasm for his work to my own.
What a terrific talent! I loved this tasteful introduction to another fabulous illustrator!
Hello again and thanks a lot for your appreciation.
I'm becoming addicted to your calming and leisurely exposition, your fascination and overwhelming volume of knowledge regarding a subject I didn't imagine existed.
Well, I did, but for me it was an invisible subject. I see illustrations and realise now they affect me profoundly, yet move on through text almost unaware of this. As a child they rarely remained in the forefront of my mind - though they brought the text/story/characters/situations into vivid and stunning life. They were the pictures I saw when recalling stories.
I have worked as an illustrator of fiction - in a very minor way. I realise I'm a tiny pixie among gods, heroes and giants. :D
Thank you so much for these.
Hello and I'm very grateful for your enthusiasm for the channel and its content. It really is a pleasure to know that viewers such as yourself appreciate what I'm trying to achieve in bringing these mostly neglected talents to a wider audience, and hopefully greater respect.
Another brilliant one Pete, and another artist I wasn't familiar with - there have been so many.
I think it's his level of detail that makes his mechanical illustrations so believable.
It's the kind of work you could spend hours studying.
Thanks.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I'm glad you find his work of interest.
Thank you so much for highlighting these wonderful artists. I share your videos with friends and family and they certainly love what you do
Heres to many other wonderful videos.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation - and for sharing the content.
Thank you! Beautiful documentary and high homage to a great artist.
Helo and many thanks for your comment.
Very much appreciate this video. From the moment you introduced his work in a prior video, I've been a major fan of his illustration!
Hello and thanks for the comment. I hope this longer version makes even more fans of his work.
Skill, technique and imagination! Artzybasheff has not been on my radar before.
Hello and yes his talent and range defy belief.
Thank you for making this! I have been a big fan of his artwork for many decades, and posted a collection of his work on FB a while ago. 99% of my friends had never heard of him before, but almost everyone really liked what I showed them. His portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald is truly heartbreaking and insightful.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation and comment. I must confess I only found out about him a few years ago but he is now an all time favourite. I agree about the Oswald pic too, although if memory serves in the end it may have not made it to the final edit.
This was an amazing video. I have never seen such a comprehensive collection of Artzybasheff’s work before. Many years ago I befriended a man in Oakland, California who was Boris Artzybasheff’s nephew-Boris’ favorite nephew, in fact. My friend had inherited many personal items and original works from his uncle (including a Nazi Ruger pistol). The walls of his living room were covered in Boris’ artwork. I used to sit at Boris’ massive drafting table and drink coffee and read the newspaper. Yet I never knew as much about him or saw nearly as much of his art as this video presented to me! After my friend died in the early 90s we collected all his Artzybasheff material and shipped it off to Syracuse University, which was the largest collector of Boris’ work at the time. Boris was largely forgotten by then. Anyway, thank you so much for posting this!
Hello and many thanks for your comment and insight into your personal involvement with the man and his work. I had no idea of his existence until I started making these videos and when I first encountered his work I could not believe that someone of his skills and imagination could have so far eluded me. Now, of course, he is among my most admired figures and examining his work is an enduring pleasure. Thanks again.
Finally, I get to put a name to the machine-themed illustrations that so fascinated me as a child. Thank you!
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I'm pleased you now know his name.
Outstanding artist. I’m glad you taught me about him today. Thank you, Pete.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. Introducing these talents to viewers is a great pleasure for me.
“Graphic authority” you nailed it right there, couldn’t agree more, an extraordinary talent. Thanks again Pete.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. Hard to imagine how so much talent could reside in one human.
Another great discovery, i just can say that this is such a pleasure to listen to theses stories, and the matching history ! Thank you!
Hello again and thanks a lot for your ongoing appreciation and support.
This is the last vid I watched tonight. I can barely express my gratitude for your effort in gifting the world with this other than saying that the world would be a MUCH better place were there more people than you.
Hello and that's a very nice thing to say. I must admit I love it when viewers such as yourself make it clear that you appreciate and value what I'm attempting to achieve with the channel. Vieing figures seem to be on the rise so I'm uncharacteristically optimistic.
I've been showing my students your incredible videos. We always walk away happy and inspired.
Hello and thanks for your comment. It's particularly pleasing to know that some courses show the channel as a teaching aid. I was actually surprised to discover that 18 to 25 year olds are nowhere near as interested in the content as the over 50s. So that makes me even more grateful to you.
It's always a joy to read an old magazine and find an Artzybasheff illustration. I think he must have been a significant influence on Basil Wolverton.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I see a similarity there too.
Another supremely creative and omnicompetent artist who has become known for only one segment of his output! I still remember well those Time covers -- particularly 'The Wall'!
Hello again, and that berlin wall image (among many others) really did convince me - not that I needed much convincing - that illustration can be a remarkably eloquent medium.
What a stunning talent. Thanks for posting
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. His work deserves far greater recognition I think.
I'm so happy to know about Boris Artzybasheff. I have seen some of those images before. So many of his images are so relevant today. Thanks Pete. This is one for the book. 😊
Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm glad to say his work seems to be going down very well with viewers of the channel.
Very interesting artist! Not to mention how little I have known of him and his art.
Hello and thanks for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed his work.
Thanks for sharing this artwork by an amazing and eloquent illustrators.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the video.
Absolutely excellent. I discovered Boris' amazing work via his work with Finney and James Branch Cabell. There's no question in my mind that he wa one of the preeminent artists of the 20th century in any medium. A true visionary and a genius of his craft. Thank you so much for this marvellous feature.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. It was a labour of love for me. Artzybasheff's illustrations never made it across the ocean so I was completely unaware of him until I started to research for the channel. Now I'm an absolute disciple and wish I could have my own feeble career back just so I could use his influence in my work.
Pete I've subscribed to your channel and just watched your other terrific overview of another favourite of mine, N.C. Wyeth. Excellent work. What an amazing artist. In fact, Wyeth's iconic "The Airmail" is the permanent wallpaper on my Samsung tablet. Can't wait to watch more of your videos and I'm sharing them to all my friends. I'm a huge fan of these classic illustrators, and a particular favourite is the legendary team of Janet and Anne Graham -- "Tales of the Greeks and Trojans" was one of the first books I ever owned as a child, I still have it and treasure it, so I hope you'll do a video on them too! Great work.
@@duncankimball Hello again, and I've had a folder for the Grahame Johnstone twins for quite some time, with the obvious intention of creating a video. But at the time I struggled to get enough biographical information and consequently the folder has languished while I took on more readily available talents. But I haven't looked for a while and if there's been any upturn in the amount of information I will complete a profile of them and their work. Dont hold your breath though - there's a long queue ahead of them.
Much appreciated video about an extraordinary artist. I remember as a child studying his many Time magazine covers and letting them sink in with all kinds of pleasure at his skill and imagination. I didn't know about his career otherwise, so a big thank you for filling this in for me.
Hello and thanks for your comment. Being British I was completely unaware of his work until a few years ago, and he is now one of my all time favourite illustrators. The perfect blend of skill and imagination.
Thanks so much for this! Couldn't peel my eyeballs away from the beautiful, powerful images and iconography that I wasn't expecting to see!
Hello and it's very pleasing to hear that you are so inpressed with Artzybasheff's overwhelming talent.
Utterly inspirational. Thanks Pete.
Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation.
Have not come across this artist before, but I really like his machinalia ideas. Great work Pete.
Hello again and thanks. There's loads more of the machinalia to see via google. I had to leave a lot out just to give balance with his other work.
I got the impression that while being really unique that Artzybasheff was inspired and sort of followed Arthur Szyk. So while his realistic portraits for Time seem to come out of nowhere, they make more sense when you see Szyk's work. Not to take away from Artzybasheff, just seems Szyk's career allowed someone like him to be considered for more advertising and magazine work. Great video as always Pete!!!
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. And yes there are distinct similarities between the two, especially when it comes to Adolf and his pals. Not sure about Artzybasheff following Szyk though. There was only 5 years between them and I'd be more inclined to think it was more a cultural Eastern European mindset. But who knows?
PS Your comment has prompted me to see if I can also return to Szyk and make a solo video in his honour. I'll start digging immediately.
The Time covers of "the famous & infamous" and the striking black & white wood block pieces were my personal favorites. It's really something to think that we never would've seen all he was capable of if he hadn't done the impossible, escaping from death row. What a life!!! Thanks, Pete!!
Hello and thanks for the comment. I must say that with only a couple of exceptions (dull but skilful Parker Pen ads) I can think of few illustrators who created so many great images in so many absorbing styles.
One more sensitive and brilliant expose of a talented illustrator. This was all the more nuanced because of the broad range of work and constantly evolving technique on display. Bravo and thank you.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. How one person could have so many skills and such an imagination I can't imagine.
Absolutely brilliant... mucho kudos to you for bringing this artist to my attention.
Hello and thanks. I'm glad to have made the introduction.
Amazing. I never knew about Artzybasheff. I was just blown away by this presentation and the artwork. Thanks so much for your research.
Hello and thanks for the comment. It's really rewarding to know I've introduced a great talent like Artzybasheff to somebody who was previously unaware of him.
Awesome variety all from one artist. Thanks
Hello and I'm glad you appreciate his work.
Most accomplished illustrator with so many styles
Hello and I don't think many would disagree with your observation. An enormous and diverse talent.
Excellent presentation. Thank you...
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment.
Simply brilliant - as so many of your productions are!
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. Atzybasheff deserves much greater recognition.
Love his bold monotone art😃 his magazine covers are very eye catching too
Hello and I find myself admiting avery aspect of his work, and it's not often I can say that.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for putting all of this together . I love it ! 😍😍😍😍😍
Hello and you are very welcome. I'm really glad you enjoyed his work.
Pete, we share a name☮☯ and the knowledge and resources you employ to present us with these 'artists' who in their own way are more relative to their times, and their work, whatever the means or purpose reveals so much, and this guy's work is truly art, as you say, more relevant to museums than a lot that's hanging there.♾
Hello and thanks as usual for your appreciation. I'm particularly pleased you enjoyed this video. The more I look at his work the more fascinated I become.
glad you decided to show more of this guy ,,magical stuff,, Thanks pete
Hello and I'm glad you agree he was worth a closer look.
Wow, what an amazing and original illustrator Artzybasheff was! He truly made images that my own mind could never have imagined. Thanks for another excellent video, Pete!
Hello and thanks for the comment. Naturally enough I couldn't agree more about Artzybasheff's work. A much neglected genius as far as I'm concerned.
Great!!! I love it!! :)
I find quite a lot of his work as depicted in this video quite unsettling despite its undoubted brilliance. Perhaps it is a mirror of his times.
Hello and yes I think it was intended to be unsettling. Many aspects of this life are.
So well put together. I didn't know his name but I recognized the art
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.
Pete, I want to thank you for your channel/info about all these forgotten heroes
My friends bought me the original compilation of his works for my 50th bday and I send them all this video because 90% of them never ever heard of the man
You’re a great teacher and l respect you a LOT for doing this! 🙏🙏🙏
Please keep spreading the knowledge 😊
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of the content featured on the channel, and my contribution to it. And Artzybasheff remains one of the most fascinating illustrators I've covered.
Phenomenal
Hello and that is an apt description of his talents.
I loved getting to see his Time covers as a child in the '50s and early '60s -- usually in the doctor's office as we didn't subscribe at home. He obviously was highly valued as an illustrator, given his commissions for advertising and book covers by a wide range of clients. I wasn't familiar with his earlier book illustrations. I wonder how easy it would be to find some of this.Thanks for this video essay.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. I think some of the early books are available secondhand from online sources. I haven't checked but I'd imagine they sell for grossly inflated prices, though.
I will to watch this one again!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciative comments about this video. He's an underrated genius as far as I'm concerned.
Thank you Pete! Although I studied Artzybasheff in University, I found a lot of his unknown and unusual works in your video. The one at 8.49 amazed me. I woul never attributed this work to Artzybasheff. Being asked whos work it is, I would probably say it's young Stasys Krasauskas. And yet it's Artzybasheff. Magnificient piece!
Hello again and thanks a lot for your comment. Artzybasheff was so remarkably talented in so many different styles and applications that I'm not sure he was human. And what an imagination! And thanks for the name Stasys Krasauskas - never heard of him until now.
I know more today than yesterday. thank you
Hello and if everybody felt that way this would be a better world. Thanks.
Amazing presentation! Thank you so much . . . now I'm late for work!
Exceptional video all around Mr. Beard. Thank you. The ending went especially straight to the heart.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. It's very welcome.
Very inspiring. Thank you.
Hi and thanks for your comment.
That was incredible👍🏻 What an illustrator 🌟🌟🌟
Hello and thanks. Although I only discovered him a few years ago he's now one of my all time favourites.
I have loved Boris Artzybasheff's slightly spooky work since I was a young child 50+ years ago. I know I saw some of his work in some of the older children's books the Public Library as well as on book covers ant the older magazine ads and Time Magazine covers. Both my High School and College library had bound back issues of Time and Life and I bummed my way through those. But my favorite is of the Moon, uh, getting its picture taken which opens this video! Wonderful, Pete!
Hello and thanks for your comment and recollections. Sadly his work never meant anything over here so I was 65 before I even knew he existed. What a phenomenal talent he was.
That was wonderful, thank you.
Hello and I'm very pleased that you enjoyed it.
Excellent editing and presentation of this artist
Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment.
I’m so moved by his work. Thankyou for all you have put into this, you have many new friends here who share your admiration for this amazing man and his art.
In the sixties Warhol and soup cans were considered genius it all depends on who is promoting who, and for what.
To each their own I have nothing against Warhol or anyone. 🌻🐝✨✨✨💛✨💛✨in Australia there is the art of Norman Lindsay an all rounder too. 🌻
Hello and many thanks for your comments about this video. It's hard to imagine how anyone could fail to be anything but full of admiration for his skill and imagination. Don't get me started on Warhol and his buddies - the beginning of the end as far as I'm concerned. And I really like Lindsay's work too. He features in my video unsung heroes of illustration 28 so if you haven't seen it naturally enough I recommend it.
TH-cam needs more on the visual arts- thank you for putting up many features on your channel- I just subscribed and as an Art History, B.A. and fan of Edward Gorey, Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham, it is of great interest to me to learn of and about the other illustrators of children's books- I bought my kids book when as adult and still find wisdom in the words and joy, intrigue etc in the illustrations- the stimulation of one's imagination- this was a treat- I look forward to watching the other videos. Thanks. Namaste from Canada
Hello and many thanks for your comment and appreciation of the channel. And eventually I will get around to Mr. Gorey, but its a very long queue. So much to do, so little time...
Thank you . Very interesting . I can’t believe I have been unaware of his work. This is the value of your channel.
Hello and sorry to take so long replying. But thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video.
@@petebeard No apologies are needed - Im surprised that, with the volume and quality of videos you put out , you have any time to reply at all . Thank you for getting back to me and once again for another masterpiece.
Again.... TNX!!
It is just brilliant! Thank you very much. Maybe I missed it but did you make some videos on french bd artists in the past?
Well thank you TH-cam algorithm for bringing me here, and thank you Pete for a beautifully produced and narrated video introducing me to this stunning work! I'm subbed.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation and subscription. I hope you continue to find content that;s of interest to you.
He causes the eye to move slowly around the picture, studying one aspect only to be surprised by another adjacent one. Impressive.
Hello and I couldn't agree more. The longer you look the more you find - completely absorbing.
Brilliant! Thanks Pete!
Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment.
That Coke-a-Cola ad, at the end, puts him in context for me: I know it well. Thanks for the deeper insight, Pete!
Hello and I agree about that image. One of many outstanding and incredibly eloquent pieces he created.
Awesome work! Thank you, Mr Beard.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.
Amazing work. I was unaware of him.
Hello and Im pleased to have introduced you to the marvels he created.
They are also detailed and beautiful
Hello and many thanks for your comments about these videos. It is appreciated.
Awestruck by his ability to convey exactly his imagination and then suddenly shift to realism rendered to the extreme. I kept saying Oh My God Wow thanks for this. I really need to practice pronouncing his name now.
Hi again, and I'm delighted to hear you have been seriously impressed by his work. It's rare for one human to be possessed of so many talents, skills and concepts. I'd settle for being good at one.
@@petebeard …and escape execution and land in NY!?! What a life
If, according to the adage, a picture is worth a thousand words, can we say that here is further proof that an illustration is worth a thousand words time two? Artzybasheff's imagination was at another level. Many thanks, Mr. Beard.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video. The imagination and technical prowess of this illustrator just fills me with admiration and awe.
Awesome body of work and seemingly infinite creativity. Great video as always.
Hello and I'm pleased tgis particular illustrator has made a strong impression on you and other viewers.
I’ve spent time in a private home/converted barn the walls of which were covered with original advertising art and illus. from1800’s on including color lithographs on large glass panels.The kitchen ceiling rack hanging hundreds of diner coffee cups from 20’s & 30’s -each more comfortable than any modern cup. But what blew my brain was a book of Artzybasheff work of ww2 era machinalia. I had seen some as industry adverts in Nat’l. Geographic magazine back issues. I wonder at his finely graded halftone technique. Could be lithograph upon stone, or graphite powder on frosted mylar - not in the 40’s. Airbrush? I think not. A cartoon illus. of a howling buzz bomb is actually .. tasteful…. I’m glad his side won.
Things mundane from diner cups to advert art can be so very well done. And thank you for another good education on graphic arts.
Hello again and thanks again. Regarding his technique, some of his original work can be bought at auction, and they assert that it's almost invariably gouache paint. And if you zoom into some of the higher resolution images available online you can actually see the astonishingly fine paint strokes. In some cases (the portraits) I would swear he was adding coloured pencil too. Of course many of the simpler monos were wood or linocut, but the tonal work was definitely paint.
Excellent presentation. Many of these images were familiar, but I wasn't aware of the artist Boris Artzybasheff or his career. I am now! :)
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I'm delighted to see how many viewers are welcoming the discovery of this remarkable man's work.
Another fantastic video. 👏
Hello and thanks a lot for tthe comment.
Inspiring