Another unsung quartet of illustrators from the past who I think deserve more recognition. Hermann Stockmann, Georges de Feure, Honor Appleton and Luigi Martinati.
Pete, your videos always take me to a calm and pleasant place. Perhaps the alternative title for your series should be “Zen and the art of celebrating marvellous illustrators”.
Hi again and that's a nice thing to say. I genuinely wanted to produce a series without all the manic shouting and 'hey guys!' fake excitement so many videos seem to be tainted by. Confirmation that I've succeeded in this ambition is particularly welcome.
It's always a sad little jolt to hear the tone of your voice go down a bit as you describe how an artist will sometimes disappear from public view, sometimes end up poverty stricken. You do a wonderful job in how respectful you are when talking of them. I'm sure they would all appreciate what you do here. Thanks.
Hello and thanks a lot for that. The sadness is genuine - I really don't understand how so many of the illustrators I've featured have ended up so forgotten. If the channel brings them to wider notice then I haven't been wasting my time.
M. Donavan! Yes. Peter Beard has a great deal of EMPATHY! His bio: claims he is an illustrator also and has taught such lecture material for nigh two decades! And. I was amazed to learn, from an unimpeachable * source (* that's code for *"BRITISH"/ Not "U. S".) That Mr Beard does all of his own camera fade in's/out's and editing. If a candy maker can be impressed : I am, indeed, as impressed as "Fudge"! Is that socially acceptable in Candy Land? Happy November, Possums!Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Dear Mr Beard, thank you for another SUPERB episode. I LOVED it. I find Honor Appleton's work wonderfully lovely. Indeed delicate and, exceptionally, distinctive. It has a quality all its own. I have seen 100s over the years and they stand out like tiny suns. Prolific. She lived a hermit-like life in Hove near her elder sister Alice who also trained as an artist but whose work I have never seen. As well as the many Craddock books including the famed Josephine titles, Honor also tackled the nursery classics and did so in an uncharacteristic way. They are VERY singular and worth examining as they have a different take on those drawn by others including Rackham and Dulac. They make the reader go back to the source and find the exact passage being illustrated. Rare. Sunlight by the sea is different to that over land and I feel it gave her work a quality that is not always present in artwork by dwellers in towns and cities.
Hello again and thanks for the comment. Unusually for me I actually liked the work of all 4 illustrators in this instalment, and if I had to pick a favourite it would be Stockmann if only because I consider myself a lowly stylistic descendent. But I must admit Appleton's watercolours are among the most charming watercolours I've seen.
Another lucky dip. Hermann Stockmann, prolific and interesting and somehow familiar, at least some images. De Feure's offering of such varied works as illustrations, paintings, furniture, is compelling, his interieurs elegant. Captivating, charming, delicate - adjectives fitting Honor Appleton's work, which was really delightful. Thank you for all the time you spend in putting together this extraordinary string of pearls. A visual and aural delight, not to mention the fact that you are gently educating.
WOW. This one particularly resonated with me. Thank you. '...apparently no end to his brilliance ,,," you spoke of one illustrator. Well. Let me say the Same of your eloquence. It's a joy to listen to Your narration after the daily audio sewage that I endure on most U. S. Media and podcast stations. Thanks for bringing elegance, once again, to the art of speaking well in the public forum. BEST wishes. Respectfully yours, Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA etats unis
This just popped up in my feed. It’s great!!! Now, I am starting about to watch the series, starting with the first in the series. I wish that when I took illustration in art school the teacher had introduced us to even one of these illustrators. He spent an entire year getting us to do chapbook illustration. It wasn’t until 3rd year that he let students use… gasp… colour. By then I had dropped Illustration.
Hello and many thanks for your onfgoing appreciation of the channel. Views in general for the unsung heroes series aren't what I'd hoped for, and I have no idea why. But I've still got hundreds more illustrators to feature and I'm going to keep on making them for as long as I'm able.
LOVED every one of these installments. As an artist 🎨 it helps in the creativity that I look for..in other artist for example, influence. Thank you again for a wonderful post.Keep up the good work.
Hello again and I'm pleased you continue to enjoy the series. Sometimes I cover illustrators I don't actually like all that much but in this one I'm a fan of all 4.
Another most interesting episode of four illustrators…I especially like the illustrators who offer a delicate gentle style especially in children’s books,however appreciate all styles & their appropriateness to various subjects..thanks
Thank you Pete Beard! Your videos have given me a great pleasure in enjoying posters - illustrations that pack a punch - de Feure's and Martinati's - marvelous. I especially enjoyed your segment on de Feure - As I was admiring his 2D line drawings thinking they look very 3D - you segued right into his designs of architecture and furniture - it's so interesting to contemplate the genius of Man's imagination and skills ~ and also, your accompanying music suits your pace and content wonderfully well ~
Hi again and your continued appreciation and favourable comments are a real morale booster -thanks a lot. And yes de Feure wasa very talented man in so many creative areas. I just don't get why so few know about him.
Sir you're taking us to the magic world of great illustrators works. If this information in book shape would help aspiring artists in a affordable price.
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. I am currently looking for a publisher, but I have no idea if I will find one that might be interested.
Once again Pete another outstanding episode. I hadn't heard of Stockmann either & am quite impressed by his black & white work as much as his color. He had such eye pleasing layouts. I really miss the old poster art. Photography has rendered illustrators obsolete, sad to say. Looks like it may get worse for many more soon with A.I. rendering illustrations more & more these days 😒 I am still amazed at your dogged desire to continue finding so many great illustrators to feature. By the way, I am Mike, formerly BeerIsGoodFood. I appreciate your dedication & efforts Pete.
Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment. And sadly I think you are largely correct in your pessimistic view of illustration's future. But I recently came across quite a few examples showing a small but telling return to traditional methods, even if there's no chance those good old days could return in the current garish cultural environment. Ho hum...
@@petebeard Well, the professional optimists (who are even more annoying than the professional pessimists) say that whenever one door closes another opens. So...when the movie posters went the album covers came in. But now they're gone too, and...not to mention all the work that got done for society's addictions. I'm reminded of Robert E. Lee -- a noble man fighting for a bad cause (not that there was ever that much nobility around our randy artistic precincts!) I mean...it's worked out for YOU, but...
As usual, a very pleasing quartette. Appleton was pretty well known among book collectors, she is firmly in the Golden Age roster. You could make a video of everyone who illustrated Water Babies. The Martinati poster for THEM is wonderful, one of my all time favorite movies. Thanks again for an enjoyable 15 minutes.
Toshiro!!! What a bonus to have 2 posters of him and one of them to end the video!! Isn't he magnificent?? :D :D A couple decades ago I discovered the 'foreign film' video section at the library and my intro to Akira K films was cemented, especially those with Mr Mifune. I watched a few of them over and over but never "The Hidden Fortress" so I'll have to make up for it. I haven't watched them for years now but do remember "Sanjuro" as my ultimate favorite. He was older, more relaxed in his role, and the story comical (up to a point) and he was superb in it IMO. But I digress! I really enjoyed all these artists this episode. Their innate skill at drawing humans whether realistic or comical continues to amaze me, especially those that "quit" school. It's hard for me to capture a human face and I haven't the imagination to create such diverse but accurate faces of even the cartoon 'mugs'. I do love a soft watercolor any day though, reminiscent of my brother's Alice and Jerry books (I had Dick and Jane). Give me a line of pale hollyhocks against a white picket fence and I'm swiftly back in time, safe and innocent of the world. Well, I've rambled enough here - thanks again, Pete! Your narrative has only gained strength as it succinctly addresses the artists as professionally as any professor or art historian out there. Good work, as always. :)
Hello, and as ever I'm immensely grateful for your enduring enthusiasm for the channel. It really is greatly appreciated. And it's good to know you too are an admirer of Kurasawa's films. My own favourite is Throne of Blood, and I must watch it again, soon. Thanks for the prompt.
@@petebeard I'm not sure I ever watched Throne of Blood so I've got it lined up, as well as Sanjuro. Excited! And just to be clear re soft watercolors, my fav artists in that category are Jack Merriott, Trevor Chamberlain, and JS Sargent. Now adding Appleton to the list for her equally non-cloying skills.
@@petebeard I quite religiously look for anything new from you, and also the Landscape Artist of the Year episodes from the UK... and their trip to Canada was great, too!
Another choice selection, Pete. Good work. Thanks for unearthing the painter-illustrator Hermann Stockmann. His work reminds me of that of the Munich painter Carl Spitzweg, who was of a generation earlier. Both use an element of lighted-hearted humor, noticeable in their depiction of members of the military. Best wishes for your on-going research
Hello and thanks for the comment. I must say I've never previouly come across Herr Spitzweg so thanks for the name - and I'll so a search to check his work out.
@@petebeard Pete, Spitzweg may not fit your series as he was a painter only. As for as I know he never did any illustration work. But he's worth a look.
@@michaelmontcombroux3413 Hello again and that's fine with me. I may confine myself to illustrators for the channel but with some exceptions (abstract expressionism,most pop art and dada) I'm a pretty big art fan too. So I'm always keen to see stuff that's new to me. I've already had a good time studying his work and it has to be said you don't get that many comical illustrators. Great stuff, and thanks again.
Hello Pete Enjoyed all four competent and talented Illustrators. Good job. *Thanks* 5:45 subtle point. Appears the image is an Illustration done by Georges de Feure of the Belgian architect Victor "Whiplash Line" Horta's Hotel Tessel in which Horta designed all the elements in the image. Interestingly, Feure's mother was Belgian and his father was a Dutch architect so might be more to the story of a creative group of people. Yea, motherboard is messing with the sound :) Could be a loose jack connection. Have you played the audio backwards at a slower speed to hear any transmissions from another astral plane. Could be Unsung Hero Illustrators thanking you the great job you're doing. Or, a long long line of Illustrators asking to be presented. Great, that's all you need. No rest for the weary.
Hello again and thanks for the comment. Funnily enough I did try playing the track backwards but it said 'kill them all for your lord Satan' so I stopped and went about my usual business.
The Italian and Spanish movie poster artists really were exceptional in their skills. Portraiture, figure work and dramatic colour choices show the high level of skill these artists possessed. Thanks for the heads up on Martinati, he's new to me. By the way, have you ever featured the Stenberg Brothers? It's possible I may have missed that episode. They combined great artistic skill with very modern Constructivist design concepts. Their work is unlike any other movie poster art I've seen.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. And thanks even more for the Stenbergs. I had never previously encountered their work, and a quick google suggests they will make ideal material for the series if there are enough good quality images and a few snippets of biography. I really am very grateful for this and will investigate as soon as possible.
Hello and regarding that lettering, I didn't find any evidence for or against. But I have the feeling that general practice in the USA and Europe at that time was for the lettering to be added by A. N. Other- maybe under the illustratot's instruction. Don't quote me though.
@@petebeard Hey Pete Similiar to graphic cartoons (is that word still used?) the inking and lettering may be done other than the cartoonist. Either way the lettering is really well done. Don't know if typography is still emphasized in graphic classes. Used to be fifty per cent of illustration/graphics was mastering type, typefaces, etc.. Then again, wouldn't have wanted to a typefitter, typesetter, adjusting type to the given space available.
Another great video! Beatiful works, but something enlighted me to really enjoy the cover books at minute 9:06....it's something as : "I want both of them!".... Today I'm going to visit Sitges, for the first time this year....greetings from Barcelona Pete.
Hello Gabriel, good to hear from you. I think there are about 5 in the series and some might be for sale secondhand on the internet. Ah...Sitges. I have been several times and it is a lovely place to visit. When the airlines and airports get themselves sorted out (if ever) we'll be coming back as many times as we can.
Interesting that Appleton went for a white dress and pink apron for her interpretation of Alice. We're so used to seeing the standard blue dress that it's refreshing to see other ideas for the character.
Hello and I hadn't thought of that. Of course the original Tenniel illustrations were mono so the colour was entirely arbitrary - unless Lewis Carroll mentions colour in the text. I must admit I haven't read it for about half a century. Good Lord, now I feel old...
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. There are still a lot of illustrators waiting in line so I'm pretty sure you'll find more to enjoy and explore. I just wish I could make the videos quicker.
"...photography had all but supplanted what had been the illustrators' domain." Now. I ask you! (Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury): "if a phrase like that ain't sheer poetry/ what in Hell are we doing-- debating the difference between literary delights and pulp yellow journalism donnybrooks?"! This! "THIS"! Is Award Winning Script-ology, for Heaven's Sacred Sake! Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Hello Gregg, and forgive me if I just make the one reply to your various enthusiastic and highly flattering comments. I didn't realise you were a writer, so your praise for my efforts is particularly welcome. And regarding the late Peter Beard, when he fell off his perch a viewer did think it was me and posted a tribute to my departure. I must say I resented him for being by far the better known entity, and it was particularly galling that he was a photographer (devil's spawn) to boot. Making these videos has been a real shot in the arm since my retirement from illustration and teaching the subject. It stops me going quietly nuts and combines so many of the things I enjoy in the making of them. Life is full of surprises, and some are even pleasant.
@@petebeard you know what you'll never do? At least you won't do it without a second party's collaboration and encouragement. What you will never do is chronicle and extol your own foray into the the world of art and show to us your own I. Early art ll. Youthful commissions lll. Middle age images Illl. Proudest achievements and V. Award Winning efforts in your life time. And. If, Gentle Sir, you deprive us of THAT (!!) how bereft we all shall be, and hang above our heads the sign at Ireland's Airport "Johnny,/Pete Beard, we hardly knew Ye!" We, who would love to know Thee, entreat ye with this entreaty -- please do so and, if it's a help to you...speak of Beard in the third person: "Pete Perseus Beard was born in 1960 in Manchester England. His father delivered milk and his mother delivered Pete." And Then: swim upstream, unencumbered from there. Remember Bernard Baruch's wondrous autobiography that raised up my repining soul after my Mom's demise. Mr. Beard! We don't want to be standing in airports with upheld hand lettered signs that forlornly proclaim, "Bold Beard, Ye hardly let us know Thee!" And. After all that : Las Vegas odds makers lay '20 to one'/ you'll demure. Respectfully submitted. Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis
@@greggoreo6738 Hello again, and for brevity's sake I'll combine my replies to your recent replies into one bundle, if that's OK with you. First, the oil paint conundrum. I have often speculated about this and have yet to find a satisfactory answer. But certainly way back when (early 1900s) those using oils - Wyeth and Parrsh spring to mind - were almost exclusively illustrating for books, and so the pressure of deadlines was virtually non-existent. But that wouldn't explain away those working in magazines such as the Leyendecker brothers. However, they seem to have almost exclusively lived close to where their work would be published and transport would not have been such a major concern. And that time the images were scanned to separate out the CMYK plates which would not have been affected by any undried paint. But all this is just me rambling. And as far as the Diary of a Nobody is concerned you are pretty much correct that I'll never make such a video. For someone whose career has been little more than a spear carrier/walk-on part it would be remarkably presumptious. And although I'm not ashamed of some of the work I created, it's hardly in the same league as those I feature. Sorry.
I could only hear the buzzing after I turned the audio higher than I would normally listen to the video at. Only after I heard the buzzing at higher volumes was I able to vaguely pick it out at a normal volume, but most of the time it's drowned out by your voice. Comparing the N.C. Wyeth video to this shows a huge difference, and it sounds good. So, to me that sounds like a success. Sometimes, at the starts and end of audio clips, whether it was a noise gate or manual cutting, I noticed the sound of breathing felt cut-off. Right at 0:23, the initial breath taken in felt choppy. The same at 0:44 and especially 1:44. It happens through the video at various points, but I particularly noticed it in those above timestamps towards the beginning. I particularly notice something going on at 4:25 with the breath starting and stopping and a choppy pattern like this: "b--ut f--o--rmal study didn't suit him." It might be fine like this; these are just observations I had.
Hello and don't take this amiss but I was dreading your response to the video - as I was convinced my fiddling had made no difference. So it's with great relief that it's been at least a partial success. The noise reduction was just this side of the whole vocal breaking up, and what you are describing sounds like me being somewhat inaccurate in snipping out the bits between dialogue. For now I'll settle for this - and hope you will too, and I'm extremely grateful that you have taken the time and trouble to help me try to fix the problem. Another viewer speculated that it might be because I'm using a mini-jack connection rather than USB, and said this could be a prblem if it went into the motherboard (whatever the hell that is). But as a lifelong technophobe I fear change and am inclined to stick with the devil I know. But is this something that makes sense to you?
I scanned your lists of illustrators that you have covered, and I didn't see the name of Sidney Sime of Lord Dunsany fame on the list. Is he on the schedule?
Hello and yes he is. He's actually been waiting in line for a few years now and for reasons I don't understand I keep skipping over him in favour of others. He's not the only one either, and I will rectify this within the next few unsung instalments.
Hello and I'm pleased to say I recently completed a section on the wonderful Mr. Crane. But the bad news is there's a queue and the video he's in will be unsung 100, so it'll be a while before he makes his appearance. Worth the wait, though.
@@petebeard That's good to hear. I'll keep my eyes out for him. I've been doing a bit of research on him myself, but I'm eager to see your presentation.
I’ve been watching this wonderful series and I’m wondering if you are familiar with an artist by the name Jim Woodring. This question came to me as I was watching your video on Rick Griffin. Woodring’s art is to me at least , as innovative as Griffin.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. And yes I'm familiar with Jim Woodring's marvellous output, and find him to be one of lamentably few contemporary artists I actually admire. Sadly he isn't a good fit for the channel as he's much more an artist than illustrator and equally important he isn't actually dead. I note with some alarm he's actually younger than me....
@@petebeard well I am glad that you know his work. I messaged him once on Facebook before I gave up on that app and was amazed that he responded. He seems like a nice if sort of reclusive guy. I'd love to know more about what inspires his work.
Hello and she is currently a work in progress. And although in Britain and Europe she's hardly known at all I'm aware that her Kewpies have made her quite well known in the USA. I hope you'll be pleased to know that the plan is to make a solo video about her as she created some really wonderful other work which isn't as well known. I don't know when it will be finished but hopefully in the next couple of months. ( I have dozens on the go at any given time so can't be any more precise than that.)
Hello and thanks a lot for the suggestion. I was aware of Amadee Varin and his vegetables, and they are a great series of comic images. I'm currently working on a video about J.J. Grandville, a bit older than Varin and his work influenced Varin a lot. Very surreal.
Hello and no he hasn't but he is waiting patiently in line with the others I haven't got round to yet. I have no idea when he'll get his moment in the spotlight though, as I'm not working to a plan. All I can say is I hope you'll continue to watch this space.
Pete, I love your well researched commentary, but I don't watch your unsung series because way too often, some of the illustrators featured are of no interest to me. I would really appreciate it if there was a focus to the unsung videos such as a period, style, location or other theme that would tie the multiple subjects together, or better yet, I would definitely be inclined to watch shorter videos that feature a single illustrator. Thanks for understanding.
Hello and tanks for the comment. I'm sorry to hear youre not wild about the format, but some of the other videos that aren't the unsung heroes do feature one illustrator or a type/style. Did you miss them?
Pete, your videos always take me to a calm and pleasant place. Perhaps the alternative title for your series should be “Zen and the art of celebrating marvellous illustrators”.
Hi again and that's a nice thing to say. I genuinely wanted to produce a series without all the manic shouting and 'hey guys!' fake excitement so many videos seem to be tainted by. Confirmation that I've succeeded in this ambition is particularly welcome.
It's always a sad little jolt to hear the tone of your voice go down a bit as you describe how an artist will sometimes disappear from public view, sometimes end up poverty stricken. You do a wonderful job in how respectful you are when talking of them. I'm sure they would all appreciate what you do here. Thanks.
Hello and thanks a lot for that. The sadness is genuine - I really don't understand how so many of the illustrators I've featured have ended up so forgotten. If the channel brings them to wider notice then I haven't been wasting my time.
@@petebeard indeed...
M. Donavan! Yes. Peter Beard has a great deal of EMPATHY! His bio: claims he is an illustrator also and has taught such lecture material for nigh two decades! And. I was amazed to learn, from an unimpeachable * source (* that's code for *"BRITISH"/ Not "U. S".) That Mr Beard does all of his own camera fade in's/out's and editing. If a candy maker can be impressed : I am, indeed, as impressed as "Fudge"! Is that socially acceptable in Candy
Land? Happy November, Possums!Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis
I'm so glad someone is bringing attention to the work of less famous illustrators. Their work is often of such fine quality.
You teach, teach, teach! And we all learn, learn, learn!! Love that! Tnx!
Hi Mike, and many thanks for your flattering comment.
Dear Mr Beard, thank you for another SUPERB episode. I LOVED it.
I find Honor Appleton's work wonderfully lovely. Indeed delicate and, exceptionally, distinctive. It has a quality all its own. I have seen 100s over the years and they stand out like tiny suns.
Prolific. She lived a hermit-like life in Hove near her elder sister Alice who also trained as an artist but whose work I have never seen.
As well as the many Craddock books including the famed Josephine titles, Honor also tackled the nursery classics and did so in an uncharacteristic way. They are VERY singular and worth examining as they have a different take on those drawn by others including Rackham and Dulac. They make the reader go back to the source and find the exact passage being illustrated. Rare. Sunlight by the sea is different to that over land and I feel it gave her work a quality that is not always present in artwork by dwellers in towns and cities.
Hello again and thanks for the comment. Unusually for me I actually liked the work of all 4 illustrators in this instalment, and if I had to pick a favourite it would be Stockmann if only because I consider myself a lowly stylistic descendent. But I must admit Appleton's watercolours are among the most charming watercolours I've seen.
Another lucky dip. Hermann Stockmann, prolific and interesting and somehow familiar, at least some images. De Feure's offering of such varied works as illustrations, paintings, furniture, is compelling, his interieurs elegant.
Captivating, charming, delicate - adjectives fitting Honor Appleton's work, which was really delightful.
Thank you for all the time you spend in putting together this extraordinary string of pearls. A visual and aural delight, not to mention the fact that you are gently educating.
Thanks again, and all I can do really is reiterate my last comment. Such responses make my day.
WOW. This one particularly resonated with me. Thank you. '...apparently no end to his brilliance ,,," you spoke of one illustrator. Well. Let me say the Same of your eloquence. It's a joy to listen to Your narration after the daily audio sewage that I endure on most U. S. Media and podcast stations. Thanks for bringing elegance, once again, to the art of speaking well in the public forum. BEST wishes. Respectfully yours, Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA etats unis
Oh what I'd give for a few thousand more viewers who shared your high opinion. Thanks as always.
@@petebeard my dear friend DEA always reminded me:
It's quality Over Quantity, dear Shaman
Again, thank you to share your extended knowledge af all theses artists, always so well done.
Still in awe when i admire their work !!
Thanks for making this series. I enjoy every one of them.
Hello and thanks for taking the time to tell me so. It's greatly appreciated.
This just popped up in my feed. It’s great!!! Now, I am starting about to watch the series, starting with the first in the series.
I wish that when I took illustration in art school the teacher had introduced us to even one of these illustrators. He spent an entire year getting us to do chapbook illustration. It wasn’t until 3rd year that he let students use… gasp… colour. By then I had dropped Illustration.
Thank you for this & always, all of your wonderful videos!
Hello and many thanks for your onfgoing appreciation of the channel. Views in general for the unsung heroes series aren't what I'd hoped for, and I have no idea why. But I've still got hundreds more illustrators to feature and I'm going to keep on making them for as long as I'm able.
Thanks Pete!!! Pure Joy!!!
Hello and thanks for the appreciation.
LOVED every one of these installments. As an artist 🎨 it helps in the creativity that I look for..in other artist for example, influence. Thank you again for a wonderful post.Keep up the good work.
Hello again and I'm pleased you continue to enjoy the series. Sometimes I cover illustrators I don't actually like all that much but in this one I'm a fan of all 4.
Thanks!
Another most interesting episode of four illustrators…I especially like the illustrators who offer a delicate gentle style especially in children’s books,however appreciate all styles & their appropriateness to various subjects..thanks
Hi again and thanks as usual for your appreciation. I must say that I liked all 4 of these about equally and that doesnt happen often.
What a nice treat. I saved it for after Dinner, like a fine snifter of Brandy. (To be enjoyed & savored)
Hello and I'm more a single malt man myself but the principle remains the same. I'll drink to that.
Thank you Pete Beard! Your videos have given me a great pleasure in enjoying posters - illustrations that pack a punch - de Feure's and Martinati's - marvelous. I especially enjoyed your segment on de Feure - As I was admiring his 2D line drawings thinking they look very 3D - you segued right into his designs of architecture and furniture - it's so interesting to contemplate the genius of Man's imagination and skills ~ and also, your accompanying music suits your pace and content wonderfully well ~
Hi again and your continued appreciation and favourable comments are a real morale booster -thanks a lot. And yes de Feure wasa very talented man in so many creative areas. I just don't get why so few know about him.
Very well put, Melissa...
Superb. Thank you.
Hello and your appreciation is very welcome.
Thank you Mr.Beard 🌟
Hello and you are more than welcome.
Thank you for another excellent video.
Anfd thank you for another favourable comment. Always appreciated.
Sir you're taking us to the magic world of great illustrators works. If this information in book shape would help aspiring artists in a affordable price.
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. I am currently looking for a publisher, but I have no idea if I will find one that might be interested.
*TY Pete* loved ALL these
Hello and unusually for me I actually like all 4 in this instalment. It makes a change.
Once again Pete another outstanding episode.
I hadn't heard of Stockmann either & am quite impressed by his black & white work as much as his color. He had such eye pleasing layouts.
I really miss the old poster art. Photography has rendered illustrators obsolete, sad to say. Looks like it may get worse for many more soon with A.I. rendering illustrations more & more these days 😒
I am still amazed at your dogged desire to continue finding so many great illustrators to feature.
By the way, I am Mike, formerly BeerIsGoodFood. I appreciate your dedication & efforts Pete.
Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment. And sadly I think you are largely correct in your pessimistic view of illustration's future. But I recently came across quite a few examples showing a small but telling return to traditional methods, even if there's no chance those good old days could return in the current garish cultural environment. Ho hum...
All these marvelous illustrators working their magic in genres which, with the trivialized exception of children's books, don't even exist anymore!
Hello and thanks for the comment - even if it does make me somewhat depressed. Not that I need any help on that score.
@@petebeard Well, the professional optimists (who are even more annoying than the professional pessimists) say that whenever one door closes another opens. So...when the movie posters went the album covers came in. But now they're gone too, and...not to mention all the work that got done for society's addictions. I'm reminded of Robert E. Lee -- a noble man fighting for a bad cause (not that there was ever that much nobility around our randy artistic precincts!) I mean...it's worked out for YOU, but...
Fascinating stuff, always absorbing, thanks again for sharing this, cheers/slainte...E
Hi Eamonn and my eternal gratitude for your fabourable comments.
As usual, a very pleasing quartette. Appleton was pretty well known among book collectors, she is firmly in the Golden Age roster. You could make a video of everyone who illustrated Water Babies. The Martinati poster for THEM is wonderful, one of my all time favorite movies. Thanks again for an enjoyable 15 minutes.
Hi Albert and thanks for the comment. I could only find the ine example of Appleton's edition of the Water Babies unfortunately.
Love it! Movie posters and children’s books are always good!
Hi and thanks for the appreciation.
Great, as always! I look forward to each new video! Thanks for making this series :)
Hi and thanks a lot. I'm really pleased you appreciate the channel.
Love Appleton!
Me too! I cant imagine why she isn't better known.
Toshiro!!! What a bonus to have 2 posters of him and one of them to end the video!! Isn't he magnificent?? :D :D A couple decades ago I discovered the 'foreign film' video section at the library and my intro to Akira K films was cemented, especially those with Mr Mifune. I watched a few of them over and over but never "The Hidden Fortress" so I'll have to make up for it. I haven't watched them for years now but do remember "Sanjuro" as my ultimate favorite. He was older, more relaxed in his role, and the story comical (up to a point) and he was superb in it IMO. But I digress! I really enjoyed all these artists this episode. Their innate skill at drawing humans whether realistic or comical continues to amaze me, especially those that "quit" school. It's hard for me to capture a human face and I haven't the imagination to create such diverse but accurate faces of even the cartoon 'mugs'. I do love a soft watercolor any day though, reminiscent of my brother's Alice and Jerry books (I had Dick and Jane). Give me a line of pale hollyhocks against a white picket fence and I'm swiftly back in time, safe and innocent of the world. Well, I've rambled enough here - thanks again, Pete! Your narrative has only gained strength as it succinctly addresses the artists as professionally as any professor or art historian out there. Good work, as always. :)
Hello, and as ever I'm immensely grateful for your enduring enthusiasm for the channel. It really is greatly appreciated. And it's good to know you too are an admirer of Kurasawa's films. My own favourite is Throne of Blood, and I must watch it again, soon. Thanks for the prompt.
@@petebeard I'm not sure I ever watched Throne of Blood so I've got it lined up, as well as Sanjuro. Excited! And just to be clear re soft watercolors, my fav artists in that category are Jack Merriott, Trevor Chamberlain, and JS Sargent. Now adding Appleton to the list for her equally non-cloying skills.
Hello Pete great video thanks very enjoyable
Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful, as always! And I'll add about your narration; your voice is absolutely perfect for this!
Hello again and thanks again. I must say it's been a very unexpected pleasure to get favourable comments about my narration.
Wonderful episode! Thank you for sharing this.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks Pete
You're always welcome.
Thank you so much for these wonderful presentations. I look forward to each and every one.
Hello and that is of course music to my ears. Many thanks.
@@petebeard I quite religiously look for anything new from you, and also the Landscape Artist of the Year episodes from the UK... and their trip to Canada was great, too!
As do the rest of us....
Another choice selection, Pete. Good work. Thanks for unearthing the painter-illustrator Hermann Stockmann. His work reminds me of that of the Munich painter Carl Spitzweg, who was of a generation earlier. Both use an element of lighted-hearted humor, noticeable in their depiction of members of the military. Best wishes for your on-going research
Hello and thanks for the comment. I must say I've never previouly come across Herr Spitzweg so thanks for the name - and I'll so a search to check his work out.
@@petebeard Pete, Spitzweg may not fit your series as he was a painter only. As for as I know he never did any illustration work. But he's worth a look.
@@michaelmontcombroux3413 Hello again and that's fine with me. I may confine myself to illustrators for the channel but with some exceptions (abstract expressionism,most pop art and dada) I'm a pretty big art fan too. So I'm always keen to see stuff that's new to me. I've already had a good time studying his work and it has to be said you don't get that many comical illustrators. Great stuff, and thanks again.
Most excellent
Hi and thanks a lot.
I enjoyed it a lot!
Hello again and I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed the video. Thanks.
Hello Pete
Enjoyed all four competent and talented Illustrators. Good job.
*Thanks*
5:45 subtle point. Appears the image is an Illustration done by Georges de Feure of the Belgian architect Victor "Whiplash Line" Horta's Hotel Tessel in which Horta designed all the elements in the image.
Interestingly, Feure's mother was Belgian and his father was a Dutch architect so might be more to the story of a creative group of people.
Yea, motherboard is messing with the sound :)
Could be a loose jack connection. Have you played the audio backwards at a slower speed to hear any transmissions from another astral plane. Could be Unsung Hero Illustrators thanking you the great job you're doing. Or, a long long line of Illustrators asking to be presented. Great, that's all you need. No rest for the weary.
Hello again and thanks for the comment. Funnily enough I did try playing the track backwards but it said 'kill them all for your lord Satan' so I stopped and went about my usual business.
The Italian and Spanish movie poster artists really were exceptional in their skills. Portraiture, figure work and dramatic colour choices show the high level of skill these artists possessed. Thanks for the heads up on Martinati, he's new to me.
By the way, have you ever featured the Stenberg Brothers? It's possible I may have missed that episode. They combined great artistic skill with very modern Constructivist design concepts.
Their work is unlike any other movie poster art I've seen.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. And thanks even more for the Stenbergs. I had never previously encountered their work, and a quick google suggests they will make ideal material for the series if there are enough good quality images and a few snippets of biography. I really am very grateful for this and will investigate as soon as possible.
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You're welcome. Very interesting work.
Amazed by Luigi Martinati's typography in his posters. They're so ingrained into the illustration gonna assume he did the lettering.
Hello and regarding that lettering, I didn't find any evidence for or against. But I have the feeling that general practice in the USA and Europe at that time was for the lettering to be added by A. N. Other- maybe under the illustratot's instruction. Don't quote me though.
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Hey Pete
Similiar to graphic cartoons (is that word still used?) the inking and lettering may be done other than the cartoonist.
Either way the lettering is really well done.
Don't know if typography is still emphasized in graphic classes. Used to be fifty per cent of illustration/graphics was mastering type, typefaces, etc.. Then again, wouldn't have wanted to a typefitter, typesetter, adjusting type to the given space available.
Another great video! Beatiful works, but something enlighted me to really enjoy the cover books at minute 9:06....it's something as : "I want both of them!"....
Today I'm going to visit Sitges, for the first time this year....greetings from Barcelona Pete.
Hello Gabriel, good to hear from you. I think there are about 5 in the series and some might be for sale secondhand on the internet. Ah...Sitges. I have been several times and it is a lovely place to visit. When the airlines and airports get themselves sorted out (if ever) we'll be coming back as many times as we can.
@@petebeard the weather is terribly hot today!! I'm working ...not spending a summer fun day!!
@@petebeard Let me say you that I usually follow all your videos...but not usually findd time to post a comment...but today from Sitges I feel I must!
Interesting that Appleton went for a white dress and pink apron for her interpretation of Alice. We're so used to seeing the standard blue dress that it's refreshing to see other ideas for the character.
Hello and I hadn't thought of that. Of course the original Tenniel illustrations were mono so the colour was entirely arbitrary - unless Lewis Carroll mentions colour in the text. I must admit I haven't read it for about half a century. Good Lord, now I feel old...
Top shelf as always! eagerly await your next episode, wonder who you might unearth in future :D
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. There are still a lot of illustrators waiting in line so I'm pretty sure you'll find more to enjoy and explore. I just wish I could make the videos quicker.
"...photography had all but supplanted what had been the illustrators' domain." Now. I ask you! (Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury): "if a phrase like that ain't sheer poetry/ what in Hell are we doing-- debating the difference between literary delights and pulp yellow journalism donnybrooks?"! This! "THIS"! Is Award Winning Script-ology, for Heaven's Sacred Sake! Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Hello Gregg, and forgive me if I just make the one reply to your various enthusiastic and highly flattering comments. I didn't realise you were a writer, so your praise for my efforts is particularly welcome. And regarding the late Peter Beard, when he fell off his perch a viewer did think it was me and posted a tribute to my departure. I must say I resented him for being by far the better known entity, and it was particularly galling that he was a photographer (devil's spawn) to boot. Making these videos has been a real shot in the arm since my retirement from illustration and teaching the subject. It stops me going quietly nuts and combines so many of the things I enjoy in the making of them. Life is full of surprises, and some are even pleasant.
@@petebeard you know what you'll never do? At least you won't do it without a second party's collaboration and encouragement. What you will never do is chronicle and extol your own foray into the the world of art and show to us your own I. Early art
ll. Youthful commissions lll. Middle age images
Illl. Proudest achievements and
V. Award Winning efforts in your life time.
And. If, Gentle Sir, you deprive us of THAT (!!) how bereft we all shall be, and hang above our heads the sign at Ireland's Airport "Johnny,/Pete Beard, we hardly knew Ye!" We, who would love to know Thee, entreat ye with this entreaty -- please do so and, if it's a help to you...speak of Beard in the third person: "Pete Perseus Beard was born in 1960 in Manchester England. His father delivered milk and his mother delivered Pete." And
Then: swim upstream, unencumbered from there. Remember Bernard Baruch's wondrous autobiography that raised up my repining soul after my Mom's demise. Mr. Beard! We don't want to be standing in airports with upheld hand lettered signs that forlornly proclaim, "Bold Beard, Ye hardly let us know Thee!" And. After all that : Las Vegas odds makers lay '20 to one'/ you'll demure. Respectfully submitted. Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis
@@greggoreo6738 Hello again, and for brevity's sake I'll combine my replies to your recent replies into one bundle, if that's OK with you. First, the oil paint conundrum. I have often speculated about this and have yet to find a satisfactory answer. But certainly way back when (early 1900s) those using oils - Wyeth and Parrsh spring to mind - were almost exclusively illustrating for books, and so the pressure of deadlines was virtually non-existent. But that wouldn't explain away those working in magazines such as the Leyendecker brothers. However, they seem to have almost exclusively lived close to where their work would be published and transport would not have been such a major concern. And that time the images were scanned to separate out the CMYK plates which would not have been affected by any undried paint. But all this is just me rambling. And as far as the Diary of a Nobody is concerned you are pretty much correct that I'll never make such a video. For someone whose career has been little more than a spear carrier/walk-on part it would be remarkably presumptious. And although I'm not ashamed of some of the work I created, it's hardly in the same league as those I feature. Sorry.
I could only hear the buzzing after I turned the audio higher than I would normally listen to the video at. Only after I heard the buzzing at higher volumes was I able to vaguely pick it out at a normal volume, but most of the time it's drowned out by your voice. Comparing the N.C. Wyeth video to this shows a huge difference, and it sounds good. So, to me that sounds like a success.
Sometimes, at the starts and end of audio clips, whether it was a noise gate or manual cutting, I noticed the sound of breathing felt cut-off.
Right at 0:23, the initial breath taken in felt choppy.
The same at 0:44 and especially 1:44.
It happens through the video at various points, but I particularly noticed it in those above timestamps towards the beginning.
I particularly notice something going on at 4:25 with the breath starting and stopping and a choppy pattern like this: "b--ut f--o--rmal study didn't suit him."
It might be fine like this; these are just observations I had.
Hello and don't take this amiss but I was dreading your response to the video - as I was convinced my fiddling had made no difference. So it's with great relief that it's been at least a partial success. The noise reduction was just this side of the whole vocal breaking up, and what you are describing sounds like me being somewhat inaccurate in snipping out the bits between dialogue. For now I'll settle for this - and hope you will too, and I'm extremely grateful that you have taken the time and trouble to help me try to fix the problem. Another viewer speculated that it might be because I'm using a mini-jack connection rather than USB, and said this could be a prblem if it went into the motherboard (whatever the hell that is). But as a lifelong technophobe I fear change and am inclined to stick with the devil I know. But is this something that makes sense to you?
@@petebeard Yes, what you have works great! Congratulations for putting the time in and getting results.
It’s colour…..
I scanned your lists of illustrators that you have covered, and I didn't see the name of Sidney Sime of Lord Dunsany fame on the list. Is he on the schedule?
Hello and yes he is. He's actually been waiting in line for a few years now and for reasons I don't understand I keep skipping over him in favour of others. He's not the only one either, and I will rectify this within the next few unsung instalments.
Have you done an Unsung Heroes video on Donn Philip Crane? I love his work (and yours!).
Hello and I'm pleased to say I recently completed a section on the wonderful Mr. Crane. But the bad news is there's a queue and the video he's in will be unsung 100, so it'll be a while before he makes his appearance. Worth the wait, though.
@@petebeard That's good to hear. I'll keep my eyes out for him. I've been doing a bit of research on him myself, but I'm eager to see your presentation.
I’ve been watching this wonderful series and I’m wondering if you are familiar with an artist by the name Jim Woodring. This question came to me as I was watching your video on Rick Griffin. Woodring’s art is to me at least , as innovative as Griffin.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. And yes I'm familiar with Jim Woodring's marvellous output, and find him to be one of lamentably few contemporary artists I actually admire. Sadly he isn't a good fit for the channel as he's much more an artist than illustrator and equally important he isn't actually dead. I note with some alarm he's actually younger than me....
@@petebeard sadly I think that every time I venture out, necessitating a calming glass of merlot upon returning to Clabby Towers...
@@petebeard well I am glad that you know his work. I messaged him once on Facebook before I gave up on that app and was amazed that he responded. He seems like a nice if sort of reclusive guy. I'd love to know more about what inspires his work.
Sorry, but I was wondering if you had ever covered Rose O'Neill? Hardly "unsung" but still worthy of review, I think. Thx.
Hello and she is currently a work in progress. And although in Britain and Europe she's hardly known at all I'm aware that her Kewpies have made her quite well known in the USA. I hope you'll be pleased to know that the plan is to make a solo video about her as she created some really wonderful other work which isn't as well known. I don't know when it will be finished but hopefully in the next couple of months. ( I have dozens on the go at any given time so can't be any more precise than that.)
Can't ask for any better than that Thx for your quick response. I'm not American and only learned of her through her activism.
Sir please look for a book in bibliotheca Francois “ the revolt of the vegetables” artist Varin
Hello and thanks a lot for the suggestion. I was aware of Amadee Varin and his vegetables, and they are a great series of comic images. I'm currently working on a video about J.J. Grandville, a bit older than Varin and his work influenced Varin a lot. Very surreal.
letting you know you got a typo in the title there, 'heoes'
Ooops... thanks a lot for spotting that. Now sorted.
Has Pete done Robert Riggs yet?
Hello and no he hasn't but he is waiting patiently in line with the others I haven't got round to yet. I have no idea when he'll get his moment in the spotlight though, as I'm not working to a plan. All I can say is I hope you'll continue to watch this space.
Pete, I love your well researched commentary, but I don't watch your unsung series because way too often, some of the illustrators featured are of no interest to me. I would really appreciate it if there was a focus to the unsung videos such as a period, style, location or other theme that would tie the multiple subjects together, or better yet, I would definitely be inclined to watch shorter videos that feature a single illustrator. Thanks for understanding.
Hello and tanks for the comment. I'm sorry to hear youre not wild about the format, but some of the other videos that aren't the unsung heroes do feature one illustrator or a type/style. Did you miss them?
Martinati could of easily switched to making book covers and album covers, so going fine art was a choice not necessity.