Children's book illustrations

[Estella*]

inspired by the children's book thread...my passion and the main reason why i've kept all my children's books

please share your favourites


i'll start with lisbeth zwerger....

from www.childscapes.com

 

[Estella*]

loved by many, beatrix potter from www.imaginaria.com

i'm adding a picture of her because she's so cute:

 

[Estella*]

rediscovered...edmond dulac

 

[Tinuviel]

Very nice AnnaKarina! Thanks for this thread.

I'm rather obsessed with fairy tale illustrations.
My favourite golden age illustrator is Kay Nielsen.
Also, Edmund Dulac, John R. Neill, John Tenniel, Sulamith Wulfing, Aubrey Beardsley, C. Walter Hodges, Emma Florence, Arthur Rackham, Errol Le Cain, John D. Batten and so many more.

Kay Nielsen - Twelve Dancing Princesses

Kay again, East of the Sun West of the Moon.

Kay Nielsen - Blue Mountain

 

[Estella*]

oh, tinuviel, those are awesome!!!
thanks so much for posting!!! i'm not sure if i have seen his work, the imagery seems familiar but it's absolutely what i love, it's so poetic and strange....

 

[Estella*]

and please post more if you can, of the above mentioned i only know beardsley and tenniel which i both love...

 

[Tinuviel]

You're very welcome! If Kay's work seems familiar it might be because he was very much influenced by Aubrey Beardsley. I find his illustrations very haunting somehow.

Some more:

 

[Tinuviel]

Sulamith Wulfing:

The Moon

The Little Mermaid

 

[Ella]

The Moomins (I'm not sure if Tove or Lars Jansson drew the earlier versions of the Moomins

 

[luxmode]

Hmm...what a surprise anna karina . i think i like Zwerger the best too out of the ones you posted

Tinuviel, those Kay Nielsen drawings are familiar...maybe it's the Beardsley, but I feel like I've seen them before! Really nice.

utopia, I like Tasha Tudor too! She illustrated A Little Princess, right?

One of my favorites is Adrienne Segur:

 

[Estella*]

utopia, that is so sweet

yes, tinuviel, i can see the beardsley connection but as luxmode i tend to believe i've seen them though...they are indeed wonderful.

luxmode, the one with the swan is my favourite...now this reminds me of a book i had again...i have to do some research.
some books i have lost over the years and as a child one doesn't remember the illustrator's name, so they are hard to find....

oh, and i love the moomins!

 

[Estella*]

jill barklem...

i especially loved that you could see inside the houses:

 

[Estella*]

ivan bilibin

vassilisa, the beautiful, i have that one:

(why do people frame these pictures, that's awful)

baba yaga

from www.oldrussia.net

 

[softgrey]

i loved the series of books about dorrie the teenage witch...by patricia coombs...
from 'dorrie and the blue witch'

 

[Estella*]

that's sweet, softgrey.
jennifer, i had one book illustrated by gorey that i so loved..."penny candy"...not as gothic as the rest of his work maybe but still special

 

[Estella*]

oh, and this one, too:

 

[.francesca]

I was always reading Peter Pedal, Especially this one:

in america, that's curious george...one of my favorites as a kid!

i love edward gorey (one of my favorite artists of all time)
beatrix potter, maurice sendak, j.otto sebold (www.jotto.com)
lisbeth zwerger, tasha tudor, aubrey beardsley
william nicholson, who illustrated this version of my favorite book, 'the velveteen rabbit'

crockett johnson (harold and the purple crayon)

most that were already mentioned, and a ton more i can't think of right now.
in my vast postcard collection i have several books of postcards of english and american children's book illustrations, but they are packed in storage...sadly

 

[jennifer~]

jennifer, i had one book illustrated by gorey that i so loved..."penny candy"...not as gothic as the rest of his work maybe but still special

J is for Jennifer who was jealous...

 

[travolta]

annak you make the best threads! i love lisbeth zwerger...i have that book too! i think she's the reason why i love backless pointy heels! also beatrix potter makes the most beautifully sympathetic illustrations

 

[lostgirl]

thank you all for the beautiful illustrations. I think that as a child I was so immersed in the story that I didn't fully appriciate the beauty of the pictures. I must go digging through my old childrens books and find my faves so I can post them.