THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF ÉLISABETH IVANOVSKY HD
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- As is frequently and lamentably the case in this series I can tell you very little about the life of the illustrator Élisabeth Ivanovsky, for the obvious reason that I couldn't find anything of any biographical substance. But as is also frequently the case I did manage to track down a large volume of decent resolution images and a bibliography of her published work so I can at least outline her career with some chronological authority. I hope you think it's been worth it.
As someone who aspires to artistic creativity but struggles to produce finished work, I REALLY admire how artists can be so prolific and yet remain so fresh and original throughout their career. The diversity of approach by Ivanovsky is also VERY inspiring, and to me shows the importance of finding different styles and ways of seeing in one's art.
I also envy her ability to transcend and transform the mundane real world into something magical, especially in taking a scene that could be realistically rendered, yet transforming it into an almost musical composition of colors and forms.
It crossed my mind that her earlier work, if exhibited upside down, would still work as modernist compositions on par with the most respected abstract artists in her time.
Thanks very much for this episode, Pete. It was a real eye opener!!.
Greetings from South Africa.
Many thanks for your appreciation and observations about her work. As one who long ago lost count of the illustrators I consider myself unfit to wash their brushes, I'm agreat believer in taking the inspirational route, rather than giving up because I could never come close to their achievements.
Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for introducing me to this phenomenal illustrator!
I'm very pleased you enjoyed her work so much, and also pleased to have made the introduction. She deserves far greater recognition.
Thank you Mr. Beard for your time and efforts in creating and posting these wonderfully informative and visually gratifying presentations, your videos highlight so many artists and their artwork, I do marvel at the volume and how each video from one of the more recognizable artists in Norman Rockwell to an illustrator I have never heard of for example this young lady, collectively an academic treasure, again I so appreciate what you have done for all of us.
Your appreciation of my work on the channel is very welcome. I'm particularly pleased that you approve of me hopping from better to less well known illustrators in my attempt to promote the wonderful variety of talents shown. Thanks a lot.
Huge thank you for putting a name to the Illustrator whose work I am fairly familiar with. Your work is outstanding and very much appreciated by many ❤
Hello again and many thanks for your comment. And I'm very pleased to have supplied the name.
A long life very well lived. Her work looks contemporary and fresh from beginning to end. Her chosen techniques lent themself to color reproduction and I can only imagine how they stood out from the competition in the early years. Another visual and auditory treat, Pete!
Many thanks once more for your longterm appeciation of the channel. Very welcome.
I will always be glad I clicked the bell. Your appreciation of technique and style are clearly quite deep, and your ability to explain them in a way that laymen can comprehend is a delight! I look forward to your next.
Thanks - that's a particularly welcome comment and I do try to be inclusive and informative in my narration. I can't stand the feeling that I'm being talked down to by art critics.
Thankyou for this series. So full of happy memories for me. Even the illustrations printed long before my birth were in books I enjoyed as a child because no one threw out old books back then and generations got to enjoy them too.
Many thanks for your appreciation of my efforts to keep the memory of these illustrators alive. It's good to know the work is welcomed.
This was absolutely beautiful ! Thanks so much, again. The quality of the art, simple yet expressive, is fantastic. Thanks for the presentation of this artist.
Hello again and thanks once more for your longterm commitment to the channel. I'm very pleased you apprciate her marvellous illustrations.
thanks once more for bringing such marvelous works to our attention
It's my pleasure and thanks for your appreciation.
Love her illustrations! I find her work so attractive. Thank you, Pete, for this illuminating video.
Thaks a lot for your comment and ongoing appreciation of the channel content.
Really fascinating illustrative style, never heard of this lady before. Thanks again for highlighting her.
Beautiful work, lovingly presented.Thanks Pete!
I'm very pleased that you enjoyed the video, and her marvellous images.
So interesting! Thank you.
Many thanks for your appreciation.
Thank you Pete, such a wonderful presentation. Best regards, Annie
Thanks a lot for your appreciation, and I'm very pleased you enjoyed seeing her marvellous work.
I loved every minute of this. What an inspiring illustrator, and the work was presented so beautifully here. Many thanks. I will watch this video more than once!
Many thans for your appreciation of this video and the awe-inspiring talents of Ms. Ivanovsky. Feel free to watch as many times as you care to.
Thank you, Pete! Yet another great artist I was not aware of. In spite of living abroad, her illustrations remained very Russian visually. No surpise she saw Lebedev and was inspired by him. A century later I still do. To me Lebedev's "One Must Work, the Rifle Is Right Here" is absolutely the best poster I've ever seen.
Hello again and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. I find myself wondering whether to return to Lebedev as a subject. He was featured in the unsung heroes series but with hindsight maybe he needs a more detailed examination. I'll add him to the list I think.
An enigmatic artist; thank you for bringing this to our attention, Pete. I’m so appreciative of your research & dedication.
Hello again and more thanks from me for your appreciation.
I really enjoy your content.
You had tripped a memory of a book I loved as a kid. But only a barely memory... It's been in my head trying to remember for so long now... But Finally!!! My sister remembered ...
The Ice Cream Cone Coot And Other Rare Birds by Arnold Lobel
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Thanks a lot for your appreciation, And thanks too for the name Arnold Lobel, who I had never previously heard of. I'm hopeful that somewhere down the line I will be able to make a video about his engaging work.
Beautiful and charming stuff! Thanks again for introducing me to this talented individual with this excellent video, Pete.
Hi again and I'm pleased to have made the introduction.
Thank you Pete for all your work researching and presenting another amazing artists work.
Your appreciation is very welcome - thanks.
Excellent exposition! Excellent! Deep, crisp and honest.
Many thanks for your comment and appreciation.
Brilliance on display from the inspired artist and the presenter of this video. As always, thank you, Pete. Cheers from one of Blighty’s colonies. 😊
Thanks a lot for the comment and continued appreciation. Im glad you enjoyed it.
Dear Pete: Your channel has great historic significance. If it weren't for YOU, in 200 years many of these artists and their work would be completely unknown. This is especially so because graphic art is quite ephemeral. It disappears with every old magazine or old book that we throw away.
Many thanks for your comment and appreciation. It's always a genuine pleasure to know that my mission is understood and welcomed by viewers such as yourself.
(29) Quite the exceptional upload, Mr. Beard. And I puzzle along with you as to why the change in style. Maybe she wanted to challenge her skills as she aged, instead of simplifying it. I will have a sniff on Amazon in case I can get some of her works (although more than likely I would freak out over the cost). Always a treat. MANY thanks!!!
Thanks again for your continuing appreciation of the channel and I'm pleased that you find her work so appealing. Good luck with your online hunting.
you are doing a public service by this series Pete. I've been an illustrator for about 40 years, my only career, and I never knew about some of these. Good work that just disappears into history. I'm content for mine to do the same.
Many thanks for your comment. I also gave it my best shot for just over 4 decades, and although I made a living I never made an impression. Maybe keeping the memory of these illustrators alive is actually my real calling...
What a total joy to discover her!! Thank you ❤
Hello again and I'm glad to have introduced you to her marvellous work.
@@petebeard Her work is splendid. So inspiring and helps me too with the direction I want to go in 😍
Timeless quality, indeed. Fantastic.
Hello again and thanks for both your comments on this video, I'm pleased you enjoyed her work.
Thanks for yet another delightful video, Pete. It is always interesting how someone like Ivanovsky can be so prolific and do so while maintaining such high standards. It would have been fascinating to get a glimpse of her working day. Though I get the feeling that her love for her art meant she never viewed it as work. Thanks again.
Thanks for the comment, and its a pity more isn't known about her methods or motivation.
Meraviglioso canale grazie ❤
Il tuo commento è molto gradito.
As always: I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for the Work.
Thanks as usual. She should be much better known, I think.
A lovely combination of colours, and stencil work, top notch , cheers, Pete...E..
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm really pleased I found enough material by her to make this video. Sometimes it can be a bit of a wild goose chase.
These works are charming and whimsical, perfect for children’s books… her use of color is stunning 😊
And again, thanks very much
lovely video as always, Pete! Thank you!
I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot.
Thank you again for this inspiring video. Your work is extraordinary !
Your comments really are welcome. But in all honesty, even if I think I do a decent job when it comes to presentation, it's the illustrators I feature who make the videos extraordinary. I really am most grateful for your kind words
Though I had never seen any of her work or even heard her name, most of these illustrations conjured up a sense of déja vu. For the lady was indeed out front and all the followers were not slow to fall in behind! And whatever her style, she always seems to have found the most direct and simple way to convey what she had in mind!
Thanks as usual for your comments, and I agree with your thoughts about the nature of her work. A remarkable talent, I think.
thank you, this was wonderfully well researched and presented! I love her work
Many thanks for your appreciation, and I'm pleased to share your high opinion of her enchanting illustrations. She deserves to be far better known.
Her work and methods were very interesting. And yet so fresh and always appealing to the young.
Tnx, as always for the education and inspiration!
Hi again and as usual my gratitude for your appreciation of the channel content.
Another wonderful episode, thanks Pete. Also, it's good to see your subs' exceeding 90k, so 100k is in your sights.
Thanks as usual, and slowly but hopefully surely I'll eventually hit the magic number.
A very fun, engaging and imaginative style! Wonderful!
Thanks for your appreciation and I'm very glad you enjoyed her work.
Once again, I’m at a loss for words. Just wow.
Wow will do very nicely, thanks.
Thanks again !
You're most welcome.
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Many thanks
from Canada.
All my heart.
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Thanks again for your continued appreciation.
Respectfully, I always appreciate learning about artists who happened to be womenn. I grew up never learning about them, but instead being taught that womenn never did anything only to find out how wrong that was.
Thank you, Sir.
Thanks a lot for your comment. It's sort of sad but true that illustration seems to have been one of few areas where females were every bit as valued and in some cases as successful as their male counterparts from the late 19th century onwards.
Here is a little more about her childhood:
Andrey Ivanovsky, her father, was a judge. Before the law school he studied illustration in Kiev and later got interested in photography. Her dad bought her all books that were published. One day he bought per ink illustrations book for Easter. Her and her brother “published” tiny hand-made books at home. After the revolution they moved and lost many belongings including books. Her father lost job and they survived on mother’s French language tutoring. She was home-schooled and she went to the only Russian school in Kishinev to pass her exams. At 13 she went to fine art school where she was even drawing nudes. She started earning some illustration money. To earn funds to study in Belgium, she draw various works for a hospital.
Hello and thanks a lot for the additional information about this wonderful illustrator. Unfortunately I could find very little about her life and circumstances to include.
@@petebeard an advantage of speaking another language helped me get this additional information! Thank you for this fantastic video!!!
Lovely stuff, keep it up!
That's the plan. Thanks a lot.
Élisabeth Ivanovsky was quite prolific. I'm sure her wonderful illustrated books will continue to be printed for years to come.
Thanks for the comment and I hope that's the case. Her work is - for me at least - endlessly fascinating.
*Ivanovsky's* has a clean style ... Thanks *Pete*
Hello and thanks again for your comment - and the stars of course. Always welcome.
One of most beatiful cover - includding an excellent typography election - can be seen at 11:03 min, and also, another illustration I like, is on 11:27 min.....Great Pete!
Hello again, my friend, and thanks a lot for your comment and longterm dedication to the channel.
@@petebeard my long term dedication to the channel has only one reason : every video is better than the one before! ( And it's your excellent work behind it ).
Before i watch your latest production, I have to respond here first to say I watched this one a couple times, trying to figure out how she did those early more abstract stencils, I think you figured. I've never done stenciling and can't imagine making so many stencils for all the small bits of color and then somehow brushing away those larger areas to make them soft-edged, which was really endearing to the subjects. So much work and yet she just kept going! I prefer the early works also - they reminded me of other books possibly by other illustrators who 'borrowed' her style? Most of our books were from the library, in English. I don't recall any favorites we had but the images absolutely seem familiar. Either way, I really enjoyed seeing these but again mostly her early works. Like you said, it is odd but maybe all those stencils were too time consuming and publishers wanted faster results so she took the easier route of straight up painting.
Hello again and I'm pleased you share my high opinion of her work. My best guess regarding the stencil work is that she used one of these - www.pegasusart.co.uk/pegasus-art-supplies-spray-diffuser-mouth-atomizer.ir. Or you can get a similar effect with your thumb on a toothbrush but it's a devil to try to control. And I'm fairly sure the soft edges would be due to using paper stencils which would lift at the edges to an extent. All guesswork of course.
@@petebeard Thanks for the link tho 'out of stock' so must still be a popular item? I'll check more local sources, it does look familiar. I remember doing some mechanical airbrushing one quarter at school, though, I'll have to dig out any artwork I may have saved. And paper stencils make sense. You'd just have to know ahead of time which edge to leave last to get that effect. Now it's bothering me to figure this out, give it a try 'by hand' - so you've been inspiring as well as informative! Thanks again, Pete. :)
Thank you very much Pete, such wonderful work! Ivanovsky's art reminded me of Mai Miturich, any chance you could do an episode about him?
Thanks a lot for your comment. And even more thanks for the name Mai Miturich - I had never previously encountered his wonderful work. But.... having just checked online there is practically nothing r recorded about his life and career, and more importantly nothing like enough decent resolution images to make a video from. This isn't the first time I've found this to be te case and sadly it won't be the last. But I will persevere and maybe things will change.
@@petebeard My pleasure Pete, really glad to hear you enjoyed Mai Miturich's art. Indeed, his work is not as easy to find online, but I've spent a somewhat “unreasonable” amount of time researching him, and it would be my pleasure to share with you what I have (images and books). What would be a good email address to chat? Or if you prefer, you can find my email address on my channel and website.
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Thanks a lot.
daz gut, lela waste' , looks family are, but not know were seen before. mom and artist friends got me into many mediums and modeled live for 15 years for college courses. this these shows inspire me. Pro mote art .
Thanks a lot for your appreciation.
I too marvel at her beautiful sensitive creations. I particularly enjoyed the Russian influence in her pre 1940 work. I would have liked to see more of it, but I guess that wasn’t to Marcelle’s taste, and alas not appreciated by a western public.
Hello again and off the record I'm very much inclined to agree with you. Those little woodland stories in particular really impressed me. I do like the later stuff but it's a little polluted with the 'Little Golden Books' more generic styling.
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I saw one of her rabbit illustrations and said. "I know that bunny!" But I couldn't understand it because the language was French in the illustration. In the end, when you said that her books had been translated into English and sold in Canada and the US, I felt relieved!
I am glad that she had a good long life and was very productive.
Thank you for the lovely informative presentation!🖖❄️🫖📚🐈⬛🪺🔭
Hello again and many thanks for your appreciation.