NEW YORKER COVERS 1925 - 1939 HD 1080p
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- The main purpose of this video is to shine a light on the first 15 years of the New Yorker magazine, and the evolution of the remarkable series of covers produced in that period.
Some of the featured illustrators may be familiar as they have already appeared in the Unsung Heroes series, but in the case of others this seems to be the only significant enduring work of their careers, and they may be new to you as they were to me.
I've attempted to keep it roughly chronological, but on occasion I needed to deviate slightly from that broad ambition for the purposes of the narrative.
Although these covers vary in style over that time period, each one is a masterpiece in its own right. Another fine video, Pete. I look forward to the next in this series.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation of this video. I never know how they will be received but this one seems fairly popular, Im glad to say.
I could not agree more! When I saw the title, I just saved it. I want to have the time/focus to really enjoy this one as @Pete Beard does a damn good job on these videos. :) My only complaint with Mr. Beard's productions is that I have to keep putting it on pause over-and-over to look at the illustrations. ;)
The highlight of the week for me is sitting watching one of your videos, Pete. No fuss, no hype just the shared pleasure of of these delightful illustrations and and your narrative. That and a cup of coffee.
Hello again and thanks once more for your appreciation of my work on the channel.
While in college, Graphis, Communication Arts, and The New Yorker were among the magazines I would peruse for the art content. It's a pity magazines seem to be disappearing. So many used to offer showcases for artist, either on the covers or on the pages within.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I don't think it;s magazines that are disappearing - it's the use of illustration. In the 80s I was doing about 3 or 4 every week, By the end of my 'career' nothing.
Fantastic , thanks for all the research you do for these Pete. All best in '23
Hello again and thanks a lot as usual for your appreciation.
Thanks for another fun and informative video. The New Yorker as a magazine never appealed to me, but the covers have been fascinating, especially during the art deco period.
Yup & same here...
Hello again and my thanks for the comment. As a Brit the New Yorker was only something I had heard of peripherally. When I became aware of the covers, especially the early ones, it was a real revealtion.
A wonderful cavalcade of illustration. Thank you Mr Beard.
Hello and thanks. Im glad you enjoyed it.
Another wonderful tour through illustration, Pete. I first encountered many of my own illustration heroes through the pages and covers of the New Yorker: Ronald Searle, Saul Steinberg (another great illustrator who deserves his own video), William Steig and of course the incredible Sempé, to name a few. And, slightly off subject, during those years you highlighted, brilliant writers emerged in those pages as well; James Thurber, Dorthy Parker, S. J. Perelman , Robert Benchley and, my personal writing god, E. B. White. What a time it must have been at the New Yorker! Thanks for this visual travelogue through one of the most creative times in America! Cheers, Pete!
Hello again and thanks for your appreciation again. Being a Brit the new Yorker hadn't really been on my radar until fairly recently. I was aware of it but only peripherally. It was featuring the work of Rea Irvin early on in the unsung series that first aroused my attention. What a guy. I love Thurber as a writer, incidentally, and Steinberg is already on my bucket list.
truly. As I grow older. The nicest compliment that i can receive is, "You inspire me. " and, my dear Maestro Beard: the highest compliment that I can render in appreciation for all of your hard work, your devotion to high standards of quality, your selfless gift of time/ wisdom and wit, is to declare Sir; with sincerest gratitude and joyful indebtedness, "You inspire me ad infinitum." And. That's a genuine tip o' the hat to you. Respectfully submitted Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Hello again Gregg, and it's always a pleasure to hear from you. Especially as you keep paying me comments, to which I can only reply "Aw shucks..." and blush profusely. Thanks a million.
After such an abundant display of so many amazingly gifted illustrators, I’m breathless. Those oh-so-gifted artists can at times make their craft look easy to imitate but we know the truth of that delusion. Style. One must have an impactful style that resonates. It just looks right. It’s delightful to have the opportunity to view their work. Thank you, Mr. Beard.
Hello and I;m dlighted by your response to this collection of images. For me Rea Irvin in particular is a forgotten genius of stylish humour. Alajalov too.
The first 15 years of The New Yorker covers were fun to review, particularly the chaotic ones with lots of people & activity. I always wonder where, exactly, the illustrator would start and if he just keeps adding people as he goes. The effect is fascinating. I can stare at those for a long time, trying to make sure I caught all the action. Thanks again, Pete.
Hi again and yes those crowd scenes are particularly absorbing. But in the case of this video I don't think there's a single image I don't actually like. Well, maybe a couple...
Ahh! I’ve always loved the New Yorker covers and cartoons! Thanks for this insightful view of the early years. I hope you do ALL the years of New Yorker😎🙏🏽💙
Wonder when copyright issues would raise their ugly head...
Hello and thanks a lot. It might be interesting to have a look at the 40s and 50s somewhere down the line, but there are so many other subjects awaiting my attention I might have to live considerably longer than expected before I get around to it again.
Hello and as long as I analyse and discuss the images used copyright isn't an issue, according to the terms of fair use.
Those early Modernist covers are my fav's, genus. Thanks again for a wonder walk through illustration history.
Hello again and thanks for the comment. Those 20s covers were way ahead of the competition and such a pleasure to view.
Pete, you are inexhaustible in the manufacture of these videos, which I, for one, am extremely grateful! As much as I thoroughly enjoy your efforts as videos I sometimes wish a publisher would come along and persuade you to turn your videos into books, such as this marvelous one on the covers of the New Yorker. A collections of books, as well as videos, penned by you would be an excellent addition to any art library.
Hello and thanks again for your continued support for the channel. Unfortunately I think it's highly unlikely any publisher would be remotely interested in converting the channel to a series of books. And the problem with books from my perspective is they take so damn long to put together and publish. In my case I'd probably fall off my perch before they ever got into print.
This is the "power" of illustrators : giving you the envy to look inside just with the art covers! Such a great job done !
Thank you again to share this with us !
Hello and thanks for the comment. Naturally I agree 100% with your estimation of great illustration. Photography is a poor substitute.
Thanks for all your content. Just, thank you! It's always a pleasure to learn through your videos.
Hello and it;s an equal plesure to know the channel is appreciated.
Pete, a whole video dedicated to one magazine. What ever gave you that idea? I loved it, I wish we were in the jazz age again, such wonderful talent blossoming from the US and Europe. Great video and music to match.
Hi Albert. I;ve done other mags previously - have you missed them? I'm glad you enjoyed the video and other than prohibition I agree with your sentiments about the jazz age. And I love that music.
Excellent coverage of beautiful art! NEW YORKER covers have maintained their singular standard of wit and freshness for nigh on a century, an amazing feat. In this age of slick photography and AI dreck, their insistence of the human touch in illustration gives me hope more than any current media in any genre. My Brooklynite dad was a Peter Arno fiend, and his Arno collections squirreled away in the basement credenza were a fascinating treasure to explore. Absorbing the wonders of SIZZLING PLATTER and MAN IN THE SHOWER gave me a better education than inane kid books.
Hello again and many thabks for your appreciation of the video. Mr. Arno is patiently waiting his turn to feature as an unsung hero, and although I don't know when that will be, I think he's fairly near the front of the queue by now. A fascinating and talented man.
AI dreck ?
AI Science Illustration has come a long way from Leonardo di Vinci, Grey's Anatomy and Frank H. Netter.
Always appreciated when an Illustration, whelter AI or simple hand drawn, can *explain* the text. A picture is worth a thousand words.
AI is another tool. Depends on the illustrator to bring it to life.
@@vincentgoupil180 That's also my opinion, that AI is a tool...and I also consider the people who exclusively use it to create their "art" are tools, too, rather than true artists. Technology gives them the delusion of mastery without having to learn anything in the process. Those who can't...use AI.
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"Technology gives the illusion of mastery" Your quote paraphrased is a *misconception* .
There is just as much a learning curve with computers as there is with paints, drawing, and other 'tools'.
You never seize to entertain, every video, whatever the subject, is beautifully presented and meticulously researched. I very likely used that phrase before, but every time I watch I find it again quite remarkable. To listen to a presenter who doesn't gabble, but speaks almost soothingly is really pleasant. Thank you for another excursion into the world of illustrators.
Ah... more music to my ears. To be able to rely on viewers such as yourslef who appreciate what I do is highly rewarding, and an antidote to my insecurities.
Wonderful!!! 😍 Perfect timing for a nice calming Pete Beard video. I love the New Yorker. My Grandmother grew up in Jersey City, just across the river from Manhattan. I'm sure those images would have graced her coffee table. You chose a delightful collection to highlight. I have to travel 60 miles in a snow storm today so I was feeling a bit on edge. I was thrilled to see a new video. Delightful distractions are always welcome.
Hello and thanks again for your comment. Your continued support for the channel is greatly appreciated.
Another sublime episode. Thanks Pete and great choice of background music, which also did not swamp your narrative.
Good points 🎯🎯
Hi again and thanks as ever. I think I'm getting the hang of this sound balance thing, and about time too. Bring fairly deaf isn't as much fun as you'd think.
@@petebeard Snap .
Your uploads are always reliably wonderful. Must take so much work. Thank you!
Hello and thanks a lot for the supportive comment.
Another typically fascinating episode. I grew up with the _New Yorker,_ although not back then. I remember that most of their covers in the fifties and sixties were also striking, along with often wonderful cartoons.
I love the stuff from this period and especially the wonderful humour or Rea Irvin, but the New Yorker is one of very few magazines anywhere to have maintained a high standard of illustrated covers when virtually every other magazine resorted to photography, the illustrator's nemesis.
@@petebeard Indeed. I'll just add that I also grew up with a book by William Steig, _The Lonely Ones,_ which I was lucky enough to find used online. A masterpiece of minimalism and psychological insight.
Thank you for this! I subscribed to the New Yorker for about two decades. Although some of the articles have become more problematic in recent years, the artwork is still excellent. I think that some of my appreciation of illustration comes from my regular exposure to that work over the years.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the content of the video.
Never fails! I'll be thinking to myself "Hey, I wonder what ol' Pete Beard's up to these days?" and he'll drop another banger video like a day later. Once again, thank you for your insightful contributions to the understanding of the history of illustration.
Hello again, and thanks as usual for your ongoing support. I usually aim for every 10 days or so but at the moment I'm a bit ahead of myself so it's more like 8.
You once again manage to pull out a niche within a niche, Pete!
Beautiful oeuvre of the roaring Twenties till the Depression and the party pooping WWII.
Even the illustrations/illustrators inside of the magazines and the popular cartoons deserve a few showings!
Hello and thanks for the positive comment. I had hoped to make a video about the contents of the magazine from the period too, but couldn't find enough decent resolution material unfortunately.
Thank you! Wonderful survey and a lot of new names.
Hello again and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Another fantastic video Pete!😄 Your knowledge is without comparison the deepest i have ever seen in art communities!! Thank you so much👍👍😄😁
Hello and many thanks for your flattering comment.Very welcome.
Wow, I loved this! A greatly interesting theme - with scope for extension, too.
Hello and thanks a lot. Given the apparent popularity of this one maybe I should look at the 40s and 50s covers. But it'll have to wait in the queue behind a large volume of others.
Aye! Mayhap it's such a seemingly familiar Title that upon realising not much is actually laid bare about its workings, it arouses endless fascination and fixed interest.
Not surprised to learn there's a large queue: Good On Ya and Thank You!
Happy New Year, too, Pete!
I subscribed to The New Yorker for awhile ... many years ago🙂
Being a Brit I've never actually read a copy, although I hear it was pretty great in it's heyday. And I'm a huge fan of James Thurber.
Thanks Pete!
Most enjoyable video about the New Yorker cover illustrators ….such a variety of styles
Hello again and thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
A delight. What an amazing history of featuring illustration and it continues to do so. I always look on the news stand to see what the cover is, the writing and cartoons are pretty good too. Thank you
Hello and you are welcome, as ever. And let's hear it for the New Yorker - still using illustration in a world that seems to think photography is preferable.
Marvelous, many thanks for your wonderful work!
Hello and your appreciation is most welcome. Thankyou.
I love the art of the 20th century. And you're channel helps discovering it more, thanks.
Hello and many thanks for the appreciation.
Thanks, Pete. A fabulous summation with ravishing images!
Hi again and I'm glad you liked the video. An embarrassment of riches is the phrase that springs to mind with this one.
@@petebeard Keep up the good work!
Mr. Beard, your videos are a delight. Your research is incredible, and each new one is very important for me, an illustrator too! Please keep up with this wonderfull work!
Hello and many thanks for your comment and appreciation of the channel in general. It means a lot to me.
Thanks so much for these beautiful and informative looks at the rich history of illustration. The art world is bereft of an important part of its geography when it doesn’t put illustration on an equal footing with any other 2-d talent.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. And naturally enough I agree totally with your observation about art and illustration.
Your work is breath taking - thank you sincerely, what a gift❤
Hello and many thanks for your comment. I'm proud of my contribution in putting the videos together but it's the illustrators featured who supply the breathtaking part.
Wow! Thanks for making this video! I would never know about this! :D
Hello and I'm very grateful for your appreciation.
Your voice and narration are most relaxing. Good content too. Well done.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I can't take any credit for the voice. Old age and too many years as a smoker - but now given up -are responsible.
Amazing, how did i miss this? thanks
Pete.
Hello again and as long as you've watched it - and it seems enjoyed it too , I'm happy.
Your channel is a darling on youtube, keep it up I love your work!
Excellent descriptive word...
Hello and thanks a lot. Your appreciation is most welcome.
During those years magazines dominated the trends and styles that were taking on the world.
So many europeans! I never knew! Such a wonderful education you offer!
I always hope that your will receive some reward for all the effort you put into these, if not, at least some great satisfaction in knowing how many appreciate it all? Tnx!
Hello again Mike and I'm pleased you -and quite a few others it seems - enjoyed this video. And although the dreadful ads bring in a small amount of income I was never doing this for the money. And yes I take immense pleasure in the knowledge that viewers such as yourself appreciate what I'm trying to do with the channel.
Beautiful. Would love to see a feature on the cover artists of the post WW II decades, particularly Arthur Getz, my favorite!
Hello and thanks for your recent comments, although one of them won't actually display for some reason. And the idea about postwar NY covers is a good one, but I should warn you it'll be joining a very long queue of other projects already in the works.
Wonderful episode. Love the great music!
in the words of Uta Hagen in Donald Margulies' Collected Stories...
'no one has enough time for the New Yorker"....
I can recall getting it weekly, and *never* being able to get through it in the week,
before the next one came out.
Hello again and would you look at that? The whole message came through so maybe that's the end (for now) of vnishing comments. Of course as a Brit the joys of the New Yorker were denied me, but I love the visuals, from this period at least. I suppose Punch was our equivalent.
@@petebeard as a Canadian, I got both. And a French mag or two as well...
Interesting taking the history and development of one particular magazine. A new thread maybe? Thanks Pete
Hello and thanks a lot. It's not a new thread though - there have already been a couple of other magazines as subjects ( Life and Der Wahr Jacob spring to mind) and there are more on the way.
Oh, what could equal those covers except the cartoon inside? My all-time favorite: the devil asks a guy, "Do you want to go to Hell now or live in your home while it's being remodeled?"
Hello again and it's a funny thing, but although the covers are relatively easy to dig out I didn't do anytging like as well when it came to the illustrated contents. I had hoped to do another video on the cartoons from the period but I was scuppered by a lack of decent visuals.
@@petebeard so much for "Everything's on the internet!"
Great video on more Art Deco illustrations that I love. Rea Irvin was the best in my opinion and he was good at picking out other cover illustrators who could keep making us laugh
Hello and thanks a lot. I must say I agree entirely regarding Irvin. I can't imagine why he isn't better known.
Informative and concise. Thank you.
Hello and that;s two words I like to think describe the channel.
Wow, did not know the story behind the covers! Thanks!
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Beautiful. Been a subscriber via my family and on my own since the 80s. I'm a good writer because I read The New Yorker!
Hello and thanks for the appreciation. I have to admit as a Brit I've never even seen a copy - but I hear its standard of writing is high.
This was lovely. Thank you.
I'm glad you liked the video - thanks a lot for the comment.
Great video as always! Congratulations!
Excellent, well researched
Hello and thanks a lot.
I REALLY enjoyed this. I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s seeing every single monthly New Yorker cover during those formative years. I still love their covers. I see that the first covers set the tone for the next 100 years. Yay
Hello and thanks for the comment. I can't think of another magazine that has continued to make such good use of illustration for it's entire existence.
Wonderfully done! I really enjoyed that one. :)
That;s good to know. Thanks.
👍Thank you. 🇬🇧🇵🇹
My pleasure and thanks for the support.
thank you for the good video!
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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Happy New Year!
Hi Tex and the same to you.
Excellent....as always....E...
Hello again and thanks as ever. I Hope you and yours are well.
All is as well as can be...currently confined to Clabby Towers, bit of a fall..still misbehaven...but Mrs C,s keeping me in line...sometimes...peace and love from the wirral peninsula...E..
so much gorgeous cover art🥰would make a gorgeous wallpaper😛
Hello and I'm glad you appreciate the illustrations. Ah the days when illustration was everywhere...
Truly a bygone era
Sadly this is true.
I wonder if, speaking of which, you might do something on James Thurber. Other writers have had the Art Streak- Twain, Hesse, Vonnegut, probably more. Might be something there.
Hello and you have just listed 3 of my favourite writers - although I'm not much of. Hesse reader. Thurber in particular has been on my mind as a subject for as long as I've been making the videos. But I've held off for the simple reason that as much as they make me laugh he couldn't actually draw, and without his written humour as backup I would struggle to say anything meaningful about his images. And much as I love Vonnegut's doodle of his own bumhole I think I'd have similar problems making a case for him as an illustrator.
@@petebeard ua-cam.com/video/UA_CPtg_DNM/v-deo.html (James Thurber interviewed by Alister Cooke)
@@Stone2home Many thanks for the link. I've bookmarked it and will eagerly view it over a cup of coffee.
The cover on the right at 10:30 made me burst out laughing. It was that funny.
Hello and I'm confused. The video is over by 10.30.
Another engrossing video, Godbless!
Hi again and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Loved it. Eye- and also Ear-Candy for me. Sorry for my englisch.
Hello and I'm glad you liked the video. And I assumed you were English speaking, so I wouldn't worry.
If I may suggest it'll be great if you make a video about cartoonist Chas Addams
Hello and thanks for the comments. And I have good and not-so-good news about Addams. He is on my list of potential subjects, but I must admit he's not exactly at the front of the queue and there are quite afew others ahead of him. So I honestly can't say when he's likely to appear. But I welcome the suggestion and if there are others I'm always glad to receive them.
@@petebeard Excellent Sir. It will worth the wait and you always bring so many talented artists that I am sure it will be good selections as you always do. Thank you!
when my daughter was in junior high school, during a conversation, i said, you've never seen a porn magazine in our house. she replied, yes we did. what magazine was that? the new yorker. it took me a while to see the connection.,
Hello and thanks for both your recent comments about the channel content.
*Thanks* Pete for another presentation
Not a fan of the New Yorker.
Dare say, rather snotty :)
Hello again and thanks. I've never actually read a copy so couldn't give an opinion. But these covers were wonderful, and from what I see some still are. It's always about the pictures with me.
Shame that illustration is a Dead art .... Magazine covers might be more interesting than they are . with artist interpreting what They see ....ho hum..!!!
Illustration isn't a dead art what are you talking about.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I reluctantly have to agree with the rather crudely expressed other comment, but it is certainly a shadow of its former self. A combination of colour photography and lazy art direction caused so much damage to illustrators, especially in mags and advertising.
Fantastic idea to present the cover of The New Yorker.... Keep the good work one. Greetings 🇬🇷💖🍉
Hello and many thanks for your comment. Your appreciation is very welcome.
wonderful as always ,thank you pete for another compendium of information
Hello and your comments are always welcome. Thanks.
again great work mate
Hello and thanks a lot.
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