Hello and I'm very glad you like my tribute to Jean Veber. I have to confess that I had never been aware of his work until I started making these videos a few years ago when I retired. And he remains one of the most remarkable and distinctive discoveries I have made since then. Why there is no museum dedicated to him I can't imagine.
@@petebeard We sure do. I'm always afraid of offending people. I'll take his example to heart and try not to worry about how it will be received but rather just say what needs to be said. At least when it comes to making art. (when dealing with people on a personal level I'll still strive for good manners. lol)
That was fascinating Pete. Thanks for that - no one who pulled so many important beards should be forgotten. I think my image of Edward VII shall now and forever reside posteriorly.
Hello and thanks for your comment. I have particular respect for illustrators who have the integrity to stand against those who rule us, and blow raspberries at their antics.
Hello again and thanks for the comment. And yes I would catrgorise some of the work as horrific. He did seem to be obsessed with the darker side of human existence.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. The video hasn't been there for all that long, and I must confess I was completely unaware of his remarkable work until a few years ago, despite my own obsession with all things illustrated. I'm pleased you approve of my attempt to spread the word.
I visited La Villa d'Arnaga ten years ago and was struck by the paintings and the immensity of what Rostang had commissioned. However, in the subsequent 10 years, the name of Veber had escaped me. After your wonderful presentation of his works, I don't think I will be forgetting it again. Thank you.
I´m an Art teacher in middle school and Illustration teacher in University level, and this material is very helpful to show my students how an artis grows and develope his art and style. Thank You!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation for the channel content. Positive comments such as yours keep me motivated and I hope to create many more in the coming year(s).
Thank you for another fascinating introduction to an excellent artist I knew nothing of, and for all the previous videos you've made - I think I've seen every one. I look forward to more in the new year. Happy New Year to you!
Hello again and thanks for the comment. I'm pleasantly surprised that this one is getting a decent number of views and positive reactions. Onward and hopefully upwards in 2023!
An interesting new name to me. Veber was clearly very talented, but there was a disturbing undercurrent in many of the images that gave food for thought, rather than the buzz of aesthetic pleasure. Thanks Pete, for continuing to educate me in such a pleasing way.
Hi and thanks for the comment. He's not the easiest illustrator to digest, but somebody has to take on these uncomfortable truths about our darker side. And sometimes he was very funny and even frivolous.
Thank you , again you put a light on to the unknown and very precious artists of the illustration art . Now l am having clear sight of the genres that where and how was born. Your posts like a weekly magazine that l missed . Thank you.🙏
Thank you again Pete. Discovering gems like the work of Jean Veber is one thing. Assaying the cultural, historical and artistic essence of said work in such a cogent, short (but never rushed) span is a feat few can achieve with your authority sir. Your series has become an intrinsic part of our emotional, aesthetic and mental nutrition, in an epoch starved for real substance. Many regards, and many thanks for this amazing and increasingly beloved compendium!
Hello and to say I'm grateful for your appreciation of the channel would be a massive understatement. When I first started making the videos I had no idea that I would still be doing so some 6 years later. And no sign of runnng out of material any time soon, so the knowledge that some such as yourself find the topic as fascinating as I do is a real pleasure. Thanks.
What an incredibly diverse genius, capable of many types of media and art forms with clarity of vision; amazing. Thank you for another wonderful presentation.
Hello and I hope his work doesn't keep you awake at night. To be fair to him in most cases all he was doing was shining a very bright light on our collective sins. Let's see what 2023 brings...
I'd heard the name Jean Veber before, but I had no idea what he was known for. Thanks for a proper introduction. Now a favorite of mine too. I hope you never run out of amazing artists to share with us.
Thank you for sharing. Jean Veber is fantastic. Where are the Jean Veber's nòw during this horrendous crisis ? Now we all have to be 'political correct' rather disturbing images are very welcom. And 'Once seen never forgotten' indeed ! Amazing what tàlent this illustrator already had at the age of nineteen ! Nowadays youngsters of that age are behind there comp.screens 24/7 . . .
Hello and I'm very pleased that your response to Veber's work is so positive. And it does rather shed an unfortunate light on the current crop of snowflakes. I think real satire was dealt a lethal blow when the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists were murdered.
Hello again, and I would be interested to know what they have in mind. But I value my privacy too much to disclose my e-mail address on such a public platform. If you or they can point me to an e-mail address I will gladly contact them.
Another unknown revealed (to me, at least). Completely unaware of his work. Wonderful craftsmanship and vision. I'm struck by the fact that so many of the great artists you've presented over the years--known and unknown--have at least dabbled, if not made their careers, in parody and satire. Lesson: humor and fine art go hand in hand? Thanks as always, Pete. Happy New Year!
Humor and fine arts go hand in hand because the first is a strong and poweful language - easy to everybody understanding - to reflect and to make a reflexive thinking about reality.....Umberto Eco has said ( and I remember the quotation in spanish, excuse me ): " ellos son la máscara por donde pasamos a la risa nuestras angustias de vivir". More or less, and also excuse for the translation : "they're the masks on we translate to smiles our existencial anguish "....
Hi Doug and thanks a lot for your comment. I must admit I've been pleasantly surprised by the views and favourable comments on this one. Not the most accessible of subjects. And the topic of art/humour/illustration is one I could cheerfully engage with over too much to drink. Et Bonne année à vous aussi!
Still fascinating, the history of the life of Mr Veber the interaction with THE History. This is brilliant. Thanks so much for all these facts you're bringing to our knowledge ! Have a great end of 2022, and even a better 2023 !
Thank you Pete Beard 📌- I’m Astounded( & Delighted) That His Depictions Did Not Have Him STRUNG-Up… Thank you As well For Your HONESTY of Your Not Being Aware Of His Volume Until Fairly 🤔Recently … Yours ,Is the Only Attention … Most of Us Will Ever encounter , & Truly Appreciate Because Of ☮️❤️& Happy New Year from 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video and the work of Veber. He really is an unknown genius as far as I'm concerned, and I've been very pleased to see how many viewers are glad to have encountered him.
A year end early breakfast with another exquisite discovery hearing and watching your work Pete. This channel is one of my best discoveries in UA-cam, thanks Pete for make our lives better and for saving all - and others more that will follow - these unsung artists from the past. Happy New Year !
Thank you again sir .... as I head down the rabbit hole trying to find actual prints of the artists you have featured it dawns on me just how tenuous is the evidence of our life's artistic output. I have searched through my local used book (and magazine) store with a list that only grows as I watch your videos. I have found but a smattering of printed material. Keep up the great work you are doing, every video is a journey worth taking.👍
Hello and many thanks for your comment. It has to be said if it wasnt for the darker recesses of the internet I would not have known about many of these talents. I like books, but they tend to go for the more obvious subjects.
Hey Pete, great video as always! Thank you for sharing this. Jean Veber is definitely a hidden gem, as I can't say I'm familiar with his work at all before seeing your presentation. He has such a remarkable range of styles, which I think can prevent someone from becoming well known…
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I must admit I thought the video might be as popular as a barracuda in a swimming pool but the reponse has been pretty good.
@@petebeard his charecters facial expressions are so masterful and stand out for me against the other illustrators work you explore, i am going to watch again!
Pete, thank you for bringing Jean Verber's work to a wider public. It is puzzling why such a talented artist should have slipped into almost total obscurity. I believe you put your finger on it when you say his often violent and brutal illustrations have a bipolar aspect to them. Once again, meticulously researched and presented with what has become your trademark touch. Who's next?
Hello again and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. If I can bring these less well known figures a bit more attention then I'll consider I;ve done a decent job. And in terms of who's next I have no idea. I'm working on literally dozens in no particular order and it'll be the first to get completed. Not the most organised method but the only one I seem able to do.
Hey pete...hope you had a nice christmas and that you are sound and healthy...thanks vor your work in 2022...hope u Continue in 2023 and find a lot of 7nknown or forgotten illustrators or Artists...greetz m
Envisioning my Grandfather arm in arm with Veber gassed during WWI together in France, fortunate for me my Grandfather survived too. Hopefully others will see themselves in your work and Veber's illustrations, thanks for the journey.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. The idea of 16 and 17 year olds fighting in that carnage doesn't bear thinking about. My generation have had it pretty easy all things considered.
With most of your selections, I'm at least familiar with their names and reputations, but in the case of Jean Veber, I am completely ignorant, so seeing this comes as a pleasant surprise. Why I haven't come across his work before is beyond me; I guess some illustrators are going to slip through the cracks! Brilliant work. The severity of his satire was not uncommon among cartoonists of his era. No punches were pulled, either before the onset of WW1 or after, and certainly not during! Satire, both written and visual has, in the current Century, become something of an endangered species, I fear. People either just don't get it and think it's real or it's attacked as offensively politically incorrect (which is the whole point, surely?) and the creators "cancelled" (an odiously Orwellian term). Anyway, thanks for yet another fascinating instalment, Pete! Happy New Year! (well, it's only three days away).
Hello and many thanks for your comment and insight into this man's work and its historical context. And I agree that his kind - or at lest his intensity - seem to be largely absent from the contemporary world. I suspect that the Charlie Hebdo murders had a chastening effect on many who would use satire to make a point. Personally, that's a cancellation I wouldn't be happy about.
Never heard of him and until now that is my loss. Really good work, especially when he went after the so called leaders of the times. We need more artists like him.
Hello, and just by coincidence I went through some files and found your suggestion of Reynaldo Luza. Sorry he hasn't appeared yet. I'll rectify the situation in 2023.
Hi again, and I know he's not the easiest illustrator to engage with, but thank God for those prepared to shine a light on the darker side of humanity.
Thanks for discovering this guy. What a treasure. A pity, he isn't around today. He would picture our world so well,that all or at least some horrors would have at least a note of lightening spice or uplifting naughtyness in it. How lovely he could capture our h uman grotesqueness. He transcended Goya(whom I like very much=his brute inhibited force) by being funny.
Hello and many thanks for your comment. I really am baffled why he is so poorly remembered so I'm hopeful the video will help to keep his memory alive.
Excellent video. Have you profiled Bill Sokol, a prolific book illustrator in the second half of the last century and longtime illustrator/art director at the New York Times?
Hello and no I haven't, mainly because until your comment I had never heard of him. Naturally I did a quick search and I see that he was an illustrator of considerable merit. But I also noticed that information about him is in seriously short supply, so I may not be able to feature him. But I'll persevere and many thanks for the information in any event.
I'm learning a lot about illustrators that I didn't realize before. It's not conclusive, just an observation. All illustrators are artists, but all artists are not illustrators. I'm not saying one has a better artistic ability than the other. It's more like one expresses recorded information like a portrait, they paint what they saw. The other renders an emotion they want you to feel.
Very strong stuff Peter, but the colonial period was a nightmare for everyone who suffered through it. It was brave of Veber to show the horrors as they were. Happy New Year to all,remember, things can always get worse.
*Thanks* Pete Jean Veber was new to me, appreciate the introduction. Thought for a moment early on Veber was gonna be similiar to Sergius Hruby with Francisco Goya undertones but his sense of humor pulled him out of that. Butt portrait and all.
Hi again, and it seems he's new to pretty much every one. I dont suppose I should be all that smug as I only found out about him accidentally a couple of years ago.
Oh such a talent you have brought to our attention! Where is the like today to portray some of the moral monstrosities of the present age? But perhaps they are here after all -- but banned from social media! Many thanks again for this and your whole series and I hope we will see more in the new year! BTW, another survivor of a WWI gas attack: Adolf Hitler.
Hello again and I'm very pleased that you appreciate Veber's talent. I think the current satirical climate - or lack of it - kicked in following the murder of the cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo. And sadly poison gas is indiscriminate.
Hello again and thanks for the comment. I struggle to imagine how anyone managed to get through that conflict and be able to carry on trying to live a normal life.
Interesting, very interesting. I find myself drawn to his non-humorous work, as he seems almost to presage the paintings of Zdzislaw Beksinski. Very haunting use of tone.
The tolerance exhibited by any notion of an elite is the remarkable feature. Possibly the only exportable aspect of French Society since the French Revolution. Similarly, Adam Smith's apparent 'untouchableness' despite his attack on any and every loci of power, including the value of government. Free Speech was the winner.
Hello and thanks for the comment. It does seem that that satire of this level of incisiveness is sadly absent in the world. But since cartoonists started getting murdered it's understandable.
@@petebeard your so welcome its rare these days to find quality ,enjoyable content over 30 seconds in length, i appreciate your diligent research and your charismatic delivery ,, Hope you long continue and i can continue to enjoy ,, Thanks again as all ways
this is my
my great great grandfather , he was a genius way ahead of his time, thanks for that great vid
Hello and I'm very glad you like my tribute to Jean Veber. I have to confess that I had never been aware of his work until I started making these videos a few years ago when I retired. And he remains one of the most remarkable and distinctive discoveries I have made since then. Why there is no museum dedicated to him I can't imagine.
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Wow! He really doesn't hold back. Bold and brave. I appreciate his honesty.
Hello again and I'm glad you appreciate his work. It's not the most comfortable viewing but we need people like him.
@@petebeard We sure do. I'm always afraid of offending people. I'll take his example to heart and try not to worry about how it will be received but rather just say what needs to be said. At least when it comes to making art. (when dealing with people on a personal level I'll still strive for good manners. lol)
That was fascinating Pete. Thanks for that - no one who pulled so many important beards should be forgotten. I think my image of Edward VII shall now and forever reside posteriorly.
Hello and thanks for your comment. I have particular respect for illustrators who have the integrity to stand against those who rule us, and blow raspberries at their antics.
Less than savory indeed. Some of his works could be called horror? As always, fascinating insight into the lives of these artists. Thank you!
Hello again and thanks for the comment. And yes I would catrgorise some of the work as horrific. He did seem to be obsessed with the darker side of human existence.
Can't stop praising you, Sir.
Delicious stuff as usual.
Fuerte abrazo desde Argentina!
Hello and many thanks. Feel free to praise me as much as you like. Thanks a lot.
I've been collecting Veber's works for over 20 years and I can't believe I'm just seeing this video now! Bravo!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. The video hasn't been there for all that long, and I must confess I was completely unaware of his remarkable work until a few years ago, despite my own obsession with all things illustrated. I'm pleased you approve of my attempt to spread the word.
What an amazing artist .... thank you for your excellent videos
Hello and I'm pleased that you find his work of interest. And pleased you enjoy the channel too.
I visited La Villa d'Arnaga ten years ago and was struck by the paintings and the immensity of what Rostang had commissioned. However, in the subsequent 10 years, the name of Veber had escaped me. After your wonderful presentation of his works, I don't think I will be forgetting it again. Thank you.
Hello and I'm glad I could jog your memory.
Great video Pete! It's great to see artists not bothered by critisism, but just enjoying doing their art no matter what!
Hello and thanks for the comment, and I'm very pleased you appreciate his talent.
Another magnificent contribution. I didn't know anything about this great artist. Thanks.
Hello and I'm very pleased that I could introduce you to his considerable talent. Thanks for the comment.
This channel is a treasure of knowledge. I love it so much.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation - and subsciption.
I´m an Art teacher in middle school and Illustration teacher in University level, and this material is very helpful to show my students how an artis grows and develope his art and style. Thank You!
Hello and thanks for your comment. I'm pleased you show this to students and I hope it teaches them something about creativity and style.
These presentations are as great as the art being shared! Sincerely, each video is truly splendid! Thank you so much!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation for the channel content. Positive comments such as yours keep me motivated and I hope to create many more in the coming year(s).
Thank you for another fascinating introduction to an excellent artist I knew nothing of, and for all the previous videos you've made - I think I've seen every one. I look forward to more in the new year. Happy New Year to you!
Hello again and thanks for the comment. I'm pleasantly surprised that this one is getting a decent number of views and positive reactions. Onward and hopefully upwards in 2023!
An interesting new name to me. Veber was clearly very talented, but there was a disturbing undercurrent in many of the images that gave food for thought, rather than the buzz of aesthetic pleasure. Thanks Pete, for continuing to educate me in such a pleasing way.
Hi and thanks for the comment. He's not the easiest illustrator to digest, but somebody has to take on these uncomfortable truths about our darker side. And sometimes he was very funny and even frivolous.
Such a pleasure to discover this artist, thank you.
Hello and I;m very pleased to have introduced you to his work.
Thank you , again you put a light on to the unknown and very precious artists of the illustration art . Now l am having clear sight of the genres that where and how was born. Your posts like a weekly magazine that l missed . Thank you.🙏
Hello and I'm very grateful for your appreciation of the channel and its content.
Thank you again Pete. Discovering gems like the work of Jean Veber is one thing. Assaying the cultural, historical and artistic essence of said work in such a cogent, short (but never rushed) span is a feat few can achieve with your authority sir.
Your series has become an intrinsic part of our emotional, aesthetic and mental nutrition, in an epoch starved for real substance.
Many regards, and many thanks for this amazing and increasingly beloved compendium!
Hello and to say I'm grateful for your appreciation of the channel would be a massive understatement. When I first started making the videos I had no idea that I would still be doing so some 6 years later. And no sign of runnng out of material any time soon, so the knowledge that some such as yourself find the topic as fascinating as I do is a real pleasure. Thanks.
What an incredibly diverse genius, capable of many types of media and art forms with clarity of vision; amazing. Thank you for another wonderful presentation.
Hello again and I'm very pleased by your positive response to Veber's work. A forgtten genius, it seems to me. Maybe now not quite so forgotten.
Incredible! He certainly crowded a lot into his short life. Immensely talented! And a Happy New Year to you and your viewers!
Hello and thanks a lot. I'm glad you enjoyed his work. And I hope you have a good 2023 too.
He certain did know how to create bloody nightmares Pete. Thank you for this last one of the year 2022. And Happy New Year.
Hello and I hope his work doesn't keep you awake at night. To be fair to him in most cases all he was doing was shining a very bright light on our collective sins. Let's see what 2023 brings...
I'd heard the name Jean Veber before, but I had no idea what he was known for. Thanks for a proper introduction. Now a favorite of mine too.
I hope you never run out of amazing artists to share with us.
Hello and thanks. And if the terrifyingly long list of others I've yet to feature is anything to go by it'll be years before I run out - if ever!
Thanks a lot for the discovery. I absolutely love your videos, thank you!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video and the channel in general.
Thank you for sharing. Jean Veber is fantastic.
Where are the Jean Veber's nòw during this horrendous crisis ?
Now we all have to be 'political correct' rather disturbing images are very welcom.
And 'Once seen never forgotten' indeed !
Amazing what tàlent this illustrator already had at the age of nineteen ! Nowadays youngsters of that age are behind there comp.screens 24/7 . . .
Hello and I'm very pleased that your response to Veber's work is so positive. And it does rather shed an unfortunate light on the current crop of snowflakes. I think real satire was dealt a lethal blow when the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists were murdered.
@@petebeard Yes and then also that Mohammed portaits case in a Danish newspaper. Enfin, nevertheless a 'Happy' New Tear, Pete. I mean Year.
Oooh, he is my fav, i shall have to tell his fam you did this! Thankyou so much for the deep dive!
Hello and thanks a lot for your favourable response to this video. And even more thanks for passing it on to his descendents.
Hello again, and I would be interested to know what they have in mind. But I value my privacy too much to disclose my e-mail address on such a public platform. If you or they can point me to an e-mail address I will gladly contact them.
@@petebeard oooh, looks like Gil commented, i missed that.
First time I heard of him! So happy for this, thanks!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.
Thanks for these - really appreciate the exposure to these incredible artists and their lives
Hello and that's good to know. Thanks a lot.
Another unknown revealed (to me, at least). Completely unaware of his work. Wonderful craftsmanship and vision. I'm struck by the fact that so many of the great artists you've presented over the years--known and unknown--have at least dabbled, if not made their careers, in parody and satire. Lesson: humor and fine art go hand in hand? Thanks as always, Pete. Happy New Year!
Humor and fine arts go hand in hand because the first is a strong and poweful language - easy to everybody understanding - to reflect and to make a reflexive thinking about reality.....Umberto Eco has said ( and I remember the quotation in spanish, excuse me ): " ellos son la máscara por donde pasamos a la risa nuestras angustias de vivir".
More or less, and also excuse for the translation : "they're the masks on we translate to smiles our existencial anguish "....
Hi Doug and thanks a lot for your comment. I must admit I've been pleasantly surprised by the views and favourable comments on this one. Not the most accessible of subjects. And the topic of art/humour/illustration is one I could cheerfully engage with over too much to drink. Et Bonne année à vous aussi!
@@gabrielerosa665 Wonderful quote, Gabriel; I agree 100%. ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
What an interesting artist! I've never heard of him. Thank you Pete and Happy New Year!
Hello and I'm glad you think so. Not to everyone's taste but he shouldn't be so ignored. And I hope you have a good 2023!
I do so very much enjoy these, please keep going.
Hello and that's good to hear. I intend to keep going as long as people keep watching.
Still fascinating, the history of the life of Mr Veber the interaction with THE History. This is brilliant. Thanks so much for all these facts you're bringing to our knowledge !
Have a great end of 2022, and even a better 2023 !
Hello again and thanks so much for your appreciation of the video and Veber's remarkable talent. Fingers crossed for 2023!
Thank you Pete Beard 📌- I’m Astounded( & Delighted) That His Depictions Did Not Have Him STRUNG-Up… Thank you As well For Your HONESTY of Your Not Being Aware Of His Volume Until Fairly 🤔Recently … Yours ,Is the Only Attention … Most of Us Will Ever encounter , & Truly Appreciate Because Of ☮️❤️& Happy New Year from 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video and the work of Veber. He really is an unknown genius as far as I'm concerned, and I've been very pleased to see how many viewers are glad to have encountered him.
Thanks Pete for this and all your work over the last year. Looking forward to what 2023 will bring. Have a Happy New Year.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and ongoing support of the channel. A Happy New Year to you too, and I hope to make a lot more videos in 2023.
A year end early breakfast with another exquisite discovery hearing and watching your work Pete. This channel is one of my best discoveries in UA-cam, thanks Pete for make our lives better and for saving all - and others more that will follow - these unsung artists from the past. Happy New Year !
Hello again Gabriel, and my thanks for your continuing support for the channel. And I hope you have an excellent new year too!
Ditto - Agreed & TY Gabriel Eros 👏👏👏
Thank you again sir .... as I head down the rabbit hole trying to find actual prints of the artists you have featured it dawns on me just how tenuous is the evidence of our life's artistic output. I have searched through my local used book (and magazine) store with a list that only grows as I watch your videos. I have found but a smattering of printed material. Keep up the great work you are doing, every video is a journey worth taking.👍
Hello and many thanks for your comment. It has to be said if it wasnt for the darker recesses of the internet I would not have known about many of these talents. I like books, but they tend to go for the more obvious subjects.
Brilliant presentation, so well researched.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciative comment.
Hey Pete, great video as always! Thank you for sharing this. Jean Veber is definitely a hidden gem, as I can't say I'm familiar with his work at all before seeing your presentation. He has such a remarkable range of styles, which I think can prevent someone from becoming well known…
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I must admit I thought the video might be as popular as a barracuda in a swimming pool but the reponse has been pretty good.
Thank you so much Pete, what talent, such darkness, just amazing
Hello and thanks for your appreciation of his work. Not the jolliest of illustrators but once seen never forgotten.
@@petebeard his charecters facial expressions are so masterful and stand out for me against the other illustrators work you explore, i am going to watch again!
Pete, thank you for bringing Jean Verber's work to a wider public. It is puzzling why such a talented artist should have slipped into almost total obscurity. I believe you put your finger on it when you say his often violent and brutal illustrations have a bipolar aspect to them. Once again, meticulously researched and presented with what has become your trademark touch. Who's next?
Hello again and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. If I can bring these less well known figures a bit more attention then I'll consider I;ve done a decent job. And in terms of who's next I have no idea. I'm working on literally dozens in no particular order and it'll be the first to get completed. Not the most organised method but the only one I seem able to do.
Hey pete...hope you had a nice christmas and that you are sound and healthy...thanks vor your work in 2022...hope u Continue in 2023 and find a lot of 7nknown or forgotten illustrators or Artists...greetz m
Hello and thanks a lot. It's my intention to keep going through 23 and hopefully beyond.
Envisioning my Grandfather arm in arm with Veber gassed during WWI together in France, fortunate for me my Grandfather survived too. Hopefully others will see themselves in your work and Veber's illustrations, thanks for the journey.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. The idea of 16 and 17 year olds fighting in that carnage doesn't bear thinking about. My generation have had it pretty easy all things considered.
Wonderful video....thank you
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.
With most of your selections, I'm at least familiar with their names and reputations, but in the case of Jean Veber, I am completely ignorant, so seeing this comes as a pleasant surprise. Why I haven't come across his work before is beyond me; I guess some illustrators are going to slip through the cracks!
Brilliant work. The severity of his satire was not uncommon among cartoonists of his era. No punches were pulled, either before the onset of WW1 or after, and certainly not during! Satire, both written and visual has, in the current Century, become something of an endangered species, I fear. People either just don't get it and think it's real or it's attacked as offensively politically incorrect (which is the whole point, surely?) and the creators "cancelled" (an odiously Orwellian term).
Anyway, thanks for yet another fascinating instalment, Pete! Happy New Year! (well, it's only three days away).
Hello and many thanks for your comment and insight into this man's work and its historical context. And I agree that his kind - or at lest his intensity - seem to be largely absent from the contemporary world. I suspect that the Charlie Hebdo murders had a chastening effect on many who would use satire to make a point.
Personally, that's a cancellation I wouldn't be happy about.
Brilliant and grim.
Happy New Year Pete.
Hello and two words that just about sum him up. He did have his more fanciful side though. Happy New Year to you and yours too.
Thank you very much. I really like his attitude!
Hello again and me too. Somebody has to point out our less desirable traits as human beings. I wish there were more like him now.
Excellent video as ever, thank you!
Hello and thanks for the appreciation as usual.
Thanks, Pete. Another interesting overview.
Hi again and thanks for the comment.
Never heard of him and until now that is my loss. Really good work, especially when he went after the so called leaders of the times. We need more artists like him.
Hello and I only stumbled n his work a couple of years ago. It never ceases to amaze me how these talents can be so buried.
I hope more and more artists and art directors watch your videos. Perhaps you will start a modern day renaissance on illustration.
And illustrated books as well.
Hello and that would be a very good thing as far as I'm concerned.
What an creative and prolific man! Thanks for this new and interesting expose'.
Hi again and I'm very pleased so many viewers have responded well to his work. Sueprising - to me at least -as it's not exactly jolly or pretty.
Incredable stuff as ever -thanks pete
Hello and your comment is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Thank you again Pete
Hello and you are very welcome.
Very prolific ...so much work produced & diversified...
Hello, and just by coincidence I went through some files and found your suggestion of Reynaldo Luza. Sorry he hasn't appeared yet. I'll rectify the situation in 2023.
He obviously had a moral center & some serious reality in his mind & he presented this to the world in all its horrors ... *THX Pete*
Hi again, and I know he's not the easiest illustrator to engage with, but thank God for those prepared to shine a light on the darker side of humanity.
@@petebeard Agree, & this is dangerous in certain places even today in 2022 ... almost 2023 now!
Thanks for discovering this guy.
What a treasure.
A pity, he isn't around today. He would picture our world so well,that all or at least some horrors would have at least a note of lightening spice or uplifting naughtyness in it.
How lovely he could capture our h uman grotesqueness.
He transcended Goya(whom I like very much=his brute inhibited force) by being funny.
Hello and many thanks for your comment. I really am baffled why he is so poorly remembered so I'm hopeful the video will help to keep his memory alive.
Great as always
Hello and thanks a lot.
Love these episodes ..all of them
Hello and many thanks for the comment. If only I had more viewers who feel that way...
Excellent video. Have you profiled Bill Sokol, a prolific book illustrator in the second half of the last century and longtime illustrator/art director at the New York Times?
Hello and no I haven't, mainly because until your comment I had never heard of him. Naturally I did a quick search and I see that he was an illustrator of considerable merit. But I also noticed that information about him is in seriously short supply, so I may not be able to feature him. But I'll persevere and many thanks for the information in any event.
Wonderful works!!! What a brave, observant man.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. I can think of no contemporary equivalent.
Thank you Pete!
Hi and you are always welcome.
Just amazing!
Hello and I'm very glad you think so. Me too.
you are the treasure of youtube!
Hello and that's a very kind thing to say. Thanks a lot.
I'm learning a lot about illustrators that I didn't realize before. It's not conclusive, just an observation. All illustrators are artists, but all artists are not illustrators. I'm not saying one has a better artistic ability than the other. It's more like one expresses recorded information like a portrait, they paint what they saw. The other renders an emotion they want you to feel.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. Don't get me started on the art/illustration conundum - we'll be here all night!
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Very strong stuff Peter, but the colonial period was a nightmare for everyone who suffered through it. It was brave of Veber to show the horrors as they were. Happy New Year to all,remember, things can always get worse.
Hi Albert and despite the uncomfortable nature of his work the video is turning out to be quite popular. I thought it would bomb.
Fascinating!
Hello and I'm very glad you think so. Thanks.
*Thanks* Pete
Jean Veber was new to me, appreciate the introduction.
Thought for a moment early on Veber was gonna be similiar to Sergius Hruby with Francisco Goya undertones but his sense of humor pulled him out of that. Butt portrait and all.
Hi again, and it seems he's new to pretty much every one. I dont suppose I should be all that smug as I only found out about him accidentally a couple of years ago.
Oh such a talent you have brought to our attention! Where is the like today to portray some of the moral monstrosities of the present age? But perhaps they are here after all -- but banned from social media! Many thanks again for this and your whole series and I hope we will see more in the new year!
BTW, another survivor of a WWI gas attack: Adolf Hitler.
Hello again and I'm very pleased that you appreciate Veber's talent. I think the current satirical climate - or lack of it - kicked in following the murder of the cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo. And sadly poison gas is indiscriminate.
the work done during his deployment in the war are humorous but also very dark showing how the war effects people
Hello again and thanks for the comment. I struggle to imagine how anyone managed to get through that conflict and be able to carry on trying to live a normal life.
Bismarck La Boucherie is genius! I'll look for one to go on my wall.
Hello and thanks as usual. Good luck with your hunt - the picture does appear online but getting a good enough resolution version might prove tough.
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Interesting, very interesting. I find myself drawn to his non-humorous work, as he seems almost to presage the paintings of Zdzislaw Beksinski. Very haunting use of tone.
Hello again and I'm glad you found his work of interest. What you might call an acquired taste for many.
Like #415.
Amazing and transgressive artist! He was truly loyal to his morals if being 50 didn't stop him from fighting in the war and survive.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
The tolerance exhibited by any notion of an elite is the remarkable feature. Possibly the only exportable aspect of French Society since the French Revolution.
Similarly, Adam Smith's apparent 'untouchableness' despite his attack on any and every loci of power, including the value of government.
Free Speech was the winner.
Hello and many thanks for your comment and insight.
A lesson for today's artists that seem to quick to cave to Twitter angry mobs
Hello and thanks for the comment. It does seem that that satire of this level of incisiveness is sadly absent in the world. But since cartoonists started getting murdered it's understandable.
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this one was a real treat ,, some absolutly Epic Art , thank you as always for your keen eye and effort pete !!
Hello and thanks to you for your dedication to the cause.
@@petebeard your so welcome its rare these days to find quality ,enjoyable content over 30 seconds in length, i appreciate your diligent research and your charismatic delivery ,, Hope you long continue and i can continue to enjoy ,, Thanks again as all ways