THE FANTASY ART OF ARTHUR RACKHAM
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2020
- I've been a huge admirer of Arthur Rackham's work ever since I first encountered it in my late teens.
And although he's featured briefly in other videos I figured he was worth a video to himself.
This isn't any kind of biography but more a review of what I think are highlights from his long career.
If you want to see more there are many books and a massive web presence.
Rackham was the first artist I saw as a child that made my brain dance. I would look at his illustrations for hours and think "how does he do that?" Everything was so unreal, and so stunningly lifelike - my little mind could barely take it. His hands have a personality all their own.
Hi and thanks as usual. I was so enamoured of his work I made feeble attempts to copy his style when I was young. Suffice to say I gave up quite soon.
Me too! I was so in love with his work...it just gave me this feeling...i can't quite describe it....
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It’s kinda crazy but this was my favorite artist when i was younger too! I think I discovered him in middle school, just loved his work. I don’t know much about him and to be honest I had forgotten about his existence since lately but I want to understand more about his art!
I can still look at his illustrations for hours.
I just found a 1906 copy of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens in the library of my mother who recently passed away. The artwork fascinated me, the colors are SO vibrant for a book that is 114 years old!
Hello, and I'm sorry I took so long to reply. I thought I had but UA-cam tells me I haven't so probably my age. Anyway thanks for the insight, and I wish I could see that book.
I never heard of him before, and I am happy that now I have. Thank you.
Hello and it pleases me immensely when I can introduce illustrators to viewers who previously they were unaware of.
We studied Arthur Rackham in art school. He’s such an amazing illustrator.
Hi again and he should be compusory viewing for any aspiring illustrator - whatever their style.
Hi Ben, can i ask which art school you went to ?
@@oriel9347 Hi Oriel. I went to ArtCenter in Pasadena. Tough school, lots of knowledge.
Thank you Pete for such a wonderful series which is a real inspiration to appreciate and learn more about the work and lives of illustrators. Your humorous and sympathetic storytelling makes the series a joy.
Pete Beard once again does his duty and delivers a fascinating and informative look at a great illustrator. I've been a fan of Rackham even since I read his Alice book back in elementary school and it is fascinating how influential he still is, which may be why his illustrations has aged so well. Two current illustrators that I immediately spotted his influence in is Keith Thompson and Tony diTerlizzi.
Hello and thanks for the praise. I absolutely agree about Rackham's Alice. He makes it all seem so real.
My favorite book as a child was '''Wind in the Willows'' which was the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition. When I first started my illustrated book collecting I started with Rackham's works and was always impressed with his line work and expressive renderings. The Siegfried legends are worthy of any art gallery expo. I have seen modern gallery sales of his originals now priced in the stratosphere.
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Fantastic to see this, I never knew how he persevered right to the end. He influenced so many, such as illustrators like Edmund Dulac. Thank you Pete.
Hi and thanks as ever. Dulac is already in the pipeline but I haven't yet decided if he's going to appear solo or alongside others. Either way watch this space.
@@petebeard Dulac does need his own video. You did a grand job on this one. Cheers!
A great man moved by love of his Art a gift to generations.
For sure his work still resonates with me and good to see him covered. Lovely choice of music for this.
Hello again and thanks for your positive comments. I just hope I don't get blocked for what is probably copyrighted music.
The king of the Golden Age of Illustration! It would be lovely if they did make a museum dedicated the age of the gift book *sigh*
Thanks for a great video :)
Hi and thanks for your support. I quite like being British but we are absolutely rubbish at honouring our illustrators. Any other country would build a shrine to the man.
Thank you so much for this wonderful homage to the greatest illustrator of the’Golden Age’
Arthur Rackham.At Art College in the early 70’s we revered Arthur Rackham,and it’s so good to see your treatise on him.Thank you Pete Beard 🌟🇨🇦
Lovely video,, have always loved Arthur Rackham, and this was beautifully made and really informative. Thank you.
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response to the video. It makes my life easy with the quality of illustration Rackham produced.
Thank you Pete ! This was the best and most informative video of the works of Arthur Rackham !!!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. It means a lot.
Thank you again for another wonderful series of illustrations , keep up the good work!!!!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.
Rackham is one of my favorites 🤩 I have a couple books of his artwork.
Hi again and thanks for your continued support. Personally I'd have to question the humanity of anyone who would admit to disliking Rackham. And the same is true of Dulac - who's about to feature too.
Thank you. This brought back many memories of being read to by my grandmother, and eventually reading on my own, many books and tales. I instantly remembered the art work and how fascinated I was with each drawing. I miss books with illustrations such as his. I do not believe anyone prints such beautiful art in their novels, short stories, and tall tales today. I wish they did for these illustrations brought so much more to each story. One could actually see what the author had in mind when writing.
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response. I know (and I'm glad) that there are some who try to continue what Rackham and others achieved but sadly they are in what seems to be a dwindling minority. I'm currently putting together a video on Edmund Dulac which I hope you'll find similarly enjoyable.
I've loved Rackham since I was little, as my dad (also an illustrator & Rackham fan) would gift me Rackham's books, so we could both pour over them together. I loved this video, my only issue is wishing it was longer. Despite this, I subbed🥰
Hello and thanks. In the case of Rackham I could and would have made it longer, but sad to say average view time for the video is only half its actual length. To an extent I have to pander to the alarmingly short attention span of most younger viewers. I know I shouldn't, but I really want these videos to be watched by as many as possible.
@@petebeard You could do an extended version, a special edition. I'd say that the video is so good it would even captivate them. It would be interesting to see the numbers for the two.
As a child I adored the illustrations of Rackham, along with others covered in this outstanding series. What a labor of love this series is! Thank you so much for enhancing my appreciation and knowledge of the work of these gifted illustrators.
Hello and thanks to you for your appreiation of the channel. I hope you'll watch others and share if you can.
Definitely worth a video to himself. Thanks for another great overview Pete.
Thanks a lot Mark. A real giant of fantasy.
Thank you so much for sharing, that was a beautiful video
Hello and it would be nice to think so. I'm not holding my breath though...
I could listen to Mr. Beard narrate a grocery list and be totally enthralled. Thanks for making these wonderful journeys into the artistic lands of these great artists, some I have known of and some I am glad to have revealed to me. I didn’t know it, but I have been a fan of Arthur Rackham for quite some time! His line work and water colors have been part of my childhood memories, though I was too young to give a fig WHO did the art, the ART was the most important thing to me! Thanks again Mr. Beard! PAX…
Hello and my gratitude for your flattering comments about the channel and my vocal delivery. Finding out who did the images people remember from their youth seems to be an unexpected bonus of the channel. Thanks again.
Thank you for this video and the wonderful choice of accompanying music. I'd never heard of Rackham before but now I'm in awe.
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive comment about this video. I hope you'll find more on the channel to enjoy.
Great video as always! Loved the subtle british jab at the end, and quite right, a Rackham museum would be a fine thing! You can see his influence far and wide, it's obvious with one of my favourite French artist, Claire Wendling, particularly in her many fantasy works.
Hello again and it's true about Rackham's influence on many fantasy illustrators who have followed, and all over the planet. Thanks very much for yet another illustrator I'd never seen before, and she is a very talented. In her case it seems the overwhelming influence is from another genius Heinrich Kley. If memory serves I featured him in unsung heroes 9 (in case you haven't already seen it) .
Rackham's illustrations have an ethereal quality that is simply mesmerising. Even with scenes grounded in reality, such as the plates for A Christmas Carol, seem to be views of a faery world rather than the real world and it draws you in.
Hello and thanks for your comments and favourable reponse to the channel. The Dulac/McCay connection is interesting but sadly unlikely. McCay was a couple of decades older than Dulac, but I agree that there are common threads between them as there are with many of the fantasy based illustrators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They all wanted to create impossible worlds of great beauty.
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Thanks - it means a lot that viewers are enthusiastic.
Another wonderful video.
Hi and thanks a lot. Positive feedback keeps me motivated.
Utterly enchanting ~ yes, I've been a fan of his art work for most of my life as well.
Hello and thabks. Needless to say - but I will anyway - I totally agree.
His interpretation of the stories he illustrated is unique so much detail the use of muted colours was a stroke of genius there is no one who can compete with his artistry. I would also like to say your narration was excellent and you voice so soothing thank you☺️
Hello and thanks very much for your positive response to the video and your flattering comment about my vocal chords.
Thank you for another of the most beautiful, expertly narrated and well researched videos on UA-cam. Mr Beard, you sir, are a legend!
Hello and thanks so much for your appreciation. It's a really good feeling to know viewers enjoy what I'm doing here, and it inspires me to keep making more. My sincere gratitude.Muito obrigado
I bought a calendar of some of his beautiful illustrations a few years ago. Needless to say, that year may have gone but the calendar stayed!
Hello and thanks for the comment. It's reassuring that Rackham and a few others remain popular. I just wish it applied to more of the other illustrators I cover in the series.
It's a great joy to see so much of his life's work, what a brilliant artist he was. Thank you!
Thanks a lot and I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. I hope you'll keep watching.
Thanks for this. Rackham's work is truly a milestone in illustration. Liek you I can across his work as a youngster and never lost my love for him.
Absolutely. He has to be one of the most influential of all time.
Thank you so much for uploading this! Indeed there should be a museum for Mr. Rackham's work.
And thanks to you forthe positive comment. Generally I like Britain but we're useless when it comes to honouring our great illustrators.
Thank you. I have been in love with the illustrations of Arthur R A c k h a m for over 50 years.
Hello and that makes two of us. A rare talent and a crucial figure in the evolution of illustration.
@@petebeard That makes 3 of us ( I'm over 60.) Can't tell you how surprised and thrilled I was when this popped up on my YT page. What a lovely voice this narrator has I thought. Then I went to your bio page and saw that you have other videos on Illustrators. Immediately hit the SUSCRIBED button. Please keep them coming. Thank you!
Thank you - I envy AR's imagination - you did him justice, and the music background suited the material very well ~
Hello again and thanks again. Rackham is one of my all time favourites and I'm glad he seems to resonate with others too.
your work is a true gem on youtube, Im in love with your presentation style. thank you for exposing us to all these great artists. I wasnt familiar with Rackham before but I will sure as hell study him now
Hello and thanks a lot for your generous comments about the channel content. It's always a particular pleasure to know that I've introduced someone new to an illustrator as wonderful as Rackham. And I hope other videos will get similar results.
Same here
Rackham was the best, for me. I'd love to see a museum dedicated to his work. Thanks for another wonderful and informative video.
❤️🌟❤️Thank you very much for bringing Arthur Rackham to your series. He is my favorite of the Golden Age of Illustrators. I have several books with his beautiful pictures. He was amazing and brilliant. Such skill with a fabulous imagination. A true God given talent.
Hello and many thanks for your comment. Naturally enough I absolutely agree with your evaluation of his work. Immensely influential on so many of his contemporaries and even now he continues to resonate.
My favorite illustrator of the golden age of illustrations. The top of the top! Thank for these wonderful series of videos. Very inspiring! Thank you so much Pete Beard. (Holst's "Venus" from 'The Planets" was the perfect choice for this video. Excellent!!)
Hello and many thanks for your very enthusiastic response to this video. It is one I am particularly proud of - and of course Rackham is among my favourite illustrators of all time.
I second the admiration for the choice of music@@petebeard
Thank you for this very extensive collection of Rackham's work. No one has surpassed him in expressiveness and originality, in my opinion.
Hello and thanks. Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway) I totally share your opinion of the man's work.
Wonderful.i had forgotten about this amazing artist,that so greatly influenced my haunted childhood
Hello and thanks for the positive response. These illustrators simply don't get the attention they deserve.
Can still see his influence in more recent times. What an amazing talent. Thank you for the education.
Hello and thanks for watching. I hope you'll watch more on the channel too.
Thank you so much for this wonderful work you bring 🌻
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.
This is just a lovely, gentle tribute to a lovely, gentle artist ... one who has been a huge influence on my own work. Thank you. (And as someone who has lived a time in Yorkshire, I have to say, I love the Northern-sounding voice of the narrator!)
Hello and thanks a lot for your favourable reaction to this video (and flattering remarks about my narration). I hope you'll cobtinue to find other illustrators you like on the channel. There's one about Edmund Dulac coming in the next few weeks.
I've just bought a book of his illustrations, his works are indeed magical.
Hi and thanks for your appreciation of my work. And Rackham is surely one of the all-time greats.
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Hi again and I'm very pleased you enjoyed the video. I've been in awe of his images since my own childhood.
Arthur Rackham's world lives deep, deep within us all. I only wish I could live deep within it. Thank you for this...Great choice of music, by the way.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the video. It was a real labour of love for me as I've been a lifelong admirer of his work, and hoped to bring it to a wider audience.
Fantastic, it is amazing how even though he can retire he continues to produce. It's scary how much he produced with such quality !!! Thanks again for the video Pete !!!!!!
You're welcome, and thanks for the positive response. People with that level of talent don't come along too often, and that there is no Rackham museum/gallery is criminal.
I found two framed illustrations in a thrift shop last year and I was THRILLED. I didn't know the artist's name but I was 100% sure I'd seen his work before. I managed to snag the Mock Turtle and the Griffin with Alice, and Absolom the caterpillar as well! (both seen in this video)
Thank you Pete! Your videos have such a high quality in form and content!
...and many thanks to you for watching and liking.
I adore your channel. I'm so glad I found you. 🌹
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the channel. I'm so glad you found me too and thanks for subscribing.
Pete! I watched this one twice, there is something utter inspiring about this episode, one day when I am all grown up I would like to reach his quality of work. Thank you for this one!
Hello and I'm particularly glad you enjoyed it. As a youth I tried briefly to emulate his work and I couldn't get anywhere close and stuck to my comfort zone ever since.
I love everything about this, the artwork, your narrative, your voice and the bite-sized video. I've never came across Arthur Rackham before but I'm grateful that I finally did. Thank you so much!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the video. It's an immense source of pleasure to know I've introduced. someone to an illustrator as wonderful as Rackam. Keep watching - there's one on Edmund Dulac coming quite soon. If you like Rackham you'll like him too.
Brilliant. Thank you. I still own a copy of Aesop’s fables illustrated by Rackham. It was one of the most important books of my childhood.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. Unfortunately my copy of Aesop is just a 1970s paperback but it's still a book I continue to dip into. The colour work is marvellous.
This was excellent. I have been a longtime admirer of Arthur Rackham's work.
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you'll find others in the series to appreciate.
I'm not from an English-speaking country, and I only discovered my love for illustration when I was in my forties. So your series is such a welcome and top quality source for finding out about all these wonderful and amazing artists. Thank you very much. ☘️
Hello and I'm very grateful for your favourable response to the channel and its content. Getting such remarks from viewers keeps me motivated so thaks a lot.
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Wonderful introduction to Rackham and his work.Well done!!!
Hello and thanks a lot for the positive comment.
Enchanting in it's quiet, understated video style and evocative music choice, perfect accompaniment for Rackham's wonderful illustrations.
Hello again and at the risk of repeating myself many thanks for your appreciation of this video. Rackham was truly one of the greatest of the golden (or any) age.
Wonderful. These videos are like continuations of the books and art you show. Terrific.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciative comment. I like to think the videos will encourage viewers to explore further into the subjects covered.
He was one of the artists that inspired me to try pen and ink in my illustration!
Hello and one of the reasons for making these videos is the hope that they will inspire others and their work. Thanks for the response.
Amazing, thank you for your work!
Thanks - it's great to be appreciated, especially in non-English speaking countries.
I grew up to become a professional artist and it was imagery like this miracle that inspired me
Hello and thanks for the comment. It's good to know that later generations have been inspired by what Rackham and his contempories produced.
Another excellent film. Arthur Rackham is one of my favourite illustrators of all time so thank you yet again 🙂
Hello Mark. Thanks as ever for your comment, and I'm glad it hit the spot.
Thank you. Lovely tribute.
Hello and I'm glad you appreciated the video.
Thankyou mr.Beard.....another wonderful video of my most favorite....ever!..
Hello agin and many thanks for your appreciation. Glad you liked it.
Hi Pete... a very enjoyable video. I'm discovering more artists through your videos that I never knew before. Rackham is added to my list of favorites.
Hi John. Glad you enjoyed it - and as the old joke goes I'd have given my right arm to be able to draw like Rackham.
Thanks very much for this discerning appreciation, Mr. Beard. It greatly deepened my appreciation of Rackham and his work. A friend told me I'd enjoy it and I did.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the video. I hope you'll watch others of possible interest too.
Terrific, Rackham has certainly enough high quality work to sustain a video on his own. Thank you.
Hello again and both Rackham and Dulac have proven to be the most popular videos I've made. Oddly (in my mind) Dulac more than Rackham.
Thanks, Pete. Well done. Truly one of a kind.
I'm glad you enjoyed it
My grandmother came here from Sweden. She taught me to read when I was five, in English and Swedish. Every children's book of hers that I remember had this style of illustration. I recognize the Alice in Wonderland book illustrated by Rackham and remember his goblin book, too, and there may have been others.
Most of the children's books my grandmother gave me to read were grim, indeed - or maybe these are just the ones that got imprinted on my mind... trolls under bridges, gargoyle-looking goblins, children abducted and eaten by monsters... all kinds of strange and threatening worlds. And yet, beautiful in an ugly way. The creepy illustrations always seemed more alive than conventional illustrations in children's books I'd find in the library, for example.
As an adult, I spent most of my working life as a reporter and took my own B&W photos (and for a long time, developed and printed them, myself). I got pretty good at capturing a sense of people and situations in their complicated and sometimes not so lovely aspects. Oddly enough, people usually liked their "complicated" portraits - faces full of wrinkles and etched with shadows and set in busy or stark backgrounds also full of shadows -- and sometimes I'd run into a friend or relation of my subject who would exclaim over how I'd captured the person's true nature! Hmmmmm.
I have to wonder if being exposed to "ugly" fantasy images like Rackham's from such a young age (although some are also quite beautiful and angelic) shaped the way I see people and things, which was then reflected in my photographs? (I also took a lot of almost documentary-style photos beginning when I was 8 and my mother gave me an Agfa camera.)
During this pandemic, I am forced to stay by myself in my home pretty much 24/7 because of health issues. In order to not go insane, I've been re-discovering areas that I was always interested in but let fall by the wayside when I was working 50-60 hour weeks (which contributed to my health issues, by the way -- little sleep and a lot of unhealthy eating and ridiculous levels of stress).
So now I am drawing and painting and making collages that are full of imaginary worlds and populated by wise animals and teeny froglike aliens and giant insects, monsterous adults, creepy fish, children shooting lasers from their chests and so on... all probably inspired at their root by these books of my grandmother's! (And 10 months of isolation!)
Hello to you and thanks for your absorbing comment. Rackham is easily one of the most profoundly influential illustrators of all time and that there isn't a Rackham museum in Britain is a disgrace. But I'm glad to hear that your own childrens stories and pictures are helping you through these wretched times. I just had my first vaccination and when I've had the second I'll be making up for lost time, which at my age I can ill afford. Keep drawing!
@@petebeard I don't know how old you are but I am 66 and much to my surprise, this pandemic has ended up having its silver lining because I am not really allowed to go anywhere, so I have more freedom in many ways and much more unscheduled time than I've ever had in my entire life... luckily, I also got rid of a toxic boyfriend a few months before the pandemic began, so I didn't get stuck having to quarantine with him!
Just a heads up about the vaccine -- my sister and a couple of friends who work in the healthcare field have had both of their shots now and they all got flu-like yucky symptoms after the second one, which means the vaccine is working because the immune system kicked in. They all felt better after about 3 days. So, it's good to prepare for that, like have some cans of soup on hand and saltine crackers, and Tylenol or aspirin for the aches and pains, and lots of things to drink (of course, water is best).
I am looking forward to being able to see my friends in person sometime soon - I am in the next phase, so probably in about a month or so.
BTW, I shared your UA-cam channel and this video in particular in a Facebook group of local artists that I was invited to join a few months ago, after sharing my artwork on my own page. The folks in this group live in or around my town, so I have made several new "virtual" friends that I look forward to meeting in person one day. (We have Zoom get togethers, now.) They really liked your Rackham video and I hope they enjoy some of your others. I know that I will be watching some. Thank you!
Thank you very much for these wonderful and very informative videos about illustrators.
Thanks a lot for your positive comment.
Another top video. Thanks; and what an artist!!
Thanks Pete. It’s amusing noting who my influences were when I was 16/17 thinking about art college as a possibility. The work of Arthur Rackham and Alan Lee and a little known illustrator called Janet Marsh were key to my decision but then I’ve always been a keen watercolourist!
Hello and thanks for your comment. I had to look up the work of Janet Marsh as I had never heard of her. Very nice too and it seems still with us. I've always loved watercolour and for many years it was my chosen medium, even if none too subtle.
I am lucky enough to own the Rackham illustrated "Gift Books" of Wagner's Ring Cycle. Stunningly beauful and one of my prize possessions.
Hello and that is most certainly an object to be treasured. I've only ever seen the cheap reprints. I was making a video for a private collector and among others he owns several Rackham originals. Sadly he's in America and I'm in England.
@@petebeard There's even some ephemera slipped between the pages: among which is a flyer for a 1911 exhibition of the original "Ring" watercolours.
I REALLY LOVE this one!! Thank You!!! big fan and admirer of Arthur Rackham's art!!!
Hi and thanks a lot. I really hope I've created a few more admirers of his work with the video.
Amazingly beautiful illustrations! I love his magnificent visions. His true artistic ability deserves a museum all his own.
I couldn't agree more. But to Britain's eternal shame there isnt one. There isn't even a national illustration museum. It makes my blood boil.
I love illustration as an art form, and Arthur Rackham is one of the greats.
Hello and thanks. I'm currently working on a video about the work of Edmund Dulac so I hope you'll enjoy that when it surfaces.
my heart explodes with his work
Hello again and I'm glad you found and enjoyed the profiles of these two giants of illustration.
Much thanks,that was a delight! Arthur Rackham picked every story worth his talent. He brought those mysterious other worlds to life.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation of the video. I hope you'll watch others on the channel.
Thanks Pete for the video
Pete its so lovely and deep the way you narrated this video.
My deep love for an illustrator which i admire strenghten more witj this kind of hommage.
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive comment about this video. I hope you will watch others on the channel too.
@@petebeard yes , subscribed and discoveryng with you some hidden gems of the illustration!
Rackham is a big influence in my work. Thank you.
Hello and I'm glad you appreciated the video. And I took a look at some of your illustration work and I think you are an immensely skilful and entertaining illustrator. I hope your success is equal to your talent.
@@petebeard Thank you very much for replying my comment, Pete. I really appreciate you words and the fact you took a loot at some of my illustrations, you're a great teacher.
His pictures are stories in themselves, extraordinary and inspiring flights of fantasy
And another thanks from me. Favourable feedback is always welcome.
Fascinating - thank you. The Gormenghast trilogy are some of my favourite books, the illustrations are extraordinary!
Thanks for the comment and I ceratinly share your opinion. I was a bit confused, though - the thumbnail shown was for the Arthur Rackham video.
@@petebeard oh no! I was in the middle of typing, when the Rackham one started! I had them both in 'watch later' so I guess YT decided I wanted to watch one after the other!
Love Rackham's work, bewitching, fascinating and frightening. I collected prints for few years and have several around the house now.
Hello and Im glad you enjoyed the video. Rackham has been among my all time favourites since I was a kid a long time ago.
@@petebeard This is a lovely channel Pete, a real antidote to the frenzied babbling elsewhere. Thanks for what you do.
Wonderfully put together Pete, and suitable choice of great music.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation. Rackham has always been among my most admired illustrators from my teenage years and throughout life. So I'm glad to see this has been one of my more popular efforts.
A joy to watch. Thank you very much.
And the same again!
I've always liked the illustrations of Rackham, and am happy to see so many of them accompanied by your narration. Thanks
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I tgink Rackham has been much imitated but never equalled.
@@petebeard Is the "blurry" look to some of his illustrations intended or is it an artifact of a difficult printing process?
Hello again and I've been lucky enough to see a couple of original Rackham paintings in my time, and what you refer to as a blurred effect is undoubtedly and unfortunately the consequence of relatively imprecise full colour printing, and the fact that most of what is shown is not only taken from the printed versions but has also been scanned for digital display by people who are frequently not up to the task. It's not ideal but it's better than not seeing them at all as most of his originals are in the hands of private collectors.
@@petebeard Thanks so much for clarifying that for me. Maybe some day I'll get to see some originals in person. Discovering your Channel just a few days ago has been a delightful holiday surprise. Happy New Year! 🎉👍😎
Arthur Rackham,s illustrations of Rip Van Winkle is amazing.Before i could read i would look at the pictures in the book.They frightened me back then.
Hello and thanks for the comment. His Grimm's tales has a similar effect on me, even now.
Thank you. I've always loved his work
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. He has always been a favourite of mine since I wanted to illustrate in my teens.
I have a first run copy of Wind in the Willows with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. It's one of my most prized possessions. Thanks for the video on the artist!
Hello and I'm envious. All I've ever seen are later reprints and images online. What I'd really like to see is an original watercolour. Maybe some day...
What a fabulous artist !! thanks so much !
Hello and I'm glad you share my opinion of his talents.
The music you chose for the background proved perfection.
Hello again and thanks for the batch of recent comments. It's great to know that you - and thankfully others - continue to find material that's of interest on the channel.
Another great one! Thank you!
Dürer and Rackham, each in their style and time, my favorites, always.
Hello and it seems we are of the same opinion regarding these two artists. I've admired both since my teens.
Your videos are absolutely excellent! Thank you very much!
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. It's great to know viewers enjoy the content.
Thank you for this - the music so Complements but never distracts - love it
Hello and this is a '2 replies for the price of on' deal. Many thanks for your appreciation of the latest unsung heroes instalment , and I'm particulary pleased you appreciate the music in the Rackham video. I must admit I thought it worked quite well.
new subscriber. your stuff is so awesome! I'm digging through your previous videos because they are timeless and inspiring!
hello and welcome to the channel. Thanks a lot for subscribing and I hope you continue to find stuff you like on the channel.
Very well done! Thank you for the light on these beautiful works of art. Liked and subscribed.
Hi there and thanks a lot for your positive review. I hope you continue to find the rest of the channel worthwhile.
Simply the best....ever!....thankyou gor your perspective...love it😎
Hello and thanks to you for your flattering comment. I'm glad you enjoy the channel. I hope you watch more and sunscribe/share if you can.
These videos are awesome Peter. Thank you!
Hello and many thanks for your favourable response to the channel. It matters to me.
My god, his work is stunning .. I never know about Rackham at all .. I mean not at all.
My god! what a shame; such fine works of art are not published nor promoted.
Hello and I'm very pleased that I have introduced you to Rackham's beautiful illustration. That's what the channel is for.