Hi Pete, your output provides the benchmark for high quality, entertaining and educational video's on UA-cam. Congratulations on reaching 50K subscribers. There is little doubt that this figure will increase to 100K and beyond. Thanks for all of your hard work.
Hi Mark and many thanks for the comment. I try (but don't always succeed) to rise above the notion of chasing numbers but I must admit I'm delighted to have passed 50,000 subs. I never imagined such a thing would happen when I first began making the videos.
Hi Pete! It's a huge amount of viewers! Succes isn't a number but it helps....and in our - increasingly - conflictive world, your art view, of "unsung heroes" help us to believe - more - in art, in people who made it.... May be you would look for in some ucranian "unsung heroes" to show us this area of unknown creative country area. Thanks again for your work.
I was one of Eileen Mayo's students at the National Art School in Sydney in the late 1950s/early 1960s. She taught book illustration and we did some of our best work in her classes. Her own work was stunning - versatile and very beautiful. It's so pleasing to see you have found so many examples, Pete. Thank you.
Hello and many thanks for your comment and appreciation. That must have been quite an experience - back in the day when those teaching in art schools actually knew what they were talking about. I had been more familiar with her art than her illustration before making the video and was delighted to find so many great images that were completely new to me.
Beyond the word "bagatelle" there's another French word that means a special toy... but... more rightfully so: I ought to rightfully claim your video offerings as "Fabrigé Eggs" because: I truly DO treasure them and they are all/ Exquisite Finds. May I? Further add? I truly found worthy of delight the simple Line drawing of the magazine reading centaur from the island of Crete who, on vacationing in Athens, stopped by Sophocles's black- Smithery shoppe, and took time to have his shoes rotated after each 5000 miles clip. Thank you, always, Sir Beard,for your wondrous sense of humor in word & visuals. Now..... if there were only a way: that we could -- "Cater" these Events! (Cheery! O!) Respectfully submitted for your consideration Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Another SUPERB video, Mr Beard. Thank you. LIFE Magazine of the 3rd July 1944 contains a long illustrated article on Robert Högfeldt sitting out Sweden's controversial WW2 neutrality making do with the rationing of cigars by grinding up the stubs and smoking them in a pipe. The old men ogling the naked girl is his oft rendered comic scene of the not very funny episode of Susanna and the Elders in the Book of Daniel. I have seen many versions and there is even one of them all as children. I find his work VERY desirable but he is hotly sought and bought and I have never found one that I could afford. Nicolas Bentleys father was E C(lerihew) Bentley inventor of the 4 -line Clerihew which in later editions and magazines was illustrated by Nicolas.
Hello again and thanks a lot for your appreciation, and yes I had to think which of the Susanna pictures could be left out. He certainly was an interesting creator. I detect some Kley and John Bauer influence but I'm a sucker for pen, ink and wash.
What a huge and wonderful contribution you are making, re-introducing the world to the astounding whimsical wonders of all-but-forgotten artists. Your channel is a true treasure-trove.
Hello and I have to say that getting appreciative comments such as yours is one of the greatest and unexpected pleasures of making these videos. Knowing that there are others out there who enjoy discovering such talents makes this seem like a worthwhile endeavour. So thanks a lot.
It took me a second to realize, they weren't puppies in groups of three - and when I did, I literally said out loud; that is adorable! I LOVE the picture at 6:20
Hello again and I thought I had already replied to your latest comment but youtube seem to think otherwise. So thanks for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the illustrations on show.
Wow ... What a fascinating quartet. Such varied talent. Have always had a soft spot for line drawing such as Mr. Bentley's, Remarkable. Seventy eight episodes already; such a treasure trove. Thank you Mr. Beard.
Hello again, and thanks a lot for your comment, and indeed all the others along the way. This is turning into quite the journey for me, that's for sure.
I know I'm going to enjoy breakfast even more when a new episode appears and this one did not disappoint!! Robert Hogfeldt reminds me a bit of Tim Kirk or Peter de Seve, whimsical and funny (the couple on the moonlit balcony with the father cutting the rope ladder underneath 🤣! ... could be a New Yorker cover!)
Hello again, and I thought I had already replied to you but youtube seems to disagree. So here goes again. Thanks as usual for your appreciation and especially for the two names, both of which I had never heard before. And this de Seve chap in particular looks like someone whos work will give me many hours of envious fascination. Thanks again.
I'm from Sweden. I appreciate that you took the time to look up how to pronounce ö and didn't just replace it with an o like most English speakers tend to do
Thank you for bringing to light many past illustrators of Britain and Europe that I wasn't aware of.You make very nice, succinct presentations. Thanks!
Hello and I'm pleased you like his remarkable work. I saw someof it years back but it wasn't credited and I could nvever track him down until about a year ago when I came upon him by accident.
@@petebeard They have inspired me to learn how to make pictures. It's kind of huge. Today is day 59 since I started drawing. I have a long way to go...but I'm well on my way. It's very exciting.
Pete, I’ve been binge watching your videos for quite a while now and they are superb and very educative. The world of illustration is rather unsung to many, with all but a few names failing to make the ‘household name’ category. Whilst the work of illustrators reach many people, their names seldom seem to be remembered or shouted out, so well done for this mammoth and enjoyable insight into those unsung heroes. Looking forward for the next one. Best wishes.
Hello to you and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel and its content. And I was hoping the series might bring these great illustrators at least a little more recognition. And of course I had to look at your channel and website, and allow me to say how much I admire what you do. A long time ago I dabbled in watercolour but nothing in this class.
Thanks, Pete. Praise indeed. Watercolour is such a tricky medium. This is why I am appreciating your channel so much too, because so many of those guys had a great command of just about every aspect of the trade. Your narrative has given me much to think about. The language of art and teaching can actually make you realise things you never did before. Just being aware of say ‘aesthetic balance’ is stuff I wish I’d had back in my college days, so many years ago now. My father in law was an illustrator and we still have a lot of his work in the family. (He’s still alive but 91 and retired now.) He worked a lot for DK books and many others, so, as i said, his work is in lots of homes but yet another name nobody will remember. His sketchbooks are something else! Often drawn on site with just a pen and hardly a mistake ever.
@@jellyartist Hello again and pardon me for being nosey (and ignore me if it's too intrusive) but I'd be fascinated to know who your illustrious father in law might be. Is there work by him on the web?
@@petebeard Hi Pete. Yes, he’s called Eric Thomas. Studied at the Royal College just after WW2 amongst some big names. Then he worked at St Martins, teaching typography and graphics. I’m told he gave Peter Blake a job! He worked with Dorling and Kindersley when they set up and stayed with them for most of his career but did work for other companies including the National Trust and National Geographic. His work can be seen in numerous books such as Forgotten Household crafts by JOhn Seymour, Hedgerow by Eric Thomas and John T White, plus Lots of DK titles. He would often spend as long on a rough as the finished drawing. 30 odd yrs ago when I met my wife, Eric had been commissioned to do a book called An English Sketchbook. He was given carte blanche to go and draw England as he saw it and filled about seven or eight sketchbooks with beautiful drawings but the book was never published. I’ve got some of those books safely at home though and they make for many hours of pleasurable looking. He still has most of his work in his plan chests where he now lives in Edinburgh. Sadly his eyesight deteriorated in the last ten years so he had to stop drawing.
Oh my goodness. I just recognized the illustrations in The Story of Living Things and Their Evolution, a book from my childhood given to me by my naturalist grandfather. Took me back instantly!
Thanks for another delightful video. Lately, the artists are both unsung and unknown to me, I must admit I admire your research and presentation. These are all beautiful examples of their work and their place in the history of illustration.
Hello and welcome to the channel. I hope you continue to find content that's of interest. But I advise against binge watching - even I would get sick of me doing that.
Such care and effort that's always been taken with children's book illustration. I still remember fondly some of the books from my early childhood. do kids today still feel the saame, surrounded as they are by digital media from earliest years?
Hello and thanks for the comment. That's an interesting question and one I wouldn't have a clue how to answer. But I do know that if kids appreciated well drawn pictures the Mister Men and Peppa Pig would not have been successful. I think it's only when we mature that some of us realise the inherent beauty in the images created for our entertainment and education.
I thought art history was a waste of time, when I was young and had the drive to create. Then again, those teaching art history, or any history, did not attempt to bring the past to life as Mr. Beard does. As an wiser (read old) person, I wish I could tell the younger crowd to dig deep and explore. Find those nuggets that so many pass over. Thanks again for a wonderful video.
Hello to you and thanks a lot for the comment. Somebody once said education is wated on the young and sadly I think they may have a point. I was surprised to learn from youtube's statistics that around 40% of my viewers are over 60. Hardly anyone under 24.
As usual, great work, Pete. I am impressed by how you manage to keep digging up these gems. I think we are the poorer that this wonderful age of illustration has now past. That's progress, I'm told.
Hello and thanks as ever for your favourable comment. I've personally been amazed at how many of these forgotten greats I didn't know about before starting the series. I thought I'd maybe make 10 instalments at most. You have to laugh sometimes at the surprises life has in store.
Thank you for yet another lovely episode Pete. Your hard.work is greatly appreciated! I was amazed by the textures on Eileen Mayo's animal depictions, especially the mammals - so strokeable!
Hello again and thanks as usual for the comment. I knew a little about Eileen mayos work as an artist, and liked it. But I had no idea she had also created so much great illustration and I love those Australian posters.
Nicolas Bentley will go on to be one of my new favorites! It's always really nice to see how far person has gone with their art career. Especially when their art is very similar to my style. Great video and I'm still catching up!
Great work as always, you showed once again many good artists despite not finding the details of their lifes. But their artwork still lives though which is the important part for me.
Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment. Yes it seems to be the case that many of these illustrators are better served pictorially than they are biographically. Luckily it's the pictures that are ultimately the most relevant aspect of their lives as far as I'm concerned too. I just lament that nobody seems to have cared enough to record their existence better.
I love to see brilliance. Not diamonds, some marketing scheme. One that can feel. Not know. And so treasure. That is all we have. As you expose my ignorance, I find. The gift. Thank you my friend. e
Hello and it really is a pleasure to know that these videos are actually having an impact on viewers such as yourself. I can't believe I've got 50000 subscribers. Peanuts by youtube standards I know, but to me that's an incredible number.
I'm so glad you featured Robert Högfeldt, a fellow Swede and one of my favorite artists. I own Both his "Animals and Beasts", and his edition of "Alice In Wonderland", and they're quite wonderful. "Animals and Beasts" is a little more than half made up from his pen & ink only drawings.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I saw some of his work several years ago which I thought was astonishingly good, but it wasn't credited and I'd given up on trying to find out who the mystery man was. And then a few months ago while looking for someone else entirely he just popped up out of nowhere. I really wish I had seen a copy of Animals and Beasts to admire that remarkable pen work
Hello Gabrel and I certainly agree with you about Eileen Mayo's work. Before I made the video I was more familiar with her art prints so it was a rea pleasure to find so much great illustration.
Hi Pete, Began binge watching your videos a few weeks ago. Maybe I missed them, but wondered if you had done anything on Everett Shinn? Another illustrator I remember well from childhood is Garth Williams. I will keep watching and enjoying. Thank you!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. And thanks for both those suggestions -even if I'm going to have to disappoint you in both cases. I've wondered about Everett Shinn for inclusion but as far as I can tell he was very much an artist rather than an illustrator, and I make the series on the general premise that art gets more than its fair share of attention but illustration does not. I know that in the USA the distinction is not particularly made but in Britain we have a different perspective. And although there's no reason you should know it the unsung series is confined to those born between 1850 and 1910 so Williams is also a non-starter (1912). Again this may seem a strange decision to you but even with those parameters I'm unlikely to finish those still waiting to appear before I fall off my perch. I really am grateful for the suggestions though.
Hi Pete, I am finding many great illustrators through your channel. I wonder if you are / would consider the featuring the Czech illustrator Mirko Hanak for a future video? His style is very atmospheric and playful and just lovely to look at. Thanks
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. And thanks too for the name Mirko Hanak. I took a look at some of his work online and was very impressed. Sadly - and there's no reason you would know this - all the unsung heroes were born in 1910 or earlier. I had to make a cutoff point somewhere to retain my sanity and as it is I've still got more to feature than have already appeared. But he is bookmarked and if I can find a reason to include him somewhere in another video I certainly will.
Pete, please persevere in your work. These videos are well researched, informative, entertaining, and inspiring. Have you created any on the Italian illustrator Ezio Anichini?
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. And I'm pleased to be able to tell you that he is featured in unsung heroes 77, with three other Italian greats.
Hi Pete! May be you would help me....I'm trying to remember the editorial or the collection's name of a series of american books - pre computer era - who were in the advertising agency I was working for. The books, only gestures, hands, human postures, were an aid for illstrators...I remember it - as I was watching them- some green plastics covers, some blue ( depending its topics )....printed in screenprinting...black....have you konwed them?
Hello Gabriel - and yes I remember them I think. They were called the Fairburn system or Fairburn figures. I had a couple of them way back then and they were quite useful.
Hi Pete, Your series is really inspirational to me - I am grateful for your work. I was inspired by more than one drawing you've showed to make something (Harry Rountree is fantastic). Unfortunately, one of these drawings I took a shine to was at the end of a video. I didn't catch the illustrator's name and I don't remember the episode. I'm hoping you can tell me who to credit. It was a black and white profile of a women's face - almost no detail - only the face, eye, nose cigarette and earring were drawn in if I recall correctly (the hat was implied by the background). The lipstick was red and the earrings were light blue/diamond? It was art deco. Can you help me give the illustrator credit where it's due? Looking forward to more videos! Thank you!
Hello and I see Mr. G has beaten me to it with a response. It certainly sounds like a Gruau image from what you have described - the master of leaving things out. But if you're certain it was deco then we may be barking up the wrong tree. Nothing springs to mind, unfortunately.
@@verdedoodleduck The Unsung Heros 29 14:47 Rene Gruau version appears to be a "Femme A L'Ceillet" 1981 Editions du Desastre with a short star shaped earring and vertical composition compared to the longer earring of the 1983 (and 1988?) print. The illustrator Patrick Nagel (1945-1984) seems to be a more Art Deco Gruau. Anyone remember Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" satirical video? Hats off to Pete for inspiring Illustrators.
Hello and I hope you don't mind if I reply to all your recent comments here. It's great to know that some viewers such as yourself continue to find material of interest on the channel. And yes Eileen Mayo was a really distinctive talent. Love the Australian posters.
Where and how do you draw the line between “art” and “illustration”. Much of the work of these Illustrators would handsomely grace the walls of an art gallery (or better still, my walls).
A valid and complex question, and here's the short version of my response. The differences between great painters such as Caravaggio and an illustrator such as N. C. Wyeth may not be all that great as they both painted faithful representations of people and places. But abstract expressionism or the exhibition of an unmade bed could never be considered illustration. Most importantly Wyeth created his work to be widely reproduced as illumination of written text, and that's a key difference. Fine art is only intended for exhibition, and there's usually only one of a kind. Here's a quote I like from illustrator Austin briggs. “The illustrator must combine the knowledge and talents of a dramatist, stage designer, costume designer, director, stage manager, lighting expert, photographer, research man, advertising man, art director, salesman, diplomat, accountant - and painter! It is true that what he finally sells is a painting or a drawing - but the actual art work is only the final culmination of many different kinds of activities which are completely foreign to the purely aesthetic painter.”
Hey what's going on? Opening title for this video, only had half a horse! Have you seen the Jago Hazzard UA-cam on Rowland Emmett? The Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway. I think you would like it.
Hello again and sorry to short change you regarding horses but in these times of austerity I'm making some cutbacks. And no I haven't seen that video but thanks a lot for the information and I will watch later today.
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I notice that youtube are now offering emoji-based stock responses to viewer's comments. Talk about cynical...Love those Raylambert animals too.
@@petebeard best wishes from the Hiberno Norse peninsula...I glory in the oh so ordinary anglicised version of Eamonn aka Ned ,ironically is a Gaelic translation of Edmund...another one given to me at Clabby Towers is Eam....you know these scousers will shorten everything...E
You're like the Indiana Jones of illustration! Or maybe you're like Gandolf in Gondor searching for evidence of the one ring. Anyway, thank you for the amazing content!
Hello and thanks a lot for the praise. I must admit I do think of this as a form of excavation - without the mud and soil fortunately. Some take more digging than others.
For the very first time Pete I have a mildly critical comment: I found the synchronisation of commentary and illustration disturbing. You have used it before. Is it a technique? However, I doubt anybody has ever even attempted to do what you are so very successfully doing, especially when combined with your 'monographs'.
Hello and can you be more specific? If you could quote an exampe or give a time stamp that would be helpful. I honestly have no idea what you are referring to and obviouly disturbing viewers isn't high on my agenda.
Hi Pete, your output provides the benchmark for high quality, entertaining and educational video's on UA-cam. Congratulations on reaching 50K subscribers. There is little doubt that this figure will increase to 100K and beyond. Thanks for all of your hard work.
Hi Mark and many thanks for the comment. I try (but don't always succeed) to rise above the notion of chasing numbers but I must admit I'm delighted to have passed 50,000 subs. I never imagined such a thing would happen when I first began making the videos.
Hi Pete! It's a huge amount of viewers! Succes isn't a number but it helps....and in our - increasingly - conflictive world, your art view, of "unsung heroes" help us to believe - more - in art, in people who made it....
May be you would look for in some ucranian "unsung heroes" to show us this area of unknown creative country area.
Thanks again for your work.
I was one of Eileen Mayo's students at the National Art School in Sydney in the late 1950s/early 1960s. She taught book illustration and we did some of our best work in her classes. Her own work was stunning - versatile and very beautiful. It's so pleasing to see you have found so many examples, Pete. Thank you.
Hello and many thanks for your comment and appreciation. That must have been quite an experience - back in the day when those teaching in art schools actually knew what they were talking about. I had been more familiar with her art than her illustration before making the video and was delighted to find so many great images that were completely new to me.
Beyond the word "bagatelle" there's another French word that means a special toy... but... more rightfully so: I ought to rightfully claim your video offerings as "Fabrigé Eggs" because: I truly DO treasure them and they are all/ Exquisite Finds. May I? Further add? I truly found worthy of delight the simple Line drawing of the magazine reading centaur from the island of Crete who, on vacationing in Athens, stopped by Sophocles's black- Smithery shoppe, and took time to have his shoes rotated after each 5000 miles clip. Thank you, always, Sir Beard,for your wondrous sense of humor in word & visuals. Now..... if there were only a way: that we could -- "Cater" these Events! (Cheery! O!) Respectfully submitted for your consideration Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis
Hi again and as ever I'm really pleased by your enthusiastic response.
Another SUPERB video, Mr Beard. Thank you.
LIFE Magazine of the 3rd July 1944 contains a long illustrated article on Robert Högfeldt sitting out Sweden's controversial WW2 neutrality making do with the rationing of cigars by grinding up the stubs and smoking them in a pipe. The old men ogling the naked girl is his oft rendered comic scene of the not very funny episode of Susanna and the Elders in the Book of Daniel. I have seen many versions and there is even one of them all as children. I find his work VERY desirable but he is hotly sought and bought and I have never found one that I could afford.
Nicolas Bentleys father was E C(lerihew) Bentley inventor of the 4 -line Clerihew which in later editions and magazines was illustrated by Nicolas.
Hello again and thanks a lot for your appreciation, and yes I had to think which of the Susanna pictures could be left out. He certainly was an interesting creator. I detect some Kley and John Bauer influence but I'm a sucker for pen, ink and wash.
What a huge and wonderful contribution you are making, re-introducing the world to the astounding whimsical wonders of all-but-forgotten artists. Your channel is a true treasure-trove.
Hello and I have to say that getting appreciative comments such as yours is one of the greatest and unexpected pleasures of making these videos. Knowing that there are others out there who enjoy discovering such talents makes this seem like a worthwhile endeavour. So thanks a lot.
A great way to start my day!
Hi Eric and thanks as ever. Just passed 50,000 subs I'm delighted to say.
Another lovely treat. Thanks so much for all your stirling work.
My thanks as usual for your dedication to the cause.
It took me a second to realize, they weren't puppies in groups of three - and when I did, I literally said out loud; that is adorable! I LOVE the picture at 6:20
Hello and yes that's a great image. Hogfeldt was entirely new to me and I love his work.
Thank you very much! A delight for my morning - good medicine of color, line and good humor - love the ladybug friends! and the Australian stamps ~
Hello again and I thought I had already replied to your latest comment but youtube seem to think otherwise. So thanks for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the illustrations on show.
Wow ...
What a fascinating quartet.
Such varied talent.
Have always had a soft spot for line drawing such as Mr. Bentley's,
Remarkable.
Seventy eight episodes already; such a treasure trove.
Thank you Mr. Beard.
Hello again, and thanks a lot for your comment, and indeed all the others along the way. This is turning into quite the journey for me, that's for sure.
I know I'm going to enjoy breakfast even more when a new episode appears and this one did not disappoint!!
Robert Hogfeldt reminds me a bit of Tim Kirk or Peter de Seve, whimsical and funny (the couple on the moonlit balcony with the father cutting the rope ladder underneath 🤣! ... could be a New Yorker cover!)
Hello again, and I thought I had already replied to you but youtube seems to disagree. So here goes again. Thanks as usual for your appreciation and especially for the two names, both of which I had never heard before. And this de Seve chap in particular looks like someone whos work will give me many hours of envious fascination. Thanks again.
I'm from Sweden. I appreciate that you took the time to look up how to pronounce ö and didn't just replace it with an o like most English speakers tend to do
Hello and thanks. I must confess like most Englishmen I'm lousy with foreign languages, but I do try to make the effort in the videos.
Thank you for bringing to light many past illustrators of Britain and Europe that I wasn't aware of.You make very nice, succinct presentations. Thanks!
Hello and I'm very grateful for your appreciation of what I'm trying to do with this video series.
The illustrations from Robert Hogfeldt are particularly beautiful. I never heard of him - thank you!
Hello and I'm pleased you like his remarkable work. I saw someof it years back but it wasn't credited and I could nvever track him down until about a year ago when I came upon him by accident.
Nice touch with the pallbearers carrying the casket. I greatly enjoy your videos!
Hello and thanks for your appreciation - and for noticing the little visual gag.
Fantastic !! love the illustrators work, there are so underated.. thank you for revive the memories / their life.
Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation. I just hope it keeps their memories alive.
I’ve been saving this and the previous one, terrific stuff as usual!
Hi Pete congradulations on your recent channel growth! You deserve a million!
Hello and thanks a lot. Onwards and upwards as they say. If I ever hit 100,000 subs I can die a happy (ish) man.
What remarkable artists. Again, thanks for a wonderful presentation.
Hi again and thanks again. It does seem that there's no falling off of quality in terms of the illustrators, I'm pleased to say.
Again, wonderful and informative! And I loved the bored centaur at the beginning!
Hi and thanks for the appreciation. I must say that image made me laugh - so well captured.
@@petebeard Yes!
Thanks Pete. What a wonderful way to start my day. I'll be hitting the drawing board with fresh inspiration.
Hello again and thanks. If the videos do inspire viewers to actually make pictures that's a real and unexpected bonus of making them.
@@petebeard They have inspired me to learn how to make pictures. It's kind of huge. Today is day 59 since I started drawing. I have a long way to go...but I'm well on my way. It's very exciting.
Pete, I’ve been binge watching your videos for quite a while now and they are superb and very educative. The world of illustration is rather unsung to many, with all but a few names failing to make the ‘household name’ category. Whilst the work of illustrators reach many people, their names seldom seem to be remembered or shouted out, so well done for this mammoth and enjoyable insight into those unsung heroes. Looking forward for the next one. Best wishes.
Hello to you and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel and its content. And I was hoping the series might bring these great illustrators at least a little more recognition. And of course I had to look at your channel and website, and allow me to say how much I admire what you do. A long time ago I dabbled in watercolour but nothing in this class.
Thanks, Pete. Praise indeed. Watercolour is such a tricky medium. This is why I am appreciating your channel so much too, because so many of those guys had a great command of just about every aspect of the trade. Your narrative has given me much to think about. The language of art and teaching can actually make you realise things you never did before. Just being aware of say ‘aesthetic balance’ is stuff I wish I’d had back in my college days, so many years ago now. My father in law was an illustrator and we still have a lot of his work in the family. (He’s still alive but 91 and retired now.) He worked a lot for DK books and many others, so, as i said, his work is in lots of homes but yet another name nobody will remember. His sketchbooks are something else! Often drawn on site with just a pen and hardly a mistake ever.
@@jellyartist Hello again and pardon me for being nosey (and ignore me if it's too intrusive) but I'd be fascinated to know who your illustrious father in law might be. Is there work by him on the web?
@@petebeard Hi Pete. Yes, he’s called Eric Thomas. Studied at the Royal College just after WW2 amongst some big names. Then he worked at St Martins, teaching typography and graphics. I’m told he gave Peter Blake a job! He worked with Dorling and Kindersley when they set up and stayed with them for most of his career but did work for other companies including the National Trust and National Geographic. His work can be seen in numerous books such as Forgotten Household crafts by JOhn Seymour, Hedgerow by Eric Thomas and John T White, plus Lots of DK titles. He would often spend as long on a rough as the finished drawing. 30 odd yrs ago when I met my wife, Eric had been commissioned to do a book called An English Sketchbook. He was given carte blanche to go and draw England as he saw it and filled about seven or eight sketchbooks with beautiful drawings but the book was never published. I’ve got some of those books safely at home though and they make for many hours of pleasurable looking. He still has most of his work in his plan chests where he now lives in Edinburgh. Sadly his eyesight deteriorated in the last ten years so he had to stop drawing.
THEre’s not that much on the internet I’m afraid.
Another wonderful contribution from Mr. Beard! Thank you as always for all your hard work!
Hello and your appreciation is always welcome. I'm delighted to have just passed 50000 subscribers.
Another enlightening installment. Always an eye opener for e .Keep up the great work.
Hello and thanks as usual for your appreciative comment.
Great video editing as always. Excellent choice of background music, very pleasing and does not compete with your superb narration.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of my efforts. I think I'm starting to get the hang of things now.
Oh my goodness. I just recognized the illustrations in The Story of Living Things and Their Evolution, a book from my childhood given to me by my naturalist grandfather. Took me back instantly!
Hello and I have no memory of the book - probably I was too immersed in comics. But they are beautifully illustrated.
Hey, Pete, first of all, love this series, but love even more the way you say gouache, makes me giggle every time, keep up the good work!
Hello and I know that's a goodnatured tease, but it really is goo-ash. Ask the French - it's their word.
A quick online search gives both gwash and goo-ash as acceptable pronunciations.
The default is gwash.
@@petebeard It's not teasing at all, Pete, I really like it, lol, makes my day every time!
Hello again, and that's fine with me. I'm reminded of that song about tomarto/ tomayto but can't remember its title.
Thanks Pete, great content once again. Some of it enthralled me, Wow
Hello again and thanks as ever for your appreciation and apparent longterm commitment to the channel. It means a lot.
Thanks for another delightful video. Lately, the artists are both unsung and unknown to me, I must admit I admire your research and presentation. These are all beautiful examples of their work and their place in the history of illustration.
Hi again and I'm glad to say there's no shortage of material. I really will get to Blaine soon-ish...
Thanks, Pete, for corraling another fine bunch of illustrators.
Hello again and thanks for your continued dedication to the cause. It's greatly appreciated.
I just discovered your channel. This is amazing... I might listen to all your unsung heroes series in a day haha!
Hello and welcome to the channel. I hope you continue to find content that's of interest. But I advise against binge watching - even I would get sick of me doing that.
Such care and effort that's always been taken with children's book illustration. I still remember fondly some of the books from my early childhood. do kids today still feel the saame, surrounded as they are by digital media from earliest years?
Hello and thanks for the comment. That's an interesting question and one I wouldn't have a clue how to answer. But I do know that if kids appreciated well drawn pictures the Mister Men and Peppa Pig would not have been successful. I think it's only when we mature that some of us realise the inherent beauty in the images created for our entertainment and education.
Great video thanks very much
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the video as always. It's so refreshing and inspiring to get out of my usual social media reccs and see these amazing works!!!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation for the channel. It's good to know viewers get something out of it.
I thought art history was a waste of time, when I was young and had the drive to create. Then again, those teaching art history, or any history, did not attempt to bring the past to life as Mr. Beard does. As an wiser (read old) person, I wish I could tell the younger crowd to dig deep and explore. Find those nuggets that so many pass over. Thanks again for a wonderful video.
Hello to you and thanks a lot for the comment. Somebody once said education is wated on the young and sadly I think they may have a point. I was surprised to learn from youtube's statistics that around 40% of my viewers are over 60. Hardly anyone under 24.
As usual, great work, Pete. I am impressed by how you manage to keep digging up these gems. I think we are the poorer that this wonderful age of illustration has now past. That's progress, I'm told.
Hello and thanks as ever for your favourable comment. I've personally been amazed at how many of these forgotten greats I didn't know about before starting the series. I thought I'd maybe make 10 instalments at most. You have to laugh sometimes at the surprises life has in store.
Thank you for these videos.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.
Thank you for yet another lovely episode Pete. Your hard.work is greatly appreciated! I was amazed by the textures on Eileen Mayo's animal depictions, especially the mammals - so strokeable!
Hello again and thanks as usual for the comment. I knew a little about Eileen mayos work as an artist, and liked it. But I had no idea she had also created so much great illustration and I love those Australian posters.
Thank you. Love these.
Hello and thanks for the appreciation.
I love your channel. Thank you.
Hello and your appreciation is very welcome. Thanks.
Nicolas Bentley will go on to be one of my new favorites! It's always really nice to see how far person has gone with their art career. Especially when their art is very similar to my style. Great video and I'm still catching up!
Great work as always, you showed once again many good artists despite not finding the details of their lifes. But their artwork still lives though which is the important part for me.
Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment. Yes it seems to be the case that many of these illustrators are better served pictorially than they are biographically. Luckily it's the pictures that are ultimately the most relevant aspect of their lives as far as I'm concerned too. I just lament that nobody seems to have cared enough to record their existence better.
I'm running out of words for praise🛐
Superb video, thank you
Hello and thanks a lot.
I love to see brilliance.
Not diamonds, some marketing scheme.
One that can feel. Not know. And so treasure. That is all we have.
As you expose my ignorance, I find.
The gift.
Thank you my friend.
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Hello and it really is a pleasure to know that these videos are actually having an impact on viewers such as yourself. I can't believe I've got 50000 subscribers. Peanuts by youtube standards I know, but to me that's an incredible number.
Ty again for you nice work...
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.
I'm so glad you featured Robert Högfeldt, a fellow Swede and one of my favorite artists. I own Both his "Animals and Beasts", and his edition of "Alice In Wonderland", and they're quite wonderful. "Animals and Beasts" is a little more than half made up from his pen & ink only drawings.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I saw some of his work several years ago which I thought was astonishingly good, but it wasn't credited and I'd given up on trying to find out who the mystery man was. And then a few months ago while looking for someone else entirely he just popped up out of nowhere. I really wish I had seen a copy of Animals and Beasts to admire that remarkable pen work
@@petebeard I wouldn't mind scanning the illustrations for you. It's not that big of a job.
I must say that Eileen Mayo art is really beatiful!
Hello Gabrel and I certainly agree with you about Eileen Mayo's work. Before I made the video I was more familiar with her art prints so it was a rea pleasure to find so much great illustration.
Hi Pete, Began binge watching your videos a few weeks ago. Maybe I missed them, but wondered if you had done anything on Everett Shinn? Another illustrator I remember well from childhood is Garth Williams. I will keep watching and enjoying. Thank you!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. And thanks for both those suggestions -even if I'm going to have to disappoint you in both cases. I've wondered about Everett Shinn for inclusion but as far as I can tell he was very much an artist rather than an illustrator, and I make the series on the general premise that art gets more than its fair share of attention but illustration does not. I know that in the USA the distinction is not particularly made but in Britain we have a different perspective. And although there's no reason you should know it the unsung series is confined to those born between 1850 and 1910 so Williams is also a non-starter (1912). Again this may seem a strange decision to you but even with those parameters I'm unlikely to finish those still waiting to appear before I fall off my perch. I really am grateful for the suggestions though.
Thank you!
Of course you're welcome.
Hi Pete, I am finding many great illustrators through your channel. I wonder if you are / would consider the featuring the Czech illustrator Mirko Hanak for a future video? His style is very atmospheric and playful and just lovely to look at. Thanks
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. And thanks too for the name Mirko Hanak. I took a look at some of his work online and was very impressed. Sadly - and there's no reason you would know this - all the unsung heroes were born in 1910 or earlier. I had to make a cutoff point somewhere to retain my sanity and as it is I've still got more to feature than have already appeared. But he is bookmarked and if I can find a reason to include him somewhere in another video I certainly will.
I have a feeling it was Christopher Lamberts previous identity as an immortal. Things were easier back then.
Pete, please persevere in your work. These videos are well researched, informative, entertaining, and inspiring. Have you created any on the Italian illustrator Ezio Anichini?
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. And I'm pleased to be able to tell you that he is featured in unsung heroes 77, with three other Italian greats.
@@petebeard brilliant! I had not seen your earlier post. It was another great installment. Well done. And thank you.
Hi Pete! May be you would help me....I'm trying to remember the editorial or the collection's name of a series of american books - pre computer era - who were in the advertising agency I was working for. The books, only gestures, hands, human postures, were an aid for illstrators...I remember it - as I was watching them- some green plastics covers, some blue ( depending its topics )....printed in screenprinting...black....have you konwed them?
Hello Gabriel - and yes I remember them I think. They were called the Fairburn system or Fairburn figures. I had a couple of them way back then and they were quite useful.
@@petebeard Exactly! You're an "encyclopaedic" man! Thanks a lot, I was looking for it in my aged mind, it's so helpful having young friends!
I can remember stuff like that no problem. But not where I've left my keys..
Hi Pete, Your series is really inspirational to me - I am grateful for your work.
I was inspired by more than one drawing you've showed to make something (Harry Rountree is fantastic). Unfortunately, one of these drawings I took a shine to was at the end of a video. I didn't catch the illustrator's name and I don't remember the episode. I'm hoping you can tell me who to credit.
It was a black and white profile of a women's face - almost no detail - only the face, eye, nose cigarette and earring were drawn in if I recall correctly (the hat was implied by the background). The lipstick was red and the earrings were light blue/diamond? It was art deco. Can you help me give the illustrator credit where it's due?
Looking forward to more videos! Thank you!
Pete's momentarily indisposed.
Try Unsung Heros 29 Rene Gruau 14:47
Not Art Deco.
Hello and I see Mr. G has beaten me to it with a response. It certainly sounds like a Gruau image from what you have described - the master of leaving things out. But if you're certain it was deco then we may be barking up the wrong tree. Nothing springs to mind, unfortunately.
@@vincentgoupil180 Yes, that's it! I looked through so many of Pete's videos trying to find it. Any idea where/when it was published? Thanks so much!
FYI I looked around and it is called 'La cigarette' and seemed to be published in 1983 for Editions du Desastre.
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The Unsung Heros 29 14:47 Rene Gruau version appears to be a "Femme A L'Ceillet" 1981 Editions du Desastre with a short star shaped earring and vertical composition compared to the longer earring of the 1983 (and 1988?) print.
The illustrator Patrick Nagel (1945-1984) seems to be a more Art Deco Gruau.
Anyone remember Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" satirical video?
Hats off to Pete for inspiring Illustrators.
I love the work of Eileen Mayo whose career is so interesting. I may be a little bias as a Mayo myself, lol 😊.
Hello and I hope you don't mind if I reply to all your recent comments here. It's great to know that some viewers such as yourself continue to find material of interest on the channel. And yes Eileen Mayo was a really distinctive talent. Love the Australian posters.
Where and how do you draw the line between “art” and “illustration”. Much of the work of these Illustrators would handsomely grace the walls of an art gallery (or better still, my walls).
A valid and complex question, and here's the short version of my response.
The differences between great painters such as Caravaggio and an illustrator such as N. C. Wyeth may not be all that great as they both painted faithful representations of people and places. But abstract expressionism or the exhibition of an unmade bed could never be considered illustration. Most importantly Wyeth created his work to be widely reproduced as illumination of written text, and that's a key difference. Fine art is only intended for exhibition, and there's usually only one of a kind.
Here's a quote I like from illustrator Austin briggs. “The illustrator must combine the knowledge and talents of a dramatist, stage designer, costume designer, director, stage manager, lighting expert, photographer, research man, advertising man, art director, salesman, diplomat, accountant - and painter! It is true that what he finally sells is a painting or a drawing - but the actual art work is only the final culmination of many different kinds of activities which are completely foreign to the purely aesthetic painter.”
@@petebeard I like the quote, perhaps a little OTT, the point is clear. I am “underwhelmed” by the unmade bed. How about a half filled skip?
Okat, that was weird. You were talking about Eileen Mayo's book Animals On The Farm while I was looking at a copy on Amazon.
Yes that is spooky. Nothing to do with my paranormal powers.
Who was the creator of that quirky first image of the centaur getting his feet tended to?
That's Nicolas Bentley.
Hey what's going on? Opening title for this video, only had half a horse!
Have you seen the Jago Hazzard UA-cam on Rowland Emmett? The Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway.
I think you would like it.
Hello again and sorry to short change you regarding horses but in these times of austerity I'm making some cutbacks. And no I haven't seen that video but thanks a lot for the information and I will watch later today.
👍👍👍👍👍 *THX Pete*
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I notice that youtube are now offering emoji-based stock responses to viewer's comments. Talk about cynical...Love those Raylambert animals too.
The Beard of the North strikes again...good stuff sir....best wishes from the wirral peninsula....E
Hi Eamonn, and maybe my new title will take off. It sounds Viking-y. The wife doesn't seem to want to use it though...
@@petebeard best wishes from the Hiberno Norse peninsula...I glory in the oh so ordinary anglicised version of Eamonn aka Ned ,ironically is a Gaelic translation of Edmund...another one given to me at Clabby Towers is Eam....you know these scousers will shorten everything...E
You're like the Indiana Jones of illustration! Or maybe you're like Gandolf in Gondor searching for evidence of the one ring. Anyway, thank you for the amazing content!
Hello and thanks a lot for the praise. I must admit I do think of this as a form of excavation - without the mud and soil fortunately. Some take more digging than others.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot as ever.
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11:31 It's obvious that Gahan Wilson was influenced by this guy.
Hello and I must admit I wasn;t familiar with Wilson's work but I see what you mean. It could just be coincidence of course, but who knows?
@@petebeard Thanks for replying. I love you videos.
For the very first time Pete I have a mildly critical comment: I found the synchronisation of commentary and illustration disturbing. You have used it before. Is it a technique? However, I doubt anybody has ever even attempted to do what you are so very successfully doing, especially when combined with your 'monographs'.
Hello and can you be more specific? If you could quote an exampe or give a time stamp that would be helpful. I honestly have no idea what you are referring to and obviouly disturbing viewers isn't high on my agenda.
@@petebeard Sorry Pete, I can't answer immediately but will do so as soonas possible
😊👍.
Thanks a lot.
Its not a great distraction but I feel editing out any sounds before you begin speaking would improve the videos.
I'll give it a shot in the next one - but let me know if it makes a difference. I'm pretty deaf so it's all coming through a sock for me.
@@petebeard Understandable, thank you for all this effort putting togethor these wonderful videos.
TS 2:36 cutie ones
Thank you.
Hello again and the thanks are mutual.