5 tragedies by Shakespeare, retold by Bruno Blume and lavishly illustrated by 5 artists (Susanne Janssen, Anke Feuchtenberger, Jacky Gleich, Pascale Küng, Alice Wellinger). The focus of the narrative and artistic reinterpretation is the role of women in Shakespeare’s works. Here we can admire the reinterpretation of Othello by Alice Wellinger. A series of paintings, as delicate in […]
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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, BEATRIX POTTER, 1902 – #illusthursday
The tale of Peter Rabbit is Beatrix Potter’s most popular and well-loved children book; it has been translated into 36 languages, and it is one of the best-selling books of all time (45 million copies sold!). The story is about a mischievous rabbit that disobeys his mother’s orders, risks his life running off in McGregor’s vegetable garden and faces […]
NORMAN ROCKWELL, TRIPLE SELF-PORTRAIT, 1960 – #illusthursday
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) is one of the best known and loved American illustrators of the twentieth century. Known for his commercial paintings, for more than six decades he brought to life more than 4,000 original artworks, painting humans and everyday life with his subtle and talented eye. THE CRITICS Despite his broad popular success and […]
SHAUN TAN, THE RED TREE (2001) – #illusthursday
The Red Tree is Shaun Tan’s way to play with experimental narrative: the idea of a book without a story. A tale that has no story in terms of narration, but has an incredible strength. A sequence of beautiful paintings that create imaginary landscapes; few words that appear here and there; a tiny red leaf that […]
GERALD SCARFE, THE WALL, 1979
When illustration and music collide… something powerful happens. We all know who Pink Floyd are, and their concept album The Wall (1979) is regarded now as one of the most inventive projects in the history of Rock. But what about the illustrator behind these iconic images? Gerald Scarfe (b. 1936) is an English illustrator. As a little […]
MALIKA FAVRE, “THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT”, 2018. A brief intro to Illustration
First #illusthursday post! Friendly warning: today’s article will be a little longer, since a brief introduction about illustration is needed. Cut to the chase. Illustration is something that has been hanging around with mankind across all cultures and time periods. Born as a secondary art, spread in popular culture thanks to the mass production era […]
Zoom On Contemporary Art 