Denver Gillen is another mid-century illustrator whose work I have always admired. Gillen often incorporated compelling, atmospheric and distinctively stylized landscapes in his illustrations.Gillen was a favourite of sport fishing and hunting magazine editors, creating many interior illustrations and covers. Because Gillen himself had no interest in hunting, he consciously focused on the grace and nobility of the animals in his illustrations.........
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Monday, 30 July 2012
James R. Bingham, Landscape Painter
Posted on 11:57 by Unknown
I just returned from a week of plein air painting in Northern Ontario so landscapes are very much on my mind. I hope you'll indulge me while I continue with this theme, as it's what currently is really inspiring my own creative efforts!Many of the great mid-century illustrators had a real knack for painting landscapes, even if it was in service to an advertising campaign or incidental to the story they were illustrating.One such artist whose work...
Friday, 27 July 2012
Christopher Davis Describes His Method
Posted on 08:12 by Unknown
Once agin in the Grumbacher Library edition, The Art of Oil Painting, Albert Pucci is joined by Christopher Davis, another master of the palette knife technique.Here, Davis describes his process...Like to see more of Christopher Davis' work? I wrote about him last year around this time - you can read that post at this li...
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Albert Pucci Describes His Method
Posted on 06:59 by Unknown
While I'm away plein air painting this week, I'm always referring to my recently acquired Grumbacher Library "Art of Oil Painting" book - especially the pages by Albert Pucci.For anyone who shares my interest and might want to try this yourself, here is one of Pucci's demonstrations...More about Albert Pu...
Monday, 23 July 2012
The Art of Oil Painting ... Landscapes
Posted on 06:35 by Unknown
I'm taking a week off to do some plein air painting in "Group of Seven Country", so while I'm gone, I'll share a few scans from another Grumbacher Library "How to" book I found earlier this year at a thrift shop.Once again, this sequence is a demonstration by Albert Pucci, who was featured in some other Grumbacher books I showed you last year.I'll be adding a few more pages from this 1975 Grumbacher book as time allows this we...
Thursday, 19 July 2012
In Praise of the Little Things, Part 4
Posted on 07:40 by Unknown
We've seen a wide variety of small spots this week that demonstrate just how conscientious mid-century illustrators were about doing their best work - despite knowing that work would be printed at a size far too small to be properly appreciated with the naked eye. Nowhere is this more evident than in the remarkable full colour paintings done for many mid-'50s magazine ads. These miniature scenes were reproduced at about the size of a postage stamp.........
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
In Praise of the Little Things, Part 3
Posted on 10:12 by Unknown
Yesterday we saw some tiny black & white battle scenes, originally published at just one by two inches. Today let's look at some more miniature illustrations - this time in colour and in what I'll describe broadly as a variety of "1950s storybook styles."First, here are five vignettes from a 1952 ad for M&Ms, also published at about one by two inches.Here's a 1957 ad for Dutch Boy Paints with some terrific little stylized spots...A 1950s...
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