# bookillustrationoftheday3 sovietart illustration

A very happy birthday to ’s brilliant book illustration of the day! Here are four of my favourites to celebrate. Charles Keeping, Wayne Anderson, Nicola Bayley and Chris Riddell

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2021-02-11

There are many, many illustrators who constantly inspire me, but if I had to chose a favourite it would be a tie between two very different artists: Viennese painter Lisbeth Zwerger and my dear friend & neighbour, master book artist .

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2021-02-11

'The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino' was Alexei Tolstoy's version of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio. These are luxurious illustrations from 1984 by Aleksandr Koshkin.

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2021-02-11

For ’s anniversary, I choose 'Lawrence In The Fall' as my latest obsession written by Matthew Farina and illustrated by Doug Salati. A gorgeous book, a new 'go-to' fav of mine.

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2021-02-11

For ’s anniversary, I pick a new favourite, ‘Pokko and the Drum’, written and illustrated by the amazing . Very deadpan and so funny! Such rich patterning & colours

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2021-02-11

Inspired by the marvellous ... a thread of *some* of my favourite illustrators, almost all sourced from my bookshelves.

I love James' Katie series, for making art history child friendly.
I *need* to own the Mrs Noah books!

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2021-02-11

is by Charles Robinson for "The Remarkable Rocket" from "The Happy Prince and Other Stories" by Oscar Wilde (1913). Looking very much like Jadis or The Snow Queen, this is the "Russian Princess". Gorgeous illustration from the "Golden age".

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2021-02-10

is by Bill Peet for “The Caboose that got loose” (1971). Famous for his work on Disney’s Dumbo, Peet went on to have a distinguished career in children’s books in America. Not many made it here, but they are full of his characterful drawings... & trains!

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2021-02-05

is by Gordon Laite for "The Blue Book of Fairy Tales" (1959) - a Little Golden Book. Laite is inexplicably forgotten today but I love his fanciful, romantic, fairytale work. Here's a scene from Beauty & the Beast, full of charm, and characterisation.

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2021-01-31

is by for "Out & About through the Year" (1988). Here's a freezing cold picture from the doyenne of illustration - that red sun really showing how icy everything else is. "Hard ground, Bare trees, Branches crack, Fingers freeze"... Brrr!

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2021-01-24

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - O is for Italo Orsi... an Italian Illustrator...he was active from pre WW1 right through to the 50s... Famous for his fairy tales, he was also a prolific poster designer with over 1000 designed in his career

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2021-01-17

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - O is for Italo Orsi... an Italian Illustrator...he was active from pre WW1 right through to the 50s... Famous for his fairy tales, he was also a prolific poster designer with over 1000 designed in his career

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2021-01-17

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - O is for Italo Orsi... an Italian Illustrator...he was active from pre WW1 right through to the 50s... Famous for his fairy tales, he was also a prolific poster designer with over 1000 designed in his career

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2021-01-17

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - O is for Italo Orsi... an Italian Illustrator...he was active from pre WW1 right through to the 50s... Famous for his fairy tales, he was also a prolific poster designer with over 1000 designed in his career

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2021-01-17

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - O is for Italo Orsi... an Italian Illustrator...he was active from pre WW1 right through to the 50s... Famous for his fairy tales, he was also a prolific poster designer with over 1000 designed in his career

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2021-01-17

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - O is for Italo Orsi... an Italian Illustrator...he was active from pre WW1 right through to the 50s... Famous for his fairy tales, he was also a prolific poster designer with over 1000 designed in his career

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2021-01-17

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - O is for Italo Orsi... an Italian Illustrator...he was active from pre WW1 right through to the 50s... Famous for his fairy tales, he was also a prolific poster designer with over 1000 designed in his career

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2021-01-17

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - O is for Italo Orsi... an Italian Illustrator...he was active from pre WW1 right through to the 50s... Famous for his fairy tales, he was also a prolific poster designer with over 1000 designed in his career

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2021-01-17