“With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.”

― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

🎨Henrique Alvim Corrêa

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Henrique Alvim Vorrea's War of the Worlds illustrations are surreal, haunted, and absurd and simply wonderful.

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Teoricamente o Bone, esse ser albino q em sua primeira versão era um bichinho todo torto q eu desenhava pra zoar e q depois melhorei o design
Mas Alvim e Kevin foram os primeiros q eu parei e pensei num backstore para eles

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La guerra de los mundos, de H. G. Wells, con ilustraciones de Henrique Alvim Corrêa

https://t.co/i4O3gnoTbn

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A prô nazista lá de Ponta Grossa. Se ganhar ela já tem CV para secretaria de cultura. Lembram do Roberto Alvim?

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Various illustrations for the 1906 edition of WAR OF THE WORLDS.
By Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corréa.

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A few more of Alvim-Corrêa's nightmarish illustrations for the 1906 French edition of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic... 5/

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HG Wells was deeply impressed by Alvim-Corrêa's striking illustrations, so much so, that he invited him to illustrate this, the first French translation in book form. Wells later stated that "Alvim-Corrêa did more for my work with his brush than I with my pen". 2/

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Martian Fighting-Machine tripods are invading! Who can stop them?

Perhaps a band of intrepid Aethernauts, LIKE YOU!

(image Alvim Correa)

https://t.co/F4AJQsUqFc

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The Martian fighting machines at The Thames, by Henrique Alvim Correa, from the 1906 Belgian illustrated version of H. G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds.

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🛸 Henrique Alvim Corrêa (Brazilian, 1876-1910)
He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is best known for his illustrations of a French translation of H. G. Wells's novel "The War of the Worlds".

https://t.co/tQvDEUQneB

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March 5 of my features the artist He’s best know for his illustrations of a French translation of His illustrations are among my favorites for that story.

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Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corréa’s terrifying but brilliant illustrations (1906) for HG Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” (1898) still resonate. Corréa died young, but his artistic voice endures 👽#WyrdWednesday

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Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes …

War of the Worlds
 HG Wells 1897



Art: Henrique Alvim Corrêa
1906 edition

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This is Mujtahid chief of the Ulemas, scholars of Islamic law. He is portrayed in the Album of Costumes of Turkey created by Octavian Dalvimart in 1802 https://t.co/cCsOwSR2xS

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Horrifying 1906 Illustrations of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds

Discover the Art of Henrique Alvim Corrêa

https://t.co/bNxRZT9nP7

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H G Wells (1866-1946) The War of the Worlds illustrated by Henrique Alvim-Corrêa (1876-1910)

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(5) Another "War Of The Worlds" illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa for HG Wells masterpiece (1906).
Corrêa died of tuberculosis at age thirty-four, only a few years after the illustrations were published.

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