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Dienstag, 25. September 2018

The Rainbow Book illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Hugh Thomson, Bernard Partridge, Lewis Baumer, Harry Rountree, C. Wilhelm


Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which roughly encompassed the years from 1890 until the end of the First World War.

Hugh Thomson (1860 -1920) was an Irish Illustrator born at Coleraine near Londonderry. He is best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie.

Sir John Bernard Partridge (1861 – 1945) was an English illustrator. In 1891 he joined the staff of Punch  and, in 1910, became its chief cartoonist. During his time at Punch, Partridge published several cartoons showing his support for the Suffragist movement. He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and of The Pastel Society. In 1915, he designed World War I posters.

Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer (1870 – 1963) was an English caricaturist who worked for more than fifty years for the British magazine Punch.
He had studied at the St John's Wood Art School under A. A. Calderon, at the Roya Academy of Arts, and at the Royal College of Art. His first drawings appeared in the Pall Mall magazine in 1893; in 1897, his first cartoon in Punch appeared. In 1921, he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.

Harry Rountree (1878 – 1950)was a prolific illustrator working in England around the turn of the 20th century. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, he moved to London in 1901, when he was 23 years old. Rountree produced well-liked cartoons for the magazine Punch from 1905 to 1939, and also created advertising, posters and book illustrations for writers such as P. G. Wodehouse and Arthur Conan Doyle. Largely forgotten, and living in poverty, Rountree died in St Ives, Cornwall in 1950.

William John Charles Pitcher (21 March 1858 – 2 March 1925), known as Wilhelm or C. Wilhelm, was an English artist, costume and scenery designer, best known for his designs for ballets, pantomimes, comic operas, and Edwardian musical comedies. In his last years, he focused on watercolour painting, especially of flowers and plant life, and illustrating children's books, including The Child of the Air, and he was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1920.




 Frontispiece
The Fish-King and the Dog-Fish




ADVENTURES IN WIZARD-LAND 
illustrated by
ARTHUR RACKHAM




  "SO YOU'VE COME TO SEE THE WIZARD," HE SAID



"ALL THESE POOR CREATURES WERE CHILDREN”



HE TOOK TWO JEWELLED CIRCLETS OUT OF A SATCHEL

"I AM THE BIRD-FAIRY," SHE SAID

   ITS HEAD WAS PATTED GRACIOUSLY
   THEY MET MANY A QUAINT CREATURE

  WHAT A GLORIOUS RIDE THAT WAS


SHE STROKED IT ACTUALLY STROKED IT


TAKING THE BOY AND GIRL BY A HAND, HE LED  THEM


   THE WIZARD, WITH A GROAN OF PAIN, HAD LEAPT BACK
   LYING FULL LENGTH ON THE GROUND NEXT TO HIS SHATTERED INVENTION


  THE LITTLE PICTURE GIRL 
Illustrated by HUGH THOMSON





 THE LITTLE PICTURE GIRL

 HE MOUNTED IT VERTY CAREFULLY

 IN MARCHED A STOUT BEADLE

 SMILED AS SHE WAVED GOOD-BYE


 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY'S DREAM
Illustrated  by BERNARD PARTRIDGE


 
THEN SHE ACCEPTED HIS INVITATION TO DANCE


  " IT IS YOU, O PRINCE, THE YOUTH OF MY DREAM !"


THE GAMEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER.  
Illustrated by LEWIS BAUMER


   "YOU CAN JUST  HAND OVER THE PHEASANT!"






   "WHO ARE YOU, THEN?"




SHE RAN AND FETCHED HIS PRESENTS SHE WAS ANXIOUS TO SHOW


FATHER CHRISTMAS AT HOME
Illustrated by ARTHUR RACKHAM

  IT WAS A VERY, VERY LONG LADDER
  

"I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW YOU' RE TRESPASSING?" 



  THE TWO REINDEER . . .SPED RAPIDLY AWAY 


CEDRIC'S UNACCOUNTABLE ADVENTURE 
Illustrated by HARRY ROUNTREE

    LAY LOW, AND HATCHED AN AUDACIOUS PLOT

"OF COURSE YOUR YOUNG MAJESTY HAS GOT THE KEY!"

"I REALLY DO LOOK EVERY INCH A KING!" 


  CHRISTMAS AT THE COURT OF KING JORUM 
  Illustrated by HUGH THOMSON

 LOOKING NEITHER TO THE RIGHT NOR TO THE LEFT


MONICA THE MOON CHILD 
Illustrated by C. WILHELM
 

     SHE WAS SOARING LIKE A BIRD RIGHT OUT INTO THE NIGHT

  ROUND ABOUT WAS NOTHING BUT MOUNTAINS, CRATERS, CAVERNS



   A TINY FIGURE, NO BIGGER THAN MONICA'S DOLL



   ROWS  UPON  ROWS OF THE BEAUTIFULLEST ROSES


THE MAN LIFTED HIS ARM SO THAT HIS FACE WAS ONCE MORE HIDDEN IN GLOOM 



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