THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF GUSTAF TENGGREN HD

[@robert4724]

Wow, what an amazing talent, Tenggren's early ink and water color naturalistic illustrations are stunning. His work reminds me of Arthur Rackham and Maxfield Parrish, his illustrations for Pinocchio are amazing, IMO better than the Disney version. His later work is also impressive in its diversity and skill Thank you for introducing us to this amazing talent.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreviation. Both are very welcome.

[@kennyhagan5781]

I am amazed that I have been seeing this man's work for the entirety of my life. I had a copy of The Pokey Little Puppy as a small child. Thank you for the video, it brought back some memories that I had almost forgotten.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for your favourable response to the video.

[@NoadiArt]

Right? I have a copy of Heidi with his illustrations too

[@carolbaughan8768]

I had a Pokey stuffed dog.❤

[@constancedtheodore4999]

Absolutely love his work. Tenggren ,Bauer and Rackham , the holy trinity of fantasy lovers. Thank you for this x

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. I don't know if you are aware of it but there's a Rackham (and other golden age fantasy artists) featured on the channel. I would make one about Bauer but there isn't enough material to work with. He does feature in unsung heroes of illustration 15 though.

[@constancedtheodore4999]

@@petebeard Hi Pete , I have seen it indeed and have followed you for a number of years .(I’ve changed my KZbin name and image recently ) . I’m now watching the episode of Takeo Takei while commenting here :) Your continuing contribution to world of illustration is second to none. I think if you compiled all of this work in a few volumes as physical book copies , it would be the best reference for all emerging illustrators. I have been giving my nephew long distance art history lessons as he recently was accepted in the school of Fine arts in Thessaloniki-Greece and integrate your material as it is so rich in his learning along with the fine art history material . As a writer and artist… I would love to see book volumes of your research . It’s remarkable Pete . Thank you so much for all you do . Constance .🙏

[@petebeard]

@@constancedtheodore4999 Your appreciation and commitment to the channel is very welcome, so thanks again for that. Regarding actual books there are negotiations with publishers ongoing, but the world of publishing seems to revolve at a fraction of the speed of the real world, unfortunately. But who knows? Maybe a book or books will eventually materialise. With my luck it'll probably be just in time to be my epitaph...In the meantime I'll carry on with the videos regardless

[@ThatOpalGuy]

another beautiful saturday afternoon stroll with Pete Beard. wonderful artist. thanks

[@petebeard]

Thanks again for your favourable comment about this video and my efforts.

[@jasonuerkvitz3756]

@@petebeard You've an amazing voice.

[@seanvolk4202]

More exposure to an illustrator I would likely have never known existed. Thanks for your efforts.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment and appreciation.

[@bonnierosendale]

Oh, Pete! I loved this one! I am a child of the '50s and had all the Little Golden Books illustrated by Tenggren. I so wish I still had them now.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. And apologies for my grumpy old man comments about the Pokey Puppy. Even as a child cuteness was wasted on me.

[@michaelvaladez6570]

Your channel is most surprising in that it educates and brings back memories of times forgotten. A enlighten fact that he worked for Disney on Snow White and Pinocchio is news to me as well as thr Little Golden Book series all that I had read when I was a child. Keep up the great work it's greatly appreciated.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation. It really is a pleasure to know that the channel is valued by viewers such as yourself.

[@oxigenarian9763]

His earlier work reminds me of one of my all time favorites - Maxfield Parrish. Parrish also experienced a mid-career epiphany as well when he abandoned his almost habitual portrayals of "...women sitting on rocks..." and turned to other subject material. Thanks Mr. beard for picking this artist! I'll be adding him to my favorites list of elite illustrators...

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comments and appreiation. Both are very welcome.

[@mayajones2003]

Beautifully narrated series of images and story telling!! And what a relief to not have clumsy AI mispronunciation used. Gorgeous illustrations --only the golden book pictures I was familiar with from my childhood. The earlier and late illustrations were new to me. Bravo and thank you again!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. Your comment is very welcome.

[@markpevsner1024]

What an amazing and prolific talent of fantasy and fairytale illustration! Thank you.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and I'm pleased you appreciate his work.

[@cjdesign5700]

I was familiar with Tenggren from Disney, but thank you for filling in the rest. I feel his fantasy work would extremely well today. Thanks again Mr. Beard

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.

[@TheMarkEH]

Hi Pete, another great episode. His early style really appeals to me the most too. In fact, I thought his early work was spectacular.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. As I hope I made clear in the video I appreiate the early and late stuff too. Its just that damn puppy....

[@dlschgo]

Thank you, Pete, for putting a name to images in my memory. My guess is that he signed a contract with Disney prohibiting the use of his chosen Disney style for a number of years. Perhaps Disney reinforced that at his departure with a one-time payment not to compete-- also allowing another illustrator to mimic his style for future Disney work. That would have hardly mattered to Tenggren since he had so many styles at his disposal that he wouldn't have given that a second thought.

[@petebeard]

Many tthanks for your comment and appreiation. I just wish I could have found out something definitive - particularly some remarks from Tenggren himself - about the transformation. Otherwise all we can do is speculate, as you so rightly say.

[@ykrgfk]

I've always loved the illustrators of the 'Golden Age' but had never heard of Tenggren. What a range of styles he went through. I agree with you - my favourites are the ink and wash pictures, reminiscent as they are of Arthur Rackham. Thank you for this film.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation, and if you haven't seen it there's a video devoted to Rackham also on the channel. And while I'm shamelessly plugging my content John Bauer features in unsung heroes 15. Sadly, not enough material to make a solo video.

[@parry3231]

Thanks for sharing this fantastical fantasy artistic talent by the hands and mind of Tenggren . I am thrilled ❤ Pete Beard ,you are absolutely incredible and very generous ❤

[@petebeard]

You are more than welcome, and your appreciation is also very welcome. Thanks.

[@pamelachristie5570]

Thank you for this piece on Gustav Tenggren! I grew up in a bookish household, surrounded by his early AND later work (So I love both). BTW, the original Little Black Sambo WAS set in India (hence, the tigers). Its Scottish author, Helen Bannerman, lived in India for 30 years during the British Raj. Brits at that time considered called everyone black who had darker skin than their own. (What colossal ignorance!) I've even come across older works that refer to Native Americans as blacks. Talk about your basic us/them mentality!

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment and appreciation. And that's exactly what I meant about the Bannerman book. I must have expressed myself badly.

[@cuddlemuff6632]

Thanks Pete Beard for another wonderful presentation of an artist of the fantasy genre. Quite a revelation that Disney's Snow White was created by Gustaf Tenggren.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot for your comment and appreiation - and longterm commitment to the channel.

[@manthasagittarius1]

Thank you for this rich and in-depth narrative, a real treat for me because I knew little of his work outside of Disney, and nothing at all of it by name. Endlessly fascinating to anyone, but for children especially the body of work is so rich in the kind of detail that adds layer upon layer to a story, through the multiple repetitive readings young book lovers pull the stories through as they gain mastery over new levels of development and understanding.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and observations - greatly appreciated.

[@jerrystaley1563]

Gustaf Tenggren The mysterious algorithms of KZbin have finally sent me one of your videos that is recent rather then years old. What an incredible Swedish-American with an imaginative talent that ran the gamut from super detailed elves, fairies, gnomes and trolls to cheery puppy and kitten childrens' books. I remember and loved those scenes he was involved with in his Disney's days. Perhaps this is why his later illustrations were so simplified from those in his early career. Like you, I much prefer his early, detailed fantasy work. Thanks again for another brilliant video of an amazing artist.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comments and appreciation of this video. I know t sounds like Im plugging the channel (which I am) but if you click the notification button you are apparently alerted to every new release.

[@justicecommander9455]

Thank you for showcasing yet another amazing and talented artist. With regards to his sudden stylistic shift, I would bet that his experience with Disney let him with a bitter taste about his own work, and after leaving the company, he did everything he could to distant himself and avoid future comparations with the films he worked on.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. I had rather hoped to find some quotes from the man himself about the shift in style but found none. Consequently all else is speculation on our parts.

[@garybassin1651]

I first knew of Tenggren through his work for Disney. As I started collecting Art Deco ephemera, I came across a beautiful advertisement that he painted in one of my early Harper's Bazar magazines. I made a color copy of it and sent it to the Disney archivist. A couple of months later, I received a charming letter from them thanking me for the donation and telling me how happy they were to see Tenggren's early work.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment, and your dealings with Disney.

[@davidshurville3658]

Thanks Pete for your deep dives into unsung artists 🎨 If anything ,they predate modern painted comic book art in many ways (as you mentioned). Your episodes are an oasis of calm in a crazy world 🌎!! Now, where's that missing episode on the great Carl Giles that you haven't yet promised us? Deep thanks from a big fan in small Aotearoa.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for the comment. And if it's any consolation I've been seeing if I could make Giles a viable project down the line, although my misgivings still persist. I will soldier on....

[@Vanderwolff]

Weighing in a tad late again, but with the usual brimming admiration and warm appreciation for another insightful and thought-provoking look at an illustrator who was a luminary during his time on two fronts, but perhaps those of us of a certain generation who grew up with pokey pups and shy kittens never dreamt of the earlier (and later) more stellar displays of imagination, stylistic acrobatics and sheer (seemingly) effortless skill. This one is of a pair with your wonderful entry on Kay Nielsen (which this one sent me back to for a refresher), and both of their respective stints at Disney notwithstanding, their Scandinavian origins and influence are a fascinating counterpoint to the Anglo-American artists I seem to be better acquainted with. Thank you Pete, for never unduly favoring one side of the illustrative customs checkpoint over another, and continuing to delight us with the entire geography of wherever genius, pen, brush and paper happen to converge!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation and comments about this video. I'm delighted you enjoyed his work - hard not to, as far as I'm concerned. If you haven't seen it I recommend ( but then I would, wouldn't I?) the John Bauer sequence in unsung heroes 15. Sadly there isn't enough material to make a solo video.

[@danrend4986]

It's not original to say he is an incredible artist, but i was so amazed by his art i am unable to conjure better words to describe his art. I also see how much he influenced animation and other artist, outside of children's taget audience. an incredible treasure! thanks for sharing!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and I'm delighted you appreciate his work so much.

[@jennywhisconier7777]

Love your series, Mr. Beard. Wonderful to hear about Tenngren -- TY!

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation - it's very welcome.

[@patriciariendeau1102]

Once again, magnificent! I love your videos!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation. It's very welcome, and so are you.

[@simonward-horner7605]

Thanks, Pete. This is an excellent examination of the work of one of my favourite illustrators. Beautifully done.

[@petebeard]

I thought I had already replied to your favourable comment about this video but once more youtube disagrees with me. Probably a Biden moment, to be fair. Anyhow, thanks a lot.

[@simonward-horner7605]

@@petebeard No problem Squire!

[@rexharrison6827]

My introduction to Gustave Tenggren was via his work for Little Golden Books when I was very young (I'm in my early 70s now). It was something like fifty years later that I discovered his earlier incarnations, which came as quite shock, though a pleasant one! His transformation from the Golden Age style of people like Rackham to the neo-Deco style he utilised for Pokey Puppy and Scrawny Lion is quite staggering, somewhat akin to Picasso's leaps from naturalism, to Cubism, to his final early 70s works. Little Golden books are a treasure trove of illustrative brilliance, including the work of Tibor Gergely, who shared a similar technique to Tenggren and may possibly have been an influence on him. Tenggren's Camelot and 1001 Nights pieces are brilliant as are his works for Disney, but there's an aspect to his work you overlooked and that's his overt erotic pieces, made, I assume, prior to his arrival n the USA, and which are masterly examples of chiaroscuro. An all-round superb illustrator and one for whom I will be forever grateful to for providing pleasure not only to me, but my daughter and my granddaughters, all of whom have loved his and other Little Golden Books works as our introduction to books (others for me, would be Rupert Bear and the weekly Playhour from way back in the 1950s).

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your your appreciation and insightful comments about Tenggren;s work and the impact he had and continues to have. A true giant of illustration.

[@therealzilch]

Yep. I grew up with Tenggren's _Little Black Sambo_ and _The Scrawny Tawny Lion._ Great work from Gustaf- and from Pete.

[@petebeard]

Thanks as usual for your appreciation from me - and Gustaf of course.

[@lisahodges8299]

The black and white work images will stay with me for a long time. I truly want at least one on my wall. Birdy

[@petebeard]

If it's any help I think the ones I used were pretty decent resolution, and would probably stand being enlarged and printed at A3 or thereabouts.

[@gerardtessers]

Lovely video, wonderful artist. I was amazed at how modern his work looked, and then you came in with mentioning the year being 1925! Amazing, my wife and I really loved the troll and gnome drawings!

[@petebeard]

Thanks as usual for your appreciation. I'm glad you both enjoyed his work.

[@samankucher5117]

wow the first example was great . seeing the evolution of his art is truly impressive :) thank you for this video.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@TheFiown]

Another incredible video many thanks for joyfully filling gaps in my art education 😊

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the appreciation, and its good to know that my mission to spread knowledge about these great illustrators is at least succeeding to an extent.

[@rlatimer10]

I remember all these beautiful illustrations from my childhood and how much they enhanced the text in some cases the illustrations were better than the text and left a more indelible impression.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. As an intensely visually driven child I confess I usually didn't bother reading the text and just studied the pictures and tried to copy them.

[@chrislj2890]

The Little Golden Books sparked my desire to learn and my love of reading. Like so many children in the '50s these were an important part of our early education, almost as much so as the "Dick and Jane" readers we used in school. The illustrators were just as crucial as the writers, and I appreciate all they did for us.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Yes amazing talent, thank you. Well done as usual. Thanks again.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for the appreciation.

[@juliansw239]

Thank you so much for this (again) great discovery! Who would have thought that the art I admire so much in Pinochio and Snow White is from the same artist than the one from my childhood's books? Although now controversial, I loved "little black Sambo" for its playful story and wonderful illustrations with the tiger. That's not the first time that I discover the whole body of work from my favorite children books' illustrators through your channel, Pete. Thank you for that! (Also, thank you for making me discover that my mother, yet not particularly knowledgeable in this field, had great tastes in picking my early age books!)

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your favourable response and comments about Tenggren's work. Whichever way you look at it he was a hugely important figure.

[@vintagelady1]

So very wonderful---I love his early style but also the 1957 Arabian knights. Now I'll be on the lookout for his illustrations in books, which is one of the fun things in learning about new artists of all genres. This is my first time at your channel & I very much appreciate the informative explanatory narrative. I had no idea that Little Black Sambo was originally Indian & was about the adventures of a small child. And I daresay that many were unaware that the so-called "charming" German fairytales have been sanitized almost to unrecognizability---years ago I was horrified to read some of the originals. I would NEVER read some of those to a child, but apparently my German ancestors thought it was a great idea---how did that work out for you-all? Any way, enjoyed immensely, I'll be back for more!

[@petebeard]

Hello and welcome to the channel. And many thanks for your apprecaition and comments about this video and Tenggrens work. I hope you stick around for the long haul and if you haven't already done so please allow me to urge you to subscribe.

[@MrMumbl3s]

I love Your channel, through Your videos I learnt about so many interesting artists and felt incredibly enriched. Thank you

[@petebeard]

Your comment and appreciation of the channel are both very welcome - thanks a lot.

[@wemblyfez]

I confess, having grown up with Tenggren's later work (Pokey Puppy et al), I have a soft spot in my heart for these images (I believe I absorbed much of his book design and anthropomorphic expressions as a child thumbing my way through these early Golden Books and used it in my own work decades later). And of course I knew his work with Disney as well, though didn't know his name at the time. But, even while loving his his earlier work, it seems a bit too derivative from Rackham and Dulac (though I can see also how artists like Brian Froud was influenced by Tenggren's early work). All that said, what a wonderful overview of a very influential artist. I was unaware of the breadth of his styles. Another great one, Pete! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Bright sunshine and bloody hot but I'm well stocked with ice, tonic, Bombay Sapphire, and limes so all is well. Stay safe!

[@petebeard]

Even as I wrote it I was well aware there would be a sizeable contingent from the USA who would have been reared on the Little Golden books, and I tried to hold back my disdain for the puppy in deference. I'm OK with some of what they pubished but that book in particular was like watching Z. Z. Top having to play a children's birthday party. Sunshine here is only grudgingly allocated at the moment but like your good self me and my co-dependant stay lubricated to ease the pain. After 4 years managing to avoid it I got clobbered with a dose of covid on my return to Spain. I wouldn't recommend it.

[@wemblyfez]

@@petebeard Never censure yourself, Pete, I'm just a crusty old American whose parents could only afford the cheap Golden Books bought at the local grocery store. Childhood influences are powerful. I was raised on noodles with canned tuna and mushroom soup casserole but I moved on from THAT, so there is still hope. 😉!One of the reasons I love your channel are your comments and analysis of the artist. So stay true and stay cool. I raise a glass to you!🍹

[@timgarrett203]

@@wemblyfezthere were a lot of Little Golden Books handed down to multiple generations. They are ubiquitous here and my childhood as well.

[@KateCarew]

I’m so happy to have stumbled upon your channel!!

[@petebeard]

Hello to you, and I'm very glad that you came across the channel. I hope you'll stick around for more. I need as many views and subscriptions as I can get...

[@andrewaustin4681]

Thank you for presenting this- first of your videos that popped into my feed - subscribed...

[@petebeard]

Welcome to the channel and thanks for your comment and subscription. I need as many as I can get.

[@matthieujoly]

As always, this is so great.. i remember to have read when i was a bit younger, "little black sambo" and "the shy little kitten" (in french).. it's more than 50 years, and just to see the images instantly reminds me the book. At that time, i wasn't really interested in the artist involved, now.. I know who, and the fact that I've never forgotten the images is the proof of the permanence of the art. Great job !!

[@petebeard]

Thanks as always for your favourable comments about the video and the enduring nature of Tenggren's work.

[@bentationfunkiloglio]

I'm so happy to have discovered your videos. I look forward to watching more. Tenggren was so impressively skilled and apparently had no difficulty embracing new styles as popular tastes in art changed. I very much prefer his work in Wonderbook and Tanglewood Tales (and similar illustrations). While his color pallet was completely different, his work during this period reminds me of Maxfield Parish. Can't say that I'm terribly fond of his later work.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment and welcome to the channel. I hope you'll subscribe and continue to find more content that you enjoy, or at least find of interest.

[@artlein]

Thank you so much for this delightful and informative video. It brought to mind some of the old books my grandmother had which were brought out when we visited during school holidays.🌻

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and this illustrator in particular seems to have triggered childhood memories for many viewers.

[@jacquilayton2557]

If I had to choose between illustrators or modern ‘artists’, I will always choose illustrators.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment, and from my point of view that's a very wise preference.

[@jimdeberry6897]

Another great video, another great lesson in the world of illustrators. Thank you..

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for another favourable response to a video on the channel.

[@mariorivero979]

SR..UD..ES .UN ANGEL.., no conoci, este Dibujante, mas que DISNEY, en esa epoca, eran muy dedicados a la ilustracion infantil, yo naci en 1945, CHILE, y exustia un GRAN DIBUJANTE CORE asi el se llamaba, fui y soy ABUELO, pero colecciono toda esta.. Emocion Infantil...con..mi jubila😮cion, en la calle, compre casi 200 ilustrciones del PENECA, y es mi TESORO, invaluable, los restauro como nuevos y hare una Expo.t.Subasta de mi Coleccion..GRACIAS..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@petebeard]

Hola señor, y muchas gracias por su aprecio por este video y comentarios sobre el valor de la ilustración en nuestra memoria

[@danielteran8067]

Lovely works, and versatile artist, the image from the thumbnail reminded me a bit of Yoshitaka Amano, I totally recommend his works too, another amazing artist.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the appreciation, and also for the name Yoshitaka Amano. Lovely work. I'd be tempted to make a video but you have to be dead to join this particular club.

[@albertcscs]

Wonderful video portrait of the greats of 20th century illustration. To tell you the truth, sometimes I could confuse his work for a Dulac watercolor, or a Rackham nordic drawing, or a Pogany fantasy illustration. I think his styles were not only evolving, but highly fluent. He even looks like Nielsen with some of his art nouveau elongated figures in the fairy tales. Thanks, this is one of my favorites.

[@petebeard]

I had a feeling this one would be very much up your street. The resonance with Dulac - and the others you quote - is immense, and while I would never criticize an illustrator for wanting to make a living I draw the line at the Pokey Little Puppy. It's like listening to Bob Dylan recording "Here Comes Santa Claus". And sadly he did.

[@jf8461]

Very good and interesting presentation. 👍🏼 And I love the artwork.

[@philippriestman8516]

Another satisfying addition to the cyclovidia of artists…had to sigh when the light shone on another European master who was turned over by the seductions of corporate America! Boyoboy did they cash in on the postwar overspills of talent from these here parts……cheers once again beardy.

[@kayerin5749]

@@philippriestman8516 It is interesting that many artists had negative experiences at Disney - Peggy Lee comes instantly to mind in her famous quarrel and subsequent suing (I think) of the company. He (Walt Disney) was highly successful, but also a ruthless protector of his own vision and corporation.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. The irony with the Disney bunch is they are so protective of their copyright while trampling over eveyone else's. The Lion King springs to mind...

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot for your comment, and apprecitaion of this video.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@aikidoshi007]

Thanks Pete! Another great artist well portrayed.

[@petebeard]

Thanks as always for your continuing commitment to the channel.

[@carloshuante8508]

Oddly the Pokey little puppy was a favorite book of mine as a very young child..(I had many of those books).. it was as if you were showing my old book that I’d completely forgotten about…I would never be associated with that by anyone looking at my work…;)…..but Tenngren was a monster.. he changed styles successfully many times…very few artists are capable of that… I got to see some of the Disney originals… they are so good..great artist…

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment. The book wasn't published in Britain at the time but even if it had been I would have been too busy reading comics. Even as a kid I didn't like cuteness. My older brother cried during Bambi and I never let him forget it...

[@TexRenner]

Poky Puppy, and several of the other Little Golden Books, amused me as a kid, then my kid, my grandkids, and now great-grandkids (but I was of that demographic when I first was introduced). I completely understand an adult's ambivalence to them. As always, thank you, sir!

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment and understanding of my disdain. I even had an aversion to cute images as a child - something in my character. Probably didn't help being reared on comics more than books.

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

Another great artist with a variety of styles that makes me want to find more of his work. Thanks for uploading another great episode!

[@petebeard]

...and thanks again for your comments. I'm glad to say this one seems to be one of my most popular uploads.

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

@@petebeard i think Tenggren's work resonates with a lot of people. He might be the perfect example of: I know I have seen this but who is the artist?

[@secretshaman189]

A great collection, thanks for sharing. I didn't know he worked on Snow White and Pinnochio, but I can see now his big influence, thanks so much for your thorough review of his life work.

[@petebeard]

Thanks as usual for your continued interest and appreciation of the channel content.

[@Onionbaron]

So very strange that I totally missed him being both Swedish and an explorer of illustrations, including Bauer, Rackham, Crane, Nyström, Larsson etc... I never ever heard his name, but I really love his style! Great channel! PS. Very similar to Rackham and Crane... PPS I got hold of an Italian copy of Pinocchio illustrated by Enrico Mazzanti, a fantastic book although I don´t read italian.. PPPS, I recognize his later illustrations (from when I was young) but not his name (sadly)...

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comments and favourable reaction to the channel. I think Mazzanti was the very first to illustrate Collodi's masterpiece. I think my personal favourite is by Jan marcin Szancer

[@ekurisona663]

this channel is gold - ty sir

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation. Its very welcome, and so are you.

[@gilraybaker826]

His mid career flip is astonishing. But I like it all. Of course, the Golden Book Era is lacquered with childhood gratitude.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment, and it seems he USA was basically reared on those books. I wonder what has replaced them...

[@mikedirle520]

As you said, a great evolution of creative ideas and renderings! Loved this one... as all of of what you research and so magnanimously share. Tnx!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks as usual from this particular Englishman.

[@Freakaboogie]

terrific looking illustrations! wonderful stuff! thanks!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and many thanks for your appreciation of this video and Tenggren's work.

[@anilkumarn8879]

Wow... Another great video... Thank you "PETE BEARD"........

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation.

[@MikeThomasFaria]

Only a matter of time before Tenggren showed up here! 😊 Great work as always, Pete.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot for both your recent comments. It's a good feeling to know the effort is appreciated.

[@cravensean]

I thought I was unfamiliar with his work but it turns out we had The Tenngren Tell-It-Again Book and a number of the Golden Books in the house when I was a kid. Seeing those images brought back memories. I also prefer the early stuff but it's more clearly derivative and less commercial/print-friendly than his later style. That he worked in a print shop seems significant here.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment and appreciation of this video and Tenggren's images.

[@Polyphemus47]

One of my first books was "Pirates, Ships, and Sailors", illustrated by Gustav Tenggren. I've loved his artwork ever since.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. It;s appreciated.

[@counter10r]

I love Tenggren's work now as a fantasy literature enthusiast, but strangely, the image that is most deeply resonant with me is an illustration of a clementine or mandarin orange in a Little Golden Book (which I haven't been able to identify in later life). As a 1960s kid in Illinois, clementines were not the ubiquitous fruit that they are today, and the half-peeled orange and textured peel seemed magically arranged (not like the usual navel oranges I knew) and made more magical by Tenggren's watercolor.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of this video. I must admit your description of that fruit had me scuttling off into google but I too came up with nothing.

[@phoenixkmn]

I am subscribed to only one channel on YT, and it is this one, thank you so much, it is perfect.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment, and subscription. Obviously you are a person of great cultural refinement and taste, and I wish more shared your opinion.

[@MaudeD153]

Thanks for the precious information you have shared about this great artist! Good day!

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation of this video. I'm pleased you enjoyed seeing his work.

[@laurabarton9596]

Thank you for producing these wonderful videos that teach us about so many great illustrators. Important work that you are doing.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment. It's good to know viewers such as yourself appreciate the effort.

[@chaytondarst4143]

These videos are amazing! They are the perfect length and are very detailed with high quality images and production and voiceover, I am very impressed by your work here, I hope to see your channel grow! Keep up the good work and I hope to see an Eric Carle episode soon!

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation of the channel content and my efforts in putting it together. Fingers crossed I may even live long enough to tackle Mr. Carle and others suggested by viewers as subjects.

[@Teri_kid___maybe]

I had the poky little puppy book and it was one of my favorites as a child.💗💗

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. You and it seems many many others too.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

His books for the Little Golden Book series (and inclusions in the Best in Children's Books compilation series by Doubleday of which I still have many) were the books of my childhood!! Loved them all!!

[@petebeard]

Thanks again for another favourable response to another video. I'm pleased it triggered memories.

[@charlestaylor3195]

I am amazed at how many of these artists have done their own version of the Brothers Grim tales. I believe the majority of the artists you show have done their own version, and done it well, in an original way. It almost seems like a right of passage.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment and appreciation. From the sound of it you aren't aware of my two part video just about the many Grimm's illustrators. Naturally enough I recommend them highly.

[@12theotherandrew]

I certainly agree with your preferences WRT this artist. The “Golden Age” was indeed so. But his later 1950s illustrations have a similar magic.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment, and it seems from other comments that; how most viewers feel about his work. I do enjoy quite a lot of the later stuff - especially the Arabian Nights, but if I never see that puppy again it will be too soon.

[@garymcguire8529]

I agree with you Pete, I like his earlier work more and I never knew he helped to design Snow White and Pinocchio. This explains the sudden jump in style with Dumbo in 1941. The earlier films had a more gothic look, and a 3D over lay in the landscape shots.

[@petebeard]

Thanks as usual for your appreciation. I'm a major fan of the early background art - even up to Robin Hood. My problem with Disney has always been their riding roughshod over the original works they animated.

[@vaughngaminghd]

Hope you're feeling better Pete… (Could tell from the audio you were pushing through something that affected your voice.) Gustaf Tenggren is one of those artists I've seen throughout my life, but knew almost nothing about. Thanks again for shedding some light and sharing your passion!

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your good wishes and appreviation. Some of the voice track was recorded when I was getting over a nasty dose of covid. But being farly deaf I didn't realise the difference was that noticeable.

[@williamschlenger1518]

What an amazing artist.

[@petebeard]

Absolutely.

[@AirbrushWithGrace]

11:30 I know the reason the work changed. Deadlines. He began using an airbrush to get things done faster which changed the look of the work although it's usually a mix of airbrush techniques and traditional brush work. I'm a professional airbrush artist and I happen to be doing research for my book about it. Many illustrators made the change around the 30s and 40s. You can see it from the backgrounds of cartoons to the ads in the 50s to the album covers of the 70s. It's a fascinating tool which most people have no idea about. Tenngren died of lung cancer. I'm assuming that's from the Freon canned air they used for airbrushing back then. Very sad. We use compressors now. Anyway... I'm glad to clear that up for you! Follow me if you want to know more about Airbrushing! 💙

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and observations about Tenggren and the airbrush. But I am unable to agree about some of your deductions. I used an airbrush for over three decades and if anything those images took longer to create than washes of colour. And it doesn't explain his radically different approach to anatomy and characterisation. Last but not least I think it much more likely it was his lifelong addiction to cigarettes that saw him off. I hate to nitpick but I think you are adding 1 and 1 and making 3.

[@AirbrushWithGrace]

@@petebeard I will say I'm assuming and I don't know for sure but to me it looks a lot like airbrushing with added brush work, specifically after his work changed. I'm also assuming deadlines were getting tighter and competition higher all while an illustrator had to eat so it's not a bad assumption IMHO. I did a fully airbrushed piece the other day that took under two hours to paint. That's simply because I planned it out and executed the plan without any hiccups. It could take longer depending on the work but it's not impossible with experience. I also have techniques and paint additives that allow for faster airbrushing. That said, it's also possible the Freon plus smoking did him in. I collect vintage and antique airbrushes and I just got a complete vintage Paasche set that still has the Freon cans. I wouldn't use that now if someone paid me. Freon is bad for the ozone but worse for people to breathe and if he was breathing that and smoking... 💨☠️

[@LPetal86]

Thanks to my great-grandparents, I got to read _The Pokey Little Puppy_ and _The Tawny Scrawny Lion_ with these illustrations from _Little Golden Books_ , back when I was a child during the late 80s and early 90s. How fascinating to find out this was his work!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for the comment. It seems that quite a few of these videos fill in the blanks for many viewers from their past.

[@sinaneronat4943]

Always a pleasure 😊

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@davidcashin1894]

So funny, unlike many of the artists you discuss, who I only discovered in college and after, I actually had the Night before Christmas and the Tawny Scrawny Lion etc as a child in the 60's .

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your remarks and appreciation of the video. As far as I'm aware we didn;t have Little Golden books in Britain at the time. Or maybe I just didn't see them because all I read were comics.

[@brucealanwilson4121]

Scandinavian illustrators seem to have something special.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. I would have liked to do a full video about John Bauer but there just isn't enough material. He does appear in unsung heroes though.

[@TiniCoachEdu]

Que trabajo de edición y búsqueda de referencias gráficas. Gracias.

[@petebeard]

Muchas gracias, su aprecio y comentarios son muy bienvenidos

[@nolotrippen2970]

Well done as usual. Far more ad work could be included: Heiseys, Mum, and a ton of 1940s ads for Snider's Condiments.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the appreviation. Regarding the absentees I can only use images of decent usable resolution, and found none for those ads.

[@wynnschaible]

I grew up with the Pokey Puppy and that absurd lion! But I very much like his fantasy work, both the early and the later. Another artist who might have done absolutely stunning work for Tolkien's Ring! (you've already showed us some from the stories of Wagner's!)

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for the comment as usual - but I wouldnt have had you figured for a Poky Puppy kind of chap, even in childhood. But then I was obsessed with Noddy books when I was tiny.

[@wynnschaible]

@@petebeard Noddy never crossed the Atlantic, successfully anyway. Wil have to check it out.

[@tam_76]

Wow, I adore your channel and how your present the artists you cover.

[@petebeard]

I'm very pleased to hear it. Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@janelovesy2399]

What a wonderful artist ! I love his earlier work ! Many Thanks ! Is your accent from Sheffield ?

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation of Tenggren's work and my efforts in making the video. And you are not far out - originally Manchester but I spent a fair bit of time in Leeds too.

[@_brunohcf]

You do an amazing job with your videos. I really like to watch it. I would love to see a video about Yoshitaka Amano. Maybe it doesn't fit the channel's proposal because he's a contemporary artist, but I'd still really appreciate to see a video about him made by you. 😄

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation and suggestion. I had never heard of this illustrator but I'll take a look at some images. But you are right - I don't cover the living as their story hasn't yet ended. I never understood why Hollywood makes biopics about people who are still vertical, either.

[@Gingerzilla]

Another great episode. Thank you Peter.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation. Always good to hear.

[@christallaktorides6904]

Beautiful illustrations

[@petebeard]

I'm glad you appreciate his work. Thanks for the comment.

[@davidsparks6146]

Wow,...that was like two different people.... I really liked his early works... and didn't connect as much with the later stuff. Great video and solid research as always! Is there any data on the Overlapping of illustrators careers? Who were concurrently producing artwork together.... any information on "Oversaturation of artists vs the amount of available work?"

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. To get the flavour of any period in the USA or Europe in a decade/era try a google search for 'illustrators in....'. I've covered some aspects of that in a few videos such as American Illustration in the 1950s but it's a rabbit hole it's alltoo easy to get lost in. And as far as oversaturation is concerned, whenever the period there has always been overcrowding and many end up on the scrapheap. Unfortunately not just the inferior ones.

[@vivekagudmundsson9624]

Wow ❤ newer heard of him...and I come from sweden ..my God I Love almost all of his work .now I must look him up. Thanks❤

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. And it just goes to show how forgotten these illustrators have become.

[@sergiovasconcellosocriativo]

Dear Pete, in my opinion, I think he had a shock of "realities" or a kind of inverted illustrative contamination, when he went to work at Disney. Just like the old Disney artists who created UPA and made Mister Magoo. Hahahahahahaha.. and I totally agree with you, his first works were magnificent compared to those of the "Pockey Puppy" era. A big hug

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment and appreciation. I had hoped to find a uotation from the man himself about his transformation but sadly didn't find anything. It would have been nice to know why.

[@VITA_AMOR_MORS_PAX]

These are really good, delicately executed works.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment - an opinion I gladly share.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Fascinating stuff from our Detective inspector of Art...cheers, Pete,hope you are keeping well and safe up there in Lancashire....E

[@petebeard]

Thanks as usual, and life seems a whole lot more worth living with covid behind me. On the other hand it's made me paranoid again about the presence of human beings, and not done much for my agoraphobia.

[@scathatch]

wow!! What an incredible talent.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. I'm glad you appreciate his work.

[@augustcanyon3438]

Thank you for this channel.

[@petebeard]

My pleasure - thanks for the appreciation.

[@davevanfunk8917]

I've always loved (and still perfer) Tenggrens later period of illustrations. This is my intro to his early work which is beautiful, too. A common thread for me is Tenggren's talent in using space. I believe that one of my reading anthologies in the 1950s was illustrated by him. Still trying to chase that bit of art history down.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. Early/late both have something to be said for them. But I still shy away from that cute puppy.

[@timz9862]

Love Gustaf's work!

[@petebeard]

Me too, naturally enough.

[@alexdawson]

Tenggren's concept artwork on Pinnochio is my favorite of his works

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. I remember going to see the film as a kid and it was those scenic and interior compositions that really impressed me most. Couldn't stand the songs then or now.