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[@leuse5614]

I can't begin to describe how grateful i am for you putting in the effort to document all these magnificent illustrators, some of whoms legacy may be lost in time forever, if not for this noble act of lovingly compiling the artwork in an objective and honest manner

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation for what I'm trying to do with the channel. If it means these great talents are not forgotten then I haven't been wasting my time.

[@KarePassion]

You said what I was about to compose in my mind, but you said it better than I could have. Beautiful work!!

[@soarornor]

@@petebeard Yeah, I second what leu se said. Really a beautiful documentary of an artist I had never heard of until this moment of viewing your extraordinary documentary. Everything about it was done perfectly: selection of work, pacing, music, copy, and voice. Stunning piece of work. I’m a major fan of both of you. Thanks for the great post.

[@reginaldforthright805]

Well most are pretty forgettable but this guys not bad

[@petebeard]

@@reginaldforthright805 Moron

[@paulorrmorais3697]

Great film of beautiful art!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your appreciation of the video.

[@johngraham4053]

One can learn so much from Boris Artzybasheff. Absolutely outstanding creativity, beautiful design, flow of line is superb and hopelessly original. Thanks Pete I am going to watch it again now. Wow!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. His work - more than many I can think of - really does stand repeated watching.

[@briane3657]

I can remember Artzybasheff's illustrations back in the late 1950's until his death in 1965. What a wonderful imagination! Some of his work reminds me a little bit of M.C. Escher's work.Too bad most magazines (that still survive) are usually photos and/or Photoshop. I miss so many of those wonderful illustrators of the past. Also, thank you Peter Beard for all the work you put into the research and presentation of all these artists, many who have faded into the past.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. And I hadnt made the connection but you are absiolutely right about the Escher connection. Playful and sinister at the same time. And of course beautifully rendered.

[@hlcepeda]

Escher also came to my mind: those woodcuts and span of creative imagination. Artzybasheff and Escher were contemporaneous, with MC being born one year before Boris. It would be interesting to know if both or one knew of the other's work...and thereby influences? I've yet to run into any indication of that, though.

[@soarornor]

@@hlcepeda I saw the Escher connection as well. It’s a shame how one is massively famous and one is forgotten. I looked for books about Boris but there were only used books printed in 1961 and very expensive. I believe he deserves a superb book. Taschen would be an excellent choice of publisher to do a major new book and even a boxed set of exquisitely produced prints.

[@henrydarker4314]

Thanks again Pete, your channel is real treasure and very much appreciated.

[@petebeard]

Hello and tanks for your continued support.

[@WilliamThomas2040]

Another wonderful video. Thank you for introducing me to so many amazing artists!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. It's great to know the work is of interest.

[@robertdicarlo4490]

I have known of Boris since the 1970's 'As I See' but I had known little of the history and massive scope of this artist. Thanks for this.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot. I'm glad i could shine a light onsome of his other work.

[@justicecommander9455]

Thank you for doing this deep dive into Artzybasheff's carrier, his machinalia is really impressive not only for the level of detail but also because you still can get sense of functioning of each part of the characters.

[@petebeard]

Hello and yes they are absolutely rivetting (pun intended). I had to leave loads of others out just to keep the video as balanced as possible.

[@GarnetLynne]

Wow, lovely, thank you.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed his work.

[@herbertbrant5738]

Artzybasheff is one of my favorite illustrators, and his combination of a Slavic/Ukrainian folk aesthetic and the modern technological world is spectacular. Thanks so much for providing your usual insight and crisp commentary applied to his works.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm pleased you found it of interest. How I got to be 65 years old without ever encountering his remarkable images is a mystery to me.

[@rossmcleod7983]

@@petebeard you and me (same age to boot). Fully intend to follow up your work here Pete and try and snaffle some hard copies, it’s fantastic stuff alrighty.

[@soarornor]

@@petebeard I’m 69 and this video was my introduction. I remember back in high school art class days being very interested in surrealist artists. Never encountered Boris. He would have been very well received. It’s one of the enduring amazing things of life that there is always something new and magical to discover and you never know when it’s coming. I checked for books about him on amazon but only rare, expensive books seem to be available. Taschen publishers should do one on him. And someone should do a box set of his prints. Thanks for the video. It was superbly done. You also have an extraordinary voice. The narration was exquisite.

[@МаксимЧабаненко]

Why Slavic/Ukrainian! There is more Russian!

[@JoseOliveira-kc4tr]

Yet another beautiful video that you offer to us, Peter. Thank you! Obrigado.👍🇬🇧🇵🇹

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks again for your appreciation. Artzybasheff deserves to be much better known, I think.

[@davidwright9166]

Beard knocks it out of the park again with this one. Explaining and giving tribute to an artist like this is an art itself. Well done.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your flattering analogy. This one seems to have gone down particularly well.

[@OmarAvilesCreative]

The amount of time, energy and enthusiasm you bring to these illustrators and their work is immense and in the realm of excellence!

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of what I'm trying to do with the channel. Your support is very welcome.

[@sidilicious11]

What a terrific talent! I loved this tasteful introduction to another fabulous illustrator!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@brainrussell6811]

Absolutely brilliant... mucho kudos to you for bringing this artist to my attention.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks. I'm glad to have made the introduction.

[@marcbeebe]

Unlike so many artists his ability was not limited to a single style. I remember reading that Mechanix Illustrated article when it came out way back then; my first taste of his under-appreciated talent.

[@gabrielerosa665]

At another great Pete's Video, I've thinking like you Marc: it's incredible how many graphic and illustration styles have develop this artist. I've been surprised at 5:33 min with this beatiful cover book when at the video end I saw all his "machinalia" and the war's illustration campaing giving allies support.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. To be so talented in so many styles and so imaginative is a combination rarely found in one person.

[@gabrielerosa665]

@@petebeard In another ocassion I just said you Pete how I enjoy watching cover books, I ussualy goes to Come In the english bookstore in Bcna, sometimes to buy or to order a book - I'm just reading "Cherry" a Sara Wheeler biography, and next week will arrive me "Every days matter" from Danny Gregory - but, sometimes I goes only for watching cover books...as in a graphic design museum.....As I said, the illustrator cover that I coment is really uptodate design....and this is your work, who take to us these artists from the "unsung place" to today. My breakfast - and soul - are better with your videos!

[@petebeard]

@@gabrielerosa665 Hello Gabriel and thanks for your appreciation again. I still plan to make a video about book cover design and I have been gathering images and doing research. But it may well be a long time before I finish it as there are so many others I must make first. It is always a pleasure to hear from you.

[@veronica_._._._]

His early black and white work is so perfectly poised it could make me weep. I learnt more in my art practice from illustrators working in all their constraints, and this guy, imo, leaves say Picasso on the starters blocks, from the point of view, of say, if you could only learn art from 1 artist, who would be the most daring, most versatile, and yet most rooted in a traditional genre and able to reimagine it to invigorate his work. What a pity he learnt to work so closely to the brief post war, 😂 his mastery being sufficient to produce highly skillful, generic anonymous, art, the ultimate irony. It's going to take me a while to deconstruct him, such joy in the anticipation, and so aptly curated Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation and insightful comments. It seems he was every bit as complex as he was talented, and why he gave up children's books in the 40s baffles me.

[@danielwhite4052]

Awesome variety all from one artist. Thanks

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm glad you appreciate his work.

[@stifledvoice]

Skill, technique and imagination! Artzybasheff has not been on my radar before.

[@petebeard]

Hello and yes his talent and range defy belief.

[@thecaveofthedead]

Just marvellous. I had no idea about him or his work of course. Each stage of his work is so different and yet all are equally appealling.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm glad you share a similar enthusiasm for his work to my own.

[@gw5751]

Simply brilliant - as so many of your productions are!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your appreciation. Atzybasheff deserves much greater recognition.

[@Checkofoto]

I've been showing my students your incredible videos. We always walk away happy and inspired.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment. It's particularly pleasing to know that some courses show the channel as a teaching aid. I was actually surprised to discover that 18 to 25 year olds are nowhere near as interested in the content as the over 50s. So that makes me even more grateful to you.

[@robertmyers5269]

I loved getting to see his Time covers as a child in the '50s and early '60s -- usually in the doctor's office as we didn't subscribe at home. He obviously was highly valued as an illustrator, given his commissions for advertising and book covers by a wide range of clients. I wasn't familiar with his earlier book illustrations. I wonder how easy it would be to find some of this.Thanks for this video essay.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. I think some of the early books are available secondhand from online sources. I haven't checked but I'd imagine they sell for grossly inflated prices, though.

[@dianebonneau2350]

Excellent editing and presentation of this artist

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment.

[@middleclassic]

I have never heard of him! I’m absolutely blown away because his work is right up my alley! I know what I’m going to be deep diving into until I learn as much as I I can about him. Stunning work, absolutely stunning. It’s so much more than art, or graphics, or advertising, or ? It transcends.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm delighted to have introduced you to the visual wonder of Artzybasheff's world.

[@tobimiley]

Outstanding artist. I’m glad you taught me about him today. Thank you, Pete.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. Introducing these talents to viewers is a great pleasure for me.

[@TheMarkEH]

Have not come across this artist before, but I really like his machinalia ideas. Great work Pete.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks. There's loads more of the machinalia to see via google. I had to leave a lot out just to give balance with his other work.

[@pprehn5268]

Pete, we share a name☮☯ and the knowledge and resources you employ to present us with these 'artists' who in their own way are more relative to their times, and their work, whatever the means or purpose reveals so much, and this guy's work is truly art, as you say, more relevant to museums than a lot that's hanging there.♾

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks as usual for your appreciation. I'm particularly pleased you enjoyed this video. The more I look at his work the more fascinated I become.

[@Apollonia222]

I love your videos!

[@petebeard]

Hello and that's very reassuring to know.

[@wynnschaible]

Another supremely creative and omnicompetent artist who has become known for only one segment of his output! I still remember well those Time covers -- particularly 'The Wall'!

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and that berlin wall image (among many others) really did convince me - not that I needed much convincing - that illustration can be a remarkably eloquent medium.

[@headlessspaceman5681]

Thanks so much for this! Couldn't peel my eyeballs away from the beautiful, powerful images and iconography that I wasn't expecting to see!

[@petebeard]

Hello and it's very pleasing to hear that you are so inpressed with Artzybasheff's overwhelming talent.

[@eldrinod]

That was incredible👍🏻 What an illustrator 🌟🌟🌟

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks. Although I only discovered him a few years ago he's now one of my all time favourites.

[@MSYNGWIE12]

KZbin needs more on the visual arts- thank you for putting up many features on your channel- I just subscribed and as an Art History, B.A. and fan of Edward Gorey, Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham, it is of great interest to me to learn of and about the other illustrators of children's books- I bought my kids book when as adult and still find wisdom in the words and joy, intrigue etc in the illustrations- the stimulation of one's imagination- this was a treat- I look forward to watching the other videos. Thanks. Namaste from Canada

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your comment and appreciation of the channel. And eventually I will get around to Mr. Gorey, but its a very long queue. So much to do, so little time...

[@jsio3820]

That was wonderful, thank you.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm very pleased that you enjoyed it.

[@Mountlougallops]

Awestruck by his ability to convey exactly his imagination and then suddenly shift to realism rendered to the extreme. I kept saying Oh My God Wow thanks for this. I really need to practice pronouncing his name now.

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and I'm delighted to hear you have been seriously impressed by his work. It's rare for one human to be possessed of so many talents, skills and concepts. I'd settle for being good at one.

[@Mountlougallops]

@@petebeard …and escape execution and land in NY!?! What a life

[@treasuresunderfoot7876]

Interesting and long career. Such a wide variety of styles and mediums. It's crazy just how many great illustrators there were in those days. Thanks for another interesting video Pete 😀

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.

[@TheJudgeWm]

Another fantastic video. 👏

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for tthe comment.

[@PSPguy2]

Good one! Fascinating and interesting! Your narration is always A+!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thnks a lot for your enthusiastic reponse to this video - and your compliment about my voice-over.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

This probably heads as my favorite of your "in depth" features! Fantastic work!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. He's certainly up there among my all time favourites.

[@tonygohagan2766]

That Coke-a-Cola ad, at the end, puts him in context for me: I know it well. Thanks for the deeper insight, Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I agree about that image. One of many outstanding and incredibly eloquent pieces he created.

[@robertisrotten]

Thank you so much for highlighting these wonderful artists. I share your videos with friends and family and they certainly love what you do Heres to many other wonderful videos.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation - and for sharing the content.

[@rick290290]

Hello pete beard and thank You for your work.

[@petebeard]

You are more than welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@johnmitchelljr]

You picked one of my favorite artists. Thank you. Escaped a firing squad. Must be a story there. A true artistic genius. I wish there was a place to go to to find all of artists works. In other words a library of illustrators and artists you could visit. Your channel is close which I appreciate. Thanks again.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel.

[@GlasUndMetall]

That was really interesting and I truly enjoyed it, thank you.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot. I'm delighted you found the video of interest. He's a much neglected geius I think.

[@michaelemory552]

I’ve spent time in a private home/converted barn the walls of which were covered with original advertising art and illus. from1800’s on including color lithographs on large glass panels.The kitchen ceiling rack hanging hundreds of diner coffee cups from 20’s & 30’s -each more comfortable than any modern cup. But what blew my brain was a book of Artzybasheff work of ww2 era machinalia. I had seen some as industry adverts in Nat’l. Geographic magazine back issues. I wonder at his finely graded halftone technique. Could be lithograph upon stone, or graphite powder on frosted mylar - not in the 40’s. Airbrush? I think not. A cartoon illus. of a howling buzz bomb is actually .. tasteful…. I’m glad his side won. Things mundane from diner cups to advert art can be so very well done. And thank you for another good education on graphic arts.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks again. Regarding his technique, some of his original work can be bought at auction, and they assert that it's almost invariably gouache paint. And if you zoom into some of the higher resolution images available online you can actually see the astonishingly fine paint strokes. In some cases (the portraits) I would swear he was adding coloured pencil too. Of course many of the simpler monos were wood or linocut, but the tonal work was definitely paint.

[@winstonoboogie2424]

He causes the eye to move slowly around the picture, studying one aspect only to be surprised by another adjacent one. Impressive.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I couldn't agree more. The longer you look the more you find - completely absorbing.

[@pavelrak8906]

Just ...wow!!!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and that seems to be a common reaction to his amazing work.

[@pavelrak8906]

@@petebeard yes so many styles and everything perfect. Even the simplest ones can be nice on wall.

[@theeaselrider4032]

Another brilliant one Pete, and another artist I wasn't familiar with - there have been so many. I think it's his level of detail that makes his mechanical illustrations so believable. It's the kind of work you could spend hours studying. Thanks.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I'm glad you find his work of interest.

[@ikvangalen6101]

Thank you again and again for this wonderful series! I’m sure this will stand the test of time! Thanks 🙏 u

[@petebeard]

Hello and your support of the channel is greatly appreciated.

[@albertcscs]

You continue to outdo yourself weekly Pete. This is a marvelous video of a much loved artist and illustrator. I had many examples of his works in my own modest collection, but the Golden Book covers were my favorites. "As I See" was reprinted in 2008 by Random House, but it is hard to find today. Where do you buy your copy?

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and thanks as usual. I'm glad to see that my optimism about the popularity of this video has been warranted. Straight in at number one by a considerable margin. I just wish I had started out with solo pieces, rather than the unsung series.

[@albertcscs]

@@petebeard But look at how many of your Unsung illustrators went on to generate interest as solos. If you had not listed them as unsung, your fans would not be familiar with them as solos. And can you really say your Unsung series is not popular? I enjoy learning about new-to-me illustrators, as do many of your subscribers.

[@petebeard]

@@albertcscs Hi again. I think on balance I expressed my thoughts badly. What I should have said was that I think i should have started with the solo videos - especially the big stars, and then led to the lesser knowns once I'd drawn a big crowd. A bit like a rock band kicking off with a big hit tune. Either way I'm really pleased with the way the channel is going.

[@myu4039]

Wow! Cool!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the positive response.

[@BlackKettleRanch]

How ironic that his last name starts with "Artzy". It's an understatement. He went through battle and escaped execution and he was an outstanding artist...he's got my full respect.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment. He was an immensely talented and imaginative man, and I admire his work unconditionally.

[@petebeard]

@@BlackKettleRanch Hello again and I'm not sure why but you seem to be annoyed by my response. I was simply agreeing with what you said.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Very much appreciate this video. From the moment you introduced his work in a prior video, I've been a major fan of his illustration!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. I hope this longer version makes even more fans of his work.

[@robertryancory]

I got the impression that while being really unique that Artzybasheff was inspired and sort of followed Arthur Szyk. So while his realistic portraits for Time seem to come out of nowhere, they make more sense when you see Szyk's work. Not to take away from Artzybasheff, just seems Szyk's career allowed someone like him to be considered for more advertising and magazine work. Great video as always Pete!!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. And yes there are distinct similarities between the two, especially when it comes to Adolf and his pals. Not sure about Artzybasheff following Szyk though. There was only 5 years between them and I'd be more inclined to think it was more a cultural Eastern European mindset. But who knows?

[@petebeard]

PS Your comment has prompted me to see if I can also return to Szyk and make a solo video in his honour. I'll start digging immediately.

[@Banner_Bearer_of_Eternity]

Thank you Pete! Although I studied Artzybasheff in University, I found a lot of his unknown and unusual works in your video. The one at 8.49 amazed me. I woul never attributed this work to Artzybasheff. Being asked whos work it is, I would probably say it's young Stasys Krasauskas. And yet it's Artzybasheff. Magnificient piece!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot for your comment. Artzybasheff was so remarkably talented in so many different styles and applications that I'm not sure he was human. And what an imagination! And thanks for the name Stasys Krasauskas - never heard of him until now.

[@mijiyoon5575]

Also agree, he was ahead of his time w/ the cybernetics & computer images...visionaries are that way ... ahead of their time. Those Shell Oil design images are funny & nice I think. He liked to draw eyes & I notice people (myself) included can see eyes in machines in odd places ...

[@petebeard]

Hello again and you're right about the machine faces. I've seen articles discussing the 'face' on the front of cars, and of course many kids books have featured similar if not as well rendered as Artzybasheff's humanised machines.

[@vacc06]

Very interesting artist! Not to mention how little I have known of him and his art.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed his work.

[@horace577]

I had never heard of this amazing chap. Kinda "illustrates" if you want fame and riches don't become an illustrator. Amazing work!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I think in his case he was quite well known in his lifetime, but like so many he's been forgotten over the years. That's why I set up this channel, I suppose.

[@horace577]

​@@petebeard Great Series, I have always been fascinated by the way "Art" and illustration are in some ways considered as separate from each other.

[@jeremyacton4569]

This video was a wonderful feast of imagination and inspiration. I am so glad that this genius escaped that firing squad!! :-D. Many of his woodcuts reminded me of the art of MC Escher, and this made me wonder if you have a video about Escher. Thank you very much for this channel, Pete, and the effort that you put into every video. Each episode makes me want to drop what I am doing and dive into my imagination and find a drawing. :-)

[@hlcepeda]

I'd imagine that Pete Beard _may_ have such a video and -- if so -- I'm sure it would be wonderful. Know that there is an excellent BR video titled _M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity._ It has excellent top-notch production value and covers both his art and his life, with the video cleverly animating some of Escher's art here and there. It came out last year and does great justice to Escher. Prior to that, I had purchased a video titled "Escher", but it turned out to be an absolutely horrible and ill-produced affair. Embarrassing, even. I'd advice Escher fans to avoid it at all costs.

[@RichardLaurence]

It makes you realise how bland and unimaginative modern advertising is!

[@petebeard]

Hello and you can say that again. It doesn't help that it's virtually all photography.

[@davidrobinson6798]

Any plans to do a video on Ley Kenyon? He was an illustrator in the 1930s and became the forger on the Great Escape. He was played by Donald Pleasance in the film, although he was tall, slim, with a full head of hair and perfect eyesight. Fascinating character, a hero and a gentleman

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for the suggestion of Ley Kenyon - someone I had never before encountered. But the bad news is that there is simply not enough decent resolution visual evidence of his work to enable me to feature him. Sadly he isn't the first and he won't be the last to present this obstacle. Nevertheless I'm always glad to hear about illustrators new to me.

[@davidrobinson6798]

@@petebeard I have ordered some books illustrated by Ley Kenyon and would be happy to send you them for the purposes of doing a video about him

[@petebeard]

@@davidrobinson6798 Hi again and that's a very generous offer, but I'll have to decline. Don't think me rude but I value my privacy and obviously this would involve giving out personal information, which I wouldn't be comfortable with. Thanks a lot for considering this though.

[@cuddlemuff6632]

Thank you Pete Beard for this insight into this fascinating artist!

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and thanks a lot for your ongoing support for the channel.

[@stankygeorge]

He would have been brilliant working with Mad magazine!

[@Garybonn]

I'm becoming addicted to your calming and leisurely exposition, your fascination and overwhelming volume of knowledge regarding a subject I didn't imagine existed. Well, I did, but for me it was an invisible subject. I see illustrations and realise now they affect me profoundly, yet move on through text almost unaware of this. As a child they rarely remained in the forefront of my mind - though they brought the text/story/characters/situations into vivid and stunning life. They were the pictures I saw when recalling stories. I have worked as an illustrator of fiction - in a very minor way. I realise I'm a tiny pixie among gods, heroes and giants. :D Thank you so much for these.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm very grateful for your enthusiasm for the channel and its content. It really is a pleasure to know that viewers such as yourself appreciate what I'm trying to achieve in bringing these mostly neglected talents to a wider audience, and hopefully greater respect.

[@TheKevphil]

To call Artzybasheff "versatile" would be an extreme understatement, both in the technical and creative sense. Thank you for showcasing this amazing artist, Pete.

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks as ever.

[@Ziggysdust-mb1jo]

man u doing a great and important job..thank u so much for making this informative vids.. i cant find any vids on jessie king..have u done a vid on her and ive missed it? keep up ur awesome work

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. Jessie M King is waiting in line along literally hundreds of others who have yet to feature in the unsung heroes series. I have no idea how far back - or forward - in line she is so all I can tell you is she will appear at some stage. Hopefully sooner rather than later

[@Ziggysdust-mb1jo]

@@petebeard thanks. i know she is a bit of a rackham style ,originality wise , but she is one of the best, no?

[@petebeard]

@@Ziggysdust-mb1jo Hi again. She was certainly a significant figure - and influential. I'd see her more to do with Beardsley than Rackham. And she may well have been an influence on Nielsen. Certainly his style was similar but of course that could just be a coincidence.

[@acla9000]

I'm an illustrator and it's the first time ever I've heard of this incredible artist! So, thanks a million for showing! 🤗

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment. It's always a real pleasure to introduce artists of Artzybasheff's talent to viewers who were prevuously unaware of them.

[@artscience9981]

Wow, what an amazing and original illustrator Artzybasheff was! He truly made images that my own mind could never have imagined. Thanks for another excellent video, Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. Naturally enough I couldn't agree more about Artzybasheff's work. A much neglected genius as far as I'm concerned.

[@timgarrett203]

Another great illustrator! I remember the time covers at the library when I was growing up!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for the appreciation.

[@greedyfirstalgorithmlast26]

@pete beard Boris Artzybasheff was also a client of Edward L. Bernays Sigmund Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays, was known as the “Father of the Ballets Russes, along with opera singer Enrico Caruso.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the information, which I did not know about.

[@dsnyguy1]

A fantastic artist! Always loved his time Magazine covers!

[@petebeard]

Hello and unusually for me I love everything he did.

[@markdodd1152]

So well put together. I didn't know his name but I recognized the art

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@rossmcleod7983]

“Graphic authority” you nailed it right there, couldn’t agree more, an extraordinary talent. Thanks again Pete.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. Hard to imagine how so much talent could reside in one human.

[@folcwinep.pywackett8517]

Thank you! Beautiful documentary and high homage to a great artist.

[@petebeard]

Helo and many thanks for your comment.

[@rubygreen1433]

Thanks for the video! I think I like his gouache stuff best

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for your comment. I like it all and would hate to have to choose. I can't imagine how one person can be so talented and so versatile.

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

He's now one of my favorites now. Thank you.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm delighted to hear I've helped create a new convert to Artzybasheff's incredible body of work.

[@PristineTangerine]

wow. he was good

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed his work.

[@Banana_man-rr8mw]

Great!!! I love it!! :)

[@hlcepeda]

For you "youngsters" out there, Finney's book, _The Circus of Doctor Lao,_ was in 1964 made into the fantasy movie, _The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao._ I wonder if the film art department was influenced by Boris's artwork.

[@briancisco1176]

Fascinating!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@robertdufour2456]

Amazing presentation! Thank you so much . . . now I'm late for work!

[@erikschiegg68]

This was indeed a refreshing cup of tea.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot.

[@IKP1000]

Well thank you KZbin algorithm for bringing me here, and thank you Pete for a beautifully produced and narrated video introducing me to this stunning work! I'm subbed.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation and subscription. I hope you continue to find content that;s of interest to you.

[@MilkShake]

Inspiring

[@not2tees]

Much appreciated video about an extraordinary artist. I remember as a child studying his many Time magazine covers and letting them sink in with all kinds of pleasure at his skill and imagination. I didn't know about his career otherwise, so a big thank you for filling this in for me.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment. Being British I was completely unaware of his work until a few years ago, and he is now one of my all time favourite illustrators. The perfect blend of skill and imagination.

[@lestoil]

Why is this Artzybasheff not considered as much of a genius as Michelangelo, Raphael, Van Gogh, Parrish…? He was infinitely more imaginative and certainly more diverse in his work than all of them put together.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. He has been criminally overlooked, but most illustrators are. That's why I created the channel. Love your drawing by the way.

[@greggoreo6738]

Once again: thank You for "S. S. F. T. S". --- sun shine for The soul. respectfully and Gratefully yours Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA États Unis

[@petebeard]

Thanks as always mon ami.

[@vernonzehr]

Good grief. I am certain I've seen these images before but never knew who did them. That is my fault as I tend to be lazy when it comes to seeing work like this and not pursuing it's creator. I have written his name down and practiced the pronunciation so when I am asked who are my influences for my own work I can say it was Boris Artzybasheff even though I didn't know his name and must have been subconsciously influeneced.

[@petebeard]

Hello, and thanks for your comment. And rest assured you would not have been the first or last to have been influenced by someone this way. There's a whole generation of 'retro' illustrators out there leaning heavily on Jim Flora who have never heard of him.

[@SchizoMelody]

It's always a joy to read an old magazine and find an Artzybasheff illustration. I think he must have been a significant influence on Basil Wolverton.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. I see a similarity there too.

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

Excellent presentation. Many of these images were familiar, but I wasn't aware of the artist Boris Artzybasheff or his career. I am now! :)

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I'm delighted to see how many viewers are welcoming the discovery of this remarkable man's work.

[@Lucius1958]

I have a copy of 'The Circus of Dr. Lao', with his illustrations. A great artist, with a fertile imagination!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I keep telling myself I should get a copy and read it. I know it became a film some time later.

[@TheMikester307]

I have loved Boris Artzybasheff's slightly spooky work since I was a young child 50+ years ago. I know I saw some of his work in some of the older children's books the Public Library as well as on book covers ant the older magazine ads and Time Magazine covers. Both my High School and College library had bound back issues of Time and Life and I bummed my way through those. But my favorite is of the Moon, uh, getting its picture taken which opens this video! Wonderful, Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment and recollections. Sadly his work never meant anything over here so I was 65 before I even knew he existed. What a phenomenal talent he was.

[@drawninwardart]

Fab. Another great exposé of an obscure illustrators work. Very versatile skills. Have you ever covered the work of Henry Patrick Raleigh?

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation as ever. And yes, Raleigh is featured in unsung heroes 46.

[@Bsc67]

This was an amazing video. I have never seen such a comprehensive collection of Artzybasheff’s work before. Many years ago I befriended a man in Oakland, California who was Boris Artzybasheff’s nephew-Boris’ favorite nephew, in fact. My friend had inherited many personal items and original works from his uncle (including a Nazi Ruger pistol). The walls of his living room were covered in Boris’ artwork. I used to sit at Boris’ massive drafting table and drink coffee and read the newspaper. Yet I never knew as much about him or saw nearly as much of his art as this video presented to me! After my friend died in the early 90s we collected all his Artzybasheff material and shipped it off to Syracuse University, which was the largest collector of Boris’ work at the time. Boris was largely forgotten by then. Anyway, thank you so much for posting this!

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your comment and insight into your personal involvement with the man and his work. I had no idea of his existence until I started making these videos and when I first encountered his work I could not believe that someone of his skills and imagination could have so far eluded me. Now, of course, he is among my most admired figures and examining his work is an enduring pleasure. Thanks again.

[@derickwilliams9749]

Amazing. I never knew about Artzybasheff. I was just blown away by this presentation and the artwork. Thanks so much for your research.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. It's really rewarding to know I've introduced a great talent like Artzybasheff to somebody who was previously unaware of him.

[@johnandersen8998]

Thanks for the video covering the artist’s work. I found the original of the illustration depicting the five mask/faces of various emotions for the Parke-Davis and Company ad. I believe I would have had a very difficult time finding out how it would have been used as the drawing has no wording, just the art work.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for the comment. And I do try to show the images as they appeared in print whenever I can. It's much more revealing.

[@kellyharrison5184]

Thank you for making this! I have been a big fan of his artwork for many decades, and posted a collection of his work on FB a while ago. 99% of my friends had never heard of him before, but almost everyone really liked what I showed them. His portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald is truly heartbreaking and insightful.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation and comment. I must confess I only found out about him a few years ago but he is now an all time favourite. I agree about the Oswald pic too, although if memory serves in the end it may have not made it to the final edit.

[@GRAF11113]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for putting all of this together . I love it ! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@petebeard]

Hello and you are very welcome. I'm really glad you enjoyed his work.

[@yancycalzada3046]

Love your channel. This artist’s work is fantastic. It reminds me Polish sculptor and illustrator Stanislav Szukalski. I think his work would fit nicely with the artists you’ve presented.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciative comment. I'm aware of Szukalski's work and I admire it greatly. The problem as far as this channel is concerned is I've been unable to gather enough actual illustration work of decent resolution to feature him. But I haven't looked online for a while so I'll see what may have come up since. Fingers crossed...

[@bonesolo6378]

Pete, I want to thank you for your channel/info about all these forgotten heroes My friends bought me the original compilation of his works for my 50th bday and I send them all this video because 90% of them never ever heard of the man You’re a great teacher and l respect you a LOT for doing this! 🙏🙏🙏 Please keep spreading the knowledge 😊

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of the content featured on the channel, and my contribution to it. And Artzybasheff remains one of the most fascinating illustrators I've covered.