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Some years back I featured Arthur Ferrier in the Unsung Heroes series, and at that time I could only scrape together just enough biography and visual material to enable me to include him. But as luck would have it I was recently contacted by Korero Press, who are about to publish no less than three volumes of Ferrier's work, by author and researcher Rian Hughes. They generously offered me access to the content and this solo feature is the result. If you want to know more about these books and when they will be published just click on the link below. See you in 2025, I hope.
www.koreropres...

[@slangism]

Simply my favorite thing on the internet. Cheers Pete Beard

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation. I'm gl;ad you enjoy the content.

[@dlschgo]

Arthur Ferrier is one of my favorite illustrators. Until women go out of style, his work will always remain relevant and appreciated. Thank you, Pete, for spreading the word.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your enduring and enthusiastic support - and spreading the word is one of my favourite activities.

[@madilee-jasper2453]

Until women go out of style?? What on earth are you trying to say?

[@dlschgo]

@@madilee-jasper2453 Women won't and Ferrier will always be appreciated by reasonable people who appreciate his skill in creating beautiful images.

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

Another well researched and presented mini doco . Fascinating and informative. Many thanks.!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for both your comments about Ferrier and the video. They are most welcome.

[@charlestaylor3195]

Pete, I think the thing that impresses me the most about your videos and the artists that you feature, is the abundance of employment opportunities for artists at the turn of the previous century. If you were good, you could get a job, what a truly glorious time it was it be an artist. It saddens me to know that there will never be a time like that again. Which make your videos such a gem to me. I really mean that.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. And sadly I can only agree with your comment about a comparative lack of opportunity and prestige in illustration these days. As I keep on saying - the world was a better looking place when illustration was dominant in all our media.

[@The_Butler_Did_It]

I own around 20 hardback volumes of Blighty, dating from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s. Each volume typically covers three months, and Ferrier’s cartoons appear in nearly every issue. The volumes have an outer red cover and an inner plain paper cover. In the earlier editions, Ferrier’s cartoon is on the outer cover, while a cartoon by another artist appeared on the inner cover. In 1952, the outer cover cartoon was replaced by a weekly pin-up photograph, and Ferrier's artwork shifted to the inner cover. One particularly rare and intriguing book from 1941 is Arthur Ferrier's Lovelies, which features a selection of Ferrier’s illustrations brought to life through "glamour" photographs by Water Bird Roye. This book is now a sought-after (and expensive) collector's item.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment and insight about Ferrier's work. I knew about that book and considered showing a couple of pages. But KZbin seem to like nothing better than to give me grief over such images. As it is they slapped a 'limited for advertisement' notice on this video just because of the drawings. Imagine my delight.

[@The_Butler_Did_It]

@@petebeard I see your point. the site seems to be growing more and more puritanical. Images that would have barely raised an eyebrow in a Victorian drawing room are now deemed by KZbin to be too indecent for a modern audience.

[@gphnotgph]

14:54 to the end -- Your comparison of Ferrier's times to the present is very well put! Thanks for that too.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your positive response. And as if to prove my point KZbin took it upon themselves to limit the monetisation of this video due to 'sexual' content. Ha!

[@jaybradley9083]

Thank you for another wonderful look at a master of pen, brush, and ink.

[@petebeard]

Your appreciation of the channel content is always welcome - thanks a lot.

[@mcrumph]

I heard leaving a comment helps with the algorithm. All hail the mighty Algo! Another gem, Mr. Beard. Every time you post I know I'm in for a treat.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for commenting. If I live to be 100 (unlikely with my lifestyle choices) I'll never understand what an algorithm is or how it works.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

I love that kind of artwork. Its makes me feel so happy.

[@petebeard]

Thanks as always for yet another favourable comment in a long line of favourable comments.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

@@petebeard You're welcome

[@BlueBaron3339]

A pure illustrator this time, with such a talent for alluring diversion. Well done, Pete - as always 😃

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciative remark and I hope you'll find more to enjoy in the year that's coming.

[@TheMarkEH]

I agree with your comment that he embodies "a refreshing well meant sense of fun, a commodity currently in short supply". Another great episode Pete, thanks for showcasing this artist whose work I have seen, but whose name I could not recall.

[@petebeard]

Thanks as always for your appreciation of the channel content, and for your longstanding support of tmy work.

[@unclvinny]

He had a type, didn't he! It'd have been interesting to have him put more handsome, lightly-dressed men in his drawings, but I have to imagine that it not only would have bored him but put off a chunk of his audience. Anyway, this video is a fun watch; it's always good to have the illustrators of the past given such affectionate tributes.

[@bigblue6917]

As I assume you are aware that he knows his audience and that at least they are in with a chance

[@DonumFidei]

He would have been out of a job as well as gone away from the normal biological way of things.

[@petebeard]

To be fair there were a few young chaps in swimming trunks etcetera, but only as visual support for the young women.

[@vaughngaminghd]

As someone who has aspired to ink with a sable brush and dip pen, it's always inspiring to see what a master can do with the medium… Thank you for the deep dive, Pete! I'm adding the Arthur Ferrier book set to my wishlist…

[@bigblue6917]

Interestingly I too aspire to inking with a sable brush and a dip pen. In fact I am starting a drawing course with the Open College of the Arts with the aim of doing just that

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@bigblue6917 Ever tried an Oriental Brush? It requires a very light touch and a steady hand and doesn't have the spring of sable. It's good practice.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment. If it's any incentive the books contain far more than I was able to show.

[@vaughngaminghd]

@@josefschiltz2192 Any particular brand? I'd like to check it out…

[@stifledvoice]

Fine draftsmanship, good compositions, and a chemist too, such a polymath.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@RolftheRed]

Goodness, Delightful again! Thank you.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

I love his work, even the later, simpler drawing style. Arthur also painted during WW1, and even has his work hanging in the Imperial War Museum, but I couldn't find any other details of that period of his life. Thank you for telling his story and shining the light on his art.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of his work.

[@gregkilby7043]

Wow, a Master of black and white rendering. Magnificent. For some reason, I've yet to pinpoint, his early work reminds me of Will Eisner. Thank you, Mr Beard.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.

[@gerardtessers]

Lovely artist and a great video! Great examples of the zeitgeist from a bygone era. " Jolly duo-tones", indeed... And from the Netherlands, we would like to wish you a merry Christmas as well!

[@petebeard]

Thanks for this comment, and all the others you have made in the long time you have supported the channel. Best wishes to you for Christmas and the new year too.

[@futuristica1710]

Amazing line work!

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment.

[@williambrady1192]

Another outstanding project Peter. Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year to you and yours.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation, and my very best wishes to you too.

[@atleeriksen8514]

Fantastic artist. Ive never heard of Arthur Ferrier before. OK. Im from Norway/Sweden, but even so. Superb narrating Mr. Beard, and to the point. No fuzz, just facts and beautiful drawings.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comments and appreciation f my efforts. I wouldn't worry about not having heard of him - only a very small number of us Brits know his work at all.

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

Wonderful, timeless and detailled technique. What a great illustrator. His minimalist background lining in pen and ink is so stylish. Thanks for introducing me to this artist!

[@petebeard]

I'm pleased you appreciate his work. Many thanks for your longstanding support of the channel.

[@lorivaldorocha7520]

Obrigado por todos os seus vídeos, foram um alívio para mim neste ano tão difícil aqui no Brasil. Um caloroso abraço virtual.

[@petebeard]

Muito obrigado por sua apreciação do meu trabalho no canal. E se o conteúdo nos tira dos problemas em nossas vidas, isso me deixa orgulhoso do que faço.

[@mikedirle520]

I LOVE his heavy line work! And his apparent easy capturing of the demure female figure. Tnx, Mr. Beard!

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks a lot for your years of support. More on its way in 25.

[@nbell63]

And in one fell swoop, two names of note are dropped: Jane (by Norman Pett) and Ferrier's young writing partner, Peter O'Donnell (later of Modesty Blaise fame) - wonderful! Pete, thank you for another lovely year of nostalgia, education and art - it's been very much admired, and the occasional conversation source with other artistic friends. I hope you have a fun and, above all, safe festive season! 😊🎄

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your continued appreciation and dedication tothe cause. And I wish you well for 2025. Christmas should be fairly safe for me as I plan on not leaving the house for the duration.

[@bertassellodavide1297]

Grazie e buone feste ❤️🥳🥂👍

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot, and the same to you.

[@sinaneronat4943]

Thank you ❤ for wonderful time and learning about another talented soul

[@petebeard]

I'm very pleased you continue to enjoy the channel content. Thanks for your support.

[@ComicKelsey]

You're doing the Lord's work Mr. Beard! Thank you! Merry Christmas! :)

[@petebeard]

Your appreciation is very welcome, and greetings to you and yours.

[@doughaug]

Br Beard, you sure know how to liven up a day with your magnificent educational videos. Ferrier's line work is wonderful.

[@petebeard]

I'm very pleased you enjoyed Ferrier's work, and thanks for your enduring apprecviation of the channel.

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

The depth of insight into human nature in the illustration 3:06 .. great drawing comes from great thinking it seems.

[@jennifercoopman]

In the stills of the documentary, notice the model's figure, then notice the still of Ferrier painting the exact same pose. See how he drew her waist much smaller than the actual model? Even before there was photoshop... there was photoshop. Fascinating! I'm really enjoying this series, thank you Pete!

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation of this video, and hopefully other content on the channel. Your support is very welcome. And yes, the best illustratoirs have always tweaked human anatomy.

[@philsharp758]

Another informative and interesting review of an artist. Thank you so much for your efforts this year. Wishing you and those you cherish a Merry Christmas.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation of the channel and seasonal good wishes. And the same to you, I hope. See you next year with a load more stuff.

[@TexRenner]

As always, your video is the highlight of my day. Thank you.

[@petebeard]

Asis your comment to me. Thanks for your enduring support and I hope we'll meet again in 25.

[@Lougallops]

Thank you again for an excellent video Pete. Cheers and well wishes for the holiday to you and yours.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment and I wish you the very best too.

[@ArsLonga1967]

Thank you, I love his work and I own the Gin Rummy book mentioned. Very interesting, thank you again.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@bigblue6917]

Thanks, Pete, for another enjoyable and entertaining video. It looks like Arthur found what worked for him and stuck with it. Your mentioning of Jane reminded me of a story of a young RAF officer was held in awe by his batman. Turns out the officer mother was the model for Jane

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation - and the Jane story.

[@fluxusdakota6508]

After his pragmatic career in chemistry, I was please to see him artfully follow his heart for the remainder of his life. As always, the tastefully selected sound track adds immeasurably to my enjoyment.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation of the video and Ferrier's work. I like to think he would have rubbed his success in his parent's faces for obliging him to study chemistry.

[@CELTICFOXSTUDIO77777]

Thank you Pete , always enjoy your videos 😊

[@petebeard]

I'm glad to hear it - thanks a lot.

[@whose_eye_fa]

Another great video as always! Thanks Pete Beard!

[@petebeard]

Your appreciation is very welcome - thanks a lot.

[@danrend4986]

Thanks! i really consider this episode a Christmas gift! I love Pin up art with a passion. and this type of illustrations and black and white renderings are very much my top interests, and to make it even better sequential art! what a treat! thanks! On the switch to pen nibs to brush, more than speed i would think it could have been due to age. it´s way less physically demanding to use brushes than pen nibs, but this is a totally personal opinion. Have a Great Christmas!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation, and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@guldenaydin9918]

Thank You very much.. A pleasure from start to finish…💝 ( So sorry for my primitive English)🌺 And your choise of music is great..🍃

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation - and for being a supporter of the channel for some considerable time.

[@mariemelansongundy-vx4ox]

He would have fit in perfectly with the illustration staff at the "New Yorker" in the 30's 40's and 50's.

[@josefschiltz2192]

He would indeed.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of his talents.

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

you are doing good work pete. i went to a #1 art school as an illustrator, and have had a 40 yr career, and have been way too ignorant of our history all along.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation of the channel. I had 4 decades as an illustrator too, and used to think I knew a lot about the subject. It wasn't until I started making the videos it dawned on me how wrong I had been about that.

[@josefschiltz2192]

Always enjoyed Arthur Ferrier's line work and his placement of black. I hadn't seen his colour work before, nor his earlier work, and I did recognize the influence of Charles Dana Gibson there. I don't think that the screen dot tint suits his work in the later years as it loses that nice open liveliness that his variable brush line gives. His women's faces have such character, beauty and charm and I am not surprised that he also worked in advertising as it suits so well. He was one of my influencers at college, the others being John Romita and Kurt Schaffenberger and, occasionally, another Arthur, Arthur Rackham.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I'm pleased you share my own high opinion of his work.

[@12theotherandrew]

I prefer his earlier pen work. He provided a wonderful depiction of style and fashion of bygone times (I recall pictures of my mother and grandmother). An agreeable pleasantly humorous fellow and I certainly agree with your comment about current attitudes.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for another favourable response, and I too prefer the more sophisticated pen work in the earlier images.

[@johncollado1151]

Hi Pete. Thanks for another very entertaining video. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks a lot for thee comment. And the same to you for Christmas and hopefully a good new year.

[@friendsinmyheadtv3890]

“…oddly puritan and yet more pornographic times.” You basically summed up this modern age. Thank you again for another great video. Arthur Ferrier’s line work is sublime, as is his drawings of women. I am glad to say that David Roach included him in his excellent book, ‘Masters of British Comic Art’, which I highly recommend.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your comment and appreciation of Ferrier's work and my efforts in trying to bring it to a wider audience.

[@davidshurville3658]

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to you Mr Beard. Looking forward to more excellence from your stables in 2025.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your continuing appreciation of the channel content, and I have so many works in progress currently I think there might already be potentially enough to run into 2026, providing I manage to.

[@Robutube1]

Thanks for this little Christmas gift Pete! I felt that Mr Ferrier's art suffered in his later years, becoming less detailed and more prone to comedic exaggeration; the product, I'm assuming, of increased pressures on cost and time in commercial art. An obviously very talented artist at core of course.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I must say I agree with you about early versus late. I was going to speculate about the fact that by that time fees for illustration were nowhere near as generous as they had been in his earlier career, but ultimately left it out of the final edit.

[@Cmdtheartist]

The facility some people have with a pen and brush. Thanks again, Pete.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment. For a while way back when I got reasonably good with both, before getting clobbered with tremor, which forced me into other techniques. Such is life...

[@Cmdtheartist]

@petebeard I'm getting there, too. I've white-knuckled my pen, pencil and brush my entire life, as if they were about to escape, and now I find it difficult to work any other way. I find I'm starting to pay for that.

[@peterschaffter826]

"...oddly Puritan and yet more pornographic times." Sheer poetry. Thanks again, Pete, for another terrific video.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation as always. And it might amuse you to learn that as if to confirm my statement KZbin took it upon themselves to limit the video's ability to be monetised through advertsiing due to its 'sexual' content. I had to laugh.

[@markwarning7305]

Thanks. And thanks again. Ferrier's work is a delight.

[@petebeard]

Many thanks for your appreciation.

[@tompuce84]

My god I love those vids, thx mister beard.

[@petebeard]

Music to my ears - thanks a lot.

[@manuelcapela7620]

👍Thank you. Merry Christmas! 🇬🇧🇵🇹

[@petebeard]

Thanks for continuing to watch and support the channek - and a Merry Christmas to you too.

[@johns.9819]

pete i could listen to you all day love the period music

[@petebeard]

That's a nice thing to say. I'm duly flattered and thanks very much.

[@cjdesign5700]

Excellent timeline for Ferrier's work Mr Beard. Have seen his work, but made no name association.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.

[@garymcguire8529]

As usual a very enjoyable video.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot as always. Best wishes from me.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

1:51 .. This Santa situation became a staple of Christmas issues of Playboy 🤣 this is the earliest example I've seen!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for the comment. And I can't think of an earlier example either, but I bet there were some - probably in the racy French magazines. I'll see what I can find to satisfy my curiosity,

[@brucealanwilson4121]

A very interesting installment. I'd never heard of him before.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your favourable comment.

[@dlschgo]

Oh, and Merry Christmas to all. And best wishes that the march to a million subscribers for this channel in the coming year continues unabated

[@petebeard]

I abolutely endorse this statement.

[@9ramthebuffs9]

wow that model he's drawing in that doc is still alive. 104 years old. Eileen Bennett.

[@petebeard]

Now there's a thing!...I had no idea, although I did know he favoured young actresses rather than models.

[@kenallison9119]

"Fun... a commodity now in short supply..." I love that comment!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@SeekerGoOn2013]

My introduction. Glad to discover Mr. Ferrier.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot and I'm pleased to have introduced you to his work.

[@VE0003]

Really appreciate the extra work you put in four the closed captions. The video itself was great as always. Do you have any art book recommendations that survey the ‘golden age’ of illustration?

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. And regarding your question, I'm sure you'll be somewhat surprised to know I'm actually not much of a book person - at least when it comes to illustration history. For my taste they have too many opinions and not enough pictures. There are plenty of good books devoted to particular illustrators from the time, but I haven't a clue what there is that you might call an overview. Sorry I can't be more help.

[@corneliuswonder]

4:55 That transition of style.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment, and I must say I prefer the earlier work myself.

[@wynnschaible]

Pure cheesecake and not a libber among 'em. Thanks, AF! And you too, PB!

[@petebeard]

I'll have to speak on Ferrier's behalf, but I'm sure he'd be grateful for your comment, as am I.

[@frosssid828]

очень интересно было послушать, хоть и почитать с субтитры 👍

[@petebeard]

Большое спасибо за ваш комментарий

[@justicecommander9455]

I think it's rather funny that he found more success as an artist than as a chemist, when modern logic makes you believe the contrary

[@petebeard]

Yes - I wondered if he ever reminded his shortsighted parents of his success and their opposition.

[@pypeworld]

Pete, you should consider doing a retrospective on Frank Bellamy, especially for his British newspaper comic strip Garth.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the suggestion, and Bellamy is on my 'to do' list. I particularly admire Heros the Spartan, but it's a very long list and there are quite a few ahead of him already as works in progress. We'll both have to hope I stay among the living for a while yet...

[@edwardtingley2214]

14:54: “As with many of the subjects I've covered in the series Ferrier’s portrayals of the fair sex wouldn't go down at all well in *our oddly puritan and yet more pornographic times*.” A very interesting remark.

[@petebeard]

Thanbks for your comment. And with some irony my point has rather been proven by the gnomes at KZbin limiting the video's ability to be monetised due to 'sexual content'.

[@jill-ti7oe]

👍

[@collapsiblechair9112]

Merry Christmas Pete

[@petebeard]

And the same to you, my friend and supporter.

[@acla9000]

Hoping your Christmas time was very happy! And may New Year come to you and yours with much peace and health. 🎅🤶 🎆 🍾

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your good wishes - and I'd like to send the same to you and yours. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel.

[@mijiyoon5575]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@aguilacalva2625]

👍👏👏

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot.

[@josefschiltz2192]

There is also a frequently unsung talent there in the picture strips. Who did the lettering? Was it Arthur?

[@petebeard]

Yes - it was indeed Ferrier himself. Common practice in the UK comics world.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@petebeard As did Dave Gibbons and - whilst I could do it - I also lettered my own work.

[@MrPhotodoc]

Can't say from experience but his images seem to bring the US publication Playboy to mind. Just saying.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. Playboy certainly used some of the greats of illustration. Jack Davis springs to mind.

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[@hdrake1000]

10 min.

[@johns.9819]

i paint silent movie star from the 1920's

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment.

[@Die.Trying]

An early Christmas gift? You shouldn't have. Thanks as always

[@petebeard]

You are most welcome.

[@organicpaul]

Very well done Pete.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.