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Four more for the archive and although I didn't plan it that way now it's done I see that they could all be considered stylistically non-conformist and far from what might be considered mainstream.
They are:
Theo van Hoytema, Tomas Derrick, Mahlon Blaine and Peggy Bacon.

[@dlschgo]

I am always amazed at the amount of biographical information you are able to dig up on relatively obscure artists and illustrators, as well as chronological examples of their work. Pete, nobody does it better. Every episodes inspires an information safari on my part.

[@evertvandenberghe]

Hear hear!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and many thanks for that. I probably shouldn't admit it but there isn't actually that much about their actual lives, but I dig up what I can just to give the work some context. In many cases I'm making the best of a bad situation with so little known about some of these illustrators.

[@albertcscs]

Finally, my wish come true. Thank you for the dignified presentation of Mahlon Blaine. He never achieved the recognition he deserved, and was shamelessly exploited by publishers and admirers, like Dunninger. I searched many issues of Arizona Highways, but never found any mention of his art or participation. I'm sorry there wasn't time for a few more examples, but there are several books which cover his life and art admirably, if anyone wants to see more. Great job as always!

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks for the comment.

[@annaguettabi3974]

Thank you for another beautiful episode! I’ll watch again on a larger screen!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and I'm pleased that you enjoyed this instalment. Thanks for the appreciation.

[@greggoreo6738]

March first. 2023. pure joy to hear your beautiful voice informing us of a beautiful world that you bring to our attention. Gratefully yours Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis

[@petebeard]

Hello again sir, and thanks for the ongoing support. If only someone had said nice things about my vocal chords years ago, I would have attempted a career as a voice-over artist. Talk about money for old rope. I know a woman who does that for a living and she does very nicely from it.

[@greggoreo6738]

If I need rope, be it old or new jute, I'm willing to pay top dollar. I think some shrewd advertising man will hear your splendid Herz and say, "there's our therapeutic pitch man!" It's always a pleasure to be lulled by the likes of you! Respectfully submitted for your consideration Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis

[@michaelmontcombroux3413]

Pete, another beautiful video in this endearing series! In addition to your presentations, you also deserve credit for eliciting sensitive and informative comments, which often deepen one's appreciation of the featured artists. In the world of KZbin this is no mean achievement.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot. I must say it's been a great source of pleasure to me that so many viewers can be bothered to share their appreciation and observations. It feels like a sort of virtual community. I do get the odd hositle reaction but luckily for me I can delete and block the more psychopathic ones.

[@mikedirle520]

Seems I'm Repeating my Praise for your work and presentations. So much great biographical information. So many illustrations where I stop, back up, study and watch over and over. Thank you for all you give us! What an education found... NOWHERE else!

[@petebeard]

Hi Mike. Feel free to repeat yourself as often as you like. It's a great feeling to know that you - and it seems a decent number of others - appreciate what I'm doing here.

[@rathodkaran6190]

Dear sir, From this day henceforth in order to further my knowledge of cinema i vow to watch all of your videos! These videos are a gem and i will not let them be unwatched!

[@petebeard]

Hello and that is music to my ears. Feel free to watch as many and as often as you like!

[@Banner_Bearer_of_Eternity]

Thank you very much for another fine video. I so much used to watching your chanell that I even have a special kind of tea for this occasion.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks as usual. I must admit I prefer wine but we're all different...

[@maxlinder5262]

Excellent 👌.... thank you...

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks again.

[@OkieSketcher1949]

I continue to learn more about artists I’ve never heard of and I continue to wonder why. These folks were down right good at their craft. I really like what they drew. Thanks again. -OkieSketcher1949

[@divyajnana]

In the section describing Mahlon Blaine, at timestamp 7:37, the work shown reminds me so of Jean Giraud, aka Moebius. Thomas Derrick's work is amazing, ranging from mindbogglingly complex to simple, elegant linework. Thank you as usual.

[@vincentgoupil180]

7:37 also, Mike Mignola's Abe Sapien

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks for the comment. I knew that painted work reminded me of something/someone but I couldn't think who it might be. But you are absolutely right. And being able to create those Don Quixote images and the later calligraphic cartoon work is an enviable range of talents, alright.

[@fuzzydragons]

LOVE Theo van Hoytema's birds 🥰

[@evertvandenberghe]

Another great video featuring great illustrators and great work. Tnx!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm grateful you continue to let me know youre enjoying the channel.

[@jaybradley9083]

It's always a good day when you post a new video. Many thanks for bringing these wonderful illustrators to our attention.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks as ever. It's always a pleasure to know the videos are appreciated.

[@izaac229]

thank you so much for your vids. Whenever i need inspo for a drawing sesh I always go to your vids for it.

[@petebeard]

Hello and that;s good to know. Thanks for the support.

[@justicecommander9455]

Loved Theo Van Hoytema bird illustrations and found funny how it seems that nobody seems sure how Mahlon Blaine life actually was like. Great video as always.

[@petebeard]

Hello and yes those van Hoytema lithographs are really ahead of their time. Thanks for the appreciation.

[@turgayofiss1914]

Thank you so much Pete ,you did it again .

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm glad you continue to enjoy the content.

[@vincentgoupil180]

Hello and *thanks* Pete for another mixed bag of Unsung Heros 10:51 10:59 pleasantly surprised to see Peggy Bacon's drypoint of George Bellows' Art League studio. The lady on the left is using the rule of thirds to layout the composition while the writing on the back of the canvas on the right side is Anne Rector Bacon's friend.* Bellows was a painter and illustrator who passed away too early. He was a member of the Ashcan Group as in Bacon's later Illustration of a cat in an ashcan. * probably more than not they're caricatures of Bacon's friends. Wild guess, Bacon is the model in steampunk attire :)

[@vincentgoupil180]

P.s. Auxiliary comment My Bushy Park Story As a freshman High School kid somehow got admission to the Art Students League. Showed up early. Sat alone looking at my shoes waiting for the session to begin. Ambient backdrop: In the late fall the sun sets low in New York City. It's horizontal orange-red rays traveling through the huge windows of the studio's empty space. Back to story: Looking at my shoes there appeared two feet opposite them. Glancing up there were two knees. Further up there was a bush lit up by the sun's orange-red rays. A burning bush. And it talketh to me. "You want me to pose for you?" Truely a Biblical moment. The model was a beautiful amazon. At that most holy of moments the janitor popped-in (who resembled Georges Braque the painter) asked in a French accent "Marie! Where did you go?" Model: Holding her breasts over my head up towards the ceiling "I went to Central Park. There was a man selling huuge balloons!" Believe I was never happier at that minute instant of time :) :) :) True story. Thought I share it. Will delete

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks nt only for your appreciation but the amazing level of insight you always provide. And please don't delete the bushy tale. It made me laugh.

[@vincentgoupil180]

@@petebeard Then, solely for reformed epistemic reasons and all that is pure and good in the land of milk and honey ... Bushy 🔥 Tale stays. It is what it is the dude abides Btw, no bushes were consumed during this tale 🏵🌺💄🧨 🐒🛶

[@wemblyfez]

Loved Peggy Bacon. Ridgefield, CT and the area was filled with great book illustrators when I lived in CT; Sendak, Steven Kellogg, Mercer Mayer, Lilian Hoban, Gerald McDermott, Leonard Evertt Fisher to name a few, along with some of the greats in magazine illustration of the 40s and 50s (the New Haven commuter train went straight to NYC). I can see a bit of an influence from Wanda Gag (or visa versa). I can see how different she is from the European illustrators; there is an "American" look to her craft. You can probably explain it better, Pete, than I could with all your research. Thanks again for another calming history lesson along with my gin and tonic. Stay safe!

[@vincentgoupil180]

Can see *George Bellows'* influence on Peggy Bacon. At least in choice of subject matter. 10:51 Bellows is in the center and 10:59 right of center in the background. She also studied with John Sloan another Arts Students League instructor and Ashcan painter. Assume the New Haven train line passed through New Rochelle, another artist and illustrator colony. Would've been interesting to have seen the Illustrator passengers on the train cars. Btw, like your work

[@wemblyfez]

@@vincentgoupil180 Thanks Vincent--Yep, went through New Rochelle, knew the route well. I see Bellows too, now that you pointed it out. I always think of Bellows connected with the sport of boxing so it didn’t click quite as fast.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for the comment and appreciation. And for a list of names I'm unfamiliar with (except Sendak of course). I'll check them out. And it's just a vague opinion but I think what you refer to as 'european' is just the result of a desire to be more open-minded and imaginative than representational. As Im sure you're aware we're less hidebound by the idea of fine oil painting than the American golden age types, who always spring to mind.

[@andielines]

Lovely. I nearly spat out my English breakfast at "Surprisingly devoid of cats". Thanks for another fine episode.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for your comment. I'm glad that you found that line amusing too.

[@bigblue6917]

Another enjoyable and interesting video, Pete. Thanks.

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks as ever. Appreciation never gets old.

[@matthieujoly]

This is my only "critic" : still sad when it's sad… but I know there is more to come, and still some that I haven't watched… yet. Thank you for the ward work you're providing.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and as usual I'm very grateful for your comment.

[@vaughngaminghd]

I love your videos Pete, and always think that must be your own experience as an illustrator that helps you appreciate the technical problems (in addition to the artistic ones) these illustrators solve. I feel like this drives your enthusiasm for their work, which always comes through in the presentation. Kudos, and thanks!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks as ever. And yes I like to think that having been an illustrator for over 4 decades gives me some sort of credibility. It's always been a source of annoyance to me that the majority of those claiming to be art critics spend much more time discussing the artist's inside leg measurement and sexual predilications than how the actual work was achieved.

[@TheMarkEH]

Hi Pete, another terrific episode of four illustrators that I had not heard of. So, yet again, KZbin is chipping away at my ignorance through you. Thanks for your hard work.

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and I'm going to 'borrow' that expression if you don't mind. Chipping away at ignorance....brilliant!

[@TheMarkEH]

@@petebeard 👍

[@ArtCurator2020]

Dear Mr Beard: That you were able to get SO Much information about four (4) different artists into a 14 minute video is truly incredible. It would be an incredible display of research and film making whether the topic was illustrators or the price of tea in China. Above all, you are a super documentarian.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm particulalry grateful for your appreciative comment. As it happens I know very little about the price of tea in China, or much else for that matter, so I'll gratefully stick with illustration.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Thank you, sir, as always for sharing your knowledge with us, cheers...E...

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks as usual. I hope you are fully recovered from your injuries. I too am a martyr to clumsy old man syndrome. The current Mrs. B won't let me go up stepladders until she's checked my shoelaces are tied.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@petebeard funnily enough, Mrs C,s exactly the same with me....!...E

[@gabrielerosa665]

At minut 13:49 we can see a beatiful illustration...that may be condensed all the video: we have seen singular points of view .....not only referred to great and ample places.....this is an indoor view that show us a creative eye.....that you return to life. Thanks Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hello Gabriel and once again I'm very grateful for your continuing appreciation of the channel content.

[@vincentgoupil180]

Not being flippant but its a New York City apartment with rat.

[@Cmdtheartist]

Your pacing really does the trick. I completely forgot I was at work on a break, and instead, I was somewhere else.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and that;s a very nice thing to say. Thanks a lot.

[@clealinden7755]

So glad to see Peggy Bacon show up, thank you!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I confess she was new to me. Making these videos has introduced me to many (especially in the USA) I didn't know about.

[@clealinden7755]

@@petebeard I've always thought she should have been a Caldecott contender, so thank you for rectifying her "unsung" status!🙂

[@TheMikester307]

Another wonderful video! Peggy Bacon's cats and mice are just adorable! I know I've seen them before! I think you made up for the video where you found next to no information on the artists with this one!

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks. Ms. Bacon is yet another I was previously ignorant about. I've been amazed by just how many American illustrators I've never previously seen. A revelation.

[@TheMikester307]

@@petebeard The Saturday Evening Post has an "Art" or "Artists" section for stories on their cover and interior illustrators going way back!

[@petebeard]

@@TheMikester307 Many thanks for that - I'll check it out immediately.

[@nexussever]

You videos are inspiring.

[@petebeard]

Hello and that;s good to know. Thanks.

[@kenallison9119]

I look forward to your vdeos, Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks so much for your appreciation. It's most welcome.

[@mijiyoon5575]

*Thanks Pete* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@brewberry3894]

As an artist i truly appreciate what you have to offer to your viewers. I only wish your thumbnails were more colorful. Maybe a larger image from your featured artist. I would be more excited to click on them and dive in.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment. And I've no desire to lose a valued viewer but I'll stick with my current policy for thumbnails, as there are already 92 of them. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[@wynnschaible]

One thing Don Quixote is NOT is a story for children! But we keep trying -- and succeeding, after our various fashions!

[@petebeard]

Hello and yes it's odd but obviously common practice to re-write and sanitise adult material for the tinies. I'm currently working on several videos with such material involved.

[@dcslye8330]

I really enjoy your videos. So in-depth and beautifully put together. Have you considered doing a video on Gyo Fujikawa or Mary Blair? Would love to learn more about them. Thanks for all you do!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. Gyo Fujikawa is waiting patiently in line for an appearance in the series, but sadly Mary Blair was born too late to qualify. There's no reasion you would know this but my cut off year of birth for the series is 1910. This may seem arbitrary but I had to draw the line somewhere for my own sanity. However she does feature in my American illustration in the 50s video, and if ever I find time to make a video about animation background and concept art she will feature prominently there too.

[@dcslye8330]

Thank you for the info! I look forward to watching all your videos😊

[@Tarantoga1000]

Very good.

[@Mountlougallops]

Wow an eclectic group in styles and talent. Thanks again Pete. I’m learning with every video and watch them several times. They’re always packed with info and images. 🫶🏽

[@petebeard]

Hello and that's really good to know. I wish everyone would watch multiple times! Thanks a lot.

[@robertisrotten]

I was wondering if you'd given any thought to devoting a video entirely towards self-taught artists? It would be interesting to see the evolution of certain illustrators who were unable to take advantage of a formal art education.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I haven;t dedicated a video just to those who were self taught - although it's a good idea for a future video. To date I've preferred just to include them (Like Blaine in this one) and mention their lack of formal training among the others in this series and in the solo videos.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Mahlon Blane... His work looked familiar especially the crosshatching and I couldn't quit place him until the dust jackets for the Burroughs books popped up! "Ah! It's that guy!!" Having cut my teeth on Allen St. John, Matana, Bob Abbett and others I thought Blane's work was terrible!! Why the Burroughs estate commissioned him for those covers is beyond me 🤣🤣🤣 That said his other work I find very compelling!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I must admit that I struggle to find much of any value or interest in Blaine's work. His crosshatching looks like a badly knitted sweater to me, and he seems to be generally oblivious to concepts of dynamic composition or posing. Apparently Steinbeck (who was his friend) hated the book cover Blaine created for Cup of Gold. But I don't exclude illustrators just because I dislike them - and I hope my commentary never reveals my personal opinions. Maybe some day I'll make a video about all the illusttrators whose work I cant abide and get it all off my chest...

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

​@@petebeardthis is a late reply... have you done a feature on the Czech illustrator Adolf Born? I just became aware of him via a video that featured a few books by Gerald Durrell. I've become an instant fan of Born!!

[@petebeard]

@@hurdygurdyguy1 No I haven't - for the simple reason I hadn't heard of him either. But I've just had a look online and if I can get enough information and visual material I'll definitely include him, somewhere down the line. Many thanks for the suggestion.

[@bernieoconnor9350]

We love this series! Have you ever done one on Richard Erdoes?

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. I haven't covered the work of Mr. Erdoes and I had never heard of him, so thanks a lot for informing me of his presence. And thhis work looks particularly agreeable. But the bad news is he had the misfortune to be born too late to qualify for the series. There's no reason you would know it but my cut-off year of birth is 1910. This excludes quite a few others too, but I had to draw the line somewhere for my own sanity. As it is I've still got as many to include as those I've already featured, and at my age I'll be lucky if I actually get to the end....

[@mijiyoon5575]

All good but, obv I'm partial to *Peggy Bacon* since I have several cat fur babies...really enjoyed her delightful art work ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for both your comments. And I'm very glad you liked Ms. Bacon's feline fun. Did you ever see Louis Wain's work in unsung heroes 50? Cats, cats and more cats. But I warn you it's a sad tale.

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@petebeard Yes, I did watch that & most of yours

[@knottynate6876]

How how how do you find all this wonderful information? The internet is not sufficient. I am currently researching the art of E.B.K. Dooley and all I can find is a Wikipedia article

[@petebeard]

Hello and I checked into this E.B.K. Dooley and hit the same brick wall as you. The sad truth is that for every illustrator I do feature there's another who cant be covered for lack of evidence. I just follow leads but sometimes as in this case it's a dead end.

[@sclogse1]

Have you done Robert Riggs yet?

[@petebeard]

Hello and not yet. But he waits patiently in line. No idea when he'll appear as yet but if I can I'll bring him forward. But I am having a rest from unsungs for a while so all I can tell you is some time this year.

[@greggoreo6738]

Thomas Derrick (sp?) 00:06:45. His wonderful slippery lines... remember the U. S. Caricature artist who portrayed Broadway and movie stars? And. He would scrawl his daughter's name... "Nina..." ('Herschfeld'?) I wonder if Nina's father was abundantly influenced by Thomas Derrick? Just: an educated leap into the un-prove-able.. kindest regards Sir! Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and yes that calligraphic line was Herschfeld's stock in trade. But I doubt Derrick had been an influence as I don't think he was ever published in the USA. Incidentally, Herschfeld features in my video Between the Lines, if you're interested and haven't seen it.

[@greggoreo6738]

@@petebeard how wonderful. In your busy life. That you walk with kings but keep the common touch/ when all correspondence matters to you "but none too much ". Merci beaucoup. By the way... how old were you when you fell in love with the French language? Your pronunciation is trés jolie! Respectfully yours. Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis