UNSUNG HEROES OF ILLUSTRATION 36

[@tomdonoghue8468]

Awesome Pete. Thank you as always.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@johncollado1151]

Hi Pete.... another informative video. I really enjoy the realistic work of some of the artists. Funny how back in the day most artists had to travel and live near the bigger cities where they could get published, unlike today in the world of the internet. If it wasn't for the net I wouldn't be enjoying your videos. Stay safe.

[@petebeard]

Hi John and you're right about having to be near a major city. Up until the 80s I had to go and see the client to get the brief (usually rubbish), show them a sketch and then present the physical artwork - at which point they would decide they needed an alteration. Remember fax machines? That changed a lot for me.

[@johncollado1151]

@@petebeardYes, though I hadn't gotten into the art arena yet, I put my years into law enforcement, after which I retired and went into my art full time and by then computers and the internet were the mainstay, so I guess you could say I had it easy!

[@DavydWood]

Thanks! Really liked the work of Howard Christy

[@TheMarkEH]

I don't like repeating myself, so I'm resorting to the thesaurus to vary my adjectives in my comments of your videos; thus. Another sensational episode detailing some astonishingly talented illustrators who are not as well-known as they should be. Thank you for flawlessly championing these forgotten virtuosos… Turned out a bit chewier than I’d hoped. Next time I might just say great video Pete.

[@petebeard]

Hello again Mark, and your eloquent praise warms my heart. But please don't look for new ways to express it - I'm happy with just a couple of words - well chosen or not.

[@wildfood1]

More wonderful illustrators I knew nothing about, thank you.

[@petebeard]

To be honest I only knew two of them before.

[@GR-jw7ns]

Thank you Peter. Really appreciate your work on these. Cheers!

[@TudorsTigers]

On top form, as always, Mr. Beard.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot.

[@djw457]

Fantastic, glad to see you uploading these at higher resolutions.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the suggestion.

[@emptyentertainments7914]

Thanks Pete, a few years ago I bought reprint of Newell's "The Rocket Book" It was such a clever idea, but I never thought anymore about it. Now thanks to you I've dusted it off and I'm enjoying it once again only now with a greater appreciation. A pleasure as always.

[@petebeard]

Hello again. Newell was a revelation to me, and I'm glad it jogged your memory. Criminal that his Alice was only monochrome.

[@Weatherhill1]

Always an interesting and insightful video! And more so a bright light and a joy! Heartfelt “Thanks” for all the care and work you put into these. Peace ~

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot - many more to come unless I snuff it first.

[@Ellesmere888]

Thank you Mr. Beard ! Some remarkable new finds here.

[@theinkpirate2710]

Peter Newell was super creative and the books he made must have been outstanding and surprising for the time they were made, seeing it now even seems brilliant. and Jean, the fact that he didn't give up and just absolutely overpowered his disability to become a great artist in his life is inspiring and bad ass. Thank for the episode Pete!!

[@petebeard]

I didn't dare to assert that Newell had been the first to start putting holes in books but that's got to be the only example of a rhomboid book. Simply amazing.

[@artmeacademywiththesaltyse9537]

Love this series. I actually watch them whilst I pen and ink before my classes start. I just noticed If future Beards are ever to mention my unsung oeuvre I’d better draw someone on horseback. Thanks for what you do. Appreciated from the States

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. And who knows? - maybe you'll be so successful nobody will dream of calling you 'unsung'. But you could do worde that draw somebody on horseback anyway. As I hope the title pages show there are many ways to interpret that subject.

[@jerrystaley1563]

#36 I am always extremely impressed with how you are able to present so many incredibly talented yet obscure illustrators for your audience. Usually, I find at least one that is not to my liking but your Part 36 presents awesome talent in all four covered. Of course, I'm partial to Howard Christy as his talent ranges from war artist works to beautifully risque nudes to patriotic scenes of the US Constitution Convention with our Founding Fathers. Of course, as an old man, I'm a pushover for the beautiful ladies with all their charms. Thanks again! JJS

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your particularly generous comment about the channel. And I really don't expect viewers to actually like all the illustrators in any particular video - I certainly don't. It's more a question of respecting and remembering them for their contribution.

[@cristianblesnoc]

Great content! Thank you!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for watching.

[@flypiedrahita]

Excellent, thank you

[@petebeard]

You're more than welcome.

[@mysterybeta]

Thank you :)

[@melizen2]

Thank you for your work on such interesting artists - I remember enjoying dining at Cafe des Artistes, the ambience very much enhanced by Christy's murals ~

[@petebeard]

Hello and that sounds enviably exotic to me. Ambience is in short supply where I come from.

[@imagecrafting]

I really appreciate your voice over talent as well as your obvious talent in researching and describing illustrators and their work. The thing I find so satisfying about your voice over is of course your British accent and a big sonorous voice, but more importantly with the beautiful dry English style, you deliver most of the video in a sort of deadpan and then somewhere buried in the video will be a witty gem, much at odds with the deadpan. In this one it was about the illustrator of beautiful women dying "presumably with a smile on his face". And I just love the way that comic relief (obviously by design) plays off of your steady narrative. Wonderful job...

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm very flattered by and grateful for your appreciation of my work, and my delivery of the scripts. It came as an immense surprise to me that quite a few viewers seem to like the sound of my voice. Some even refer to it as soothing. To me it just sounds like a somewhat depressed old Mancunian but if the world at large disagrees that's a good thing. It's true that I do like to throw in the odd comedic moment if I see an excuse, and again my thanks for the comment.

[@harperwelch5147]

I love all of these informative episodes!

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks as usual.

[@michaels7889]

Hello again. I particularly like the Carlu work and your commentary!

[@petebeard]

And hello to you too. It's a funny thing (to me at least) but most viewers seem to be more attracted to the more representational illustrators. I like the less obvious ones myself, and Carlu is certainly one of those.

[@mariagordanier3404]

I appreciate that you do not shy away from showing us the propogandistic side to our art heroes! They are surprisingly all too human. Your comments are insightful. Thanks!

[@petebeard]

Hello and particular thanks for your comment. There are some viewers who seem to think I should gloss over the less pleasant aspects of images from the past, but I think it's vital that we acknowledge the dark side of humanity. Pretending it isn't there won't make it go away, after all.

[@anniebooo]

Thank you. All the best! Annie

[@petebeard]

My eternal gratitude as ever.

[@garymcguire8529]

I know another almost unsung illustrator, who started out as an illustrator , for such magazines as "Field & Stream", and " Outdoor Life", was Bob Kuhn, who later became a well known wildlife artist.

[@therabbithole1554]

Amazing quality!

[@petebeard]

Thanks again

[@philsharp758]

Thank you Mr Beard for another excellent video. I am still working my way through the series and am at 25. The last artist shown was Fritz Eichenberg. The final image was very similar to the pinball screen for “ Centaur”. As a diversion have you considered the artwork of pinball machines?

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your continued appreciation. As a young man I was usually to be found in the pub drinking too much beer and playing pinball machines (not very well). It's an interesting idea but I doubt I could gather enough information to justify a video. I think that this sort of commercial art is usually anonymous so I would struggle to profile the artists involved. Pity.

[@garymcguire8529]

Another great illustrator of animals, was the German Wilhelm Eigener , who did a lot of German zoo posters and books.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

10:28 ... Well, now I know where the art director got the idea for Emerson, Lake & Powell's album cover.. 🤣 10:33 .. side note: Frank Frazetta had a series of strokes in his mid '60's which left his right arm paralyzed so he switched and taught himself to draw and paint with his left, no mean feat!!

[@p1n3mont]

Pete! If you've done a segment on Maurice Neumont I haven't been able to find it. Thanks.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for alerting me to the existence of Maurice Neumont. It seems that no matter how diligently I do my research someone always manages to slip through the net. Particularly so in this case as it means he doesn't feature in what I thought was my fairly thorough overview of French illustration. So all I can say is I'm grateful for this and he is now added to the list of unsung heroes. I don't know when he'll appear but appear he will.

[@p1n3mont]

@@petebeard His (M. Neumont) bio info is hard to come by. Don't miss his stunning art nouveau former home in Place du Calvaire on Montmartre or that account from a Scotsman of how Neumont and his wife converted the first floor of that home into a war-time canteen for the nearly 100 artists put out of work because of the conflict. All of the above required financial means far above that of even the most successful illustrator, but nowhere can I find confirmation that he came from "money". I have visual resources if you'd like me to send them: [e-mail]

[@petebeard]

@@p1n3mont Hi again and thanks for the offer of images. But he seems to be yet another in a long line of illustrators who are acually reasonably well served i terms of decent resolution images on the web. And although the biographical detail is patchy I've worked with less and got away with it, and I look forward to putting a feature together about him. If you think of any others I might have missed I'm always pleased to hear about them. In looking at Neumont I also found Poulbot.

[@p1n3mont]

@@petebeard Am looking forward to both. Thanks.

[@RichardHannay]

There’s a noise at the back of the audio that is quite piercing to the ears especially when listening on earphones ... but otherwise great work!

[@petebeard]

Thanks for watching. And I thought I'd fixed that after someone else pointed it out. Something to do with high/low pass filter. Unfortunately I'm deaf enough to not be able to hear it even with headphones. I'll take another look.

[@jacobyunderhill3999]

@@petebeard Yes, this is "power supply noise" modulated and filtered by various processing loads on the computer and is often picked up when using stock sound cards and/or cheap microphones. It is quite bothersome to me as well, but I fortunately have an EQ on my phone where I've killed 2-4kHz which helps some. A 'Blue Yeti' usb microphone from Amazon for about $99 will nip this issue in the bud. Any decent USB microphone should do it, actually, and there's plenty for $40-60. (There are even cheaper ones but I wouldn't trust any less than that.) These videos are obviously brilliant, but as someone who used to work in radio production this issue does stick out.

[@petebeard]

@@jacobyunderhill3999 Hello and many thanks for your input about the dodgy sound on the videos. As a lifelong technophobe I would value your advice before attempting to upgrade, if you don't mind the imposition. At the moment I'm putting the input from my crappy headset via mini jack through an iMic hub and the output into the back of my mac. If I purchase a decent mic as you recommended do I still use the headset as headphones? And would I get cleaner sound just by buying a considerably better quality headset with a usb connection? Would that go straight into a usb socket in the back of the computer bypassing the hub? That would suit me far better than a freestanding mic. As I said I'm a neanderthal so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@robertagregory7177]

Howard Chandler Christy illustrated the cute and famous poster, “Gee I wish I were a man! I’d join the navy!”

[@petebeard]

Hello and I remember it. But I don't remember why I didn't include it. Such is life...

[@robertagregory7177]

@@petebeard I recognized his art style and the subject matter and era prompted me to look up the image.

[@robertagregory7177]

My feminist housemate back in our university days in the 1970s had it tacked up in the hallway of the house we all shared.

[@dhanson890]

Dear Mr. Beard, I have been really enjoying your series and was particularly happy to see J. Carlos, a Brazilian arist, featured in it. If I could suggest, there is another Brazilian you could enjoy and show to the world. His pen name is Belmonte (1896-1945) and he was quite prolific. There is something about him (in Portuguese) here: keyimaguirejunior.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/belmonte-o-chargista-e-o-ilustrador/ There is also a French artist, named Georges Scott, who made several World War I paintings for L’Illustration Française. No matter how hard I try, I couldn’t find his work on the internet. Thanks for your great work

[@johnnaber4285]

For Georges Scott see Pete's THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION - PART 2

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for watching. And even more thanks for telling me about Belmonte. Unfortunately I can't find enough high resolution pictures to feature him. There seems to only be the source you sent me. I need at least 25 pictures to include an artist. But I'll keep looking.

[@andreyarborough9065]

3:03 Great :)

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm glad you liked it.

[@BlueBaron3339]

At last - the joke I'd been waiting for after so many tisk-tisks regarding erotic images. Howard Chandler Christy "died with a smile on his face." It made me think, oddly enough, of the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion who fell in love with Galatea - a woman he'd carved, regarded as his wife and was later brought to life by Aphrodite. But Christy's wives and last girlfriend were actual women. Yet not entirely in one important sense. The comely women in his illustrations were idealized. In so much illustration this is true - they look so much prettier than actual gals do. 😉

[@petebeard]

Thanks for the comment. Maybe it's a cultural thing but his ladies made no impression on me, even in my younger days. Gil Elvgen was and is more my cup of tea.

[@BlueBaron3339]

@@petebeard Hahaha...ah, yes, Pete - that portion of our brain apart from and immune to all reason. Some call it the Limbic brain, the reptile brain. Doesn't matter. Primal drive is the point and thank gawd it varies *widely* among individuals. And thereby launches millions if not billions of moments when a man beholds "the most beautiful I've ever seen" and they were right. In every case they were right.

[@paillette2010]

1:01: sad sad racist and disturbing.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks as usual for your comments. I'm sorry to say that the times being what they were my videos are pretty packed with any number of such unfortunate perspectives.