UNSUNG HEROES OF ILLUSTRATION 44

[@taniciel4894]

It is incredible how important the illustration was during the wars, I cannot imagine what life was like during that period. Thanks again Pete! Keep up the great work !!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I agree entirely about wartime. How bizarre that such terrible events could produce such great emotional work.

[@raffaeleacquaviva4521]

The day is always better after watching one of your gem. Thanks

[@petebeard]

Thanks - it's appreciated

[@georgejones8429]

I love all of your posts, they're so fascinating and well produced. Please keep up the fantastic work.

[@zaiancomix9756]

Can't put it any better.

[@petebeard]

Hello George and thanks a lot for your positive comments. It really does keep me motivated to continue with the channel. Lots more to come unless I fall off my perch.

[@grafischetaal]

@@petebeard Great body of work, Pete. Nice to ad about Dutch Illustrator Anton Pieck who designed themepark De Efteling. To get his fairytale houses al rickety, he provided cases of beer to the contruction workers. For them to drink beforehand to get the construction work all sloping and awry. LOL

[@Ellesmere888]

Thanks again Mr. Beard. Paolo Garretto is a great discovery for me.

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and I have to say I thoroughly agree about Garretto. Criminally overlooked.

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

Thank you for including Pieck's work. It gave me goose bumps to briefly see De Eftling where my family took me several times as a kid in the Netherlands in the 1970s. 😍 As always every episode is an education for us, it's a wonderful channel that in the future should be preserved for art education.

[@petebeard]

Thanks once more for your continuing appreciation, and among others I'm considering adding Pieck to the terrifyingly long list of oillustrators waiting for a solo video. He deserves one, for sure.

[@gabriellew6467]

Such a visual delight to delve into: another of Pete Beard's quartets. A diversity of styles, yet all equally appealing, beguiling, intriguing. My cherry on top of these four has to be Anton Pieck - the ease, with which he produces whimsical one moment, dark and threatening the next, dancing between a dazzling abundance of styles is captivating. Thank you.

[@petebeard]

I do like to shake things up a byt in this series. And I will return to it once I hit 100,000 subscribers (my current obsession), which shouldn't be too far away. Thanks again for your continued support and appreciation.

[@tacklengrapple6891]

Thank you for taking so much time to make these. I’m an artist and these have introduced me to a slew of illustrators and cartoonist I had never heard of, or had only a vague knowledge of.

[@petebeard]

Hi Neal and thanks for your encouragement. It's always good to know that I'm getting through to people. And I took the liberty of seeing if I could find some work by you online. If you're the Neal Garvin who's creating those hotrod/day of the dead visual collisions I really like them. You must be a fan of Rick Griffin.

[@tacklengrapple6891]

pete beard Ha! That is me, and I do love Rick Griffin, but I’ve since moved into drawing mostly women with an eye towards fashion illustration. I mostly post on Instagram now, and part of my current interest in the female form was from one of your videos featuring Russell Patterson, who I’m now a big fan of. Thanks again!

[@twistoffate4791]

@@petebeard Also, if you're on Google any time soon, look up Steve Vesperman. He also draws hotrods and other cars, and has for many years. He lives in Australia.

[@petebeard]

@@twistoffate4791 Thanks - I'll take a look.

[@harperwelch5147]

He is a huge source for ideas and fresh looks that often spark new ideas for others. That’s the way art and design are constantly evolving.

[@hirschowitz1]

I’m re- watching your wonderful offerings….. please, any Adrienne Segur. Miss Jenny

[@melizen2]

Thank you - I learned so much - no doubt aided by the enchanting music in the background - LOVE A. Pieck!!!

[@binna777]

Two of my favorite artists are involved in this video. So happy! Thanks

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks a lot for watching. I hope you continue to do so.

[@noeldoyle4501]

Thank you for all your delightful videos, they are always very relaxing.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for the comment.

[@emptyentertainments7914]

Once again superb. Thanks Pete. A true pleasure when a new installment appears.

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks to you as usual. It's great that people can be bothered to comment.

[@PegTingle]

The work of Paolo Garretto is so simple on one hand but so sophisticated on the other. It creates such impact but with such little force.

[@petebeard]

Hello and that's a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with. The Italians seem to have been masters of that approach because of the impact of futurism, which I think no other country really bought into.

[@BlueBaron3339]

The desire to live in another time is universal though usually brief. But Anton Pieck's approach to his art is another matter. He certainly wasn't hiding from the world at all. Hence his resistance work during the war. Rather he lived on his own terms. Damn, I admire that! And it hasn't gotten any easier. Not that it ever was.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your comment and of course ongoing interest in the channel.

[@rickcroucher]

As always time well spent enjoying your post.

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks for the support.

[@LiLi-or2gm]

Superb, as always, Pete- thank you!!

[@petebeard]

And my thanks to you for your support of the channel.

[@treasuresunderfoot7876]

Anton Piecks' work was pleasing to look at. I found myself pausing & looking longer at his layouts. He also had a fantastic watercolor style. I had never heard of him in the states. Sad too because he could've been an influence for me with his style.

[@TheMarkEH]

Simply wonderful. Thanks Pete.

[@petebeard]

Glad you like it.

[@H3nry488]

Thank you very much for these interesting and inspiring videos!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation - and subscription.

[@jorgenjanssens5705]

Thanks to a referral from a friend I found your video's. Wow, do I have some catching up to do! I love your video's. Even though I am a photographer (not an illustrator) I find them inspiring. I'd like to add a little to your narrative on Anton Pieck: The photo's of the Efteling Theme park show a few structures that have not been drawn / designed by Anton Pieck. The six swans story and the castle like structure (Symbolica) were fairly recently designed by Sander de Bruijn, who, like his predecessor at the Efteling Ton van de Ven, is an illustrator who closely follows Anton Piecks' style. Enough nitpicking, I am going to spend a few days watching your video's discovering all these amazing artists. Thank you!

[@petebeard]

Hello and welcome to the channel. I hope you continue to get something out of the various videos. I didn't know about the others involved in the Efteling and it won't be the first - or last - time I'll have used the occasional wrong image. But in my defense I don't actually claim those specific aspects of the theme park to be his so I don't feel too guilty.

[@wildfood1]

Thanks for another wonderful video!

[@petebeard]

And thanks to you for your continued appreciation.

[@TheKevphil]

Apparently, the airbrush is a tool you have taken well to heart, Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hi and although I used to use a 'real' one, as soon as I got the hang of it in photoshop I took the old one out into the back garden and destroted it with a hammer. I hated the damn thing and its unpredictability and messiness.

[@LosMonstruos]

Awesome! Keep it up.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot Michael.

[@12theotherandrew]

In these times dominated by political pulp, thank goodness I can find yet more of your entertaining and fascinating videos.

[@petebeard]

Thanks as ever for your appreciation. I flatter myself that if nothing else the channel is a little oasis of tranquility in a noisy and frequently unpleasant world.

[@12theotherandrew]

@@petebeard it is that, thank goodness!

[@mijiyoon5575]

👍👍👍👍👍🎨🎨🎨well presented

[@hirschowitz1]

Found Segur……. Toward end of this episode…..thank you Mr. Beard. Miss jenny

[@petebeard]

Hello and when I upload number 75 in the series I'll be putting a complete list of all instalments so far in the description box so you'll be ablee to find specific illustrators much more easily.

[@andysterling9882]

I alway give you a look Pete, ‘The Two Feathers’ in particular, is a timeless illustration that inspires tales,true tales and more. Cheers mate

[@petebeard]

Hi Andy and thanks for your continued support. It's very reassuring to have long=term viewers.

[@greatpix]

As a child of the '50s I cherished Adrienne Segur's work and to this day when the family has a birth I'll buy them a copy of her fairy tale book. I still have the original.

[@petebeard]

Hi again. I must admit I had never heard of her (and quite a few others for that matter) until I started doing research for these videos.

[@assam610]

Hey I don’t know if you’ll read this, but when you talked about Paolo Garretto, there’s a illustration at 12:30 that’s the exact same image as you talked about Miguel Covarrubias at unsung heroes of illustration part 11. Is this a mistake? I’m just curious.

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks for pointing that out. I checked and it's credited to Garretto. I hate it when I slip up particularly as the only way to put it right is to upload a new video. But I'll mention it in the description box of unsung 11.

[@kendavies9991]

Thanks for another very enjoyable video. Can I be a bit cheeky and make a request for a piece about the cartoonist Trog (aka Wally Fawkes). He's certainly a hero - he's one of mine anyway - but it may be a stretch to say he's unsung. Aplogies if you've already covered him in an earlier video.

[@petebeard]

Hello Ken and thanks for the appreciation. It certainly isn't cheeky to suggest any illustrator, but in the case of Fawkes he's actually too recent to qualify for the unsung heroes series. My cut off point is 1910 and although it means ignoring some later talents I had to limit the scope of the videos - as it is there are still more to do than I've already done. But I really should have featured him in the art of the cartoon series. If only I could repair the videos once they were uploaded...

[@kendavies9991]

Hi Pete. Thanks for your reply. Trog was an inspiration for my early ambition to be a cartoonist. I've just retired after 40 years in IT, so that ambition was not not fulfilled, although maybe there's still time. One of the great joys of watching your videos has been discovering what a golden age of black and white the early to mid twentieth century was. So many gifted artists active at that time. Eric Fraser's work, for instance, was a revalation. Going back to Trog, you can definitely see what his influences were, although i don't want to understate his originality.

[@greggoreo6738]

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