UNSUNG HEROES OF ILLUSTRATION 76 & ARCHIVE 51 - 75

The first subject of this instalment is Daniel Vierge, and he should have featured prominently in the recent Don Quixote video. But I failed to find good enough resolution images and had to leave him out. Only now do I stumble on a series of perfectly acceptable examples.
It's not the first time this has happened and it's immensely frustrating, but better late than never I suppose.
Joining him are Albert Guillaume, Gwynned M. Hudson and Rube Goldberg. Another very mixed bag.
And as promised here's the update to the list/archive of illustrators.
51 Louis Moe, Charles Dana Gibson, Frank Reynolds, Clara Elsene peck
52 Hermann Paul, Fanny Young Cory, Lawrence Sterne Stevens, Lois lenski
53 Emil Reinicke, Florence Harrison, Andrew Loomis, Arnrid Johnston
54 Lucien Métivet, Louis Glackens, Margaret Tarrant, Shigeru Hatsuyama
55 Johnny Gruelle, Federico Ribas, Viktor Deni, Joseph Binder
56 Lewis Baumer, George Barbier, Amos Sewell, Don Freeman
57 Georges Delaw, Raeburn Van Buren, Tom Seidmann Freud, Anselmo Ballester
58 Monro S. Orr, Harry Clarke, Erté, Al Buell
59 Martin Claus, Henry Le Monnier, Otto Soglow, Albert Dorne
60 Gaar Williams, Dugald Stewart Walker, Kurt Wiese, Eugen Croissant
61 Fidus, Sarah Stilwell Weber, Charles Paine, Lynd Ward
62 Alexandre De Riquer, Adolf Münzer, Ernest Hamlin Baker, Harold Jones
63 Franz Von Bayros, Frank Adams, Joyce Dennys, Rafael De Soto
64 Oliver Herford, Charles Genty, Frank Newbould, Dorothy M. Wheeler
65 Will Bradley, Milo Winter, Lucien Boucher, Theo Matejke
66 Max Flashar, Benjamin Rabier, Leslie Ragan, John Gilroy
67 Eduard Thöny, Thomas Heath Robinson, Georges Beuville, Eileen Soper
68 Ernst Kutzer, Leo Jordaan, Tom Purvis, Basil Wolverton
69 Sergius Hruby, Harry Eliott, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Jon Whitcomb
70 Charles Brock, Henry Brock, Arthur Watts, Ronald Lampitt
71 Ragnvald Blix, Sylvain Sauvage, Walter Baumhofer, Stanley Roy Badmin
72 Maximilian Liebenwein, Harold Earnshaw, Guy Arnoux, Whitney Darrow Jr.
73 Federico Seneca, Edy Legrand, Helen Sewell, Garrett Price
74 Gertrude Kay, Bruno Angoletta, Vsevelode Nicouline, Alberto Vargas
75 Clarke Hutton, Charles Gesmar, Richard Floethe, Zoë Mozert

[@justalittleamerican]

I know you don't get many views, so I just wanted to say thank you for making all your art related videos. We need more positive content on KZbin and the world at large.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your supportive comment.

[@perevision]

Rube Goldberg did short animations! What a wondrous thing to learn after years of loving his work.

[@petebeard]

Hello and I didn't know that either. And he was pretty good at it too. There are later ones where he features in person on youtube.

[@WendyW123]

Always such an education. Vierges story particularly moved me in terms of his tenacity and skill. Thank you as ever. Wendy 🙏🌟

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot. Vierge's story is remarkable and Im sure I would have just given up faced with such obstacles.

[@justicecommander9455]

Daniel Vierge was truly dedicated to his craft not only him aimed at upgrading the printing process but just like Harold Earnshaw didn't let the fact that he lost the mobility of his dominant hand stopped him from creating art. I must say that I also feel identificated with Rube Goldberg struggles with his father.

[@petebeard]

Hello and yes Vierge is particularly deserving of admiration. And if it's any consolation many of us faced similar obstruction from our parents. I know I did, and later my old man had the nerve to tell me how proud of me he was.

[@TheMikester307]

Wonderful again! Goldberg's series about Foolish Questions probably inspired MAD Magazine's "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." I wasn't as familiar with the other artists but I'm sure I've seen some of their work! Thanks so much for this series (and the index!)

[@petebeard]

Hello and well spotted. It does seem that what goes around comes around. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Vanderwolff]

Many decades ago I discovered a book at the library on pen techniques which featured some of Vierge's work. I must have checked it out 100 times over the next several years. In recent years I've struggled to dig up more information on him, and am very much delighted to see your fine showcase of this true illustrative pioneer. I had never known of the personal obstacles he contended with, and this truly adds context and poignancy to his superb contributions. All those of us who love the nuances of such crucial biographical minutiae are indebted to you for the fine research you bring to these offerings sir.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. Vierge deserves to be far better known not just for the quality of his work but also for enabling illustrators to be free of the engraving process.

[@jamescaldwell2357]

I wish more people appreciated this type of artwork. Your videos are spectacular and definitely a labor of love. I can only imagine your home must look like an art museum for illustration. Thank you for your dedication.

[@petebeard]

Hello and my main mission is to get views from people who were previously unaware of this vast reservoir of talent from the past. So many thanks to you for your appreciation of the channel and content. Funnily enough there isn't a single example of illustration (and very little art for that matter) to be found hanging on my walls. I've no idea why that would be.

[@harperwelch5147]

I watch all these episodes, or I’m trying to. They’re all fantastic.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your dedication. I like happy viewers.

[@0biwan77]

I’ll bet many of we few viewers are determined to see every image pete beard has collected. I surely am.

[@treasuresunderfoot7876]

I had never heard of Daniel Vierge. I quite like his work. Extremely talented man. Thanks, I learned a lot from this video.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for the comment. You would think he would be better known if only for inventing photo-engraving.

[@treasuresunderfoot7876]

@@petebeard I agree. I went to school for graphic design & illustration. I then took classes on printing to really round myself out. I ran a press for 2 years while free lancing. But I never read or heard a thing about him. Never to late to learn though👍

[@susanhepburn6040]

Thank you very much, Pete! Your videos are not only informative, they are uplifting and a treat to the eyes. Greatly appreciated!

[@petebeard]

Hello and your favourable comment about the channel is much appreciated by me. I need all the support I can get.

[@Ellesmere888]

Thanks again Mr. Beard, Particularly enjoyed discovering Vierge, whom I was unfamiliar with. Rube Goldberg is timeless. Cheers from Montreal.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and my usual thanks for the appreciation. You would think Vierge would be well known if only for the invention of photo-engraving.

[@Ellesmere888]

@@petebeard Indeed. Love his linework.

[@zumbesta]

Perfection. Your videos are very especial, a hidden gem

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for the comment. Much appreciated.

[@ELCABAN]

As always, great video and wonderful artists Mr Pete. Thanks for discovering me the artist Daniel Vierge, amazing illustrator. I was born in Madrid too and it hurts me a bit that I didn’t know about him. Inspiring story, he never gave up. Beautiful lesson there. Thanks again for your tremendous, neat and eclectic work of editing and selecting the artists. Your channel it’s truly one of a kind. Greetings from Madrid, Spain 🙏🏼

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your comment. It is genuinely puzzling to me that a man of Vierge's stature - as an illustrator and inventor of a process which was a revolution - is not better known. I'm pleased to have introduced you and others to his work.

[@irangel1958]

thank you, I'm going thru a stressful time at the moment, these videos are medicine for my soul. So very much appreciated.

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and I'm sorry to hear things aren't good for you right now. I hope that whatever the problems are you'll come out the other side of them soon. And if watching these videos is any kind of distraction I'm very glad to hear it.

[@johncollado1151]

Hi Pete.... thanks for another informative video. I remember doing those "Goldberg" contraption illustrations in high school.... many, many, many years ago.

[@petebeard]

Hi John. Yes I made sure I mentioned his popularity in the states among the more mature viewers just so I didn't get angry Americans telling me he isn't unsung.

[@morenofranco9235]

I recall Gwynedd Hudson's work in Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan, from books my mother had, when I was a child. Magic. Thanks, Pete for your magnificent Art series.

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and in my case I was completely unaware of her work until quite recently - better late than never.

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

I have to say, think Albert Guillaume is a new favorite of mine. Thank you for yet another introduction to these tragically underrated artists.

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and I'm a big fan of French illustration of that period generally, but Guillaime does stand out as a remarkable talent. Even his paintings were funny.

[@michaelmontcombroux3413]

A wonderful series, Pete! Well researched, documented and narrated, your videos shed much needed light on the rich legacy of illustration. Keep up the good work!

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation and subscription. It really is great to know viewers get something out of the channel.

[@davidjdriver]

I am so happy I found this series. Thank you for doing it. I am amazed at how much my sense of aesthetic is informed by turn of the century illustrators.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your positive comment about the channel. And I hope you continue to find images that are of interest to you

[@neillgj]

Another wonderful instalment, Mr Beard. Thank you. Impossible finding out details about Gwynedd Hudson. Her Alice in Wonderland was reprinted many times and the 1932 edition was stamped with a roundel on the front board and the title page Centenary Edition (of Carroll's birth) with the March Hare at its centre. There was no Through the Looking Glass - the common case; few artists illustrated BOTH Alice books. The 1922 edition omits an 'r' in Carroll on the title page. Tittered at what you said about Poor Max Goldberg forcing an engineering degree on young Reuben Lucius. So funny. Like any good father he wanted the best for his boy. He was HUGELY proud of Rube when his art and cartoon work were recognised.

[@petebeard]

Hello, and as usual I'm astounded by your knowledge about such esoteric material. Thanks a lot for your continued support.

[@albertcscs]

Another fine video Peter. And I never heard of Vierge before either. I'll keep an eye out for some of his work now that I'm here in Spain, especially Don Quixote. Goldberg was a constant figure in the newspapers and magazines during my squandered youth, it is nice to see him praised and appreciated. And Hudson's Alice illustrations were absolutely the best, she owed a debt to no one.

[@petebeard]

Hi Albert. Of all the unknowns it seems to me that Vierge is the most overlooked. I must admit I admire rather than like his work, but if only for the invention of photo-engraving you would think he would be a household name - at least among illustration enthusiasts.

[@jaybradley9083]

Once again you have delighted us with more illustrators from bygone days. Thank you, sir. Looking forward to your next installment.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.

[@secretshaman189]

Just love your stuff, your channel has been such a treat for me! Thank-you for your content and wonderful presentations.

[@petebeard]

Hello and that's a very rewarding comment. I may not be exactly viral but I do seem to have quite a few dedicated viewers. It means a lot to me, so thanks.

[@wilmergimenez]

This channel is one of those weird hidden gems of KZbin, instant follow.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment, and I hope you continue to find the content interesting.

[@georgefenning4844]

What Great content . Your easy warm presentation style is outstanding . One of the best channels I have ever come across . My favourite channel for relaxing in the evening . Very informative and a visual delight. . Thank you .

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your very positive reponse to the channel content. Such comments really make my day and it's much appreciated.

[@georgefenning4844]

@@petebeard Pete, you are most welcome . You deserve it . Sorry I should have said ……a visual and aural delight . Love the sound tracks ..especially the piano music . Still watching…….. and listening ….cheers

[@michaelwhite8031]

Very good. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks as ever fr the appreciation.

[@UncleLouietheMillwright]

Hello Pete, I just wanted to say that I appreciate your efforts here. I draw cartoons as well although not syndicated, it is a fun hobby. What I like about watching your videos is that it is nice, interesting and exciting to see what other artists / illustrators were doing a hundred years ago. Also watching their career develope along the way. Keep up the great work Pete! Quited interesting stuff like history you bring our way!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response to the channel. If you haven't already seen it there's a 4 part series on the history of cartoons which I suspect you would enjoy.

[@TheMarkEH]

More great content, thanks Pete. And 50k subscribers is in sight, so well done!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and my gratitude as ever. I try not to get too bothered about numbers for fear of disappointment, but yes 50,000 would be quite something from my perspective.

[@RayRahu]

Thank you for making these videos, sir; informative and inspirational.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.

[@michaels7889]

As always, it makes my day when these pop up in my music dominated KZbin menu! The Vierge early work seemed strongly influenced by Piranesi and Doré but those later ones in his new process are beautiful. One often pauses to think just how much artists' working with chemical processes damages their health.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for the appreciation. You would tgink Vierge would be a lot better known - if not for his own work then for the revolution he created with photo-engraving.

[@michaels7889]

It often seems that artists who develop new techniques in various ways use them more imaginatively than those who follow. But perhaps that is because they are in the final stages of experimenting, with all the concentrated energy that implies. Possibly I feel that with Vierge's late prints. But it could just as well be my lack of knowledge about subsequent works. It was certainly so that my first ventures into new techniques were usually better than subsequent uses. But I'm afraid I don't really have many comparisons with others'! Worse still, I gave up!

[@vincentgoupil180]

A very good mixed bag of Illustrators especially Daniel Vierge. Thanks Pete Miscellaneous note: while not Unsung Heroes material recently came across an Illustrator whose work is fun, Andre Francois Barbe. (1936-2014)

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks for the comment and Monsiour barbe. Never heard of him and consequently he didn't feature in my series on French illustrators. Damn. Thanks for the tip-off.

[@vincentgoupil180]

Pete, ya' welcome. Thanks to your previous mention of Suzanne Meunier I'd would'n't have come across Barbe. After viewing the video again could make a list of interesting observations, to me anyway. 10:27 Goldberg as a precursor to Robert Crumb poking his head out from the curtain asking a question to an early version of Mr. Natural paving the sidewalk with potatoe salad. 2:36 Rooster/hen is really well drawn. Decent of you to mention Vierge developing photo-engaving. And the list goes on and on. Appreciate all I have learned from your videos.

[@HBADGERBRAD]

I am so grateful to have come across your channel. I am truly fascinated with every episode. Thank you so very much. For someone like me to have access to your knowledge and kindness to share what you know is a blessing. Thank goodness for KZbin for being a vehicle that allows someone like me the opportunity to learn. Your channel is wondrous. 😃

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. I'm grateful for the enthusiastic support of viewers such as yourself.

[@robertdufour2456]

Thank you so much for this amazing series!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. It means a lot to me that viewers enjoy what I'm trying to do.

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

Wonderful, as always. Thanks so much.

[@petebeard]

Hello Paul and apologies if this is my second reply. I thought I already had but youtube seem to think differently. So to put it simply thanks for your enduring support.

[@melizen2]

Thank you Pete Beard for offering us yet another oasis of pleasure and information! I like the way you choose artists from different countries - which brings to mind the ever-discussable topics of innate talent, and outside influence. Of course I ‘ve always enjoyed Rube G’s contraptions but hadn’t known of his outstanding success as a cartoonist - I love your choice if the word ‘lunatic.’

[@petebeard]

Hello again and my thanks as ever for your comment. I had been aware of Golberg for quite a few years but never thought much about him until I had a closer look and realised just how influential he has been.

[@iangillham9647]

Another great episode. Really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks as ever.

[@jonynieto1374]

So relaxing and stimulating to hear Pete...

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks...I'm blushing at the flattery.

[@johnmorgan5495]

Best channel on KZbin along with, "The Apocalyptic Inventor," , "No Dig gardening with Charles Dowsing" , " Kris Harbour " an amazing young man living in West Wales, and on music "Rick Beato" . Well-done Pete.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for placing me in such stellar company. I admire Rick Beato immensely, even if he leaves me I understand music much less than I thought I did.

[@nicholasknudson5801]

My favorite new channel. Thanks for all these videos Pete. Fantastic.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for tour appreciation. I hope you continue to enjoy the content.

[@johngraham4053]

Another great presentation Pete, I always look forward to your’e Unsung Heroes.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your continuing support for the channel.

[@Banner_Bearer_of_Eternity]

Thanks Pete! All are great artists, but Daniel Vierge is more than that. Really inflexible man.

[@petebeard]

Hello (possibly again). I may have just sent you a reply intended for someone else and if I did I apologise. The actual reply is that I'm grateful for your continued enthusiasm for the content, and it seems quite a few other viewers agree with you about Vierge.

[@mijiyoon5575]

TS 2:22 Daniel Vierge* having a stroke at age 30 ... horrible; good to know he pushed through it & recovered to continue doing what he loved

[@petebeard]

Hello and yes that's an inspiring story. I can't imagine having that much determination and fortitude - I'm sure I would have just thrown in the towel.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Always welcome in these interesting times, another great offering ,thanks again for sharing this with us all,best wishes from the wirral...E

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks again. I hipe you are successfully navigating through these turbulent waters... If I don't get to the mediterranean this year I'll need to be sectioned.

[@davidbamford4721]

An Australian illustrative artist who produced his own books is Robert Ingpen. He was a wonderful artist, who had a marvellous sense of light and it’s effects on his subjects.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for the name Robert Ingpen, whose work I had never seen before. What a remarkable and distinctive talent and I will explore his output online with great pleasure. I would happily include him on the channel, but unfortunately you have to be dead to qualify, and although no spring chicken it seems he is still with us. Either way thanks again for the knowledge

[@0biwan77]

Re: Vierge. Oh, man. You can’t keep a good man down! And amazing how many artists seem to treat the loss of their primary arm as merely a delay to getting back to work with the remaining one.

[@jellydarling1008]

Thank you for all the awesome work!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot. And thanks for the subscription too.

[@barockychocky]

Absolutely love this series! So interesting and so inspiring. I must admit when the theme music begins I start singing Joy Division's "Atmosphere"!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the appreciation of the channel content. And to clarify the theme msic is supposed to be a reference to Bowie's Heroes, but luckily you can't copyright two chords and it could be one of any number of others. Funnily enough I used to work with Bernard fromJoy Division/New Order many many years ago.

[@glynstimpson]

Great video thanks

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks for the appreciation

[@-MEL16-A.O.C]

Hello Sir, I'm happy to discover these marvels thank you so much. Each video is full of incredible artists and you're defenetly the best to help us not to forget some real artists. Thank you and I send you bises de France 😉😘

[@petebeard]

Hello again and my thanks for your appreciation of what I'm trying to do wrh this channel. I'm very grateful.

[@magesalmanac6424]

How am I just now noticing that thumbnails for this series always feature a horse?? Wonderful episode as always. Any chance of making one about the Vienna Secession?

[@petebeard]

Hello again and I'm sorry if you got another earlier reply that would have made no sense - I sent it by mistake. So here's one that will make sense instead...Thanks as usual for your encouraging comment and I'm glad to say that Vierge is getting attention and admiration from quite a lot of viewers.

[@vincentgoupil180]

A Vienna Secessionist Graphics presentation would be interesting. Depending on how Vienna Secession, Jugendstil or Art Nouveau is defined Unsung Heros 69 has Sergius Hruby. Alfonse Mucha is featured four episodes ago. Also, "The Rise and Fall of Die Muskete", an Austrian periodical is featured. Fran Wacik is presented in Unsung Heros 14. "Ver Sacrum" and other magazines are in the Austrian archives.

[@lizfernandeshoft9104]

Great work! Thank you!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.

[@wynnschaible]

Another fine effort! You have in the past lamented the displacement of illustration by photography in advertising: but consider how much illustration effort was expended on products no longer allowed to be advertised in any form!

[@petebeard]

Ah yes - the golden age when doctors and presidents could sell cigarettes and booze. I must admit I have wondered whether to make a video on these untouchable ads just to annoy the new puritans.

[@wynnschaible]

@@petebeard I have always had a violent aversion to tobacco smoke, and my father was a three-pack-a-day man. Constantly shifting position to stand upwind of him was the least of my worries! Never been much of a drinker either, although that is purely a matter of preference. I did sample some of the rides in the 60s, but never lived in -- or for-- the amusement park. Nevertheless, I say -- MAKE IT! Although I cannot guarantee that a platform that goes so far as to ban personal testimonies from people who regret their sex-change operations as "hate speech" will leave it up!

[@stifledvoice]

Another well-narrated compilation.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot.

[@Rama-ob3tn]

Your content is gold sir

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your positive comment - it's greatly appreciated.

[@flatcamerafilms307]

Like some of these illustrators, I too started late in life although I have been an artist my entire life. One of my goals is to live long enough (and you also) to be reviewed by you!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment. Sadly I have to dissapoint you in that ambition. To feature in this series you had to have been born before 1910. Maybe some future version of me will sing your praises... and maybe even my own.

[@ROBOTSandPIXIES]

Great videos!!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the appreciation.

[@andielines]

Thank you.

[@petebeard]

And thanks to you for the appreciation.

[@rogergottlieb8776]

super super info on heros of illustration

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel.

[@mijiyoon5575]

I know a lot of people who *have a degree* & hate it so much they never use it ...I understand completely 😠😠😠 I rather draw my bunnies as teach any ol' day! These are wonderful illustrators in this vid ... *THX Pete* 👍🎬👍🎬👍🎬👍🎬👍🎬

[@petebeard]

Hi and I second that. Oh the grief my old man gave me when I told him I was going to art school, and most definitely not university.

[@mikedirle520]

CRAZY inspiring! A rerun I love watching! Are you aware of Frank Frazetta and his stroke that led him to relearn illustration/painting with his left arm? Your presentations here are one of the best surprises for me! Tnx!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and yes I'm a big admirer of Frazetta's work - although it was only quite recently when I found out about his stroke. I'm pretty sure I'd have just thrown in the towel.

[@p5rsona]

awesome

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks a lot.

[@judyparker8459]

Vierge's inkworks are so incredible. I'll take later for sure! Do you have any idea the paper dimensions he worked with? Were these quite large iow? The detail is astonishing. Hudson is just a delight. I'm wondering if there's a connection to Goldberg's artworks and the first Mario Bros games? I see one! And thanks for archive, I've yet to get started but this is the push now to add a couple artworks to my favs in these videos. Thank you again!

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and thanks for watching as usual. Regarding your questions I don't know for sure but because of his freedom from having to be manually engraved I think it would have dawned on him he could now draw his images bigger and have them reduced to print size photographically. And I don't know if it started with him but those who came a little later generally worked between 150 to 200 % bigger so the image would 'tighten up' in print. Sorry thats a bit inconclusive. And I can be even less help regarding the Goldberg/Mario connection. I know what the latter looks like but I've never seen any of the games.

[@pdbowman]

Funny indeed to think of Rube Goldberg as unsung. As a kid (some decades ago), I loved to look at the ‘machine’ strips in collection form at the public library. But I’m an American - and know nothing of Heath Robinson, as you might expect. You teach me that there’s a lot I still don’t know about Goldberg’s extraordinary life and body of work, moreover. Thanks!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for the comment. At the risk of shamelessly plugging my channel - and his British counterpart - you might find my Heath Robinson video interesting. Now those are some remarkable devices...

[@pdbowman]

Ah, thank you for the reminder. I’ve noticed this title in your collection, I recall now, but haven’t managed to view it yet. About time I did!

[@IdeaRefinery]

Hi Pete, Gwynedd Hudson is a new discovery, love her work. I don't know if you do requests, but I'm trying to find some biographical information on William Bolin, the Art Deco illustrator for 1920s Vogue magazine. He seems to be completely absent from the internet. I don't think you've covered him yet, but his work is amazing - a slightly more representational Erté. If ever there was someone to ask, it's you! Thanks again.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. And thanks for the name William Bolin - not a name I was familiar with although I recognise some of the Vogue covers. Sadly I cant be of much (any) help. I did find out he was really Guillermo Bolin and Spanish by birth. But that's all I got. Even the Spanish national library have nothing on him. Great pity.

[@errolfellows409]

Great! Thank you! And, of course, APSACA!

[@petebeard]

Hello and your APSACA is most welcome.

[@garymcguire8529]

I've started to see a theme to your video, you like to start with mounted horse in the left corner. This I suppose is to be expected, given the nature of art, much before the invention of the car. Would it be possible to do theme on the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H G Wells?

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment as usual. Actually the thumbnail idea started with the very first instalment which was a heroic figure on horesback by Willy Pogany. And I just decided to play a game with myself to see how long I could keep it going. Thanks also for the suggested topic and I have covered illustrators who created images for both these writers along the way. Whether I could make a whole video would depend on how much written and visual material I could find. I suspect not enough but I'll have a rummage.

[@brucealanwilson4121]

One of my classmates in college wanted to be an illusrator. She did adouble major in art & English. For all her literature classes she did a portfolio for the novels, stories, poems, etc. I don't lnow what she did after college.

[@petebeard]

Illustration is one of those things many people aspire to be, but to be able to make a living you have to have prodigious levels of determination. Much more important than talent.

[@brucealanwilson4121]

@@petebeard Well, she cqme out of college with a good portfolio at least!

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Great !

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot

[@annamcknight2573]

I enjoyed this. I used to read a Victorian set of encyclopaedias as a child. They had red and black illustrations I found evocative and sometimes frightening. Have you any idea who the artist may have been?

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm sorry to say that I don't have enough information to be able to help with this question, unfortunately.

[@johnplatt3704]

Thank you so much for Vierge. I had noticed the omission. Um. I haven't noticed Joseph Clement Coll in your videos. Do you know him?

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the appreciation. And Coll is patiently waiting in line, but don't hold your breath - he's due to appear in instalment 100. But it could be worse... there are many even further back. I just hope I dont fall off my perch in the meantime.

[@jonathanbrown4933]

i've been enjoying these presentations, however, the images have been blurry lately. it's not as much fun to observe if the art isn't crisp. is there anything that might be done to bring the illustrations into better focus? thank you. john

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm not trying to avoid responsibility but I've checked them and they all seem fine to me. The earlier videos were not in HD but I don't know which ones youve been watching. I've also asked a few acquaintances to do similar and they report no problem. I do know this has happened occasionally when watching youtube so I suspect Its some glitch in the system. But if it was my doing believe me I'd fix it.

[@davewalter1216]

One wonders about Daniel Vierge's recovery and learning to draw with his left hand. I think you reported something similar for another artist in one of your Unsung Heroes - although I can't remember who. I know that most of the illustrators that I have hired over the years have been left-handed and that there has been a strong bias against the sinister in years past and I wonder if these artists who recovered from strokes/other maladies and learned to draw with their left hands weren't naturally left-handed and had been forced into right-handedness. Just woolgathering, but do you know of any left-handed artists that were forced to learn to draw with their right hands?

[@petebeard]

Hello and that's an interesting point, but not one I can shed much light light on. The other illustrator was Harold Earnshaw and I wouldn't have thought denying someone their natural left handedness was that common in Britain when he was growing up, but who knows. What I can say with authority is that about 10 years ago I taught a student from (I think) Angola who had had his right hand severed some 4 years earlier and he had been right handed. And by the time I taught him he was visually fluent with his left. Amazing.

[@davewalter1216]

@@petebeard Thanks - your Angolan student is good enough to falsify my hypothesis. I'm not even sure how valid the idea that left-handed people are more artistic may be, but I was struck by how many of my students who are excellent illustrators are left-handed.

[@secretshaman189]

Not sure you have covered William Blake or Pamela Colman Smith, illustrator of the world famous Rider Waite Tarot deck? Just a suggestion...

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the suggestions. Funnily enough it was only a couple of weeks ago that another viewer suggested P C Smith. I had never heard of her and she is now on the list. As a late arrival it may be a while before she appears but sometimes I shuffle them around in the queue so it might be sooner rather than later. And regarding Blake he was so overwhelmingly an artist rather than an illustrator that I reluctantly decided he's not a subject for this channel. Sorry if this sounds petty but I feel the need to stay on topic if I can.

[@secretshaman189]

@@petebeard Thank-you so much for your reply!

[@MAC-ws8fz]

Question Mr. Beard, As illustrators, would they been responsible for Lettering and Signage?

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the question. In the time frame of most of the featured illustrators and poster artists in this series the answer is almost invariably that they created the lettering as an integral part of the design. This practice was widespread from the Art Nouveau poster artists such as Cheret and Mucha onward. It's only from the later 20th century onward that this generally ceased to be the case - and to my way of thinking it was not a good development.

[@0biwan77]

. . . hilarious that Goldberg’s father pressured him toward engineering.

[@clark9992]

I haven't watched every video yet, but if you haven't covered Edward Gorey and Bruce McCall yet, you might consider them.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment and suggestions. I'm particularly grateful for the name Bruce McCall as I hadn't previously encountered his marvellous work. The bad news is that neither of these illustrators is eligible for the unsung series as they were unfortunately born too late to qualify. My cutoff D.O.B is 1910, and although this may seem arbitrary I had to stop somewhere to retain my sanity. As it is I've still got more to feature than have already appeared. But havng said that is more than possible that down the line I will find a reason to feature both in some other context. They are both deserving of wider attention.

[@gerardvila4685]

I'm a great fan of your series and have watched all of them to date, but please don't show the illustrations as a small part of the screen when you can make them larger. Even on a tablet, the effect is that less detail is visible - let alone a phone.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm afraid I can't control what people watch the videos on, but I have to assume that in the vast majority of cases it's on at the very least a laptop of a reasonable size, and I have to leave room for the subtitles too. Sorry I can't fulfil your request, and I hope it doesn't put you off watching. I need the views...

[@gerardvila4685]

@@petebeard Thanks for answering! I didn't think of the subtitles... Anyway your videos are brilliant, much appreciated ☺