It is hard to imagine a more coherent and comprehensive encyclopaedia of illustrators than the episodes contained within Pete’s fabulous series of videos. Great work Pete, bravo!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks. I must admit I had no idea there would be this many to show. And there I was wondering how to fill my retirement....
@TheMarkEH2 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard And you are managing to fill some of my retirement too 🙂
@johnmorgan54952 жыл бұрын
Couldnt agree more
@JerimeeRichir9 ай бұрын
well said
@davidsparks61462 жыл бұрын
What used to take hours at the CalArts library now is a pleasant 15minutes, narrated by the soothing voice of Pete...thank you sir!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and many thanks for your flattering comment.
@justicecommander94552 жыл бұрын
Always nice to see Mexican illustrators here, and good for Mabel Lucie for hitting it big with her illustrations.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for the appreciation, as ever.
@auntieayla2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for bringing these incredible artists to our attention. Inspiring work.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. It means a lot to me.
@johngraham40532 жыл бұрын
Always professional, Interesting and informative. Thank you Pete.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi and thanks a lot.
@mikedirle5202 жыл бұрын
Amazing what you find, research, present and share! Tnx!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again, and it amazes me too. Sometimes I think I'm being controlled by some benign force I dont understand. A bit like the ape in 2001.
@LuliLulu2 жыл бұрын
I always like the video before watching because I know I’m in for a treat 🙂
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. Now of course I'm dreading you encountering one you don't enjoy...
@andrewburns94802 жыл бұрын
Another engrossing, informative and inspiring installment, Pete. I get so many ideas from each video. Thank you!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and many thanks for your comment. I like to think the channel is an inspirational resource.
@sgmac4230 Жыл бұрын
Your channel is a wonderful illustrator’s historical resource. It’s obvious you love the craft. Thank you!
@petebeard Жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response to the channel. It's greatly appreciated.
@vgolovach22 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your amazing videos.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for the comment. By the way your avatar looks just like me, except my goatee is now grey.
@vgolovach22 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard Well, so is mine these days.
@rossmcleod79832 жыл бұрын
Adore Posada, something uniquely Mexican about his original imagery, thanks again Pete.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and yes, theres a gleeful attitude to the whole death thing that European protestants (me) struggle to endorse.
@theotherandrew5540 Жыл бұрын
Thank you again. I think my life would be very dull without your many illustrations of these heroes.
@petebeard Жыл бұрын
My thanks for your appreciation as always.
@Banner_Bearer_of_Eternity2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Pete! Great artists, great stories.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again and many thanks for the comment.
@evertvandenberghe2 жыл бұрын
Just love these series :)
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and I'm delighted to hear that. Thanks.
@rexharrison68272 жыл бұрын
And another one bites the dust! Thank you Pete! Indeed, quite a diverse group this time. Illustrators who die relatively young seems to be a rather depressing tendency, one that Lucie Atwell managed to avoid at least!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for your recent comments. And regarding Finlay I can't stop wondering what he might have done with The Oddysey or the Divine Comedy, maybe. It's unfortunate that the generally low opinion of pulp magazines kept him (and quite a few others such as Edd Cartier) out of the broader limelight.
@localhost1234562 жыл бұрын
Very commendable work. Thank you for bringing the artists to everyone's notice.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.
@borromine2 жыл бұрын
Such a pleasure! Fascinating and moving. Bravo and thanks!!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response to the video.
@mijiyoon55752 жыл бұрын
*Posada* had some interesting Day of the Dead imagery ... *Rieth* had lovely designs & images w/nice color some beautiful paintings ... *Morin* had humor & movement & Attwell had delightful imagery & skill *THX Pete* I will say these 4 all had humor in their art
@benitobodoque63592 жыл бұрын
You must check the work of Manuel Manilla predecessor and contemporary of Posada in the popular mexican imaginary, and if you are interested check the work of Leopoldo Méndez and "el chango" Cabral who are successors of the first two mentioned.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for the names - I will check them out. Cabral has already feautured in unsung 23.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
...and yet more thanks from me.
@benitobodoque63592 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard Gonna check It and no problem Pete, I really apreciate your work it's an honor see your reply 👋
@healthcareforallfiftyseven3773 Жыл бұрын
Well! Mabel Atwell's work is certainly timeless. Truly adorable.
@petebeard Жыл бұрын
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed her work. Even as I grew up in the 50s her work was still around.
@charlestaylor3195 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you showed work by women. It's so interesting, 4 illustrators and their work and style couldn't have been more different. Thanks for another great video Pete.
@petebeard Жыл бұрын
Hello again and thanks again for your appreciation.
@bluefish4999 Жыл бұрын
Excellent selection of artists, your doing the art world a service by profiling these artists.
@petebeard Жыл бұрын
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the videos and what I'm trying to do with the channel. I'm glad you think so.
@johnzeszut31702 жыл бұрын
The fellow has the makings of a good book!
@rossmcleod79832 жыл бұрын
Yes for sure and I think Pete’s work here could be dropped into any major television network - untouched.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi and thanks for the sentiment, but I don't think Sky or the BBC will be trying to outbid each other for my content. They would just make their own version with a celebrity presenter.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for the appreciation. It is a bit frustratiing that available information can be in short supply, but I try to be grateful that there's anything at all.
@anniebooo2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Pete, your videos are a source of illustrative art that so missing today.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi again and I'm always pleased to know the content is appreciated. Thanks for your support.
@sethbrown17632 жыл бұрын
I liked the Atwell illustrations. Reminds me of my childhood. :)
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and you and me both.
@lindaking92222 жыл бұрын
Attwell’s illustrations for children were wonderfully gentle & fanciful as appeals to children…another most interesting quartet of illustrators
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot. Even though I grew up in the 1950's Attwell's work was still everywhere in Britain, and to some extent her legacy continues here with my generation. Now of course it's Peppa Pig and worse.
@lindaking92222 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard me too,I grew up with Noddy & Rupert Bear,I have two books from my childhood with illustrations that are softer in colour & deeds,unlike today’s somewhat garish offerings
@henrydarker43142 жыл бұрын
Wonderful episode, thanks Pete.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.
@gabrielerosa6652 жыл бұрын
Another great video! Thanks Pete!!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello Gabriel, and it seems to have been a while since I last heard from you. I hope you are well and enjoyed your time in Sitges. What a great place it is.
@gabrielerosa6652 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard may be....a little time....but I always was watching your videos....I've been at Sitges before holidays...but working!!!
@johnmorgan54952 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pete, brilliant work by them and by you !
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again and my thanks as ever.
@janegadd16812 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Pete, I'm hooked on your wonderful series!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation and subscription. It means a lot to me to know viewers get something out of the channel content.
@popnocturne79092 жыл бұрын
I especially enjoyed the Posada and Attwell 😃💀💛
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. They seem to have been the most popular of this instalment.
@JTA19612 жыл бұрын
That last lady had more talent & intelligence in her little finger than I'll Ever have. My hats off to her.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for th comment. Regarding music if you mean it was too loud, quite a few of the earlier videos I uploaded suffer similarly. I'm fairly deaf so getting a balance was far from easy.
@damogranheart5521 Жыл бұрын
I admire the work of illustrators. I find that those who did children's books really move me. I believe it's because as a child, I would get so deep into books that it was difficult to get me to come to meals. I was caught more than a few times with a flashlight under the covers reading after lights out.
@petebeard Жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for your comment, and on that theme I'm mildly ashamed of my own reluctance to read books as a kid. I was (and remain) so obsessed with the images I could never be bothered to read the words. I think I was in my 20s before I ever read Winnie the Pooh or Alice.
@damogranheart5521 Жыл бұрын
@petebeard I was fortunate in that my parents read to me. My father would have his index finger under the words, so we learned to read at an early age. I was excited about that because I could read whenever I had a chance by myself! The illustrations by people like Joe and Beth Krush grabbed me, and the authors like Mary Norton and Elizabeth Enright kept me coming back. When we went to the library we had to do some traveling. We took my mother's big wicker laundry basket to carry the books.
@damogranheart5521 Жыл бұрын
@@petebeard My dad would make up tunes to go with Winnie the Pooh's songs.
@iangillham96472 жыл бұрын
Excellent again. Thank you.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi again and thanks again.
@Cmdtheartist2 жыл бұрын
Terrific to see not just the major works of these artists but the smaller, more commercial endeavors as well. The teacups were great, now I have to add those to my estate sales list, right next to the missing Fabergé eggs.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I dread to think how much such a tea set would now fetch at auction. Probably not as much as the eggs, though.
@TheMikester3072 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! (As always!) Thanks so much!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again and thanks for the ongoing appreciation.
@bernieoconnor93502 жыл бұрын
Another winner! Thanks, Pete. Great series.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment - much appreciated.
@bernieoconnor93502 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard Please keep up the great work. It's so important to learn about these forgotten artists.
@twistoffate47912 жыл бұрын
I came home in such a foul mood on Friday, that Jose Posada's skulls suited me just fine. Amusement in the form of cycling skeletons running over a fellow skeleton was perfect. Paul Rieth's London Transport pieces were very eye-catching with the striking color combinations. Henry Morin's animals were better than his people, in my opinion, though I did really like the religious piece on the right at 9:09. As for Mabel Lucie Attwell, I absolutely adore her charming drawings of children and animals, and think it's quite a compliment that the Queen of Romania didn't just invite this talented artist for a cup of tea, but to stay for a whole three weeks!! Thanks again, Pete, for another wonderful escape from today's realities.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again and thanks as usual for your comment. Ir's always a particular pleasure when viewers actually expand on their responses to the particular illustrators (even if adversely). The whole thing becomes more of a conversation.
@hurdygurdyguy12 жыл бұрын
"That's it for this one...hope you'll be back for the next!!" Always too short and always back for the next!!! Of the four I was only familiar with Posada and only because 3 images were used as book covers for John Nichols' Milagro Beanfield War trilogy of books in the mid '80's (and I wouldn't be surprised if the Grateful Dead used dome)...
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks as ever for your appreciation. I didn't know about those books and oddly I don't think any of the Dead's illustrators actually made that specific connection, but I'm no authority on that subject.
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
The Grateful Dead used Posada's "El Gran Fandago" calavera image in their concert poster. Similarly, Alton Kelly and Stanley Mouse used Sullivan J. Edmund's* (USH#49) calavera wearing a garland of roses Illustration in their "Skull & Roses" Avalon SF poster. * Illustration for the 19th century "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyan". Btw, Calavera (skull), calaca (skeleton), calavera de azucar (sugar skull). Considering calaveras are for the Day of the Dead celebration it would be somewhat associated with the Grateful Dead. "La Calavera Catrina" (not shown in video) is Posada's iconic image for the Day of the Dead celebration.
@TheKevphil2 жыл бұрын
Well, you dipped your toe into the waters of graphical narrative, so of course I'm even happier with your continuing saga.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again and thanks. Something for reveryone, I like to think.
@DSH1LL2 жыл бұрын
These videos are so enjoyable.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and your appreciation is very welcome. Thanks.
@glynstimpson2 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks very much
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for your comment.
@michaelmontcombroux34132 жыл бұрын
Another quartet of unknowns (to me, at least, other than Ms. Attwell), well done, Pete! Hard to believe this is No.86 in the series. I've been following since the beginning. I'm beginning to feel old!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment, and long service. Thanks for sticking it out, so to speak. What's harder to believe is that by my current estimate there will probably be another 86 before I'm done. God knows how long I'll have to live to see it through....
@ianscheid50322 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your hard work!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot. Your appreciation is very welcome.
@fuzzydragons2 жыл бұрын
a hah! Mabel Lucie Attwell, thats who did those pieces I remember. I remember seeing them when we would go up north to stay in a cabin and they had a bunch of older books you could look at. these videos are really bringing back art I remember seeing as a kid 😀
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and she was still illustrating througgout my childhood, and formed a large part of my early desire to draw pictures.
@GaitaPonto2 жыл бұрын
Excellent as always.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.
@GarnetLynne2 жыл бұрын
Very nice! I've been doing a lot of printing lately and thinking of doing cards, and working on a updated version of "Little Red Cap" from Grimms, you inspire me with every posting, thank you.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi and thanks a lot. And I'm glad you find the channel an inspiration. As it happens I'm part way through what's turning into an epic about the illustrators of Grimms over the last 200 years. I hope to get it finished later this year.
@richardlisiura30252 жыл бұрын
Just stumbled onto this channel. Great content. I wonder if there is a list of all the artists covered to date. Much of the early newspaper comic artists are also forgotten. It's a shame to lose all the history that gave birth to the comic book industry. In addition, it would be nice to show how impressive some of those full page Sundays really were in relation to what is offered today.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for the appreciation. It's a bit messy but there are 2 lists of all heroes up to instalment 75. The first 50 are in the description box of 75 and the next 25 are in 76. The list was too big to fit in one box. And I hope you'll be pleased to see that among them there are many early newspaper comic strip artists among them.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
PS There are solo videos too - such as Winsor McCay.
@richardlisiura30252 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard Thanks for responding. It's obvious you love doing what you do. Can't wait to check out the list. The early 1900's was a time of great experimentation in sequential art. Winsor McCay's work is probably the most famous example of genius in the field. Aside from the art, the comics of the day reflect the sign of the times and sensibilities. It's interesting to see that there were critics even then about the violence and representation of different peoples. I still laugh at some of those comics. William Marriner's "Sambo and his Funny Noises" (1905-1914) is one of the comics I collect. Don't know if that title will ever be reprinted but is no less violet then other strips of the times. Gene Carey's Simon Simple another favorite. There are many titles of different genres that are lost to today's audience.
@humbertocarrilloramirez79892 жыл бұрын
Very apreciated to mencion of Posada. Just for complementary data, he is the creator of the worldwide famous Catrina. Diego Rivera immortalized her in a mural
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for the aoreciation - and information. I didn't know that.
@FRAGAComics2 жыл бұрын
The great Guadalupe Posada!!!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and I certainly agree about Posada.
@pattheplanter2 жыл бұрын
About 30 years ago I popped into Manchester Central Library to look for some reading matter. On the second floor I found a young man and a hand-driven printing press. He was letting visitors make their own prints from some plates. I asked what he had and he showed me some original Posada plates, just A5 size. I was gobsmacked. I made one of a head and shoulders skeleton with a large hat covered in roses and another full-length of Emiliano Zapata. I eventually gave the first to a young lady undertaker and the second to a lover of revolutionaries.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. Manchester Central? Blimey! I haven't stepped foot in there since about 1990, and should probably be ashamed of myself about that.
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
Pat The Plant Posada's skull and skeleton shoulders with roses print sounds similiar to Edmund J. Sullivan's (USH#49) Illustration for the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam used by the Grateful Dead.
@pattheplanter2 жыл бұрын
@@vincentgoupil180 I would be very surprised if Sullivan had not seen Posada's work.
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) Edmund J. Sullivan (1869-1933) Sullivan's illustration from Omar Khayyam came out 1913 the year of Posada's death. Possible. Was there a date on the print you made? Was it "Calavera Catrina" ?
@pattheplanter2 жыл бұрын
@@vincentgoupil180 It was _Calavera Catrina_ but there was no date.
@cinematicuprising72 Жыл бұрын
you channel is so good!
@petebeard Жыл бұрын
Hello and Im very pleased you think so. Thanks a lot.
@eamonnclabby70672 жыл бұрын
Always good to see and learn something new ( to me..anyway..)...thanks as always for sharing, Pete,best wishes from the wirral...
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi Eamonn, and I think most viewers are previously unaware of most of these unsungs.
@PalimpsestProd2 жыл бұрын
7:36 I want that as a poster. I want that painted across an entire wall.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and that is a great series of light humorous images - I assume you mean the knight in armour?
@PalimpsestProd2 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard Yes, I particularly like his spurs making it look like he has his feet up.
@naynaynay3242 жыл бұрын
Ooh I'm behind on being informed about artists I never knew existed but now am eagerly learning about, thanks PB. Will sample these one by one. Btw, the spanish double l is usually pronounced like a y sound, pollo = poyo, caballeros* = cabayehros (with an argentine variation which is quite odd, as it would be). *Don't believe the american/english version some anglophiles has posted on the internet.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks fir the appreciation - and the Spanish pronunciation. Why everyone can't just speak English is a mystery to me.
@naynaynay3242 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard Ha. ha. ha.
@hlebo2 жыл бұрын
Hello Pete. My compliments for your always-thorough and enlightening videos. If I could suggest one thing: for your videos that feature more than one artist (such as this one, or your "history of" videos, it would be very helpful if you could include the name of the artist on each of the images as the video progresses. To make a connection between the artist's name and the work would greatly increase my understanding of each artist. Many thanks! Harlan
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi and thanks a lot for the appreciation. It didn't dawn on me until I'd made a few videos but after those early ones all the 'group' videos feature the illustrator's name with the image. As far as the unsungs are concerned their names are featured in order in the description box and at the beginning of each section so I figured that was kind of enough to differentiate.
@thegurch73132 жыл бұрын
awesome content
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks a lot. I just watched a couple of your videos and I must say you've got quite a way with that pen. You should make more.
@thegurch73132 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard oMG , thank you so so much , I do that for fun … absolutely amazed and thrilled that you took a look. Thank you 🙏 I really should post more up I had some filmed but editing and getting round to posting is low on my priority. Maybe you have just given me the boost I needed 👍🏼 I really want you to see a video about YOU, who you are and your background. It would be amazing if it could be told through the medium of illustration.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
@@thegurch7313 Hello again, and I'm retired now but there's an old short video (low definition unfortunately) of what I used to do. Just search youtube for pete beard portfolio.
@thegurch73132 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard super duper 👍🏼 will go check it now … use it as a distraction from the design work I’ve been doing all day 👍🏼
@wynnschaible2 жыл бұрын
Another quartet of unjustly forgottens. I don't know if you can realize over there in England just how thoroughly that Calaveras skeleton-mask has penetrated everything Mexican and now in much of the U.S. as well!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for the comment. In general it's not on most Brits' radar, but I've been aware of it for some time due to a visit to Tijuana in the 80s.
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
As far as holidays believe the British celebrate Guy Fawkes Night around the time Halloween (U.S.), Day of the Dead (Mexico) and Samhain (Ireland, Wales) are celebrated. The skull is used in Halloween and Day of the Dead while the Bowen Knot is used in Samhain. Probably all three of the above are of the time when the two worlds of the living and dead overlap, i.e. summer and winter, and food is offered to the spirits, ancestry, during this portal, Calavera de azucar, candy or food and clothing.
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
Since read a calavera is also a satirical poem. Appears a calavera as a skull celebrated during the Day of the Dead has European overtones nowadays as shown in the James Bond movie "Spectre" and also "Coco". ?
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
Jose Guadalupe Posada's Illustration for Arroya's broadside publication were accompanied by *calaveras* , satirical poems mocking social classes. So, Posada's Calavera Catrina 1913 broadside image supposedly mocked bourgeois women selling out to European influences. See the website Glasstire 2019 article "Jose Guadalupe Posada and Diego Rivera Fashion Catrina: From Sellout to National Icon (And Back Again?) by Ruban Cordova. Calavera is also a skull used in the Day of the Dead celebration Nov 1 or 2 ... depending on one's perspective. Note: while Posada made the illustrations for Arroyo's paper it was the publisher who wrote the text. Arroyo was friends with then current Mexican dictator Diaz. While Posada's Calavera Catrina woodcut was made in 1910 it was featured in the paper 1913. Posada passed away January 1913. Point is similiar to the German magazines, i.e. Jugend and others as the Illustratous Pete Beard (pun intended) has shown not easy being an illustrator having to walk a narrow line during certain times. Or, at all times.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi again and I dont know how you do it but your detective work is invariably informative.
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard Before your presentation I could not even spell P-o-s-o-d-a, er, Posada. Also, interesting to read other post commentators. Gonna like the little Keith Haring figures running around underneath the horse in your title page. :)
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
Btw, if anyone is interested in following up one of Pete's Illustrators, its easy... i.e. Posada Search for "Posada" eventually the Algorithm will offer some sites. Look over them for one of interest that ties in with something you know.. Watch the video *and* read its comment section. Came across "ReligionForBreakast", 'What is the Day of the Dead'. The comments will do the leg work to an article or offer different perspectives. Its that simple, a room temperture IQ person like me can do it. All that is needed is to enjoy Pete's blog to get a name and add water.
@kidmohair8151 Жыл бұрын
out of curiosity, did you upload this for the dia de los muerto?
@petebeard Жыл бұрын
Hello and no I didn't. I've no idea when that wuold be - it's all I can do to remember my birthday.
@kidmohair8151 Жыл бұрын
@@petebeard I know the feeling...is that intentional? anyways. that would be November 1st. is that ten months ago? I tried counting it on my fingers...I think it worked. (I am getting better at my kids' birthdays though)
@albertcscs2 жыл бұрын
Lovely quartet, nicely produced as to your usual high standards. ¿Why can't the rest of KZbin follow your lead? Is this really the first appearance of M.L. Attwell, she was probably the most important woman illustrator in the UK during the golden age. Illustrating Peter Pan after Rackham tells you how highly regarded she was at the time. I can't wait for your Grimms Fairy Tales, she should be back again for that episode I trust.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hi Albert. Thanks as usual, and I did wonder whether to make her a solo feature, but couldn't gather quite enough material. And yes she will feature in Grimms as arguably the least 'grimmsian' of all versions. And thanks for the condolences. My jury is out regarding the monarchy in general but there's no arguing she was a remarkably important figure. I doubt her son will be as admired.
@albertcscs2 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard She was the most important person of the 20th century still alive. She knew Churchill and Eisenhower by name, knew the Kennedys and every US president since Nixon. I tried to see her in 1982 when she was in California visiting Reagan, but there were a million people in the way. It's fine Charlie is king now, but starting a new gig at 73 is going to be tough. I wish him well.
@adventure32142 жыл бұрын
Cartooning has more martyrs than christianity. So many lived and died in poverty for the privilige of making art.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and sadly that is the case.
@adventure32142 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard one who didnt was Norman Lindsey, who elevated his cartoons to high art,and won praise, financial rewards and filled his life with naked ladies. So there are some winners. Also i think you are one of the best documentary makers on the tube. Goodonya.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
@@adventure3214 Hi again, and thanks fr the good opinion of my work. I cant tell from your reply whether youve seen my Lindsay feature but in case you haven't he's in unsung heroes 28.
@adventure32142 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard i think 28 must have been the first of yr vids i watched a couple of years ago. Ive seen most of your work since, because i am educated and entertained by it, thanks again for yr many hours of research, drafting, compiling, editing, etc in a field highlighted by few. Keep on singing for the unsung.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again and I'm flattered (if a bit puzzled) that you think I would know about such a thing. I'm sorry to disappoint - but other than in a peripheral sense I have little interest in the comings and goings of the monarchy. Nothing against them either, but they just aren't on my radar. As far as empty coffins are concerned it's always possible I suppose. But why is another matter altogether...
@dbensdrawinvids83902 жыл бұрын
It's heartwarming to learn that it's entirely possible to earn a living off drawing skelly boys.
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello and I think it's possible to make a living drawing many different things - if you are lucky, of course. Right place, right time and all that...
@dbensdrawinvids83902 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard right you are, sir.
@mijiyoon55752 жыл бұрын
Good Mornin' everyone ...I'm still not first here ...#5
@naynaynay3242 жыл бұрын
Goodmorning, who's counting?
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again and thanks.
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
Hey Pete *Thanks* was getting antsy waiting for another Unsung Heros. Don't know which is more dire, Posada's skulls or Attwell's kewpie figures ... the kewpies. :::) Yet another pointless story. As a museum preparator unboxed dozens and dozens of a patron's Mexican art collection all skulls of every shape and form. Never understood their fascination with skulls. Amulet? Thanks for the word "broadside". Looked it up which lead to penny dreadful, yellow-back and interestingly, chromoxylographic and Edmund Evans. Dude was associated with many Illustrators. ("Sweeney Todd" was a penny dreadful installation. Only familiar with the movie.)
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
Hello again and I'll take the skeletons any day. I don't know why but I find them really appealing and funny. This probably says something about my psychological make up I probably wouldn't like to hear. I like pictures of the grim reaper too. Maybe I'm a Goth...
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
@@petebeard Germanic Goth or Peter Murphy Goth? Murphy :)
@humbertoaguirre48012 жыл бұрын
"CALAVERAS", "CALAVERAS", NO "CALAVEROS"!!!!!
@petebeard2 жыл бұрын
OK
@vincentgoupil1802 жыл бұрын
Humberto Rude way of showing appreciation for presenting Jose Posoda.