UNSUNG HEROES OF ILLUSTRATION 99 HD 1080p

[@patmcdonagh8939]

This channel is seriously one of the very best visual museums anywhere in the world and always a pleasure to visit, thank you so much

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your supportive comment. It's greatly appreciated

[@mattbell5575]

I dip in and out of Pete’s channel but i have to say his output is better than any overpriced university course. well researched, no waffle and an absolute treat for the eyes.

[@petebeard]

Hello and that;s a particularly nice thing to say about my work on the channel, so thanks a lot.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@petebeardhear,hear....😊

[@MikeThomasFaria]

Couldn't agree more!

[@clealinden7755]

Thanks so much for your mention of Donn P. Crane: I thought I was the only person alive who remembers MY BOOKHOUSE!

[@petebeard]

Hello and it seems you are far from alonejudging by other similar comments.

[@TheMikester307]

There's a Halloween feel to the pic around 3:45. And "far too obscene for this platform" has to be a first for this series! LOL!

[@0ia]

I love that image. It feels like I’m there.

[@gatekiller]

Congratulations on your completion of 99 in this series! A tremendous body of work.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks. When I hit 100 I'll be having a bit of a rest.

[@0ia]

@@petebeardA well-deserved, hard-earnt rest! Thank you for your work!

[@anilachar323]

Hello Pete! - 99 is only a number. That said, we all are appreciative of your incessant labour of love!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks. When 100 is uploaded I'll be having a rest from the series, and concentrate on the solo videos.

[@davidsantiago-bonilla3442]

The countdown for the 100 started 🎆 🎊 🎉

[@petebeard]

Hello and I wouldn't get too excited - I have nothing special planned for it, other than a rest when it's uploaded.

[@Torreya]

In my 70s now and still have the entire set of My Book House which my parents bought us, with Crane's amazing illustrations which brought the stories to life. Thank you for discussing his work and history. I now have a new -- and adult -- appreciation for his work.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your appreciation. I must confess I had never heard of him until a couple of years ago, and found his work completely by accident.

[@rodeastell3615]

Thank you for bringing these great illustrators and their work to a modern audience. Greatly appreciated.

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks a lot for your support.

[@normanbannister9270]

Thank you for exposing me to these phenomenal illustrators I’d never heard of before. I really appreciate the work you put into each video!

[@blank557]

Thanks again for increasing our knowledge on these lesser known, but by no means, lesser but incredibly talented illustrators. Eric Rohman was amazing with his poster work, as you said, ahead of his time.

[@petebeard]

Hello and it's a particulalr pleasure to be able to feature someone like Rohman, who I hadn't myself previously encountered until recently.

[@henrydarker4314]

Thanks again Pete. The genius of all these illustrators you have brought to us _never_ ceases to amaze me!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and I'm very glad to hear that.

[@WeltenbauerClub]

Thanks for sharing

[@petebeard]

You are most welcome.

[@johannashiffler2412]

I always watch your videos before bed. They are so relaxing and informative! ❤

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. You're not the first person to remark about the calming qualities of the videos. It's not something I expected but it's a nice bonus.

[@wendysalter]

What talented artists! I love the style, the clean lines and simple colour schemes, while achieving dramatic visual effect. Thanks for your attention to these gems of bygone days.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks to you for your appreciation. It's good to know you value the content.

[@HectorPlasmic]

Thank you so much for reminding me of Donn P. Crane. I spent many hours studying his work in the Book House blue and green book set when I was a kid.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. I must admit I was 70 years old before ever seeing his work. Better late than never.

[@MikeThomasFaria]

Eric Rohman is a wonder! Thanks. Just my kind of thing.

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and I was very pleased to have discovered him, and only very recently. How I'd never encountered his work before is one of life's great mysteries.

[@pdbowman]

Have to mention that I’m from the U.S., not young (in my 50s), and do not think I’d ever heard the phrase ‘Ben Day dots’ before watching this video. If it was a preferred alternative to ‘halftone’ at one time, that seems no longer to have been so several decades ago when I was receiving first trade training in graphics and printing. Of course, everything was seeing extraordinary transformation then. Happy to have this new-to-me piece of industry history via your latest Unsung installment!

[@petebeard]

Hello and you are the second viewer to mention this. It gor me worried that I had gone a buit loopy so i double checked and Im relieved to say it was what they were known as some time ago. Named for the man who invented them. I think I first heard the term in connection with the paintings of Roy Lichtenstein when I was at college a long long time ago. And it just stuck with me.

[@pdbowman]

@@petebeard Yes, this is the sense I got with a glance for further info - which I would never have done without your introducing it here. Really am glad you did!

[@danfrankkuhn]

Congrats on 99! Delighted to see you finally got around to Donn P. Crane. The thing I like most about his historic illustrations is the obvious research that goes into them.

[@petebeard]

Hello and your appreciation is very welcome. Thanks a lot.

[@justicecommander9455]

Beautiful set of artist that you have brought this time. Can't wait to see what's in store for episode 100th! By all means please take your time.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Should be good...

[@petebeard]

Hello and actually I'm booked for a much needed holiday and I'll be uploading 100 before I go, so a bit quicker than usual.

[@anilachar323]

@@petebeardYou deserve a lo-ong holiday, Pete!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Another great offering...Tranmere Rovers lost..again....so such a tonic for this Birkonian, cheers sir...😊😊😊...E..

[@petebeard]

Hi Eamonn. Sorry your team lost.

[@bigblue6917]

Thanks, Pete, A delight as always. I must say how I am amazed by how you keep finding these great illustrators each time. By now your library must be the most extensive in the world. Well we are all waiting with bated breath for instalment 100.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks a lot. I realised that even with those I've already earmarked I have enough for another 100 instalments, so I'd better live longer than I have any right to, given the habits of my younger days.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@petebeardonwards and upwards....😊😊😊

[@funwithFred]

Love your channel. And thank you so much for all of the history, the diversity, of the many, many wonderful artists and illustrators in our world.

[@petebeard]

Hello and your appreciation of the channel is very welcome.

[@sclogse1]

99! So, shall we guess who's picked for 100? I'm going to guess Robert Riggs.

[@petebeard]

Hi and sorry but your optimistic guess is wrong. I promise he's coming soon though and you won't have to wait long.

[@jeremyacton4569]

Much appreciated. This channel is an essential part of my ongoing art education.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and support.

[@timgarrett203]

Can’t wait for episode 100!

[@petebeard]

Hello and you won;t have to wait as long as usual. It'll be up in less than a week and then I'm off on a much needed holiday.

[@borromine]

First view in a while. Just superb and fascinating as always. Love the intro music!!!!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and welcome back. Thanks for the comment.

[@matthieujoly]

Always emotional when watching your videos, this is such a wonderful to be lost in time with these artists. Thank you so much.

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks for your appreciation. It means a lot.

[@collapsiblechair9112]

these videos are always welcomed, whatever my mood it's improved tenfold whenever i watch a new installment, keep up the great work pete

[@petebeard]

Hello and your appreciation is very welcome. Thanks a lot.

[@TheMarkEH]

Hi Pete, thanks for another great episode. Number 100 next and it seems rather unfair that this is unlikely to coincide with 100k subscribers, but, as they say, 'life is not fair'.

[@petebeard]

Hi, and I gave up on that optimistic goal some time back so I'm not all that disappointed. I've now modified the ambition to the slightly more realistic aim of getting there before I conk out for good.

[@jajphotog77]

As always, awesome video! Love the artists and their styles! Thanks for letting us know about them!

[@petebeard]

Hello and it;s a genuine pleasure to know that their work is appreciated by viewers.

[@tomparke2407]

This must have been one of my favourite episodes yet. The mediaeval influence in the first two artists was spectacular and Eric Rohman's ability to reduce the forms of an image but retain all of its energy is nothing short of incredible.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and many thanks for your comment. Im glad that the featured illustrators reconate with you and other viewers. And I haven't forgotten about the ko-fi suggestion, but there are other possibilities including books under discussion (which will probably come to nothing but who knows?) and I want to see how that pans out before committing to any other options.

[@tomparke2407]

​@@petebeard - Do you know how much of the work that you showcase is in the public domain? A book collecting these would be wonderful.

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and I know quite a few that are, but by no means all. The publisher who is considering the project insists he has someone who will check this aspect out, and does have experience with publishing such work. It was one of my main (and there are others) reservations about getting involved with print. As I indicated this whole idea is a long shot at best but I'm giving it a while to see how it pans out. My natural pessimism is usually justified.

[@FrJohnBrownSJ]

I've never heard halftone screens called Ben-day dots here in the US. I love your videos!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment. They are named for a man by that name who invented the process. I first saw the name in connection with the effect obtained by Roy Lichtenstein on his paintings.

[@jaybradley9083]

All four of the illustrators in this video were impressive, and I'm glad you brought them to our attention. Of the four, Eric Rohman was my favorite. His posters were wonderful examples of simple, yet masterfully executed illustration. I can hardly wait for your one hundredth installment.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks. I only found out about Rohman myself recently. And I know there's no answer but I have to ask - how in the name of all that's holy do they get so forgotten?

[@TheMikester307]

99?! Amazing! Your videos are still of the highest quality! I was unfamiliar with the artists in this video but it was a wonderful introduction!

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks for both your recent comments. And there have been other occasions where I've had to self-censor the images but I don't always mention it. Can't say I'm happy about it but thats youtube for you.

[@rafag9610]

One more time ( and I think is never enough ) THANKS for your time and for your work...your channel Is a treasure!!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and you can keep on with appreciative comments just as long as you like. Thanks a lot.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Every video is a treasure trove of amazing work. THANK YOU again!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. It's very welcome.

[@TheKevphil]

Wow! The big ONE HUNDRED is right around the corner. 😘 Congrats, Pete: I hope to be alive to see it!

[@petebeard]

Hi again, and with luck we'll both still be in the upright position. It'll be here sooner rather than later.

[@mikedirle520]

Thrilling! I learn so much every time! Tnx!

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks as ever.

[@manuelcapela7620]

👍Thank you. Going to see it tomorrow!🇬🇧🇵🇹

[@glynstimpson]

Great video thanks very much

[@petebeard]

I'm glad you appreciated it - thanks a lot.

[@swesttttt]

Such an important series for art history! And what a treat for the eyes and ears (you’ve a lovely voice).

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. And although I can take no credit for it, I'm blushing in response to your compliment about my vocal chords.

[@RobertGillham-l5f]

Beautiful stuff! Thank you! I’m going to start watching again, from Number 1!

[@petebeard]

Hello and for that I'm extremely grateful. Allow me to apologise in advance for the occasionally less than stellar quality of the narration & music in some of the earlier ones. I was on a steep learning curve.

[@Banner_Bearer_of_Eternity]

Thanks Pete! Eric Rohman is great!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I very much second that opinion. How come I was 70 years old before finding his work?

[@mijiyoon5575]

TS 7:20 haunted house image is spooky nice ... probably he had fun doing that one. Looks like *Sattler* had fun w/ most of these you presented here *Pete* along w/ the movie poster art ... Thanks *Pete* as always

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks as ever for your appreciation and stars. I really liked that picture too, and Im very pleased to have recently discovered Rohman's posters.

[@XAVIERCUERVO]

thank you Pete !

[@bethsbostic]

Thank you so much for this channel and the amazing treasure trove of artistry and imagination, it has been an absolute balm for the soul. Have you considered Adrienne Adams for the series? Her work made such a deep impression on my chilhood. Thanks again Pete, for a tremendously good thing in this world.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. And I hope you'll be pleased to know that Adrienne Adams will make her appearance in unsung heroes 104, so not too long to wait. I really admire her work too, although I only discovered it a couple of years ago. Better late than never.

[@metricstormtrooper]

Im really looking forward to what you have in store for US in your 100th video Pete, congratulations in advanve💯👍

[@petebeard]

Hello and I hope you won't be disappointed. I don't have anything particularly special planned.

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

This is wonderful review of illustrative art. I am drawn to attempting it myself so please more would be great.

[@petebeard]

Hello and as a Brit I'll leave USA politics to you, but I can assure you that google censor images they consider too overtly sexual.

[@fuzzydragons]

love Eric Roman's work, oenone of my art teachers in high school first brought him up, that art teacher was like a walking encyclopedia for art lol

[@Tarantoga1000]

Magnificent. Sattler and Crane were great.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and thanks for the appreciation.

[@danfrankkuhn]

Any chance for an artist index for all your Unsung Heros? I've seen them all, but I don't know how to find a particular artist...

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your fabourable comments. And the complete list will be uploaded with unsung 100 in just over a week's time.

[@danfrankkuhn]

Thanks for your labor of love. Each installment has revelations and gives recognition to unappreciated and underappreciated artists. @@petebeard

[@kenallison9119]

I'm looking forward to number 100, Pete!

[@petebeard]

Hello and so am I, if only to take a break from the series...

[@brainhurts1]

Thanks for a marvellous series

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your favourable comment.

[@billyo54]

Your work in exposing graphic artists to the public is of significant importance Pete. I'm fascinated by the fact that the majority of the artists reviewed was born in the mid to late 19th century and retired or died by the early 20th century. The graphic art of late 20th century I find less ineresting. I wonder why this is. I'd be interested in your opinion.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your comment and appreciation. When I started the series it was my intention to only feature illustrators of the golden age, mainly because it was the period I already knew the most about. But I opened the window up somewhat when I realised I'd have to leave outsome later favourites, and many of those were still working up to the 60s, 70s and even later. My only concern was that I didn't particulalrly want to include those still living, if only because their stories were not yet over. Most of us have a period and even style we hold in higher esteem than others, and if I had to choose it would be early 20th century children's books and humour, but in all honesty I can derive as much pleasure from something created later as I do from earlier times.

[@gabrielerosa665]

Erich Román, how genius he was in póster illustration! Sometimes, as you show us with his examples, we forget the quality of this films illustration in a no photography era. They, as Erich in postereizing, work at cinema theatres itself, making visible the film launching, great and ephimeral works. There's a lot of information about your findings in these "unsung creators", I thaught if you can subtitule each one with the names to helping us to remenber.....It's only a sugestion, Pete, your work is incredible in this serie of videos. Great holidays, we are finishing ours!

[@petebeard]

Hi Gabriel and as usual thanks a lot for your appreciation. I only recently discoved Rohman's work and I agree with you about his talent. Regarding the names of the subjects if you turn the subtitles on their names feature fairly consistently throughout the narration.

[@gabrielerosa665]

@@petebeard thanks Pete....

[@ΕυθαλίαΤσάκωνα]

Amazing video !!! It whould be really nice if you made a video about John Bauer in the future !! He was such a tallented illustrator and his work is absolutely stunning !!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. John Bauer featured some time ago in unsung heroes 15. When 100 is uploaded there will be a complete index of all featured to date.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

thanks

[@peterclark6290]

Art as one of the four pillars of human decency can be just as cruel and neglectful as the others: democracy, capitalism and Science. We have a long way to go to true civilisation.

[@petebeard]

Hello and at the risk of trying to outdo your justified pessimism, I think such a civilisation is unattainable, given our deplorable collective behaviour. For myself, I try to be grateful for what there is while I'm here, and do as little harm as I can.

[@peterclark6290]

@@petebeard A study of the basics, the human genome, our birth instincts, our neurological drug regime points to an attempt to _design_ a species of alpha prototypes to whom under-performance, criminality and neuroses are as unattractive as would be a preoccupation with status, fashion, food or politics. The dearth of alien visitations or their telecommunications indicate it may be a Universal problem/paradox. We seem to flinch from taking charge of our own unique and time-limited lives and thus avoid those four systems that depend on it. Your gratitude is entirely warranted, cheers.

[@sanderjohannsen156]

Hello Pete! May i ask what part of the British Isles you’re from? I can’t tell

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm from Manchester in the north west.

[@saralight-waller8746]

What a fantastic series you've created here. Thank you! By the way, who did the illustration of the cowboy/gaucho you used in the cover of this video. It's adorable and clever.

[@petebeard]

Thanks again for your ongoing appreciation of the channel - it's most welcome. The image is by the illustrator Eric Rohman, for a Swedish release of the1919 film Fatty (Arbuckle) in the Wild West.

[@saralight-waller8746]

@@petebeard thank you. I really love that illustration and your ongoing theme of adding riders/knights/cowboys etc. to the corners of many of your videos. A charming touch! :)

[@metinhaxhi9777]

I would love to see also videos of living illustrators , I feel like it would be interesting to see the evolution of styles . I wander if you are of the same thought

[@petebeard]

Hello and t is something I've considered. But in the majority of cases there isn't anything like enough information about contemporary illustrators to enable me to do so. And there is also the issue that their careers haven't ended so their stories are not yet complete. So I leave that to somebody else.

[@tempocola8056]

Loved this chapter, especially the Eric Rohman art. Could you do a chapter including Tony wolf/Antonio lupatelli?

[@petebeard]

Hello, and thanks for the suggestion. But to qualify for this series the illustrators must be born between 1850 and 1910 so he was a bit too late. But he will certainly be featured as part of my series on the history of Italian illustration (when I finally complete it) and now you have got me thinking that if i can find enough information and good resolution images I might be able to give him a solo spot. For that series to qualify you just have to be dead. Fingers crossed..

[@wynnschaible]

Another fine quartet, and yet one that leaves me gloomy about the future. For the Northern legends so important for Sattler and Crane are discountenanced by the current intellectual Establishment. I have my own copy of the Nibelungenlied: I could wish for it some of Sattler's illustrations, but it is just a simple pocket paperback. Movies? (Rohman) Completely taken over by photography, and as for Comedy -- alas, there are too many dour force-our-standards-down-everybody's-throaters out there screaming "Offended!" (BTW, 'die' in German is always 'dee') I nevertheless foresee a possible Renaissance in about 10 years, when AI technology, processing speed, and falling prices might enable illustrators of this kind and quality to feed their creations into the computer and generate full, natural pre-union-Disney-quality stories! The voices for such are already here. There is (or could be) a market for that, and an independent and robust one! It might even forge a deeper bond between our youth and their past and culture in the only way they will tolerate!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot as usual for your comment, appreciation and insight - even if as pessimist I agree with your bleak prediction. I look upon it as nature's way of reconciling me to the fact that with luck I'll be dead before the whole thing implodes. I certainly struggle to see anything good coming from AI. And yes the dee/die thing continues to elude me on occasion. As I've said many times it would be a lot better for all - and especially me - if everyone was forced to speak the King's English.

[@guldenaydin9918]

💝

[@georgefrench1907]

👍

[@darkestbeforedon914]

How and where can I find online archives of the art used in this wonderful informative videos? Thank you so much!

[@petebeard]

Hello and at the risk of seeming evasive, there really isn't any magic formula or one place. My 'method' is simply to search online for the illustrator in question and follow the leads. The pictures (and biographies) for any given illustrtor usually come from as many as a dozen locations. Just pick an illustrator and give it a go.

[@swschilke]

What about a livestream with an AMA for the 💯

[@petebeard]

Hello and I appreciate the idea, but it's really not something I would be comfortable with. The channel is about the illustrators, not me.

[@popescutitus6225]

Very nice video, really appreciating the research that went into this, but the part about Dante's comedy being anything but and a "nightmare" was a bit misinformed. Comedy, in those times was defined as a dramatic piece in which good things happen to good people, bad things happen to bad people and it ends happily (as opposed to tragedy which is the complete opposite) Dante's comedy follows that definition to the superlative.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the appreciation. Regarding the Divine Comedy my remark was intended as a rather limp joke and reference to what is recognised as comedy in contemporary circles. But it obviously missed the mark.

[@MAC-ws8fz]

Pete, it's not pronounced 'DYE' as in dye your hair but, "DEE" as in 'fiddle-e-dee! The 'i' is nor pronounced if it is in front of 'e'!!

[@petebeard]

Oops.. sorry about that. The thing is I do know this and usually get it right, but then I forget again and just say it as it looks. Why can't everyone just speak the King's English? My life would be so much easier.

[@anilachar323]

@@petebeard Personally, I don't care! - it's the wonderful content that we all look forward to!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@petebeardhere on Merseyside, we pick the bits of English we like and ditch the rest....😅😅😅

[@hellinas77]

Μια και φτάσατε στην Σουηδία μην ξεχάσετε τους Einar Herman 1916 με μεγάλη παραγωγή από αφίσες. Ευχαριστώ για την παρουσίαση 🇸🇪🍓🇬🇷

[@petebeard]

Γεια σας και πάλι, και είμαι αρκετά σίγουρος ότι πρέπει να εννοείτε τον Einar Nerman, ο οποίος εμφανίστηκε στο unsung heroes 2 πριν από πολύ καιρό. Όταν ανεβάζω 100 θα υπάρχει μια λίστα με όλα τα εμφανίζονται μέχρι στιγμής.

[@hellinas77]

@@petebeard Φαίνεται ότι έχω χάσει αυτή τη παρουσίαση. Ευχαριστώ για την απάντηση.🇸🇪🍓🇬🇷💖

[@mijiyoon5575]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@tomdouge6618]

Why do you seem to always end your "Unsung Heroes" episodes with an illustrator with the shortest life? Are you trying to discourage modern illustrators?

[@petebeard]

Hello and if you're right (and the jury is out on that one) it's purely coincidental. The majority of illustrators and other humans of course lived considerably shorter lives than us.

[@tomdouge6618]

I was talking how it seems to me you put the shortest lived illustrator at the end of most of your lists of four Unsung Heroes. Unless you are presenting them in chronological order, perhaps you should think of putting those that had the tragedy of dying younger than the others nearer the beginning. I'd like more upbeat endings of your wonderful blocks@@petebeard

[@petebeard]

Helloagain and yes that's what I thought you meant. But they are in chronological order so it's genuinely just the roll of the dice. Either way that's how it will continue, however disappointing you may find it.