UNSUNG HEROES OF ILLUSTRATION PART 20

[@BabsChannel]

This is a gem of a channel I wish more people were interested in.

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks for your positive response. I'd always welcome better viewing figures but at least the viewers I have are enthusiastic. And when I used to teach it was to groups of about 30 (some of whom weren't remotely interested) so this seems a lot to me.

[@BabsChannel]

@@petebeard oh man, to be in a room with just 2 other like-minded people would be something. That's never happened to me.

[@twalling]

I adore this channel, don't care how many people are interested. I'm glad it's here, tho!

[@healthcareforallfiftyseven3773]

This channel just floated into my offerings, having just watched the segment on the early years of MAD magazine. I will feed the algorithm.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment and appreciation. I have no idea why but the Mad video has become suddenly popular long after it was uploaded. If it brings more virewers to the chanel I have no complaints.

[@Leotagorax]

Since I want to watch all your videos, reaching number 20 of this serie is also a milestone for me. Thanks.

[@mijiyoon5575]

*TS: 59* ...that black cat poster is so well known...it is literally ...everywhere. One of my favorites🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈😻 I have that cat book & another

[@simonolsen9995]

Second binge session of 10 episodes just completed. What a superb series!

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and a huge thank you for the dedication. I just hope you don't overdo it and get bored with the channel.

[@seanwelch71]

Alex Raymond is a favorite.

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Same here

[@mariagordanier3404]

Yet another stunning and sensitively presented video. I have to add my voice, this series is a treasure! I watch as many as I can sometimes out of order if a particular illustration catches my fancy.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and that is greatly appreciated too.

[@NovusNiveus]

Having just gotten through watching all 20 of these, I want to thank you for compiling all of this info - it's really an invaluable resource for an illustrator like me who is always looking for new influences and inspirations. Hope I'll see you next time!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation and dedication to the cause. I must admit I'm confused though - your comment seems to indicate you think that 20 is the last in the series. Maybe I've misunderstood but just in case I thought I'd better let you know that there are 82 - and counting.

[@NovusNiveus]

@@petebeard I noticed right after I posted this comment that you've made many more since then - at the time I thought that your two playlists were the whole thing. That's great, though - plenty more to enjoy!

[@greggoreo6738]

I was going to become an illustrator. But. After watching Pete Beard's series: I'm not that convinced..it seems the mortality rate for illustrators is EXTREMELY HIGH throughout the entire planet. It seems gardeners live longer. (Whew!)Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis

[@petebeard]

Hi again. And I'm sure you have realised that life expectancy was generally far lower in the early years of the 20th century. It would have been worse for those at the bottom of the pile. My own father was one of ten children, and only four made it to adulthood. and thanks for the horsey references - I'll check out Mr. Gaffigan, who I've seen on youtube a few times. Actually I really don't like horses (their heads are too damn big) but I thought it would lend the channel more gravitas than pictures of kittens. And vice versa regarding friendship. Having this channel has introduced me to quite a few interesting and amusing fellow travellers, and for that I'm very grateful.

[@mijiyoon5575]

Nice piano in this vid *THX Pete* 🎹🎹🎹🎼🎼🎼

[@kabilaneetoile8107]

I loved the piano too.

[@emptyentertainments7914]

To go to KZbin and find that you have created a new piece is such a pleasure. My knowledge is increased, my ignorance decreased. Thank you and congratulations on number 20.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for watching and regarding knowledge and ignorance I feel the same way. I used to think I knew all about illustration but there's always more to discover.

[@pencilquest9409]

Yes! Thank you for another sweet video!

[@petebeard]

And thanks for watching and enjoying. Many more to come I hope.

[@half_dane]

These videos you have created are just a pure joy for me. Thank you so much, you're doing a really great job

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks to you for such a positive response to the channel. It means a lot to me.

[@Alfa_Channell]

This is great - thank you!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment.

[@greggoreo6738]

A horse! A horse! My intro card for an equine! My favorite animal, as Da Vinci breathed am opinion that a horse was the most beautiful creation of God "second only to Adam ". Thank you for trotting out the ponies. P.s. if you never saw U. S Comedian Jim Gaffigan speak of "horses " available on you tube. If you can find him/ you'll love his unabashed child merriment...all clean humor.. lastly. I want you to know "I have deemed you to be my new best friend whom I have NEVER met." And. That's straight from the horse's mouth. Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca Etats Unis

[@bettereryday]

WOOO WHOOOOO! A NEW VIDEO! Thank you!

[@petebeard]

Hi Cory and thanks very much for the positive response. It matters.

[@ahc1957]

I just found this channel. I am very interested in learning more about a particular illustrator. I do not know much about him but I love his artwork. This is what I can kind of remember about him. I’d love to learn more. I think his name was Antonio Bertonelli or something like that. I think he died in the 1970’s. He did fashion illustration in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar. His work was amazingly detailed because his art was done on extremely large canvases. I hope you can figure out who I am talking about and share information about him. I learned about him 1997 when I took a class in "fashion illustration" - If I could go back in time and choose a path to a career, I would choose Illustration. I love it and always have. Thank you for this great series. I do intend to go back and watch each video beginning to end.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel. I'm sorry to say that name doesn't ring any bells with me and a google search of the name and other similar sounding ones yields nothing - even with 'fashion illustration' tagged on for good measure. I hate it when I can't dig particular illustrators out from hiding but maybe I'll stumble across him on another search. It's happened before.

[@reinoudvanlaar2374]

"But it's always possible of course that he just liked cats" Beautiful

[@petebeard]

I know I framed it as a gag, but I really do believe that art critics are generally full of pretentious twaddle.

[@combatgirl38]

Yet again, just the tonic I needed. I envision that one day your hard work will be rewarded by being used as an invaluable source of art history in schools around the world. Hopefully for the very youngest of students to help influence their love and eye for art and possibly inspire a new wave of hand crafted art and illusion. My appreciation is boundless!

[@combatgirl38]

*illustration, but illusion is also key indeed.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your comment... and ps. Your favourable opinion of the channel is greatly appreciated, and it would be nice to think that these videos will be around for a while and serve as at least a little enlightenment in a world that seems to me to need it quite badly.

[@farmerfox3332]

Ok...that last one was sad...47...such talent so tragic. Imagine what he could have done with a few more years. Pleasure to watch these as usual. Thank you.

[@petebeard]

Thanks for your appreciation. Unfortunately there are quite a few in the series whose stay was only brief, either through poor health or by their own hand.

[@ahmadalmarri6916]

Great videos as always, Pete. So much work put into these I'd believe it was a DVD documentary! Always appreciate you sharing these with us

[@petebeard]

Hi there and many thanks for sticking with the channel and your flattering remarks. I'm glad you enjoy them.

[@IdeaRefinery]

Mr. Beard, you are a KZbin treasure. Please keep up the great content!

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your more than flattering comment. I still have a long list of subjects so there will be many more (fingers crossed).

[@craigdixon7138]

Once more Peter your knowledge of these amazing people amazes me ...love this series xxx

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and my thanks once more for your enduring support for the channel.

[@n3bie]

Yiss! Thanks for another great video Mr. Beard!

[@petebeard]

And as ever a big thanks for your support. Onwards and upwards I hope.

[@johncollado1151]

Hello Pete, welcome back. I think Alex Raymond was my favorite, though a bit before my time. Comic books are what started me in art back in the sixties... it is one of the mediums that I will always love.

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

Marvelous, I like the decorative aspects, simple lines of Klinger's work. Fascinating. It's great how you present quite varied styles beach episode. Thank you for another helping in my graphic design history education.

[@petebeard]

Hello again and my thanks as usual for your appreciation of these videos and the illustrators who feature in them. It's particularly pleasing to hear who has impressed you most in any specific video too.

[@andreagonsalves7788]

Sooo great to watch and learn! Thank you so much.

[@petebeard]

And my continued thanks for your support - it means a lot.

[@desmcharris]

Thank you Peter ! I’m completely hooked on your shows! It’s confronting to see the incredible art and their creators rise and fall in to complete obscurity. As a craftsman , that’s very confronting indeed!.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot. For reasons I've never been able to fathom, illustrators are far less well remembered than 'proper' artists. That's why I started the channel.

[@clindsay8362]

Good to c u back Pete! Alex Raymond is incredible! And the rest - all giants of illustration.

[@petebeard]

Hello Catherine and thanks for your support as usual. Regarding Alex Raymond I'd been aware of him for quite a few decades because Rp Kirby ran in the British newspapers in the sixties but I never bothered to look that closely (my true love is cartoon and humour). But when I did I realised just how good he was, particularly his inking.

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

It took me far too long to recognize the theme in your thumbnails for this. Truly, I am a master of observation. But seriously, thank you for this series. It's always a pleasure discovering and learning about the workaday artists of history.

[@petebeard]

Hello there and you're not the only one to struggle with the thumbnail theme. And I'm glad you continue to find wtachable material on the channel.

[@pabloricardodetarragon2649]

Many thanks for your beautiful channel. Théophile Alexandre Steinlen is known in France as a social artist, as he was anarchist, worked for several left wing magazines and illustrated books by anarchist authors. Besides he simply loved cats and their sense of freedom.

[@petebeard]

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel and comments about Steinlen.

[@Nullone36]

Wow this channel is awesome!!! Thank you for this!!!!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm very glad you found the channel. I hope you continue to find content you enjoy and plenty of unfamiliar illustrators of interest.

[@simonward-horner7605]

Another fascinating and well made episode. Thanks!

[@petebeard]

Hello again and I'm very pleased you continue to comment favourably on the content.

[@alexandrebeaudoin-laporte5325]

5:09 Constantin Alajálov

[@alexandrebeaudoin-laporte5325]

7:33 Elmer Simms Campbell

[@alexandrebeaudoin-laporte5325]

0:27 Théophile Steinlen

[@Borella309]

Another glorious presentation Pete! So grateful for your loving work. P.S. move your perch down to the floor so if you do happen to fall off, you won't hurt yourself and can continue producing these much cherished videos. Take care, Terry.

[@petebeard]

Hi to you Terry -and it's good to have a real name to respond to. I gave up smoking a couple of years back so fingers crossed...

[@Scarrillo]

Love your channel 💕

[@petebeard]

Hello - and thanks to you for liking and subscribing

[@tomdonoghue8468]

Really enjoyed this one!

[@petebeard]

Hello and I'm very glad to hear you enjoyed it.

[@tonygohagan2766]

Thanks for the profile of Simms Campbell: it's really interesting to learn about and see the works of such an Illustrator. It's just amazing: he personified an essential aspect of American Identity. I often wondered if any-such illustrator existed, and how they would able to negotiate a path through, and prosper within, the intensely adversarial, many layered social strata of the U.S. I'll certainly be seeking out more info on his life and work. Many of the Unsung Heroes of Illustration had Cinematic, inspiring lives, apparently! i always enjoy your videos. Congrats on your 20th in this awesome Series!

[@petebeard]

Hi there and thanks for your support and observations. Regarding Simms Campbell I was really impressed with his work. And I had never heard of him until I started doing these videos. The racial element of his story reminds me of a tale about Chuck Berry, who wasn't allowed to play a gig somewhere in the south when he turned up and they realised he was black. What a world.

[@tonygohagan2766]

@@petebeard Hi ! Yes, his work is impressive, so is the fact that the Editors of the Publications he worked for (i wonder who those people were!?) supported him, based solely on his talent: it disproves the prejudice set up against 'him and his'. I'm sure his life story would make a great film - featuring many Unsung Heroes of the C20th. Poor Chuck, eh!? Thankfully, we know of more folk who overcame Segregation than those who implemented and perpetuated it! What a world, indeed!

[@alexandrebeaudoin-laporte5325]

2:50 Julius Klinger

[@melizen2]

Thank you very much, as always - I so enjoy both illustrations and the accompanying music - as ever I have my more favored artists but with this video I felt a pang of the lack of illustration around me in this day and age - posters are no longer a method of advertising, print magazines with illustrations are few and far between - it seems plain old regular direct art (if I can say that) just isn't a part of everyday life. My everyday life, at any rate. Short of going to museums, which really isn't the same thing - how does one increase the amount of illustration in one's daily life? Yes of course I can read the comics - enjoy labels on food packaging - re-read children's books BUT - I think it's a topic worth exploring - will report back ~

[@petebeard]

Hello and I know what you mean. The near demise of posters, record covers, magazine and book illustration can be quite depressing - and in my cse pretty much ended my career. But on a more positive note, I have been delighted to discover that there are still some great illustrators working out there - some with traditional materials even - but it's only through my time strapped to the computer that I've seen them.

[@melizen2]

@@petebeard I’m sorry to hear that - your talent + time + production = great pleasure AND education to the thousands of us who watch and enjoy your videos. Thank you for your many gifts to us ~

[@alexandrebeaudoin-laporte5325]

11:06 Alex Raymond

[@johannsmithe2570]

*Thanks* for another fine tour. 0:36 question why Henri Toulouse-Lautrec's monogram, THL inscribed in a circle, is on the cock-a-doodle-do poster in the upper right corner ? 2:22 cats r' funny. Painted a canvas for a friend with an image of a cat on a window sill. She told me her cats would stare at the image for long periods at a time. 8:49 9:57 *slumming* maps for the well to do club hopping Harlem, Manhattan, NYC. Picked that up your Unsung Heros Part 21, Ilona Karasz, 6:22. So, probably some of the readership subscribed to the magazine because of T.S. Cambells work knowing who he was. Norman Rockwell wouldn't have had the street cred for a slumming map, although wouldn't doubt like Dr. Seuss and Herge (George Remi) he may have had a darker side by today's standards. For a second thought, hoped, it was Max Kinger the German artist. Though influentical among other artists he was not exactly an illustrator.

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and it's definitely Heinlen's monogram. You can see it clearly on his Le Chat Noir poster - which is sometimes credited to Lautrec, but wasn't.

[@petebeard]

Ps I meant Steinlen - I've had a few drinks...

[@johannsmithe2570]

@@petebeard Thanks for pointing that out. Steinlen's and Lautrec's monograms are comparatively very similiar. Chalk it up to Japonism influence. Used to drink Heineken, moved on to Grolsch since the former was domestically brewed* not imported. Someday, hope to make it to the Guinness 🍻 Dublin brewery. (In the future, a presentation of Guinness posters, or insert your product here. Is it the Manchester, Cockney, dialects that use brand names as nouns in their speech?) Have a King Lear afternoon Best * most beers here ... bottled piss.

[@petebeard]

Hello and as far as I know everybody in the UK uses the brand name for proper beert. Same as a wine drinker is unlikely to say 'I'll have a glass of white wine, please.' But when it comes to generic lager type beers I think we're not that specific as the consensus is it all tastes pretty much the same. And you must be somewhat clairvoyant - the next unsung heroes in a couple of week's time features none other than John Gilroy, the man behind the Guinness posters.

[@johannsmithe2570]

@@petebeard Sayin', dead mad fer it, kid. Raise up your brew to good John *G* 🎉

[@KiCreativeStudioJP]

Thank you for these videos. They are gold and extremely informative. I really appreciate it. I had no idea who Elmer Simms Campbell was. It seems you forgot to write Alex Raymond's name in the list of artists in the video description. It was nice surprise at the end of the video (nearly fell out of my chair) but others might want to know he's included in this video when browsing your channel.

[@petebeard]

Thanks very much for your support and positive response. And thanks for spotting and letting me know about the omission and I've now put it right.

[@paillette2010]

This series is such a treat. I will wait until I am caught up to ask a out dome artists. Btw: the ad in front was for AI art for sale. Shake my head.

[@smedley3]

Hey Pete, Are you still looking for images of Aaron Douglas' work? In 2007 a very nice publication called Aaron Doughas - African American Modernist has plenty of great illustrations.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks. I'll take a look and hopefully get enough to feature his work.

[@BenVivas]

By chance, is it possible to organize these in to playlists on the channel? 🙂

[@petebeard]

Hi Ben. I'll give it a try so watch this space.

[@BenVivas]

@@petebeard Thank You Paul. 🙂

[@thecollageman3290]

love it

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot.

[@pprehn5268]

Have you done any on Dutch Illustrationists ? or Masereel?

[@petebeard]

Hello. So far I've covered Eppo Doeve, Louis Raemaekers and Anton Pieck. Others including Rie Cramer and Leo Jordaan are on the way but I can't say when. I might do Masereel too.

[@garymcguire8529]

The Time Team illustrator Victor Ambrus has died, there is a KZbin tribute to him.

[@petebeard]

Hi Gary and thanks for that. Yes I saw that he was no longer with us. Not a bad life though...

[@IndianaJoe3]

Sometimes a cat is just a cat.

[@petebeard]

My philosophy in a nutshell. Things get over-examined and assigned too much meaning.

[@twicetwo]

😀👃🙏

[@petebeard]

...and once more, thanks from me.

[@christianbradford8815]

I think I know what happened to the Russian! Dorothy McKay!!!!!!!....