UNSUNG HEROES OF ILLUSTRATION PART 39

[@johnnaber4285]

We truly appreciate the hard work you put into these entertaining and creative videos. Thank you so very much!

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the appreciation. It keeps me motivated.

[@Cymonie1]

What an enjoyable video! My favorites are Vladimir Bobri and Tony Sarg (even his more showman-like work), and it's especially interesting that both were active creatively outside the strictly pictorial.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the content.

[@Weatherhill1]

The best channel on KZbin!!

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot, and I'm really pleased and flattered that you think so. Now if there were another million or so like you....

[@wildfood1]

Another wonderful episode. Thank you very much.

[@petebeard]

Hi and I'm glad you liked it. I thought by now I'd be running out of truly gifted illustrators but far from it.

[@petebeard]

Thanks and sorry for the green sections. Hopefully now sorted.

[@TudorsTigers]

This is a wonderful project of yours: you've introduced us all to array of unknown talents & summed up their lives, careers & artistic development with commendable clarity & succinctness. Long may you keep doing so.

[@petebeard]

KZbin tell me I haven't responded to your comment and I was sure I had. But in case they're right thanks a lot.

[@TudorsTigers]

@@petebeard You're not obliged to answer. & I'm certainly not offended if you don't. Your work is communication enough.

[@greggoreo6738]

Beautiful evaluation of Beards passion! Pete benefits us all and even unborn students. God bless him! I love your words about him! For your efforts: ☆☆☆☆☆ Gregg Oreo Long Beach Ca Etats Unis

[@anniebooo]

Enjoyed another of you unsung hero's videos. Thank you, you deserve to be heard and seen. What a contribution.

[@petebeard]

Hi again and Im pleased to say that nmbers of viewers and subscribers seem to be growing, which I never really expected.

[@anniebooo]

@@petebeard I am very happy to hear that.

[@tomkidd3929]

Here is a fun fact about Tony Sarg: We were watching the movie Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). At that time, the Waldorf had a small restaurant called Tony Sarg Oasis. The walls were decorated with a mural depicting what was clearly Sarg's animal art. Around a year ago, we saw a nice exhibit of Tony Sarg's wide range of work at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Keep up the great work, Pete! It's a treat to relax at the end of my workday and watch your Unsung Heroes videos.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your comment and I didn't know about the Sarg Oasis. I'm currently working on a video just about him so that fact might come in useful.

[@TheMarkEH]

Pete, you have a facility to enthral, inform and entertain. Thanks for all the effort you put in to entertain your subscribers.

[@petebeard]

Thanks a lot for your continued enthusiasm and I hope the advertising doesn't put you off. I thought I'd monetize the videos to see how much if any money it would generate. So far the answer i next to nothing so I'll probably abandon it unless large amounts start to accumulate.

[@TheMarkEH]

@@petebeard Ads' do not put me off and I let them run rather than skip them in the hope it will benefit the creator more. My guess is that a very large following is needed before they generate any income. And your work is so excellent that it deserves a much larger following. So stick with it Pete as viewing numbers will steadily grow. Good luck.

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

Wonderful selection of artists. And it's always fascinating to hear about the diverse life paths of each illustrators. Some real boom and bust stories as colourful as the works themselves occasionally! Thank you very much.

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks again. Sad but true that not every illustrator had a smooth ride.

[@joedez454]

Thank you Pete for another amazing video. Such a valuable history lesson.

[@petebeard]

Hello and my thanks for your appreciation, as usual. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@djw457]

What remarkable artworks, so modern, crisp and inventive. The color palettes from the last three illustrators were great, these videos are always so worth watching.

[@petebeard]

Hi and I'm glad you liked them. I must say I've encountered a large amount of illustrators outside my own comfort zone who have really made me rethink my preferences, in terms of style.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for letting me know. I've taken that down and replaced it with another which is hopefully OK.

[@theinkpirate2710]

Tony Sarg, what a great life, his animation and fabrics and just overall great artist.

[@petebeard]

Hello Mr. Pirate. With hindsight I think maybe I should have done a separate video devoted to the work of Tony Sarg. Personally I wish he'd stayed away from the showbiz side and just kept to the illustration, which I find absolutely remarkable.

[@theinkpirate2710]

@@petebeard I agree with that, it amazes me to see the quality of work done back then , it will still stand out in today's time. I am so inspired by his work, thank you. Pete! this series is truly a treasure to us around the world.

[@francesdipasqua7610]

His puppetry is considered the start of the modern era in that art. The American puppeteer Bil Baird in his book The Art of Puppetry writes about Sarg’s influence.

[@johncollado1151]

Hello Pete.... I'll bet you guessed my first choice again.... yep, Tony Sarg. It's amazing how a lot of these artists gravitated towards NYC where opportunities flourished, and they still do, but you have to be a city dweller to enjoy it. Thanks to the internet a lot has changed. Can you imagine what it would have been like if these artists of the past had the internet. I was born and raised well before the internet surfaced so I can relate to some of them in my attempts to "get out there". Thanks for another enjoyable video.

[@petebeard]

Hi John. We are in total agreement this time. I try not to play favourites but what a great - and diverse - illustrator he was. If he had stuck to just drawing he wouldn't have gone bankrupt

[@iangillham9647]

Terrific again!

[@glynstimpson]

Wonderful thanks for the great video s

[@petebeard]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@victor1804]

Amazing work as always, contratulations from a big fan of your documentary work.

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I'm glad you enjoy the videos.

[@borromine]

New or old, each edition is fabulous!

[@petebeard]

Hello again, and that's wonderful to hear. Thanks.

[@lindaheath784]

Thanks for your videos🤗

[@petebeard]

Hello and thanks for your thanks. KZbin inform me I haven't previously replied, and if so sorry it took me so long.

[@michaels7889]

It isn't possible to know the ages of people who write comments under these presentations. One wonders if young designers and students are among them who appreciate what a superb resource they are for both further research and stimulus. One can have very few negative responses. Although I find the selection of background music enjoyable I also as a musician myself (as well as designer) find it sometimes interferes with the commentary, forcing an effort to try and focus on both! But I can't really imagine them or the information presented being done any better, so enjoyable and well integrated are they.

[@petebeard]

Hi again and my thanks for your continued enthusiasm for the channel content. The statistics are that the biggest age group watching is the over 50s. They account for about 40% of views. 18 to 24 year olds come in at just under 10%. Tells you all you need to know really. As far as the music is concerned I'm aware that on some videos the music is too dominant. The reason is twofold - first I'm a bit deaf so getting the balance isn't easy. Secondly, I really don't care for the sound of my own voice and early on kept it down in the mix out of self-conciousness. Later videos aren't so bad as viewers- perverse at that seems to me - seem to like my voice. And last, I'm not sure I got your reference about magazines and marriage. What am I missing?

[@michaels7889]

@@petebeard Don't worry about the aside. As a student in the 1950's I recall having beautifully designed and illustrated magazines about art and design which suddenly just disappeared. I collected them, despite my poverty. But they took up space and marriage as a student meant a small home. And yes, your voice and expression as well as what you have to say all communicate very well your enthusiasm for the subject matter. I try to avoid this kind of comment because it can be interpreted as patronising, which is the last thing I would wish. The videos are thoroughly enjoyable in their totality and frankly I am amazed by them. They shame me!

[@rondakudrna2054]

Very nice!

[@petebeard]

Hi again and thanks again.

[@rubygreen1433]

Fascinating video as always! Karl Arnold is an interesting one. He was obviously uniquely talented but some of pictures are very disturbing

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks for your positive response. Arnold was very forward looking and wouldn't look out of place in a book or magazine now. And I hate to generalise but the Germans really did seem to have a weakness for disturbing grotesque imagery. Personally I can't get enough of it.

[@TexRenner]

I almost skipped this when KZbin wanted me to choose when I'm bombarded with commercials, but because I love your videos I chose when I got reamed.... didn't make feel better. P.S. I do love your videos and don't mind you monetizing the work you put into them. I don't like choosing my poison, just show the advertisements, and don't call it a "choice".

[@petebeard]

Hello and apologies for the ads. If it's any consolation on the current showing of revenue I'm unlikely to try monetization. Probably not worth it to get on viewer's nerves. I'll give it another month and if it doesn't make more than chump change I'll go back to ad-free.

[@TexRenner]

@@petebeard That makes me sad as all the work you put into them is valuable. I just love your videos, and will always look forward to the next. I watch a lot other videos that have commercials, it isn't that bad. The idea of choosing seems unnecessary, but that may reflect more on what an old fuddy-duddy I've become. And your music deserves to be recognized also, or so say I.

[@JerimeeRichir]

(edited slightly Feb. 6, 2024) Karl Maximilian Arnold German, 20th century, male. Born 1 April 1883, in Neustadt; died 1953, in Munich. Illustrator, caricaturist. Karl Arnold studied at the art academy in Munich, in Franz Stuck's studio at the same time as Klee and Kandinsky. From 1907, he contributed to the illustrated satirical magazine Simplicissimus in which he became a shareholder, and also worked for the weekly journal of art, poetry and social satire Youth ( Jugend). In 1913, he helped found the Neue Sezession (New Secession) in Munich, the association of avant-garde artists from which the Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau) movement originated. He also illustrated many authors' books, including The Land of Cocagne ( Das Schlauraffen Landt) by Hans Sachs, and produced bitterly hostile drawings illustrating the misery caused by the war in German towns.

[@petebeard]

Hello and it seems you are under their radar.

[@georgefrench1907]

👍

[@billwilsonstudio16]

I love your videos. I've been an illustrator for over 30 years. I also have a youtube channel covering the arts. If you're ever interested in being interviewed about your channel, I'd love to have you on my show. I'm not naming the show now because I don't want to shamelessly "comment bomb" your site with my own information. If you're interested we can find a way to contact one another. If you're not, I still enjoy your channel and wish you all the best.

[@petebeard]

Hi and thanks for your comment and suggestion of an interview link-up. I would be very happy to do this, but generally I stay well away from social media so I'd probably need advice how to set things up. I'm a mac user so I have Facetime installed and I know most use Skype or Zoom and currently have no idea how to use any of them. Anyhow, let me know if and how you'd like to proceed. Pete

[@billwilsonstudio16]

@@petebeard Hey Mr. Beard, if you go to my website billwilsonstudio.com I've got my email contact link there. That's my professional website and contact info. With that we can get more into detail. I know neither of us wants to get too detailed in this open forum with private information. I am so excited to talk to someone who loves the golden age of illustrators as much as I do. This is a real treat for me and i know will be for my viewers and especially my painting and drawing students.

[@petebeard]

Hello again Bill, I'm sorry about this but after more consideration I've decided that I really wouldn't be comfortable actually being on screen. I was very flattered by the attention but at heart I'm somewhat of a hermit and would be more comfortable if I maintained that status. Apologies again for my indecisiveness.