Disney has so much to answer for. I recently read all the Mary Poppins books for the first time. Highly recommended. And was aghast at just how much depth and beauty had been lost in the film production. We should deeply value our own European/British heritages. Thank you for the work you do.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and just to follow on with your theme there are few things that make my blood pressure soar more than what Disney did to Winnie the Pooh and Shepard's original drawings. Don't get me started on Alice either...

@Bildgesmythe

3 ай бұрын

No movie can beat a book ❤

@thekingsdaughter4233

3 ай бұрын

It was a few years ago that I read Mary Poppins. She really isn't a very likeable character, is she. 🤔🤨🤷

@stargatis

3 ай бұрын

Peter Pan and 101 Dalmatians books are also amazing.

@tonilequire-schott3691

3 ай бұрын

I agree that the Disney version of Mary Poppins lost all the magic of the books. I don’t think every lends itself to film.

We are grateful for all the work you do.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

And I'm grateful for your continued appreciation.

@ThatOpalGuy

4 ай бұрын

one of the best youtube channels I subscribe too. I have seen a few artists I actually recognized, but the vast majority are new to me and I really love seeing their works and learning of their lives.

I LOVE the work of Kay Nielson! Years ago, I bought a reprint of "East of the Sun, West of the Moon." I was entranced by those illustrations, and I remain in love with his work! Thanks for this video. How very sad that he died in poverty.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@HappyNatureLover

3 ай бұрын

Beautifully done! I had never heard of Mr. Nielsen before and am glad to be so educated. Narration was so informative as well as the artistic presentation! Thanks much.

@lynnware8810

3 ай бұрын

O​@@HappyNatureLover

As a child my grandmother's attic was a treasure-trove of magazines from the 1920's and 30's which I would poor over mesmerized and slowly learn to read 😃 Thanks from old New Orleans 😇

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment and appreciation.

One of my absolute favorites! I am lucky enough to have inherited my grandmother's childhood book East of The Sun and West of The Moon (I did not realize it ws an limted edition!!) and The Twelve Dancing Princesses filled with his illustrations! Thank you for another lovely video!!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your appreciation and comment. I envy you.

@eamonnclabby7067

4 ай бұрын

As Jurgen Klopp has been known to say....wow...😊😊😊

@damogranheart5521

3 ай бұрын

I loved the Twelve Dancing Princesses as a child. I certainly wish that I could have seen his illustrations.

Always one of my favorite artists… when I taught a class on fairytales, a large majority of my students chose him as their favorite illustrator … sensational video- thanks very much!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your appreciation, and I think it's a wonderful thing that his work - and that of his contemporaries - can still speak to the young more than a century later.

the theatrical background of his parents makes so much sense, his work has so much drama and emotion

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Hello and that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the observation

So Much detail in his work .. It's Amazing how he produced ALL that he did ...😊...and loosing appreciation.....

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment. When you analyse what goes into each picture it's mindboggling.

One of my top five illustrators, and definitely one with the most heartbreaking story. Thank you for this wonderful video!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment and I'm pleased you think I did him justice.

Happy to give it a second view, your presentations are always captivating!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, and I apologise again for the confusion caused.This got the day off to a bad start, I must say.

Another very excellent video, Pete. As education goes this is the best I've ever had. I particularly enjoyed Neilson's Beardly style of illustration. Thanks.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Amazing how influential Beardsley has been on so many.

@bigblue6917

4 ай бұрын

@@petebeard And still is

Thank you so much for this. Nielson's later work was a true revelation. Also, the monographs were very fresh to see. I have missed being immersed in romantic / art nouveau illustration (those years for me were around the mid-late 80s) however your video helps open that door again. Keep up the good work.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. My own interest in that aspect of llustration (I'm more a humorous illustration fan) didn't really get restored until I started making these videos

Hi Pete, I did comment, but it was like deja vu in praising what you have produced and the awesome talent of the illustrators that present on your channel. Keep up the good work.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your understanding, and I confess I deleted the original before I realised the unanswered comments would be forever lost with it.

@ThatOpalGuy

4 ай бұрын

My original comment: I really feel sad for all those who are not seeing Pete's videos. They really are missing out.

@wojciechbem8661

4 ай бұрын

And my original comment: "Bardzo dziękuję za przedstawiawienie tak wybitnego ilustratora ❤"

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

@@wojciechbem8661 Jestem bardzo wdzięczny za twoje uznanie i przykro mi, że zgubiłem twój komentarz za pierwszym razem.

Thank you yet again, Mr. Beard, great video. Nielsen's detailed, fanciful work is a joy to behold. Beautifully posed characters, fantastical settings and precise fabric drapery all create a stunning, finished perfection.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks as ever for your comment and favourable response.

Incredible quality of Art ! Wow.. Still enjoying a lot all the artists ! Thanks you for your dedication !!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks as usual for your appreciation - and long term dedication to the channel.

I am happy to watch once more.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, and I apologise for the confusion caused.

What a lovely surprise from KZread, putting it here for me to see and marvel at! Thank you for this delightful video!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Many thanks for yout appreciation, and I hope you will find more on the channel to enjoy.

When I was a child, I watched a TV show after school that had episodes of fairytales. Nielsen's artwork was used for the one about the Snow Queen, East of the Sun and West of the Moon and the Russian tale of the Firebird. Even at 8 years old, I was in love with his illustrations and remain so to this day.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I'm glad that the quality of his images has lodged in your memory.

Gorgeous work and a fine video, Pete. I love Kay Nielsen's work. Thanks!

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it. For reasons that escape me views were poor when I uploaded it but now seem to be rallying.

@simonward-horner7605

3 ай бұрын

@@petebeard I seem to always find your stuff late. I guess because I subscribe to a lot of channels, I miss a lot of new posts, but I usually catch up in the end.;

I saw those stories and artwork in Bookhouse when I was a kid. I still have the intact set. Loved it then.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment.

Thank you for highlighting such an amazing illustrator, beautiful art, much appreciated.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed his work.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful work. I wonder how much work gets lost because of our collective ignorance of what art means to us all. One thing the Masters of this time did was to imbue the art with authenticity as to the energies & tribulations of the time even if woven into tales, myths of our collective past. This work reminds me of Marie Laurencin, in this regards, a French artist who showed the crystalline energies overlayed by the greys of the etheric layers that foretold of the coming war. Art speaks of so much more to those who see, with the vision of the other senses. Kay stayed true to his work, purpose.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comments about Nielsen's work. And I wasn't previously aware of Marie Laurencin so thanks for that too.

I once saw a wonderful museum show of Nielsen’s work and was struck how small they were. Amazing color and drawing skills, thanks for sharing!

@petebeard

2 ай бұрын

...and thanks for the appreciation again.

I always look forward to a Pete Beard video and this one was just great. Many thanks.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your appreciation. It means a lot.

@eamonnclabby7067

4 ай бұрын

Top notch...😊😊

Nielsen is one of my favourites so I don't mind re-watching this at all. Keep going! 👍

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

That;s very generous of you - thanks a lot.

This is such beautiful and sublime art. Timeless creations.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I agree completely with your assessment of his work.

I honestly feel sad for all those who are missing out on seeing your work.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Hello again and thanks a lot for your multiple comments and appreciation.

My 🐐. Never clicked on one of your videos so fast before

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. You can tell how old I am - I spent ages working out why there was a picture of a goat. Got it in the end.

@leochillrud6255

4 ай бұрын

@@petebeard well I guess be happy your videos got this youth enthralled keep them up boss man

His work is so beautifully done. What a treat . Thanks for sharing

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I'm pleased you appreciate his wonderful work.

I was reminded of Disney's Sleeping beauty by his first set of work, amazing.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment.

Pete, thank you for this remarkable presentation of a sublime artist.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.

What wonderful fascinating channel you have created, a joy to watch. I'm working my way though my favourite illustrators and dome that I had not known of before. Thank you.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Hello and welcome to the channel. I very much hope you continued to find content that's of ibterest to you.

I being obssesed with your videos the past few days, i'm a illustration student and i can't express with words how grateful i am to get all this information about the greatest artist. They really help me to understand their lifes and styles, to keep in touch with art outside the modern one. Thank you so much!! 💕and i love Kay Nielsen he is incredible :)

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the channel and content. I'm very glad that you are inspired by the great illustrators of th past, and wish more illustration students felt the same way.

Fantastic always one of my favorite's thank you Pete.Your features and history are so wonderful and informative!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your appreciative comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I stumbled upon your channel about 2 weeks ago and I'm absolutely riveted going through, in order, the unsung series...the time, care and honor you put into this work is remarkable in of itself...your voice is the one I want to hear narrating my life and times... thank you

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel, and I'm delighted you consider the channel a worthwhile way to spend some time. And regarding voices i took a look at some of your music videos - very nice stuff, and to this old man at least well chosen material.

Thanks for educating me about this remarkable artist.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I'm glad you enjoyed his work.

Glad you did it, as this video is WELL worth watching. *even for a second time

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks - I like to think the second time is more revealing.

Thank you so much for this wonderful tribute, Pete; such a talent & almost forgotten now.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and I flatter myself that at least this video is gaining him some more admirers.

@lizparker8431

3 ай бұрын

@@petebeard I’m sure that’s true & well-deserved.

A beautiful presentation. It should be noted that in the end credits of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" they do give credit to Kay Nielsen as a visual development artist.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment. I can't decide whether that paints them in a better light or not, but I'm grateful for the information.

@garybassin1651

3 ай бұрын

@petebeard In a way, it does. The new guard at Disney who witnessed the renaissance of Kay Nielsen in the 1970s and 80s (like I did), knew of his rich contributions and wanted to pay homage albeit posthumously.

Since I usually watch your videos several times this is a lovely update. Kai it is then in my mind. Glad you got that sorted, YT seems to be enforcing many "rules" they didn't seem to have before from what I see in other creatives here. Thank you for all you do, this video is fantastic and Nielsen's life could be a drama for cinema or TV. Never mind his work is beautiful. I'm partial to the dark works myself.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your positive response to the video, and the channel in general. I really wish there was a viable alternative to youtube, but sadly other platforms have nothing like the same reach.

Thank you for showing me this body of work, an artist didn’t know about. I love his style.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot and I'm pleased to have introduced you to his work.

Worth watching twice anyway Pete. Many Thanks 😊👍

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your favourable comment.

It feels like a connection between ancient Granada and the 'North Shores' of Europe. I have no words for the beauty of it but I love to add my gratefulness. All the Best.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your appreciaion and comment, and Nielsen has a knack of making the viewer completely awestruck.

I appreciated this video so much, I have had a reproduction of his work (the one at 12:40) since I was a teen, I love to see others of his works. Thank you for this channel.

@petebeard

Ай бұрын

Your appreciation is aways welcome. So thanks from me - and Mr. Nielsen.

I have had the joy of seeing drawings by the line drawings of the afore-mentioned artist, not neilson’s.

Thank you very much for making these videos. It's great work and they are very inspiring.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Your appreciation is very welcome - thanks a lot.

Excellent Pete. Out of all the individual artist videos you have done, this might be my favourite. His work is absolutely mesmerizing. I will admit though, I hadn't heard of him before - but that's why I'm watching your videos in the first place. I would be curious what kind of time it would have taken him to produce some of these illustrations. Thanks for putting this one up, it actually made my day a bit better.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your appreciation and I'm glad you are discovering the work of these great past illustrators through the channel. Sadly, I can shine no light on how long such an image might take, other than to say ot had to be several days - maybe even a working week. I can find no information about it.

Thank you so much for all the amazing worl you do. Bringing such amazing artist and their works into our lives ❤

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment - it's great to know the work is appreciated.

@Bigforesttree

4 ай бұрын

All ways you have no idea how many wonderful artist you have introduced me too. always looking forward to your updates. we appreciate your hard work :) @@petebeard

Thank you, Mr. Beard for this lovely video.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I;m pleased you enjoyed it, and hope you will seek out more of a similar nature on the channel.

I love his work. ❤

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment - glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you so much; your videos are much appreciated. I hadn't heard of Nielsen - his work is astonishing.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and I'm delighted to have made the introduction.

Wonderful overview! It's always strange to hear about great artists achieving modest success in their lifetimes, then falling out of fashion and dying in poverty, and then having their work recognized again after their deaths. It makes you see how arbitrary aesthetic trends are.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. I've lost count of those I've covered who had a similar fate.

I didnt realize how many books i have seen his illustrations in. So many of them were my favorite. They were so gorgeous.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of his work.

Oh I enjoyed this so much! Thank you! 🙏 😊

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment and I'm delighted you enjoyed this view of his wonderful work.

No matter where a Kay Nielsen illustration is set (Europe, the Middle or Far East, the Frozen North), I will always and forever associate them with winter. There's just something so cozy about the lush images with their vivid, slightly muted, colors that call to mind being tucked into a warm bed on a particularly chilly night as a child, staying up late to read, by the flashlight's light, your favorite book of fairy tales.

@petebeard

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I know what you mean about the wintery mood of his work. I must admit that on a personal level I do find his work to be generally cold and lacking in emotion. That might be a factor too.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful work!

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Many thaks for the appreciation and I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

Another great video! I really appreciate the work you do :)

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot - that's a real tonic to hear.

Hello again. I can't believe I've never seen this artists' work. It's incredibly beautiful; dark and delicate. The details and combination of styles fit perfectly. I have loved Maxfield Parrish since I was 16. I've been collecting books and 1920s prints for decades. I love art nouveau and deco. I would have been looking for these prints as well. I'm looking through his art online, it's all wonderful. Thank you so very much for making this video.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Hello to you, and many thanks for your generous appreciation of the channel. Forgive me the shameless plug but in case you weren't aware of it there's a video about Parrish on the channel too, as well as quite a few others of these romantically inclined golden age illustrators.

@Raittway

3 ай бұрын

@@petebeard I left a comment on your Parrish video and am a subscriber.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

@@Raittway Hello again and my apologies for not remembering. I do my best to keep track of who has commented but frequently don't succeed.

@Raittway

3 ай бұрын

@@petebeard no problem at all. I love your art videos

My mom has had a Kay Nielsen painting for the entire time I've been alive. It's the one with the knight and the girl, with the face-shield on the side at 12:40. Edit: just looked it up. It's from 'The Lassie and her Godmother' and it's one of his most reproduced.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and your mother obviously has great taste.

@hampshirerose9395

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, for your wonderful video content and for the time it takes. Am learning so much more of Illustrators and their work, a much underestimated art form. Feel so many different emotions, pleasure, astonishment and awe at such perfectly expressive talent. Always loved Nielsen’s illustration of Fairy tales. 😊❤

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

@@hampshirerose9395 Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I'm pleased to hear your love of illustration mirrors my own.

@eamonnclabby7067

4 ай бұрын

Nice....an overlooked word....😊😊😊

Thank you I just bought the 6 volumes of the Tales from the Arabian Nights, Folio Edition. Can't wait to see it.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comments about this video and Nielsen's remarkable body of work. I hope you will find others on the channel that are of interest to you.

Such a brilliant work of Mr.Nielsen. Thank you very much for this information film. ○•°♡

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

You are more than welcome. Thanks for the appreciation.

Excellent as always....E...

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks as ever.

thank you. this was really nice.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

You're more than welcome.

C/P comment thx to a few 'likes' which put it in my notifications (and my vanity). The blending of surreal vision with disciplined craftsmanship is in my view, perfect. I wonder if you didn't answer your own question. Nielsen may have developed into an 'artiste terrible', which is common enough. Maybe he would have been better served by taking authorship and presented completed works to publishing houses and studios to negotiate terms (another learning curve in and of itself).

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for re-uploading your comment, and my apologies for making it necessary. I must say I read wildly conflicting accounts of his character, ranging from quietly heroic and sensitive through to resentful prima donna. But it is a mystery that he seems to have chosen to leave book work behind, and I can't help but think his refusal to compomise was at the heart of his downfall.

@peterclark6290

4 ай бұрын

@@petebeard We still have something from him, that's more than most. I love this channel and will do whatever I can to help it grow. Thank you Peter Beard.

One of my favourite artists! I don't know why but it always amasez me that he was man, I somehow see his art as feminine.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment. There are others - Harry Clarke, John Austen and of course the root of them all Aubrey Beardsley, with similar approaches.

Nielsen was one of my heros when in art school in the early 70's but the other students hardly know who he was. Alfonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt were all the rage with them but I preferred Nielsen and Schiele. My designs were very much inspired by him.

Thank you - very interesting!

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

Gorgeous.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment.

Wonderful video!

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment.

I was wondering if the reason behind the limited editions was the use of artisans to apply hand finished to the prints, since there appears to be no attempt to produce later mass market editions, or was it strictly a marketing idea? The image at 5:17, reminiscent of Klimt's The Kiss, made it onto the cover of a music album, but I can't recall it's name, so the artwork must have circulated even if the book it was intended for did not get published. It would make a magnificent poster.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Hello and I apologise for you needing to put this comment up twice - I just didn't get time to respond before I deleted the first version. Anyway, I understand (but don't know for sure) that the limited edition nature of the books was due to the impossibility of mass producing them, and I think this was a deliberate ploy to give them considerably more value and persuade collectors they were art rather than mere illustrated books. That he signed them is a bit of a giveaway too. And although it wasnt me who discovered it but a viewer whose name I can't recall the album was Burning the Ballroom Down by the Amazing Rhythm Aces.

@albertcscs

4 ай бұрын

They all had a trade edition, unsigned, sometime after the limited edition. I had the orange cover East of the Sun... which fetched a tidy sum many years ago.

Min 13:37 says it all, it isn't about to enjoy drawing, it's all about " the best drawing to accomplish a crazy dead line ", and this is the reason why a lot of great illustrators run away from advertising and communication industries.....the team behaviour is another ingridient....

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Hello again, and what little information there is strongly suggests he was not a team player and was used to getting his own way. If I had been him I would have just been grateful that Disney tried to save me from financial disaster. But that's just my point of view.

Magnificent.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

Funny fiction fantastic Art.Nature can be wonderful if we treated fair.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment.

Thank you!

@petebeard

Ай бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for the comment.

👍Thank you. 🇬🇧🇵🇹

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

It's appreciated.

I think he was too good for Disney, way, way too good!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad you appreciate his marvellous work.

Well I did see it -- and comment -- and even had some comments on my comment. But the Kopyright Kops have gotten out of hand. I have a friend whose video of a stroll through her town's Christmas market was taken down -- because of the background music playing in the market! This kind of thing has gotten so egregious that some police departments have taken to playing screaming loud Top 40 on their car radios when they make a traffic stop to ensure that we-all-know-what-ideology-does-this will get their videos taken down by the Toob! But as to what I said, it ended thus: after Nielsen's treatment of Andersen and the Brothers Grimm I would have loved to see what he would have done with Wagner's "Ring" cycle. Or for that matter Tolkien's!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for re-replying, and my sincere apologies. I wouldn;t mind so much but youtube are supposed to check for copyright and other issues (nudity, for example) while the video is being processed. I've lost count of how many times this has happened, but it never gets any easier to swallow. And you are right about other works he would have been suited to. r

After the first world War there was a huge lack of paper and the markets were uncertain. That's why the publishers were not willing to print beautiful books for years. The golden age of beautiful illustrated books was over until the year 1930 when😮 Nielsens last gift book Red Magic was published.

@petebeard

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment.

It's life. Don't talk to me about life! Did anyone mention it?

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Sometimes life - and google (who are supposed to check for copyright issues before the video goes public) can be a pain in the backside.

@josefschiltz2192

4 ай бұрын

@@petebeard Google is getting incredibly inept, actually stupidly incompetent!

@ThatOpalGuy

4 ай бұрын

@@josefschiltz2192 do you have any idea how many hours of content is loaded up to KZread, every minute?

@josefschiltz2192

4 ай бұрын

@@ThatOpalGuy Oh, pardon me.

@josefschiltz2192

4 ай бұрын

@@ThatOpalGuy I mean, obviously my poor feverish brain is far too addled to grasp it's sheer magnitude!! 🙄Don't be so damn stupid. Of course I might have some idea!

Bravo!

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment.

What gorgeous artwork. The museums "didn't want them", what?? When the time passes we have the privilege (or not) to see how insane people can be.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment. And yes, it beggars belief that nobody saw the intrinsic worth of his work at that time. What a tragedy.

Like Beardsley, as well.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for your comments about this video.

Thank you for acquainting me with this artist and his remarkable work. Have you looked into H.J. Ford, who illustrated the Yellow Fairy?

@leannaerickson9745

3 ай бұрын

Yellow Fairy Book, that is?

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I'm pleased to say I already have material ready to go for Henry Justice Ford's illustrations. But there isn't the volume to enable me to make a full video about his work so he will be part of the unsung heroes of illustration series, when I return to uploading them in a few month's time.

@leannaerickson9745

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. I look forward to your video.@@petebeard 😺

There is a delicate but detailed refinement in Nielson's illustrations that create the necessary ethereal quality for mythology and fantasy - very appealing to me. Thank you for your work, Mr Beard. Are you an artist yourself?

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your appreciation of the channel and Nielsen's remarkable work. And regarding your question I worked as an illustrator of little distinction (but made a living) for four decades, and taught illustration at a university for about 15 years. But since I retired in 2016 it's just this channel that keeps me occupied. Don't expect anything even remotely of the quality of those I feature on the channel but there is a short video of some of my work in poor resolution from that year. Just search for 'Pete Beard Portfolio' and lower your expectations accordingly

@wendysalter

3 ай бұрын

@@petebeardThank you for your reply. I took a look at your portfolio and I would say the genre you specialised in is top quality - It has a lot of life and humour. Our taste in art is totally subjective, and illustration supplies art to the commercial world, however what we choose to put on our walls may or may not be good or talented or even valuable - in fact what ends up raising huge prices at auction may be so bad I wouldn't even put it face-to-the-wall in a garden shed. However I can imagine your illustrations raising many a chuckle and smile - and I think that's a gift.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

@@wendysalter Hello again and thanks a lot for the kind words.

Hello Pete I seriously do not mean this to come off rude but your microphone seems to getting more and more muffled

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information. I'm pretty deaf so it all sounds like it's coming from another room to me, but I'll investigate and fix if I can.

I see shades or Erté in much of his work.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

That's an interesting connection, and I see what you mean.

Never heard of him. Wonder if we're related.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Well I'm glad you've heard of him now.

I think I can see where Michael Parkes would be inspired by Nielsen 😍

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment - and for the name Michael Parks. I had never come across his work before and I'm pretty much speechless.

Please i love this video and the artist but can someone please tell me the materials he used. Specially the paper and the sizes

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Hello, and to find out a little more about what Nielsen used to create his images go to mutualart.com and search for him by name. They sell original artwork and many of the pieces say what was used to make them and how big they were.

Google strikes again!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Ha! Technically not their fault this time, although they are supposed to check for copyright issues before the video is actually made public. There are some shifty sods who claim their music is copyright free but it's only in the small print that it says 'unless it's going on youtube or similar'. pain in the backside.

His art is very similar the art of Virginia Frances Sterrett. Of course she was lesser known but the art is very similar.

@petebeard

21 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and the comparison is a valid one. But the influence travelled very much in the other direction as he came before her. You may not be aware that she features in unsung heroes 11. I would have liked to give her a video to herself but there just isn't enough material to do so.

Interesting . :O)

@petebeard

Ай бұрын

Thanks.

Arthur Quiller COOCH it's pronounced like couch grass.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

I always thought it was 'cowch' grass too. I'll try to care.