Thank you for all of your hard work in putting this and all of your videos together. I hope that all that see these appreciate not just the artists, but you as well.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and my thanks to you for your appreciation. And although I may be a minor presence on youtube I'm very pleased with the favourable comments I get from viewers about my contributions.

@SB5SimulationsFerroviairesEEP

9 ай бұрын

Bien dit! Well said! Stéph.

Thank you for your work Sir Pete Beard🙏🏼🔥

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

...and thanks for your appreciation of it.

Thanks Pete. You did Maurice De Becque well. Another remarkable talent you've found and taught me about. It is a shame that he hasn't been recognized as the creative and hard working artist and illustrator that he was. We deserve to know more about him as much as he deserves recognition.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and at least it looks like there will be quite a few viewers who are now aware of him. But it is criminal that he is so unknown.

@Mountlougallops

9 ай бұрын

indeed @@petebeard

Thank God for Pete Beard. He's doing a thing that badly needed to be done, and none of us knew it needed doing until we saw him doing it. We are in his debt.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello again, and to say I'm grateful for your appreciation of my mission would be an understatement. All I can add is my sincere thanks.

Another astounding and varied talent I'd never heard of! His facility at work for both children and decidedly-nots (and everything in between) recalls the flexibility of the modern Shel Silverstein!

His animal art is beautiful ... I luv his color palette 🖌🎨

Un super merci pour cette découverte d'un contemporain du siècle passé, et déjà oublié! Que cette vidéo lui rende justice, et qu'elle puisse être vu par des représentants de musées nationaux, qui pourront à leurs tours faire connaitre au plus grand nombre cet artiste Français de l'Illustration! Stéph. Many thanks for discovering this forgotten contemporary of the last century! May this video do him justice, and may it be seen by representatives of national museums, who will in turn be able to make this French Illustration artist known to as many people as possible! Stéph.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Merci pour votre commentaire. Habituellement, on se souvient assez bien des illustrateurs français, mais pour une raison quelconque, pas cet homme talentueux. Je ne sais pas pourquoi.

A story which definitely needed telling and my thanks to you for telling it. How can so little be known about someone this talented.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and that's a question I ask myself more times than I would hope to - and never find an answer. But thanks a lot for the appreciation.

@claires9100

9 ай бұрын

I suspect that he was excluded from the Art History textbooks and other collections from a sense of "pudeur" surrounding the more erotic images. Just my suspicion.

Indeed, you are resurrecting some of art's forgotten masters. Art history owes much to you for these revelations. Tnx!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi again and thanks once more for the appreciation.

Worthwhile indeed. What an interesting chap.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I just wish there had been more information about his life. But at leastwe havethe work to admire.

Absolutely stunning! It seems remarkable that he would languish in such obscurity, thank you for introducing us to such a great treasure!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, and hopefully he won't be quite as obscure now I've uploaded the video.

Ενα μεγάλο ευχαριστώ γιατην καταπληκτική παρουσιαση- οπως παντα- του Maurice de Becque. Η πρωτοποριακή σας εργασια είναι ο θεμέλιος λίθος για την περαιτέρω έρευνα σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα και αλλων καλλιτεχνών.🇬🇷💖🍉

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Γεια σας και η εκτίμησή σας είναι πολύ ευπρόσδεκτη

Thank you for sharing with us this very talented artist!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure. I'm glad you enjoyed his work.

He would fill a great art book with all those great illustrations. Thanks for the video

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and I agree about a book. But I could find virtually no information about the man and his life. Just the pictures, for which I'm very grateful.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ *Thanks Pete* as always & the piano score used here is lovely

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi again and two favourable reponses for the price of one. Thanks as usual.

Excellent video and thank you for bringing De Becque the attention he deserves.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your appreciative comment.

Fascinating, I'd never heard of Maurice De Becque. I particularly like his Kipling animal illustrations and the incredibly vivid, fresh colors of the painting at 11:45 (small boats on the water). Thank you so much for all the work you put into these videos. You're like the Sir David Attenborough of illustrators!

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. I'm glad you enjoy de Becque's work and I'm very flattered with the Attenborough reference too.

Another great artist pulled from the shadows. Thank you Mr Beard!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. So far his work seems very popular on the channel I'm pleased to say.

Thank you for bringing and keep these artist alive. I hope one day someone will do that for my art, hugs.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for the comment, and who knows who will be remembered or forgotten from those (including me) still on their hind legs?

Thank you that was very enjoyable. Great artist and illustrator.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.

Thank you very much Mr. Beard

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it. Thanks.

What a spectacular collection of varied styles. His early work, along with the seascapes, Jungle Book and de Lisle illustrations are particularly well rendered. Thank you once again, Peter. Your research is much appreciated.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment, and I'm pleased you enjoyed the work of this little known illustrator.

"Worthwhile" would be an understatement, Mr. Beard. More like "revelatory"! Merci bien, comme d'habitude.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your appreciation and Im delighted you enjoyed his work.

the jungle book illustrations are beautiful

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Yes they are a wonderful collection and the pefect antidote to the Disney saccharine (however nice the background art was).

I'm glad you've shone a little more light on this remarkable artist, Pete. I love the Reynard stuff and some of the saucy illustrations are fabulous too. A wonderful video, once again.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks as ever for your comment. How he has become so obscure is something I can't fathom.

@simonward-horner7605

9 ай бұрын

Same here.@@petebeard

Thank you for rectifying this lacuna in my knowledge. The images are so beautiful and rich.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello, and I;m glad you -and it seems quite a few others - are impressed by his work.

@claires9100

9 ай бұрын

@@petebeard As a wildlife artist myself, I appreciate that he didn't put hats and shirts on his Jungle Book images. It would have diminished the dignity of the animal forms. Animals are exquisite art forms themselves. We need only show them off as graciously as he did in his paintings. Thank you again.

I really appreciate all the research you do (or have done) on each of these artists... As you say it is a shame that most of them are totally unknown.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello, and if I can at least make a few thousand more aware of them then I'll be grateful. But yes it is criminal neglect as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful author!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed his work.

Always a good day when a new video pops up, cheers and thank you.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

.. and thanks to you for your continued support and appreciation.

Merci pour le vôtre travail ❤😃🥂👍

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Bonjour et votre appréciation est la bienvenue.

Yours is the only channel I share with friends. Thank you for your hard work.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and that;s great to hear. You're welcome.

Thanks, Pete! I really liked those pieces that had underlying penwork.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello again and thanks a lot.

More than worthwhile, it took me back to when I was a young artist working primarily in etching and discovering the technique of aquatint, it changed the way I made prints. A pleasure to see the works of a master. Thanks

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Thanks as usual for your comment, and I must confess both etching and aquatint are alien concepts to me. In my ignorant youth at art school i avoided all forms of image making that I then considered archaic. My loss.

Thank you for your shared work. It is remarkable. I work with antique books in a shop & I have little success finding out who so many of the superb illustrators for them are. One was a fairy illustrator put down as F. Gilchrist from the 1940s & my efforts have come up with blanks.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of my work on the channel. I tried looking for this elusive F. Gilchrist person but didn't get very far either. I did find a Russ Gilchrist illustration for Goldilock and the 3 Bears, but that's as close as I could get. If you have others I'd be happy to at least try to dig them out, though.

@carlocatalano9662

9 ай бұрын

@@petebeard The books were published in Melbourne, Australia, Libraries here aren't very respectful to books in general & those that don't become mainstream are thrown out every year. I'll keep looking.

Hi Pete, De Becque definitely deserves to be remembered and you have done him justice in this excellent overview of his work. Thanks for your continuing hard work.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello, and I just hope that at least a few thousand more become aware of what they have been missing via the channel.

I have been nothing but astounded and mesmerized at all of your offerings. You are a researcher par excellence, & have done well by all the illustrators you highlight; & I think your videos should be required viewing by not only graphic designers & illustrators, but by art historians and, yes, by those involved in the fine arts. I rarely comment, but watch all of your videos & have gotten in the habit of hitting the like button even before I watch the video. Mr. beard, you are top shelf.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your more than favourable opinion of the channel and its content. The positive feedback I get from viewers is a real tonic and motivating force for me. I still have many more in the pipeline and hope you'll stick with me for more.

Absolutely loved the illustrations from the JUNGLE BOOK and De Becque's animal renderings (something I am particularly attracted to). And, as I keep droning on about myself in these comment pages, I'm always struck by how many of these highlighted illustrators are masters of such diverse mediums in their careers. Craftsmanship and basic skills of drawing and painting always rises to the top and De Becque is a perfect example. And, if I may confess, I'm more attracted to the mastery of his figure drawings as opposed to the erotic nature of the images. Drawing figures is hard! ;-) De Becque knows what he's doing. Anyway, thanks again, Pete, for highlighting another master illustrator. Hope all is well with you. Cheers!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi Doug and thanks as ever for the comments. I must admit when it comes to the erotic I'm more a Gil Elvgren sort of chap. Or Kremos -have you heard of him? If not well worth a google. And all is well-ish but I wouldnt mind a bit of sunshine. And I hope life is as idyllic as I imagine it to be in rural France. I never could persuade the current Mrs. B to emigrate.

@wemblyfez

9 ай бұрын

@@petebeard Well, except for the latest cooler days (26° C° ) it can get bloody hot here (36°+ last week) so Mrs. B may have the right idea. Though a refreshing G & T helps. And I second Gil Elvgren; as cheesy as some of his subjects were, he was a heck of a figure painter. Never saw an original, would love to study one. I'll check out Kremos. Stay cool, my friend!

Definitely worth it Pete.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi and I'm delighted with the response so far. Thanks.

Beautifully done documentary! This is the first I've heard of the artist, and I am glad I had the chance to learn about him and his work in this video. Thank you!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I'm pleased to have introduced you to his work.

Thank you for another wonderful edition!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for the comment.

Fantastic, one of your best Mr Beard so far. As usual it was very enjoyable.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi again and I'm glad you think so. He seems to be pretty popular with many viewers.

Remarkable video, remarkable artist. Thanks so much.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. I'm very pleased you enjoyed his work.

A worthwhile documentation indeed. Thank you, Pete.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

You are more than welcome. Thanks for the appreciation.

You're right, we don't have to forget all/none of these artists, and that includes M. De Becque. Thanks for the fabulous work you're providing to us.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi again and many thanks for your comment. I'm glad to say his work has been quite popular with viewers so far.

I am so grateful to you. Thank you for these marvelous, educational videos.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello - and I'm grateful to you and other viewers for your very positive resonse to the channel. Thanks.

Another informative and delightful video, thank you Pete.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi John and thanks as usual. Hope you and yours are well in these far from easy times.

Truly, a fascinating introduction of an artist that I never heard of. Thank you for such a insightful video!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment. Im glad you appreciate his work.

👍Thank you.🇬🇧🇵🇹 (I think you already deserve some vacations. Can't be all about work!)

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I have had a few holidays and there are more planned. But if I'm honest making the videos deosn't seem like work.

Another wonderful video! Thank you :)

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for your appreciation.

Thank you so much for your work and channel!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

No problem. It's my pleasure and it's too rewarding to feel like work.

Another great video. The research must be daunting. Incredible work.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. yes it can be daunting - and spectaularly frustrating - but it's frequently worth the struggle.

Wow! What talent and beauty!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello, and I'm very pleased you think so. I'm glad to say the respnse to his work has been very positive.

Thank you! i had never heard of de Becque. The pictures were wonderful.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and I'm very pleased to have introduced you to his marvellous work.

Thank you! Very talented and yet unknown artist.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome, and yes it's criminal that he isn't better known.

Merci! Nice and instructive video. His animal paintings and animal illustrations are amazing!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks a lot.

Very talented! Great video!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks a lot for your comment.

Thanks for the valuable contributions.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for the comment.

It is amazing to think that some of your videos may be the only available retrospectives of these wonderful artists.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and I think you may well be right. Which gives me a feeling of some validation - but also makes me somewhat depressed. This fellow is a case in point.

Thank you! I thoroughly enjoyed the video and the illustrations included.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and I'm glad you appreciate his talent.

Pete- Your my best Art Teacher- THANKS!!!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello, and that;s great to know, so thanks to you too.

Pete Beard you are a gem !

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot.

Magnificent

It has rocked my world again!

@petebeard

6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it.

Don’t LIKE these images much, but a real treat to get to see them. Thank you for your hard work in finding all these images!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello again, and as I think we've both commented before it's not so much about 'like' as 'appreciate'. Thanks for the comment.

Like several other artists you have featured, I had never heard of Maurice De Becque. It is a shame he, like so many illustrators, has been hidden from the world by the curtains of time. I'm very happy you have brought Maurice De Becque to our attention.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

And I'm very glad his work seems to have gone down well with many viewers, including yourself. Thanks for the comment.

Love this page of yours….all of the vids are great stuff…

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. And I have seen some of the work on your channel, and will be going back for more. I am in awe of your skill and imagination, and particularly your pencil work

This video is amazing, and very worthwhile. Thanks 🙏

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

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

His animal studies are for sure his crowning achievement, thanks for putting this together! The illustration in the thumbnail with the tiger, what's it called - didn't see it featured in full in the video?

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for the appreciation. I'm not actually sure but it is most likely from the Jungle Book, although it could also be from Poemes Barbares. But if you google his name and jungle book it comes up in the images.

@theodorurhed

9 ай бұрын

@@petebeard Thanks!!

Wonderful work

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

I'm very pleased you appreciate his marvellous images.

Wonderful work, I have been amazed at how beautiful and well detailed your works are, I still have a large part of your strokes in my files to inspire me, greetings from Peru ☺👋

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video - and my channel.

Had no idea of this artist. Kudos and thanks.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. It seems very few (if any) viewers were previously aware of him or his work.

Excellent as always!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for the comment.

Great video as always, I wonder if he is a little more known in his home country giving that he illustrated a quite popular books like the Jungle Book.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for your favourable comment. I dont know for sure but given how little information there is about him on Wikipedia France, or any other French source/archive I suspect that he's pretty unknown even in his own country

Thank you for your time and effort. Really enjoyed it.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and your appreciation is very welcome. Thanks.

Beautiful video. Thank you.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.

Best channel on KZread. Thanks.👏🏻

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello, and what can I say to such overwhelming praise? 'Thanks a lot' doesn't seem enough but its all I've got.

@RykerFreegeld

9 ай бұрын

@@petebeard Seriously, the best. Please keep 'em coming.👍🏻👏🏻

Amazing channel. Thank you Pete !

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.

Thank you for this wonderful video! Just subscribed to your channel.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thankd for the comment and subscription. Both very welcome.

Great video thanks very much very enjoyable

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

I'm very pleased you enjoyed it.

Very much "worthwhile"! Thank you for doing this, I had not heard of him.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. I'm very pleased to say I've introduced his work to a lot of viewers and he seems to be a popular subject.

Gorgeous works. Such elegant compositions and intoxicating color harmony. Each one on point without fail. Thank you for making me aware of my newest favorite illustrator. This, incidentally, is just what I needed to see, as I've taken it upon myself to do s series of illustrations for each track on an old record of lovely life-affirming and lushly orchestrated, never-condescending songs on an album my mom used to play me in my formative years , and knew I wanted to avoid anthropomorphizing any animals where they appear. Like De Becque did with the Jungle Book, it would be best, I think, to make the animals believable, as if the events in the songs' lyrics actually transpired - even if, for example, a turtle speaks - since the spirit of the record overall is so honest and never patronizing or underestimating the intelligence of its young audience. Anyways, I could very well have kept this ti myself after "thanx for clue-ing me in to DeBecque"... Just a weirdo thinking aloud, and, nevertheless, may as well post it. No harm done. No shame in my comment game, despite the digressions and self-indulgence. Thanks again!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video and de Becque's wonderful images. And if it has inspired you in your own project that's a real bonus. I wish you well with it.

Marvelous as always!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and I'm glad youthink so. Greatly appreciated.

Wonderful video! Thank you!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment.

Thank you!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and your appreciation is very welcome.

Thank you doesn't seem enough for all the effort you have put in to your channel, so I can only add 5 stars too express my gratitude. you are a pleasure too listen to. I have watched each and every one of the videos and always look forward to the next, hoping it may include Rowland Hilder PPRI RSMA and Edith Hilder"s book illustrations of Shell guide to the countryside, Precious Bane and Treasure Island. One can only hope!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. And thanks for suggesting both Hilders, neither of whom I had previously encountered. But thanks to you I can now do some research and if I dig up enough material include them on the channel.

Wow! Fantastic images!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and I'm very glad you enjoyed his work.

thank you for introducing this artist! incredible compositions. strong yet full of life. is there a source for the images or just googling around will suffice?

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and I'm glad you appreciate his work. There is no one source for the images but if you google him you will find examples all over the internet. It's just a matter of following the leads you stumble on. That's what I did.

Amazing work, bro. Thank you!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and you are very welcome. Thanks for the appreciation.

Another treasure trove of two dimensional magic brought into the light. Thanks Peter 🤝Beard.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

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

ACE Rated 10 - Competes for favorite

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello again and that's good to hear. I didn't know if it would be a popular video or not, but it looks very promising so far.

Just WOOOW 💕

@petebeard

6 ай бұрын

Glad you were impressed by his work.

If it counts, I'll not be forgetting about Maurice any time soon. Quantity and quality.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello, and of course it counts. So far I've been really pleased by the enthusiastic responses of viewers to his work.

Amazing works!

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Glad you think so. Thanks for the comment.

Thank you. 🌸

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for the appreciation.

i love it

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

I'm very pleased you enjoyed his wonderful work.

i love your videos so so much

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and I'm delighted about that - thanks a lot.

A cool discovery! Thabk yoj for sharing

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks for your comment.

0:44 Oh now this I like. Really nice horror piece.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi again, and you have to wonder in what context would you dress a skeleton in oilskins...

@dbensdrawinvids8390

9 ай бұрын

@@petebeard So he can stay bone dry.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

@@dbensdrawinvids8390 Now that's what I call humour. Brilliant. I just wish I had thought of it...

maravilloso

@petebeard

5 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias por tu comentario positivo.

Wow thank you Pete Beard.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks for the appreciation.