On the days when I feel unwell or just depressed, I can rely on Pete to cheer me up! Pagani is definitely my hero of this group - very humorous and diverse.

@petebeard

2 ай бұрын

Thanks as usual, and if you enjoyed the Pogany sequence there's a video on the channel devoted just to his work you might enjoy.

What a monumental and wholly worthwhile undertaking! In the '90s, after finding 1938 FORTUNEs in a recycling dumpster, I began a nightly circuit of local recyc spots, climbing into dumpsters to dig for old pulp. In 10 years, I amassed volumes of advertising illustrations from the '20s to the '80s. Now I can find out who created these wonderful works! Thanks so much.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm glad you found the channel. I hope you continue to find it of interest. Just to lure you in check out unsung heroes 62 for Ernest Hamlin Baker's wonderful Fortune covers.

Beautiful! Syzk ‘s work in particular is BREATHTAKING! thank you for your work!

These are my favorite videos on all of KZread! Thank you Pete Beard.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks. Tha's music to my ears.

@theKluck

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard well they are really terrific. I share them with all my artist friends and family. They are especially good when played on a wall size hi-def tv. I only wish I wasn’t a starving artist so I could share more than my gratitude and admiration. Well done.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

@@theKluck Hello again and I'm more than happy with gratitude and admiration. I was never in this for financial reward, and the dreadful ads pay my monthly wine bill.

What a marvelous series... Thank you! ❤️

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your positive comment. I hope you'll watch more in the series too.

@dougwatt6303

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

I'm fascinated to see illustrators' careers with their twists and turns. But the theme of talent developed runs throughout.

@petebeard

11 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment about the channel.

I'm late to this elegantly crafted docuseries but I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for all that you do - this and your illustrations. You are one of the most original voices and channels on KZread. Thank you sir!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and welcome to the channel. And if you are going to use flattering expressions such as 'elegantly crafted' you can be as late as you like. Admittedly I've been uploading for a while now but viewing figures and subscriptions continue to rise - if not as much as I'd like - so I'm actually pretty pleased with the channel's imcreasing popularity.

Thank you Pete, you are a hero. This is the most enjoyable series ever!!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your very flattering comment. I'm just the messenger, though.

Your channel is so UNIQUE and very appreciated. You bring to light the historical art that would otherwise be buried through time. Thank you!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and I'm very glad you continue to have an interest in the channel content. Thanks a lot for your support

The best thing I have discovered on the internet in the last decade.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your flattering comment. I hope you continue to think so.

Pete, thank you so much for the effort you're putting in making these videos. They are great!!! I'm an illustrator and your's is definetely my new favourite youtube chanel. I will recommend to everybody interested. :)

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

And thanks to you for your support. It's particularly rewarding when I hear from professionals who like what I'm doing. It keeps me motivated.

Thank you for bringing to our attention to this series of unsung (most anyway) illustrationists...

@idaornstein1305

Жыл бұрын

They are all excellent in their own way.

It's a bit late perhaps but your encyclopedic video series so well presented are re-educating me after more years of neglect than I care to tell. It is all so positive and perceptive. And quiet!!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello again, and i my humble opinion it's never too late to learn. I don't know whether I've already said this (short - term memory is not what it used to be)but I knew less than half these illustrators before I started this series. And I'm really glad I found most of them. Some I can do without.

Thanks Pete, off to check out the Arthur Szyk Society...

I've only JUST discovered this wonderful series. More than a 100 to enjoy? I am feeling like the proverbial pig in sh**! Thank you, good sir!!! I fully intend to enjoy every one of these with an appropriate whiskey or beer and revel in the wonderful history of illustration.

@petebeard

7 ай бұрын

Hello and welcome to the channel. I hope you continue to find content that's of interest and if you haven't already I hope you will subscribe and maybe share with others.

I have just discovered this wonderful series of videos and am now starting from the very beginning. Thank you for putting these together.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and that;s great to hear. I should warn you that some (actually more than some) of the early ones suffer from poor sound balance. I'm pretty deaf and it took me a while to get it done better. If you encounter one, try turning the sound down and the subtitles on.

What a gift! Thank you, thank you, Pete Beard!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks to you also for commenting so favourably. I hope you continue to enjoy the channel content.

Absolutely fascinating. Beautiful as people as well as artists. Thank you!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

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

Here we go again... another outstanding video introducing me to even more wonderful illustrators that I'd never heard of before, and often who's work I recognized seeing before this program. I just love Zim's work, with his whimsical illustrations and his fun caricatures. It's no wonder people sought out his talent to have their stories penned by him! His ability to tell a story with his drawings, and add a twisted element to add that extra flair is just incredible! It makes you closely study everything in the illustration, for fear of missing some minute hilarious detail! and Harry Roundtree's animals are outstanding! Your narration hits it right on the head in where he could draw an animal with seemingly human gestures, but still maintain the animal's natural body forms. That just blows me away! I'd bet that these were fun guys to have a conversation with. I'm sure they had crazy perspectives on just about any subject. OK Mr Beard, you've done it again. Great job with this video!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation and consideration of the work of these illustrators. Both Zim and Rountree are just my kind of humorous illustrators and I'm glad you also like their work. I'm now re-visiting some of these early unsung heroes at greater length, just like I have with Pogany, and if I can find enough additional material both of them would be ideal candidates.

I was immediately struck by Pogany's eyes. Many draw them anatomically correct, but he managed to squeeze so much expression out of them. Even in his Art Deco period he retained that expressiveness.

what a most admirable King.

@petebeard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

I should thank you in advance for every video of this series is crafted from your love of these artists some.of them Im fortunate to encounter thanks to you, sir!🇦🇷

@petebeard

6 ай бұрын

Hola y muchas gracias por tu apreciación del canal y su contenido. Me alegro de que disfrutes de los videos.

Magnificent! I will be spending many hours watching all of your videos.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your appreciation. I hope you find more that you enjoy.

@denisoliver213

3 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I am up to episode six, and, I have no doubt that I will be watching all of them.

4 years late to this, but from the first video in the playlist, I already know this's gonna be a blast!! Thank you so much for sharing these!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm just glad that our orbits have collided, late or not. I hope you continue to enjoy the material on the channel.

Thanks Peter, If you ever put the entire series of video onto DVD , I would buy a set in a heartbeat, love your work sir.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. I've wondered about re-formatting either as discs or e-books but I want to get to part 100 before considering options. At that point I'm taking a break from this partcular series and concentrating on solo topics and that might make the perfect opportunity. Never say never...

Sincerely appreciate your series! They are fascinating and inspiring!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciative comment.

Thank-you!

I only recently discovered your wonderful and extensive series of videos. They are a joy to watch and your narrations are perfect. Thank you for putting a spotlight on this fascinating area of Art!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the positive response.I hope you continue to enjoy the channel.

Thank you for keeping the memories of these incredible artists alive. I salute you,sir.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and your appreciation is greatly valued.

Gotta binge watch this series - 1st found #9 & now I am hooked... as an amateur illustrator & cartoonist and long time fan & follower of this genres ... I am in yt heaven thank you

I've been a lifelong painter, only rarely an illustrator in my younger years, but have always had the highest regards for good craftsmen of whatever stripe. Not even 4 minutes into your 1st installment about illustrators and anticipate that I will be grateful for them all.

Don't know how I stumbled on this channel, but it's fantastic! Thank you for these great videos

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and welcome to the channel. Please subscribe and share if you haven't already.

Thank you so much for this wonderful series.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm pleased that you appreciate the channel content.

Wonderful resource for any student of illustration of art in general, thank you

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your favourable response to the channel. I hope you'll continue to watch the videos.

Well that was bloody brilliant. Being a YT miner is hard... so much rock and rubbish to sift through, then just occasionally, pay dirt! 70 plus more to go. I'm setting up for a binge. Thanks very much pete beard.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your kind comment. I hope you are with the channel for the long haul - there are many more videos to come, providing I don't get hit by a bus.

Pete, these videos are astonishing. Less noticeable but nearly as compelling is the subtle background music you have chosen to accompany them.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the appreciation. It's very welcome.

Fascinating video presentation, I learned a lot. Beautiful images, stunning illustrations. Thank you. Your channel fills an educational gap about visual artistry. I hope your films get shown in colleges and museums. Brilliant work.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I know of a couple of courses that do show the videos but no more than that as far as I can tell.

Wow, just WOW. Wonderful. Thank you for this. So much talent. This is such a gift you are giving us.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. It's really motivating when viewers respond so positively to the channel.

Your work is so good! I can watch it all day!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. That's great to know.

It's always good to learn something new very innovative and interesting broadcast thankyou for Sharing looking forward to more

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your positive response to the video. And I hope you continue to enjoy the others on the channel.

Wonderful video! A treasure for artists and fans of golden age illustration. Thanks for taking the time to create this series, Pete!

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

And thanks for your appreciation -it means a lot to know there are others who are passionate about illustration

having started watching at somewhere around Unsung...70, I figured there had to be earlier releases, and lo and behold...here I am at No. 1

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I hope you continue to find the content interesting.

Sometimes KZread brings a treasure to you, this is taking me back to childhood. I loved illustrated books and would paw over them for hours, loved Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, an Australian tale, thank you so much

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response. I assume you are from Australia and if so you may be familiar with Norman Lindsay, who created The Magic Pudding alongside his more adult material. He is featured in unsung heroes of illustration 28.

Excellent! Thank you, and APSACA!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks for the APSACA.

I had Arthur Szyk’s Hans Christian Andersen tales as a child in the 70’s. It made a huge impression on me and I never forgot it. It also helped me form the artistic sensibility I have to this day. Thank you for this series. You’re highlighting a wonderful group of artists that should not be forgotten.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciative comment. As with a few others I featured early on in this series I'm currently working on a video devoted just to Szyk's work, as I now realise I didn't really do him justice with a 3 minute slot. I have no idea when it will be finished and uploaded but hopefully early in the new year.

@jztouch

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I look forward to seeing it!

Superior to anything hanging in any “so called” contemporary art gallery.😊

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and naturally enough I'm inclined to agree about contemporary art, with only a couple of exceptions that I can think of.

Best channel discovered this year

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation.

Just beneath your rich offering of historical biographical sketches, I always get the vague, nostalgic sense that I'm a young boy listening to a reading of Peter Rabbit...

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your appreciation of the videos. If I'd known I had an apparently soothing voice I'd have attempted a career doing talking books. Too late now though...

As expected, and not entirely surprising your source reading is impeccable, thanks again for sharing your thoughts with all of us....after 40 years in the NHS it is brilliant to discover this wonderful world of art ,thank you sir....E

Thank you, Pete Beard - #1! It's fun to 'meet' you 4 years back - to notice how you began and have stayed the same/changed your style - your work is such a Good Deed, not only for the illustrators you showcase but also for all of us, your viewers - you have the gift of making people and their histories come alive for us - thank you very much. Happy New Year, may 2022 be wonderful!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks a lot. I must admit once I've made the videos I rarely if ever go back to them later. If memory serves I think many were well intentioned but by comparison clumsily put together and - knowing me - excessively opinionated. Nevertheless they are what they are and I keep looking in a determinedly forward direction. Which leads me nicely round to saying a very happy new year to you too.

As someone slowly discovering my love illustration and art: thank you, thank you, thank you! This series feels like you are showing me the world a little, and it´s wonderful :)

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm very pleased you found the channel. There isnt a whole lot about art that hangs in galleries but there's plenty of illustration of all kinds from all over the planet which I hope will interest and inspire you.

Fascinating!! Thanks!!!!

I cant thank you enough what a fabulous series.

Thank you Pete. This videos contain so much knowledge.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks. It's great to know people enjoy the work.

Thank you for bringing these unsung illustrators to our attention. Although I was drawn to Szyk's work at an early age and now seek out books he has illustrated, I was not aware of his output in relation to Hitler. I agree with you about Rountree's depictions relative to Potter's. His animals have more vitality and express more personality.

I am in love with your illustration history series! Thank you for bringing these remarkable art works to light.

@petebeard

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment - it means a lot to me. I'm currently working on the fourth and last in the series so watch this space - and please share the link

Fascinating! I'm enjoying your work very very much. I so love illustration and understanding it's history. Thank you so much for your work. Your narration and ability to tell the story is so engaging. Have a great day Peter. I've subscribed and I will see everything you write with so much pleasure.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel, and for your subscription. I hope you do continue to find material that's of interest.

You have a fantastic series of videos here--new subscriber!

A most worthy project with which to occupy one's energy. I once owned a 2-volume set of the *1001 Nights,* and I presently possess my grandfather's copy of the *Rubaiyat,* both with Szyk's glorious illustrations therein. Also, I have the edition of *Gulliver's Travels* illustrated by Pogany. And, being interested in history, I have often run across topical cartoons from *Puck* and *Judge* that delighted me. Glad I am to see these talented men opened to the renown they deserve, and I eagerly anticipate the rest of the series (which by now, I see, is *quite* extensive). Well done, sir - and if you haven't already, examine the work of my grandfather's colleague Duane Bryers (1911-2012) and his plump, jolly pin-up girl Hilda! 😏 😍 😁

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel, and what I'm trying to accomplish with it. Coincidentally another viewer recently mentioned Duane Byers and Hilda, neither of whom I had previously encountered. Unfortunately he was born in 1911, which puts him precisely one year too late to be eligible for this series. This may seem pedantic on my part but as it is with a window between 1850 and 1910 I still have more to do than I have already done. And I'm not getting any younger. However among many other projects on the go (I'm far from methodical) is a video devoted exclusively to the history of the illustrated pinup, and when/if i make it Hilda is sure to feature.

@goldenager59

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I quite understand, and it should have occurred to me. But I shall look forward to the rest of the series regardless - have no fears on that score. 😊

@goldenager59

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I quite understand, old chap, and glad I am to hear it. 😊

We done and thanks for doing these. 😃

Thank you!!!! I am so glad to have found your videos.

Love these series. Thanks for the videos.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot foryour appreciation. It matters to me.

Oh I had that Hans Christian Anderson book by Szyk as a child! I think it was the seed of my love for Medieval art - Thank You - the book is long gone and I never would have figured it out. Thank You so much for making these videos. I'm working to become an illustrator myself now that I'm old - it's the only thing I want to do - I'm glad I found your videos - thank you.

@petebeard

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Jane and thanks a lot for your favourable comments. Arthur Szyk was a real revelation to me when I started making the series. If only I'd been able to paint like that. And I wish you well in your bid to become an illustrator. The good news is there's loads of instructional stuff about all aspects of illustration on the web. I hope you continue to watch and be inspired.

HELLO and THANK YOU PETE!!!!!! We are ( hubby and I ) ENTHRALLED with these beautiful videos!! As lovers of illustration,,its wonderful and high time some special person put out informative and visual examples of these Unsung Heroes...! W@W!!! Sad to hear how some of these amazing artists passed way too early,or suffered some crappy hardships. If I had a time machine,I would go back and observe them all at work and attempt to learn techniques.... Your Gems and Treasures here are works of art also! We sure hope you make more....we will watch these over and over!! Happiness Hugs,and God Bless You!😘👼- Mindi and Bob from Iowa,USA

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

Well it's always a pleasure to know people like the videos I'm making, but I'm overwhelmed by the level of your enthusiasm. I still have an astonishingly large list of neglected illustrators to keep me busy in my retirement and others on related topics in the pipeline so watch this space. Thanks a lot for your support Pete

I remember the Szyk version of Andersen's tales from my childhood...

BRAVO.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello to you, Jeff. And thanks a lot for the appreciation. I think you might be the only viewer that's liked a video before they've even finished it. I hope the rest don't disappoint.

Pete, I LOOOOOOVE this series. A true gem, thanks so much for these!!! I'm addicted to these.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks very much for your comment. I hope you'll continue to find content that's of interest.

3:38 Harry Rountree

again..wonderful

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks a lot.

Pete Beard thanks for starting playlists, that will help in sharing.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks fir the comment. And it reminds me to make more, so I will just as soon as I can.

@robertcurtis3115

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard yes please. I tried to do it but failed. Groups of ten seem good. You've done such a great job on these!

Thanks a lot for this amazing series, please don’t stop putting them out. I do really appreciate the high quality of your content :)

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks very much for your comment. I looked at my 'to do' list and it's longer than the ones I've done to date so unless I get hit by a bus or similar there's no chance I'll stop. Thanks again

I chanced upon this video today and became instantly hooked. I've long been a fan of the golden age of illustration so these videos of yours are right up my street. Thank you!

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark and thanks for subscribing. I hope you continue to watch and enjoy the series.

@markmanhetherington1

5 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard thank you, I certainly will!

Pete, I love your videos! Somehow one showed up on my youtube feed and I am SO glad to have found your channel. I have enjoyed illustration especially in children's books from a very early age and it's a delight to see these artworks again. I will spend many hours enjoying the dozens of videos you have produced. Thank you!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm pleased our orbits have collided, and I hope you continue to find material of interest on the channel. You may have already seen it but there is a video specifically about children's illustration titled Once Upon a Time.

I embarked on your voyage through these unsung illustrators by chance and haphazardly followed on, wonderful idyls from the daily drudgery. It was many months later (also known as today) before I watched your first 'Unsung heroes'. Usually when I develop these kinds of interest I get obsessively academic and start at the beginning and move through to the end. I hope you won't be offended, but I think I will just continue to enjoy your reviews of these artists as a semi-random sampling. If you ever produce a magnum opus, then I will certainly subscribe, but the unpredictable nature of each of your parts have been very satisfying each and of themselves. Thank you very much.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the appreciation. I like to think that the fairly random nature of the selections in the series makes it all the more interesting, so I don't mind what order you watch them in as long as you watch them. Thanks.

Wonderful!... Thank you!!!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comments. Glad you like the content.

Thank you so much Pete! Your videos are great !!!!! So much inspiration!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks a lot for your positive comment. I hope you continue to be inspired.

These videos are amazing, thank you for your awesome work!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation - such comments are a great motivator.

I'm loving all your videos on illustration, I've been playing them as I sit and draw or paint. Keep up the amazing and important work.

@petebeard

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sean and thanks for watching. No sign of me running out of material for a long time yet.

Excellent, really appreciate this

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment - and subscription.

Great job . Thanks

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment.

Finding your channel just now. What a wonderful resource for finding new inspiration. Thank you!!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks a lot for your positive comment. I hope you continue to watch - there are more in the pipeline.

Mr. Beard, one remarkable work by Willie Pogany are the paintings (frescoes?) on the ceiling of the nursery at the famous Cá d´Zan mansion in Sarasota, Florida, the belonged to John Ringling, of circus fame. Very curious and beautiful indeed.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the information. I had never heard of this remarkable building nor had any idea Pogany had created the paintings.Sadly there's not a lot of evidence of this work on the internet.

Most enjoyable video I've watched on KZread for a long while. Can't wait to carry on with your channel. Shame I never found these when I was studying illustration. Thank you for taking time to make these

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. I hope you'll watch others and enjoy them too.

Excellent work.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

Excellent video

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it. Thanks

Thank you for your work sir Pete

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for watching. As long as people watch I'll keep making them.

This is what KZread does best! A marvellous clear "authored" piece. Any broadcast TV programme on the subject would be over-produced, limited by time, and suffer the interference of executives. I came here from your excellent Heath Robinson video, and was slightly awe-struck when I saw there were over 40 of these. It's disconcerting to realize that for every illustrator whose work you know, there are dozens of really good ones whose work you don't. It's much the same for actors. Thank you --- I have many hours of fascinating viewing ahead.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello to you and many thanks for your favourable response to my videos. There seems to be no end to the number of illustrators who are an endangered species so I hope you keep watching for as long as I can continue to shed a bit of light on them.

@dabedwards

3 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard One thing that would be much appreciated --- an index of which artists are featured in each of these videos. In fact, you are so prolific, I suspect we would all like to have a web site (needing frequent updating) that functions as a contents list and index for all your videos. Perhaps this already exists, and I have not found it. I still have a couple of books from childhood (and what a huge impact illustrations can have at that age): one is called "Humors of History" with gloriously funny illustrations by Arthur Moreland. The other is a book of Stanley Holloway monologues (The Lion & Albert etc) illustrated by John Hassall. I am also a big fan of humourous cartoons and I imagine that the line between them and illustrations must sometimes be hard to define, and be the cause of much discussion. Is Pont a great cartoonist but a poor illustrator? What about H.M. Bateman and Gerard Hoffnung?

@dabedwards

3 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Just found your series on Cartoons!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello again and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel content gladdens my old heart. And if I had known when I started out making these videos just how much they would consume my energies and time I would have either (a) not taken on the challenge and lived the life of an elderly dissolute, or (b) done things somewhat differently, including some form of index for what I didn't realise was going to be a rather long list of heroes.

I love these videos because I can learn about artists I never heard from. I loved Arthur Szyk work and shared it with my whole family. Thank you

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your favourable comments. Of all the illustrators I have covered Sztk has to be among my absolute favourites.

6:28 Willy Pogany

I just found your videos. Thank you so much for your hard work! I'm obsessed with Nielsen, Beardsley and Rackham books, I hunt through antique book shops and webshops to get old prints. Hopefully, after I went through all your videos, I'll find more amazing artists to hunt and adore.

@petebeard

4 жыл бұрын

Hi there and thanks a lot for bothering to comment - especially as it's flattering. Somewhere along the way I've covered Nielson and Beardsley's in the 'between the lines' video. Like you I'm a major fan of Rackham but although he features briefly in some videos I figured he was too well known to call unsung. But maybe I'll find an excuse to do him and another real favourite - Edmund Dulac.

Wow, just found your channel and watched this video! Looking forward to watching more, such great history and narration Pete.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response to the channel. I hope you continue to find material of interest, and if you can share with others I'm always on the lookout for more subscribers!

Pete, I just discovered your channel. What a treasure! Truly great stuff! The research effort is obvious and this is a truly terrific resource for artists! Thank you!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of the channel and its content. Selfishly, I hope you'll subscribe too.

@RichardMarkleWOW

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I have subscribed and I have all notifications on.

Great vid!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot.

Thank you guys this is fantastic, beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm glad you like it. I hope you'll watch more in the series.

Thanks, Pete. Once again.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks for your continued appreciation.

Wow Pete, I came across your videos purely by accident and I'm so glad I did!! This is so fascinating and so professionally done, well done you!!! It's hard to believe these talented artists have long since been forgotten and yet what great work they produced. Thankyou for opening this fascinating (yet hidden) world of these marvellous artists and their amazing works. These should be put out on a dvd series, the time and effort you take clearly shows and the music is really good too, I especially love that piece of music that kicks in at 6:24 on this particular video, a great job Pete, and I shall definitely be looking up some these talented artists.

@petebeard

4 жыл бұрын

Hi and many thanks for your very enthusiastic response - I hope you'll continue with the series and the others I've made. And a particular thanks about the tune. I (optimistically) thought I would compose and write for the series but that was when I thought I might only be making a handful and I've had to download generic tracks because there just wasn't time to do my own as well. But I've always regretted it.

@ajlomas7185

4 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard You're very welcome Pete, it seems to me that you're a very talented guy, I will definitely watch more of your videos for sure. Take care Pete and thankyou for taking the time to reply, it means a lot. All the best.

everything is so fantastic that you've done

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and that's a very nice thing to say. I must say some of the older videos are a bit hit and miss but as they say practice makes perfect (in theory at least). Either way your comment is much appreciated.

@mycollegeshirt

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I'm just so appreciative of the amount of high-quality content and information. I would have been satisfied with a slide show from masters. But you know so much about a huge amount of talented people I haven't even heard of.

Greetings,and Thank You for your very speedy reply!! I also meant to add that I enjoy the music backgrounds that rather set the mood for period of art chosen! Then,imagine my surprise and delight while listening to one of your illustration installments some tunes that I recognized a certain style of elec. guitar reminiscent of say Eric Clapton and Cream maybe,but I just couldnt pinpoint the artist,until I eagerly awaited the end credits,or maybe it wasnt listed,buf I discovered thst YOU are also a musician,as well as a great narrator...! So! There ya go,a mukti-talented gentleman putting your skills to good use! One of these days I will make a effort at figuring out how to add my own composition(s)? to videos,,,once I teach myself how to do THAT..for some far future ( retirement projects) when I think of how I want to create,and equipment that's affordable... Oh!! Have you ever hezrd of Katherine Richardson Wireman,and her Sister-In-Law Eugenie Wireman? K R was a Howard Pyle student,and fantastic illustrator in her own right,but there is not enough mentioned about these gals! We were fortunate enough to find an original K R W,and eventually donated it to the Delaware Musuem of Art..too long a story to go into here,but thanks to my hubby for doing what he could to get her a wee bit more recognized....We are going to be anxiously awaiting each new video you make! So glad you are yourself a Hero for putting forth the resesrch and effort to make these delightful and entertaining productions!! Cheers Pete!! 😉😁🎸🎶

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

Hi again - and I'm floored by the praise and appreciation. I was completely unaware of either Wireman so thanks a lot for the information. I'm not sure if I'll be able to dig out enough decent resolution images by either to make them a feature but I'll give it a shot. It's shameful how forgotten some of these people have become. Bye for now Pete

How wonderful your videos are Pete. Bloody well done. I’m very interested in illustration and was once told I should take it up as a career but life has shoved me a few different ways and now I am just delighted to enjoy the work of the many talent artists out there. Well done again and thank you.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your enthusiastic comment about the channel content. It's a real pleasure to know viewers get something positive from the work shown.

Excellent!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@rskrakau8137

3 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I have shared your Channel with all my drawing-students. Amazing content.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

@@rskrakau8137 Thanks again - and I like the sound of your band. Real rock music.