Your "Unsung Heroes of Illustration" never fail to make my day better. Thank you for these treasures.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and that's a very nice thing to say - thanks a lot.

@kidmohair8151

2 жыл бұрын

mine too!

70th episode, and its been a fantastic and hugely enjoyable series. C.E.Brock created a lot of great art, this is the first time i have heard of him. His younger brother is also a wonderful artist. I love Ronald Lampitt's art, those landscapes look fantastic. Big thumbs up for this video ..

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks as usual for your enthusiasm and support. I'm glad you enjoyed this one and I'm of the same mind about Lampitt, but I'm always drawn to funny so it was Arthur Watts who most appealed to me in this one..

Good to hear the Cambridge School of Art mentioned, I was a student there (1990's) and work there now. Cheers for another facinating episode!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your response to the video. It's always good to hear from someone who actually picks up a brush. I hope you are doing well.

These videos should be considered a national treasure. Every single one is simply wonderful and I have learned so much through your efforts. Well done!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and that's a particularly welcome comment. Much appreciated.

I was so happy to log in and find a new episode. Thanks!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and that's always good to know.

This is amazing I would definitively buy a book series of all this illustrators

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. I've been wondering whether to re-format these as a series of e-books, but there just aren't the hours in the day. And just as importantly it seems I'm only at about the half way mark in the series. I just hope I live longer than I deserve to...

@harkelan

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard half the way ?? Wow Whatever format it is, the quality of this is incredible and keeps getting better Keep it up :D

Pete *Thank you* for the list ... and, starting the Golden Age of Illustration.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, although jerimee did a better job of it than me.

Thanks Pete, another "home run".

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and my thanks as usual. We should both be thanking the almost endless list of gereat illustrators in the series.

such good work, people everywhere owe you a debt of gratitude for your hard work making sure this history isn't lost to time.

@petebeard

9 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks. I thought so too, until recently when i found out that if a channel has no activity for two years youtube shut it down. So I'm depressed to realise when I croak not much later so will this resource.

Beautiful and delicate watercolours in this video. This kind of thing makes my day much more pleasing. Thank you very much for this wonderful video and many greetings from Brazil!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there in Brazil. I wish I was there rather than gloomy England. Thanks a lot for your comment - it's nice to be appreciated.

there!...made it to #70 excelsior!

Pete man this is flipping me out sweet. Thank you very much.

You have been doing a wonderful service to the society my friend.... !!! Thank you for sharing all those wonderful videos of wonderful artists...

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your praise for the channel. It's always good to know the work is appreciated.

Awesome you always got interesting new artists I never could have known about

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. Bringing these illustrators to a wider audience (sometimes including me) is my main mission.

I'll always come back for more. Thank you for another terrific post

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Rick and my thanks for your dedication to the cause.

Brilliant as ever Peter, volume 80!...

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Here's hoping...

Top notch-Pete!! Thanks

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for the comment.

Once again lovely stuff! I particularly enjoyed the Brock Brothers. Thank you.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. Me too, although i have a marked preference for the younger brother. Those educational books late on really appeal to me.

Quite by accident I stumbled onto UH#47 and realized the treasure I had found. It was wonderful and entertaining I studied each image with glee. Then I went to your page and saw more videos in this series. If I am lucky enough to get access (via KZread?) the entire collection thus far I can die happy. I have to hurry, though, as I'm already 75 myself. Thank you so much Mr. Beard for this massive collection of wonderful work. It couldn't have been easy but..thanks once more

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your enthusistic response to the channel content. I hope for both our sakes neither of us cashes in our chips just yet - just turned 71 myself. There are still as many illustrators on my 'to do' list as I've already featured. And there was me wondering what I would do in retirement...

Very enjoyable as usual, especially the Ronald Lampitt bit. I remember those Ladybird books.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again, and there is something enchanting about many of those ladybird illustrations. But it's the large complex town views that really do it for me.

Thank you again for another wonderful video 🙏

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your continued expressions of support. Very welcome.

Fabulous. Shame a lot of these talented artists had a sad end to their lives. Thanks again Peter really great videos. Lynne (Sunderland) 💐

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for the comment. I did wonder about the helping of misery doled out to these talented people but a bit of reseach shows that it's unfortunately just par for the course.

Thank you so much. I like illustrators around the 20th century very much. I want to learn from them. I am learning how to be an illustrator. This content is really great for me. Thank you very much.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

こんにちは、私のビデオについてのコメントに感謝します。若いイラストレーターがビデオを高く評価し、過去の作品から学ぶことは非常に喜ばしいことです。皆様のご成功をお祈りしております。

Great video thanks very much

Yeah!!!! just what I needed!! Thank you mr.Pete!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. I hope you will watch more on the channel and maybe subscribe?

@RichyWins

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I'm a long term subscriber already

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - I can only tell if it's a public subscription - sorry!

Excellent art and presentation. Thank you

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.

Another fantastic video, really enjoyed this incidental English "special" and special thanks to Jerimee for creating an index for the series, will make going back to check on some illustrators more easy to many.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks as usual for the comment. I'm not complaining because he did such a good job of it, but I wish he had told me he was going to, and I'd have saved myself the bother...

This has to be one of the best channels on KZread, thank you for these uploads 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and your lavish praise is very welcome. It's really rewarding to know viewers appreciate the content.

Thank you Pete! Awesome art and painstaking research. I have a day-off today (they call it the National Unity day - some pathetic attempt to make us forget the Day of October Revolution), and you video makes it even better.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and many thanks for the comment. I'm glad you continue to value the content.

i really love this channel. being a professional digital illustrator, this series brings happines to my life, realizing im merely standing on the shoulders of incredibly talented people. thx for your effort sir.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and it's particularly rewarding to hear from a professional who realises they are part of a continuum, and that we learn best from those who went before.

Fantastic Peter! That was uplifting and brought back many childhood memories of those early Lady Bird Books. Thank you.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I remember being fascinated by these illustrations as a kid, along with the wildlife tea cards that we all collected in the 50s.

Many thanks Pete for your latest installment of the Unsung Heroes of Illustration. Without your thorough research and wonderful presentations, many of us would never have heard of these most talented & creative people.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. It's really good to know my mission is getting positive results.

Thanks again Pete - all wonderful, and what a sad ending for Arthur Watts! I love what you showed of his work here.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks. And yse the early exit of Mr. Watts was a tragedy. Such a talent he had - in my mind up there with the great W. Heath Robinson.

@simonward-horner7605

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I have to agree - a true talent.

I wish I had a tenth of your knowledge! You've created a modern encyclopedia of the art of illustration---a comprehensive and fascinating reference, especially for those of with large gaps in our knowledge. Thankyou.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and your comment is particularly pleasing. But you flatter me - don't forget at least half of those I've featured I didn't know about until I started making the series. We all know less than we think.

Yes I remember a previous video where you viewed the work of the third Brock brother. I really enjoyed the last two, those landscapes were something else, such precise observation and interesting details.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm glad you continue to appreciate the content. But I'm fairly sure these are the only 2 Brocks I've done - I suspect you're thinking of someone similar, and there were quite a few of them around this time.

Thank you so much for all this wonderful videos ,it's very interesting and I learn more english!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello, and many thanks for your appreciation and dedication to the channel.

I was just thinking to myself it's been a while since we'd seen an installment by you. Timely upload, sir! Cheers! Brock's pen illustrations of the gentlemen in the tricorns are certainly evocative of the piratical aesthetic, intentional or not. They remind me of the work of Howard Pyle. Good stuff!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks. I aim for every 10 days or so but sometimes life gets in the way. Glad you enjoyed the Brocks.

Thank you!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for watching and commenting.

Delightful as always

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment - I appreciate it.

Your videos are always top quality, very educational & informative, please keep up the great work.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. I'll keep making them as long as viewers keep watching them.

The stresses of life just drift away with every fabulous episode. Thank you again.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. Funny thing that viewers find the videos calming. I'm a bundle of jagged nerves and neuroses but it doesn't seem to come across in my delivery. Strange...

As always, That was great! thank you Pete

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. Appreciative comments are always welcome.

As usual, an interesting and information rich commentary gave real insights into the lives of these artists, and the choice of illustrations did justice to their talents. Thanks for another marvelous episode Pete.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and as ever I'm grateful for your continued interest in the channel.

Thank you - it's been a while since I've read a 'grown up book" (Jane Austen) with illustrations - wouldn't it be delightful to have that tradition back again. And I have always enjoyed the Provincial Lady books - the illustrations certainly add to the reading pleasure ~

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and yes it's been out of fashion for some time now unfortunately. I think the rise of the paperback probably put paid to it as a practice.

Brilliant !

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again.

*Thanks* for an interesting run of British illustrators transitioning from classic to more modern subject matter and illustrative style. 6:19 ... and, educational for schoolkids too. Parrot distracts grannie's attention so the rugged ruffian robber pilfers her bottle while the outlook fiddles. Next, daddy's wallet. (Done in clear line.) Congratulations on seventy Unsung Heros with an overall one hundred ten or so videos. If ya like Lampitt's detailed landscapes the illustrator David Macualay's books, 'Underground', 'Cathedral', 'Pyramid', are fun.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and well spotted with the Macaulay connection. Yet another I was unaware of, and remarkably similar. There's another in a similar vein featured in the next unsung video too. Thanks for the congratulations, altough I'll contain myself until (if) I complete the series. No sign of the bottom of the barrel yet...

@johannsmithe2570

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Hello Pete Me thinks its bottomless. Best to your nerves Ronald Lampitt's textbooks illustrations taps into another source of Unsung Heros, i.e. *Frank H. Netter* (1906-1991) medical illustrator. Perhaps, a video of illustrators who promoted Sandoz products, Netter, Rick Griffin ... ez, joke. (Louis Wain, maybe not so funny tho' may have had a preference for moldy rye bread. I digress )

Arthur Watts!!!! He took such risks as a high wire act to go above his models, at such a dizzying vantage point, that I must applaud his imagination because I doubt ANY Photo files were available to him as a resource. He's quite a visual genius!! Respectfully submitted for your consideration Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA etats unis

Obrigado por mais um belo vídeo, Peter. The perfect way to finish this week. Will be coming back for more!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and I'm glad you found it interesting.

Thank you Pete, I can't get enough of your wonderful presentations.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm very pleased to hear it. Thanks a lot.

Another great early breakfast time seeing your search....and thinking about it : Pete, you've found an "easy-hard-endless" job!! Easy: there's more unsung heroes rather than that "Sung". Hard : one of the reason of being unsung is that is really difficult to find and rediscover them. Endless: re-read #1 Reading the comments, there's a cautive viewers that really enjoy your work, as me....and last, you made think .....I haven't seen a written News headline saying something like "a young illustrator dies in a plane crash". Thanks again Pete, your work isn't for a single view, it deserve studing it as a beatiful book.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again Gabriel. I hope that life is good in Barcelona, and how I wish I was in coastal Spain right now. Your witty comment is more than welcome, so my thanks for your support as usual.

Good to see you back!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks. Still plenty of others to cover, I'm glad to say.

I love that you use an equine image in your thumbnail. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks for the comment. I do cheat every once in a while so it's not always a horse but I do try to keep the general theme intact.

Awesome work as always… Thank you for putting these together Pete!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your encouraging comment.

I especially liked Lampitt's pictures, it felt like stepping into a fairytale - only he was depicting reality, although possibly somewhat idealised. Something like childhood as it should have been.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and that's very much the case with me. I grew up marvelling at the England he and others portrayed. It does still exist but it's shrinking by the day.

Excellent bios - as usual.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. Appreciation is always welcome.

Absolutely love your channel! Keep up the great work :)

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your supportive comment.

Another fine video Pete. I must admit I always get the Brock Bros. mixed up, I doubt I can tell them apart. Please don't apologize for having all four Brits, after all it was you who started "The Golden Age of illustration". The US didn't get going until well into the teens, a decade later. And bravo on the long awaited index! I'm looking forward to hours of re-viewing pleasure of my favorites.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks as usual.

Again, absolutely wonderful! I know I've seen some of Charles Brock's illustrations, when I was younger a lot of the libraries had quite a number of older books (which were, of course, not as old back then! :D ) I may have seen some of Henry Brock's work but Watts and Lampitt are new to me. What an artist Lampitt was! His landscapes are magnificent! Again, thank you for these! You may be assured I am re-posting these all over!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello to you and many thanks for your comment. Lampitt was one of a group of English wildlife and nature artists who resonate with my generation over here as their work was widely published in the educational books we grew up with. There's another featuring in the next instalment. And my eternal gratitude for spreading the good word.

What a powerful video! Every single one of these artist are truly legendary! I can't even imagine trying to do that much detail in any piece like Authur Brock! I'll definitely try it though!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again, and it's a real pleasure to know that like quite a few others you are contuing to find the channel worthwhile.

Thank you! :-)

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks.

Sir, your videos are so refreshing to watch. I look forward to them every week! About every few frame, I want to pause it and draw something on the screen. The scene today with the hogs was so well done. I am alway wishing I had such talent. Thank you again, and again.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks as usual for your continuing support and interest. And I particularly liked that image too.

More treats. Thanks yet again :)

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Paul and thanks as usual. Glad you enjoyed it.

Excellent!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot.

@grumpymcgrump5822

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard You're welcome! Your channel is one of the gems that is hidden in the chaff and garbage of KZread. THEY SHOULD PAY YOU FOR YOUR POSTS!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

@@grumpymcgrump5822 Hello again, and I do at least make a small amount from the wretched ads that youtube attach to my channel. Not much, but enough to keep me in booze.

@grumpymcgrump5822

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Oh God, NOT Bud Light, I hope!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

@@grumpymcgrump5822 I'd rather drink water - and I don't like water at all.

#70. That's amazing. I've really enjoyed going back through your older videos, so many artists that I've never heard of, until I started watching your videos. But because they were all illustrators, there's little glamour or fame attached to their names. But there is no lack of skill or ability and likely any of them could have been a fine artist, but chose illustration instead ( I know many did both ). I'm learning a lot . I have also shared your videos with a few friends who took illustration in college ( while I did Fine Art ), and I'm curious to see how many names they recognize. Thanks Pete, looking forward to more in the future.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and your appreciation is very welcome. That decision to pursue art or commercial work is one that many struggle to make. At 18 I thought I was going to be a great surrealist painter, until someone pointed out that all I ever drew were cartoons. Sometimes you just don't see the obvious...

@theeaselrider4032

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Also, I only now just noticed the use of horses ( or horse -like characters ), in your opening shots.

Just found you, excellent videos Sir! Very informative and truly a treasure trove, look forward to seeing them all. Thank you for taking the time to give us such a good contribution to the good things in life... Cheers!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm pleased you found the channel. And of course I hope you'll continue to find more of interest. If you could stand to subscibe I could do with the numbers...

Some pretties in this vid👍👍

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

Hi Pete.... This is the first time in all of your videos that I will say that I liked every artist's style. It is interesting to note in all your videos how each artist passed and in what year.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again John. And as they say there's a first time for everything! For me it's always the funny guy that gets my vote so in this case if I had to pick a favourite it would be Artur Watts.

Mr Pete it has been wonderful for me to find your unvaluable colection of material,thank´s million for this! Have You Know before about José Luis Salinas from Argentina? I think You should look for that name!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hola señor, y gracias por su comentario. Nunca había oído hablar de este ilustrador y ahora está marcado para un video futuro. ¡Muchas gracias por eso, y también me gusta mucho que toques la batería!

I love all your videos! Thank you for compiling all this inspiring information. Do you have a video that would include Molly Brett? As an artist I'm very inspired by her style.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. Molly Brett is currently waiting in line, with a frightening number of others, to appear in a future instalment. I have no idea when she will appear but if I can nudge her along the line a bit I'll try to make it sooner rather than later.

@marymcandrew7667

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Oh I'd be so excited! I've come to know of her since moving to the UK, I've always loved the talent of Beatrix Potter but no one ever talks about Molly Brett. I love her use of what looks like black colored pencil or just plain pencil to add texture and outline. Also just the way she draws her animals, very animated. I am very inspired by her. There are a few others I hope will show up in your presentation and I bet I may be exposed to some I didn't know about! Thanks for all your hard and knowledgeable work that gets this artist inspired!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

@@marymcandrew7667 Hello again and I thought it might be useful to point out there's a list of which illustrators feature in the first 50 videos in the description box for unsung 75. There are dozens of similar pen and watercolour childrens illustrators featured who you may or may not be aware of. Happy hunting.

I shall never catch up with your output! Each time I sign in to KZread there are several I have not seen. Which is a good thing, even though repeat viewings are often welcome. Your upload techniques became well developed too, with cue marks.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and it always sends me into a panic when viewers proudly tell me they've watched the whole lot. Makes me think I should do them faster, but I can't. If it's any consolation I'll probably slow down considerably if this virus goes away. Then I'll be able to travel freely again...

@michaels7889

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard So! That's the reason.

Thank you this is amazing as usual!! I was just wondering that have you ever thought about creating a patreon account? Maybe it can be like people can get access to the PDFs of the scripts and get to know a bit behind-the-sences things?

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the channel. A Patreon account never occured to me, and if I'm honest I don't know what it is r how it works. But I will investigate and if it makes sense I might just give it a go. But don't hold your breath.. it's all I can do to make time to keep the videos coming, and the list waiting is huge. But it would be nice to created PDFs for download.

@dot7467

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Thank you for replying! Patreon is a membership platform that provides business tools for content creators to run a subscription service. I've seen some content creators on yt using it to provide extra content that related to their yt videos to their patrons there. Personally I think it's a good way for people to support creators that they love and also get some extra content or early access to yt videos.^^

@dot7467

2 жыл бұрын

And also it can link to patrons' discord accounts so creators can make patrons-only discord communities^^

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks again. Now I'll have to find out what om earth a discord account is too. It's no fun being old and trying to learn new tricks...

@dot7467

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Discord is kind of like telegram, an instant messaging platform^^ All those are easy to use if you try I think. Anyways this is just my suggestion! Again your videos are really amazing and very helpful for someone who want to know more about illustration, thank you~

Another great episode + I finally found out how to pronounce "Worcester", so thank you for that Pete :) Do you know if Charles Brock used models for his illustrations? In any case, his anatomy and poses are exceptional.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. And the answer is yes - apparently in addition to having a vast studio full of period props and furnishings they also had costumes and the brothers dressed and posed for each other's work. Of course there's the issue of female characters, and although I don't know for sure I'm assuming they co-opted wives, daughters and possibly servants rather than go in drag and use their imaginations.

@A.Witting

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard I think you are right. What a place they had too. All four brothers and family, painting in the same studio - must have been such a fun time.

@johannsmithe2570

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard 3:46 that would explain Ms. Brock ('dude' with top hat on left side) 6:26 when and if, did children's textbooks shed off its lowly status in publishing? Granted, children's book illustration may not be the same as textbooks seems a while ago alot of egotistical entertainers started fashionably illustrating and writing children's books for the money. Is there a hierarchy in illustration? 5:21 read somewhere Camel Green Lucky Strike cigarettes had a relationship to a wartime supply rationing for the dye colour green but nah ... did come across *Douglas Leigh, Inc.* ad agency's Camel smoking billboards that made NYC's Times Square famous. Also, Edward Bernay's attempt to make women's aversion at the time to the the colour green acceptable, he did. The American Color Association's yearly colour pick used to include teal green for resturants walls as that made women's skin tones appear 'rosier' by contrast. Then again, Morris' green arsenic Victorian wallpaper out gassed people ... I digress.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and sadly I'm ideally placed to answer you question about financial hierachy. In commercial commissions (as opposed to something you might do off your own bat such as a children's book or graphic novel in which case you aretalking about royalties on sales, there is indeed a pecking order. Advertising work pays by dar the most and yes at the very bottom of the scale is educational work. Guess where most of my income came from...

@johannsmithe2570

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Hello Pete Thank you for the experienced reply. On the first day in my first class of an Architectural Curriculum the instructor handed out a sheet with a list of job salaries. At the bottom beneath Dietician was Architect. Drafter wasn't even on the blank back. His unheeded advice was "This is the only bit of reality you'll be getting in this school." The lining to a useless degree was I managed to walk away without any student debt. Guess we can't all be computer programmers. Of course I'm using the generic tense of "computer programmer' for anyone willing to wait on line for an hour or more to pay ten dollars for a salad assuming its flown in daily from a land where unicorns fart rainbows. L.

Fantastic as always, although I would love to know more about Lampitt's technique. It looks like watercolor? But hard to tell in a video of a printed reproduction ;-). Even in that format his work is evocative and compelling. Have you considered Luigi Serafini as a subject? More contemporary then you're usual stuff and somewhat off the beaten path, but man o man does his work send me!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and unfortunately I couldn't find definitive information about Lampitt's medium of choice. There's always an inked line which does suggest he would colour with watercolour, but I suspect it was gouache - there's something about the density of application. Sadly, it's just speculation. And thanks for the name Serafini - never heard of him. But I limit myself to those long dead so you're right that he's not eligible for the series.

could you please let me know where you find these lovely images in this quality?

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and the answer is that some come from my book collection - but the vast majority are simply downloaded from the web. The tricky part is knowing what you are looking for and some take a bit of digging out. But it really is the most remarkable resource. Books never told me about many of these people and I've read a lot of books in my time.

@jonmahashintina

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Thanks for the answer. :D

Pete, could you please cover Annie-Claude Martin in a future episode?

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for letting me know about this illustrator. I had no idea she existed and I'm kicking myself that my ignorance led to me not including her in my series about French illustration. Unfortunately she was born too late to be included in the unsung heroes series - 1910 is the cut-off date of birth. But that doesn't mean I won't find a way to include her work in some other context. Either way I'm very grateful to have been enlightened.

@azz_hole7255

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Thanks Pete

I see a lot of WATT in Norman Rockwell's compositions.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello to you, and I particularly wanted to reply to you and thank you for the very flattering post about my channel on facebook. I'm not a fan of social media so have no presence there but if it brings more viewers then that's a very good thing in my book. Oddly, when I tried to reply to that comment on youtube it wasn't there. But luckily it registered in my e-mail. Anyway thanks a bunch and I hope you continue to find the series rewarding. I'm just about half way through I reckon.

@greggreen6532

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard You've more than earned every plaudit for this great collection. I hope it NEVER ends!!!! Thanks again. It's my very favourite channel by far.

How about Artzybasheff, please?

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and your wish is my command. He is featured in unsung heroes 2, and if you want to check on others there is a list of who's in videos 1-50 in the decription box of unsung 75 and 51 to 75 in the box of unsung 76. Happy hunting...