Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I don't want to play down my contributions, but making these videos has been one of the more enjoyable experiences of my life, and it really doesn't feel like work, even if technically it is.
@@petebeard the pidgin native to my folk was based on English; sadly, without much of the elegance found in "the mother tongue". I have made an effort to remedy that oversight.
LOVED this one - of course!! I love pen and ink and Frost's work is simply amazing! Your research and presentations are top shelf! I'm always excited to see them arrive! Tnx!
Another excellent mini-biography. How you manage to keep up such a high standard of frequent new episodes is beyond me..., but I'm glad that you do. Thanks for all of your hard work Pete
Thanks a lot for your appreciation, as usual. I honestly don't know how I got to this point, still with dozens more great subjects to feature. And that's excluding the hundreds still to appear in the unsung heroes series. At this rate I'll have to live - and stay sane - into my 90s.
So incredibly powerful images and the clarity of the artistic style that is fulfilling the importance of telling a story. I am amazed by his exquisite style and his essence of representation of what is going on with the pen and ink expressions ❤ Thanks Pete for your time and your expertise in sharing this video and for your wisdom and knowledge. ❤ Frost is a great illustrative artist and is also captivating with the exquisite style that is minimalistic and seemingly simple. ❤
Many thanks for your comment and appreciation of this video, and Frost's body of work. It's always a real pleasure to know that my efforts have been worthwhile.
@@petebeard Most definitely! A real valuable experience! I did get to grow up with Frost's illustrations in my life. " please don't throw me in the briar patch " ,it was my motto in life.
What a versatile artist! You're right, I know the Bre'r Rabbit illustrations and some others seem familiar, but once again, you have introduced me to more of his remarkable work. Thanks for this excellent video, Pete.
Hello again and thanks a lot as usual. This video is - so far at least - proving considerably more popular than I thought it would. I'm not complaining, mind you.
@@simonward-horner7605❤ We certainly are blessed by Pete's work in providing us all with the best opportunity to learn and enjoy the best of the best artists in our world with such heart and wisdom ❤
*Frost* had a gift for trees, scenery, & looks like he could paint it ALL, including expressions on the faces of both people & animals ... he had a true gift
Hello again and I'm glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate his work. If I had half his talent I'd be about twice as good as I actually am. We work with what little we are given.
Thank you for bringing Frost to our attention. His work is beautiful and wonderfully crafted. I remember the Brer Rabbit illustrations from my local library when I was a small child so many years ago.
Thank you Pete! - All these extraordinary artists' satirical artworks of the animal kingdom have a similarity to Heinrich Kley, who influenced Walt Disney in the animation realm.
Your appreciation is very welcome - and if you are an admirer of Heinrich Kley you might enjoy a similar video on the channel devoted to his wonderful work. Sorry for my shameless plug for the channel content...
Again you add to my knowledge of artists I knew in childhood, but never remembered their names. My mother was from Texas, and had a charming slow southern drawl. When I discovered a copy of Uncle Remus in the bookshelves, (with the A. B. Frost illustrations) I poured over the drawings, which I loved, but try as I might I could not read the text, as Harris had written in the southern dialect of the deep south. I took the book to my mother and she read the entire book to us over many evenings, and I totally understood it when she read it, and the illustrations seemed to grow organically out of the text. We also had several of the Adler books. I think I mentioned my mother was an artist and we had many finely illustrated books, which I didn't realize how wonderful they were at the time!
Many thanks for your appreciation and comment about Frost's work. As a kid I wasn't much of a reader - other than comics. But I did read quite a few of these stories(admittedly because of the pictures) and although as an English kid I struggled with the dialect I remember finding it both funny and fascinatingly exotic.
I think it might be that as a Brit you were acquainted with lots of different dialects, like Yorkshire, that have their iterations in the US where folks settled and brought their dialects with them, especially in the south. Many of the dialects there have direct connections to old English. I find it much easier to read now that I've listened to so many of these in British shows, like "The Last of the Summer Wine" which I find very similar to some southern (US) speech.@@petebeard
He gave a lot, but he had so much more in him. I guess he left that to future generations. Thanks, Pete, for giving me an expanded view of his life's work.
Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit, and crew were often read to me and later on by me as I grew up. From the look and condition of the books I’d say they were all first editions. Thank you grand mother for these wonderful works of literature and art. Today they probably would be banned from every school library in the states, but they were great for a kid just learning to read and draw. I loved them then and I love them now. I wish the originals were still available. I’d read them to my grand kids. Thanks for this one.
Hello again and thanks as ever for your appreciation. These classic tales deserve to live forever as far as Im concerned, and you could always use modern reprints to delight your grandkids.
It is indeed worrying how many state governments have been taking away books and learning materials regarding race and history from school libraries, because it doesn't agree with their ignorance. There is an attempt to make children dumber and far more pliable, right at the advent when children now days are smarter and more aware of history than ever before.
Frost was a most impressive draughtsman. His lazy 45 degree hatching in many of the backgrounds seems to be a trademark that certainly helped his characters stand out on the page but it makes many drawings look like just rough 'visual notes'. I am surprised that it was kept in many of the illustrations. Many thanks for the great series and this most enjoyable video, Pete.
Many thanks for your appreciation, and observations about Frost's work. Like many others from that period I find his outcomes somewhat hit and miss. Whether that's the engraving or not I couldn't say. But the farther his work travelled into absurdity it seems to me the more expressive it got.
Ah, Frost...one of the greats. Couldn't count how many hours I poured over his pen and ink illustrations trying to emulate his seemingly casual but spot-on line work capturing everything in a gesture, texture, and emotion. The cat with rat poison and the donkey series are still a favorite. I didn't know about his London and Paris times. He certainly got around. This video and a couple of the recent ones got me thinking: a number of the artists you've featured worked intensely with engravers, or at least understood the fine art of it. I'm wondering how much of a influence that discipline and training had on these draughtsmen? As loose and as free as the line work is with Frost, for example, there's and amazing accuracy that had to be ingrained in some of these artists due to the demanding nature of engraving. At any rate, thanks again, Pete, for this wonderful insight. My apologies for such a lng winded comment. Hope you are staying warm. Yesterday for the Sunday morning market, we had sunshine, pouring rain, hail the size of chickpeas, and then sunshine, all within about 3 hours. I am SSOO ready for spring...Cheers!
Hi again. I'm pleased you think the video did him justice. I didn't know about London and Paris either. Youre right about the need to understand engraving, and some from that period started out themselves as engravers. I read that Punch's engraver of choice Joseph Swain would become quite enraged by the unrealistic expectation of some cartoonists about what could be expected of the final outcome, and their inability to work with the process in mind. I don't recall him mentioning Tenniel one way or another, but he had a high opinion of Harry Furniss. Doré is well known to have resented having his images engraved. We are experiencing similarly changeable weather too, but I suspect Provence will become more agreeable considerably sooner than northwest England. If only I could persuade my other half to jump ship....
❤ I really like Frost’s styles and his irresistible humour. Thank you; and a great choice of background music. (I must stop doodling around watching your videos when I’m supposed to be working - a little.)
Another artist with tremendous talent and yet barely remembered. The Society Of Forgotten Artists has no doubt given you a seat of honour. Frost is the kind of illustrator that would have made me want to read any story, since he had the gift to bring the characters to endearing and entertaining life. Thank you, once again, for highlighting an artist so versatile and gifted.
We come now to praise A.B. Frost His work seldom with color was glossed He drew golf, and the Limerick, Beasts anthropomorphic. What a shame if his memory were lost!
Now there's a thing. A comment in the form of a limerick - the only kind of poetry I understand. And you could repeat it in the company of anyone, unlike most of the ones I am inclined towards. Thanks.
@@petebeard Then, Sir, you deserve a limerick, however lame and insipid my talents go: We mustn't forget to compliment Pete Beard A compiler extraordinaire of artists unheard We watch and go, "Wow!" "That I didn't know until now!" Words can't explain why we watched and just purred... (With apologies to @wynnschaible)
Absolutely blown away by the command this guy orchestrated. Thank you once again, Pete. Your beautifully researched and narrated videos are indeed a lasting legacy to those who hold dear such wonderful original talent.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of the channel content. And talking of appreciation I couldn't resist taking a look at your online portfolio, and I'm very impressed. It really is distinctive and amusing work. More power to your elbow, neighbour.
Cheers, Pete, for the compliments. I must update my site! I've been watching your videos from the start! A.B Frost entry has really inspired me to get back to the dip pen and linear work.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Regarding the music (which is talways problematic given copyright laws) I've used it before and it's a collection which is downloadable from youtube, and apparently not copyrighted, called something like "music from the Titanic orchestra". Its not exactly that title but it should take you to the music.
@@petebeard You are very welcome. I am extremely appreciative of your heart felt energies in the generous presentations that you give us all. Thanks again and again for taking the time and effort to make this channel such a magnificent blessing. ❣️🫶💯
Whenever you show an artist that I am not very familiar with, i'm inclined to compare him/her with work that I do recognize. In the case of mr Frost I saw similarities with the work of Tenniel, and even Rudolphe Töpffer in his early work, but he soon found his own voice! Then I realized I had seen his work on the Brer Rabbit stories! What an artist, I specifically liked his photo-realistic drawings.... such realism, composition and depth! Lovely video, once more!
Hello again and thanks again for your comment and observations. With the Victorian illustrators there is a strong tendency for that similarity to prevail, simply because of the nature of the engraving process. Sometimes I struggle to tell them apart. I just wish he had embraced full colour in his comedic drawings in the later years.
(133) What a witty artist Mr. Frost was. Must admit I have never heard of him; that final plate with the obviously "fully satiated with his meal" tiger is genius. I'd almost try to get a print of it for my kitchen just for a giggle.
Wonderful as always Pete! Might I be so bold as to suggest Harry Rountree as a subject for one of your Illustrations of... series. He has appeared in your collections, but after enjoying this one on Frost I think Rountree might make a most appealing bookend. Pete, your videos are always a pleasure to watch. Thank you.
Well there's a coincidence. I'm currently working on a similar tribute to the magnificence of Harry Rountree's work in the hope of making amends for his earlier inadequate feature in the unsung heroes series. There are a few ahead of him in the queue but within the next couple of months I'll be uploading it. Thanks for your continued appreciation of the channel.
I have a Dover reprint of The Bull Calf & Other Tales, one of my favourite books. The story Mutton Dressed as Lamb is so funny it moves me to tears, especially if feeling down. Thank you for bringing this fantastic illustrator to a wider audience.
Another great discovery, this is a real pleasure to always be surprised by the amount of talents that we've never heard.. or seen. Thanks a lot for the great work !
I own several wood engraved blocks of A B Frost’s drawings for Harper’s. One large, 9” x 13” block is of two young hunter’s with a family of moose in the watery background, dated 1888. Very fine quality of engraving with the engraver’s signature worked into the picture just a few short years before the sad demise of that procedure as a means of rendering the artist’s work into print. Leonard Seastone
Thanks for the comment and that's something I would like to see. But I have to say I can't share your enthusiasm for engraved work. I'm in awe of the technical ability of the engravers (or at least some of them) but I believe all illustration became more expressive when free of the process.
Clicked the like button straight away I'll watch it all the way through a bit later. Do you know why Pennsylvania sprouted many gifted artists? A B Frost, Wyeth, Boris Artzybasheff
And the hits keep coming! Great follow up to Pyle, they both had a lot in common. The first color illustrated book in the US is a good question, Around 1890 seems right, as the magazines were already using color prints. Will Bradley comes to mind, his art nouveau illustrations were a sensation. It's too bad Frost didn't illustrate 'Connecticut Yankee ' for Mark Twain, the Beard illustrations are lifeless. No offense if you are related!
Hi again, and thanks a lot as usual. Funnily enough I'm working on a video about my ancestor (no relation whatsoever) but I must say I struggle to think an awful lot about some of his work. I might abandon it in favour of those I admire considerably more. I hope Chile - and you - are recovering from the disaster.
Dan was definitely the least talented of his contemporaries. I suspect the only reason he saw print is because the others were busy in '88/89 when Twain wrote it.@@petebeard
Thanks a lot for your appreciation - and even more thanks for pointing me at Raphael Freida, who I had never heard of. I've just taken a quick look at his work and it looks likely that at the very least I will be featuring him in the unsung heoes series. If I can find enough material I will make a video just about him.
Sadly the answer is most likely never, or at least not written by me. My problem with books are many but in particular they take forever to create and publishers are terminally slow. And everything has to be sourced, referenced and copyrights granted. This I'm happy to say does not apply to my videos, which are covered under the terms of fair use.
@@petebeard interesting points! As an ex tv director I have to say your production value esp research is top end. Known your voice for a long time, and continue to enjoy your enlightened ‘delves’. 🤝
Do you know anything about The Bathing Hour signed by A. B. Frost 1881? It is done in his style and from what I can determine it is his signature. Thanks for any info anyone has.
Thank you very much for these videos! They are priceless as a collection of knowledge and tribute to those illustrators. I haven't seen all of them yet (looking forward to do so!) and the search engine doesn't help much, but do you have anything in your collection about two more painters: Elsa Beskow (Sweden, 1874-1953) and Tamara Yufa (Karelia, Russia, 1937-2022)? I think they are worth mentioning.
Many thabks for your appreciation and subscription. Elsa Bescow is waiting (along with quite a few others) to appear in the unsung heroes series on the channel. But I had never heard of Tamara Yufa so thanks for the name. Unfortunately she was born too late to qualify for inclusion as an unsung hero, and there just isn't enough available biography or anything like the volume of images for either of them needed to make a full video.
@@petebeard Thank you for answering, Pete! There is some information in their native languages, but not that much or particularly exiting. Even their wiki pages in respective languages are short and dry. So I understand. Shame though, their work is inspiring. However if you are interested as an art collector, you can search for Тамара Юфа and translate with google help. And thank you again for your work - wish I had such a teacher in my youth. :)
Hello, today was really boring it was raining all day, but I have been watching your videos and it really lit up the mood. Could you please make a video about Charles Addams?
Hello and many apologies for the late reply - somehow you got overlooked. Anyhow thanks a lot for your appreciation. And I have wondered whether to make a video about him but as with some others there's not a lot you can say except...and here's another great picture from the Addams Family. I know he did other stuff but not that much.
Thank you again. I certainly appreciate the amount of time that you put into each and every episode.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I don't want to play down my contributions, but making these videos has been one of the more enjoyable experiences of my life, and it really doesn't feel like work, even if technically it is.
❤@@petebeard
I love the skillfully understated phrases such as, "...talents, or otherwise, of the engravers." Thank you, Pete!
Hello again, and it's good to know the use of the mother tongue is appreciated by the discerning viewers, such as yourself.
@@petebeard the pidgin native to my folk was based on English; sadly, without much of the elegance found in "the mother tongue". I have made an effort to remedy that oversight.
Thanks for another enjoyable video, Pete. Took me back a bit as I remember seeing his Brer Rabbit illustrations as a child.
You, me and it seems quite a few others. Thanks for the comment.
LOVED this one - of course!! I love pen and ink and Frost's work is simply amazing! Your research and presentations are top shelf! I'm always excited to see them arrive! Tnx!
Hi again and thanks as always for your enthusiastic response to the video.
❤I agree wholeheartedly ❤
Another excellent mini-biography. How you manage to keep up such a high standard of frequent new episodes is beyond me..., but I'm glad that you do. Thanks for all of your hard work Pete
Thanks a lot for your appreciation, as usual. I honestly don't know how I got to this point, still with dozens more great subjects to feature. And that's excluding the hundreds still to appear in the unsung heroes series. At this rate I'll have to live - and stay sane - into my 90s.
Wonderful animals!
No argument from me on that score. Thanks for the comment.
If I had half his talent I would consider that a great gift to have ... *Thank You Pete* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Вы тоже любите подарки. Как и моя дочь. Но я думаю большая тайна счастья ,чтобы найти где ты счастлив. Главное убрать в себе зависть.
You're welcome as always.
Anotherr gem, thanks Pete!
Thanks a lot for the comment, once more.
Another terrific survey of an artist I hadn’t heard of.
l❤ this channel.
Agree, a real treasure trove
Many thanks for your comment and appreciation of the channel. It means a lot to me.
So incredibly powerful images and the clarity of the artistic style that is fulfilling the importance of telling a story.
I am amazed by his exquisite style and his essence of representation of what is going on with the pen and ink expressions ❤
Thanks Pete for your time and your expertise in sharing this video and for your wisdom and knowledge. ❤
Frost is a great illustrative artist and is also captivating with the exquisite style that is minimalistic and seemingly simple. ❤
Many thanks for your comment and appreciation of this video, and Frost's body of work. It's always a real pleasure to know that my efforts have been worthwhile.
@@petebeard Most definitely! A real valuable experience!
I did get to grow up with Frost's illustrations in my life.
" please don't throw me in the briar patch " ,it was my motto in life.
What a versatile artist! You're right, I know the Bre'r Rabbit illustrations and some others seem familiar, but once again, you have introduced me to more of his remarkable work. Thanks for this excellent video, Pete.
Hello again and thanks a lot as usual. This video is - so far at least - proving considerably more popular than I thought it would. I'm not complaining, mind you.
@@petebeard hooray!
@@simonward-horner7605❤
We certainly are blessed by Pete's work in providing us all with the best opportunity to learn and enjoy the best of the best artists in our world with such heart and wisdom ❤
@@parry3231 Absolutely. This sort of thing is what makes RUclips great.
Thanks so much for this, I have always loved AB Frost from the first moment I saw his work! So good!
Thanks a lot for your comment - it's appreciated.
*Frost* had a gift for trees, scenery, & looks like he could paint it ALL, including expressions on the faces of both people & animals ... he had a true gift
Hello again and I'm glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate his work. If I had half his talent I'd be about twice as good as I actually am. We work with what little we are given.
That was a really delightful accounting of Frost’s work. Thank you.
Thanks a lot for your positive comment - it's greatly appreciated.
Wonderful- brought back memories from childhood, so good to know more about this artist. Thank you
Many thanks for your comment and appreciation. And may I say I took a look at your work and was mightily impressed.
@@petebeardthank you - much appreciated
Wonderful work as always. I particularly enjoy the illustration of the painter in the cow pasture. Might have to hunt down a print of that.
Thanks for the comment. I particularly like that one too. You might struggle to find a better resolution image though - I certainly did.
Thank you for bringing Frost to our attention. His work is beautiful and wonderfully crafted. I remember the Brer Rabbit illustrations from my local library when I was a small child so many years ago.
Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you Pete! -
All these extraordinary artists' satirical artworks of the animal kingdom have a similarity to Heinrich Kley, who influenced Walt Disney in the animation realm.
Your appreciation is very welcome - and if you are an admirer of Heinrich Kley you might enjoy a similar video on the channel devoted to his wonderful work. Sorry for my shameless plug for the channel content...
excellent! he's SO good!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I enjoyed this video, I remember as a child, that my sister had a Brer Rabbit book, with A B Frost illustrations. Live his linework.
Thanks as ever for your appreciation.
Again you add to my knowledge of artists I knew in childhood, but never remembered their names.
My mother was from Texas, and had a charming slow southern drawl. When I discovered a copy of Uncle Remus in the bookshelves, (with the A. B. Frost illustrations) I poured over the drawings, which I loved, but try as I might I could not read the text, as Harris had written in the southern dialect of the deep south. I took the book to my mother and she read the entire book to us over many evenings, and I totally understood it when she read it, and the illustrations seemed to grow organically out of the text. We also had several of the Adler books. I think I mentioned my mother was an artist and we had many finely illustrated books, which I didn't realize how wonderful they were at the time!
Many thanks for your appreciation and comment about Frost's work. As a kid I wasn't much of a reader - other than comics. But I did read quite a few of these stories(admittedly because of the pictures) and although as an English kid I struggled with the dialect I remember finding it both funny and fascinatingly exotic.
I think it might be that as a Brit you were acquainted with lots of different dialects, like Yorkshire, that have their iterations in the US where folks settled and brought their dialects with them, especially in the south. Many of the dialects there have direct connections to old English. I find it much easier to read now that I've listened to so many of these in British shows, like "The Last of the Summer Wine" which I find very similar to some southern (US) speech.@@petebeard
Yes, I can remember loving best books that had great illustrations!@@petebeard
He gave a lot, but he had so much more in him. I guess he left that to future generations. Thanks, Pete, for giving me an expanded view of his life's work.
Thanks again for your comment and ongoing support of the channel.
what a great presentation!
Thanks very much.
Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit, and crew were often read to me and later on by me as I grew up. From the look and condition of the books I’d say they were all first editions. Thank you grand mother for these wonderful works of literature and art. Today they probably would be banned from every school library in the states, but they were great for a kid just learning to read and draw. I loved them then and I love them now. I wish the originals were still available. I’d read them to my grand kids. Thanks for this one.
Hello again and thanks as ever for your appreciation. These classic tales deserve to live forever as far as Im concerned, and you could always use modern reprints to delight your grandkids.
It is indeed worrying how many state governments have been taking away books and learning materials regarding race and history from school libraries, because it doesn't agree with their ignorance. There is an attempt to make children dumber and far more pliable, right at the advent when children now days are smarter and more aware of history than ever before.
Fascinating!
Thanks a lot.
Uncle Remus seems to bring out the best in people. Thanks a lot for this enjoyable portrait. An easy winner!
Many thanks for your appreciation.
Frost was a most impressive draughtsman. His lazy 45 degree hatching in many of the backgrounds seems to be a trademark that certainly helped his characters stand out on the page but it makes many drawings look like just rough 'visual notes'. I am surprised that it was kept in many of the illustrations. Many thanks for the great series and this most enjoyable video, Pete.
Many thanks for your appreciation, and observations about Frost's work. Like many others from that period I find his outcomes somewhat hit and miss. Whether that's the engraving or not I couldn't say. But the farther his work travelled into absurdity it seems to me the more expressive it got.
Each of them is like; reading a book...
Thank you so much.✨️
Your appreciation is always welcome. I'm glad you enjoy the channel.
This is such a welcome series, Mr Beard , Thank you,
...and yours is a very welcome comment, always appreciated.
6 views a minute. I would be quite happy with that, lol.
anyway, ANOTHER wonderful synopsis of a great artist. Thank you, sir.
Thanks again for your appreciation. It's good to know the channel is enjoyed on an ongoing basis.
Thank you for another enjoyable episode. I like the ending caption at 2:42 " He played next day on wood".
As ever all the best
Phil Sharp
Your appreciation is aways welcome.
Ah, Frost...one of the greats. Couldn't count how many hours I poured over his pen and ink illustrations trying to emulate his seemingly casual but spot-on line work capturing everything in a gesture, texture, and emotion. The cat with rat poison and the donkey series are still a favorite. I didn't know about his London and Paris times. He certainly got around. This video and a couple of the recent ones got me thinking: a number of the artists you've featured worked intensely with engravers, or at least understood the fine art of it. I'm wondering how much of a influence that discipline and training had on these draughtsmen? As loose and as free as the line work is with Frost, for example, there's and amazing accuracy that had to be ingrained in some of these artists due to the demanding nature of engraving. At any rate, thanks again, Pete, for this wonderful insight. My apologies for such a lng winded comment. Hope you are staying warm. Yesterday for the Sunday morning market, we had sunshine, pouring rain, hail the size of chickpeas, and then sunshine, all within about 3 hours. I am SSOO ready for spring...Cheers!
Hi again. I'm pleased you think the video did him justice. I didn't know about London and Paris either. Youre right about the need to understand engraving, and some from that period started out themselves as engravers. I read that Punch's engraver of choice Joseph Swain would become quite enraged by the unrealistic expectation of some cartoonists about what could be expected of the final outcome, and their inability to work with the process in mind. I don't recall him mentioning Tenniel one way or another, but he had a high opinion of Harry Furniss. Doré is well known to have resented having his images engraved. We are experiencing similarly changeable weather too, but I suspect Provence will become more agreeable considerably sooner than northwest England. If only I could persuade my other half to jump ship....
❤ I really like Frost’s styles and his irresistible humour. Thank you; and a great choice of background music. (I must stop doodling around watching your videos when I’m supposed to be working - a little.)
Thanks for the comment, and I don;'t feel remotely guilty about luring you away from more meaningful occupation.
Great job once again! Your narrative voice is warm and engrossing... your research is captivating.
Many thanks for your glowing appreciation of my work and the channel. Such comments really do mean a lot.
another brilliant video, Pete, thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks as ever.
Another artist with tremendous talent and yet barely remembered. The Society Of Forgotten Artists has no doubt given you a seat of honour. Frost is the kind of illustrator that would have made me want to read any story, since he had the gift to bring the characters to endearing and entertaining life. Thank you, once again, for highlighting an artist so versatile and gifted.
Thanks again. If only there was such a thing as the society of....
Lovely as usual. Lunch is on me if you're ever in town.
cheers from rainy Vienna, Scott
Thanks a lot, and I might hold you to that somewhere down the line. Vienna is on my bucket list.
@@petebeard Please do so.
We come now to praise A.B. Frost
His work seldom with color was glossed
He drew golf, and the Limerick,
Beasts anthropomorphic.
What a shame if his memory were lost!
Now there's a thing. A comment in the form of a limerick - the only kind of poetry I understand. And you could repeat it in the company of anyone, unlike most of the ones I am inclined towards. Thanks.
@@petebeard Then, Sir, you deserve a limerick, however lame and insipid my talents go:
We mustn't forget to compliment Pete Beard
A compiler extraordinaire of artists unheard
We watch and go, "Wow!"
"That I didn't know until now!"
Words can't explain why we watched and just purred...
(With apologies to @wynnschaible)
@@A0A4ful❤
So true and we do indeed ppuuuurrrrrrr🐈⬛🐈with contentment and joy ❤
@@petebeard Inclined towards them myself! (who isn't?) You're welcome!
@@A0A4ful Thanks!
The pictures and information you put together are educational and delightful at the same time, a feast for the eyes. Thanks for the work.
Thanksa lot for your favourable comment, and your ongoing support of the channel. It means a lot.
Absolutely blown away by the command this guy orchestrated. Thank you once again, Pete. Your beautifully researched and narrated videos are indeed a lasting legacy to those who hold dear such wonderful original talent.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of the channel content. And talking of appreciation I couldn't resist taking a look at your online portfolio, and I'm very impressed. It really is distinctive and amusing work. More power to your elbow, neighbour.
Cheers, Pete, for the compliments. I must update my site!
I've been watching your videos from the start! A.B Frost entry has really inspired me to get back to the dip pen and linear work.
I always look forward to a new illustrator.
But also find myself curious as to your choice of music to accompany. As usual, very fitting.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Regarding the music (which is talways problematic given copyright laws) I've used it before and it's a collection which is downloadable from youtube, and apparently not copyrighted, called something like "music from the Titanic orchestra". Its not exactly that title but it should take you to the music.
@@petebeardexcellent choice of music 🎶
@@parry3231 Many thanks for your additional comments and endorsement of those made by other viewers.
@@petebeard You are very welcome.
I am extremely appreciative of your heart felt energies in the generous presentations that you give us all. Thanks again and again for taking the time and effort to make this channel such a magnificent blessing. ❣️🫶💯
Perhaps oddly, I really liked the early examples of watercolor best. Thanks, Pete.
Yes I'm surprised too. Thanks for the comment.
LOL@@petebeard
Another eloquent retelling of Art and illustration and the people behind and in front...cheers Pete...
My thanks for your support as always.
Whenever you show an artist that I am not very familiar with, i'm inclined to compare him/her with work that I do recognize. In the case of mr Frost I saw similarities with the work of Tenniel, and even Rudolphe Töpffer in his early work, but he soon found his own voice! Then I realized I had seen his work on the Brer Rabbit stories! What an artist, I specifically liked his photo-realistic drawings.... such realism, composition and depth! Lovely video, once more!
Hello again and thanks again for your comment and observations. With the Victorian illustrators there is a strong tendency for that similarity to prevail, simply because of the nature of the engraving process. Sometimes I struggle to tell them apart. I just wish he had embraced full colour in his comedic drawings in the later years.
(133) What a witty artist Mr. Frost was. Must admit I have never heard of him; that final plate with the obviously "fully satiated with his meal" tiger is genius. I'd almost try to get a print of it for my kitchen just for a giggle.
Thanks again for your appreciation. And i was very peased to end with that tiger picture - the only example I could find of him painting for laughs.
Still chuckling over that final image. Great video.
Me too.. and what a pity there weren't more like that one. Thanks as ever for your appreciation
Wonderful as always Pete! Might I be so bold as to suggest Harry Rountree as a subject for one of your Illustrations of... series. He has appeared in your collections, but after enjoying this one on Frost I think Rountree might make a most appealing bookend. Pete, your videos are always a pleasure to watch. Thank you.
Well there's a coincidence. I'm currently working on a similar tribute to the magnificence of Harry Rountree's work in the hope of making amends for his earlier inadequate feature in the unsung heroes series. There are a few ahead of him in the queue but within the next couple of months I'll be uploading it. Thanks for your continued appreciation of the channel.
I have a Dover reprint of The Bull Calf & Other Tales, one of my favourite books. The story Mutton Dressed as Lamb is so funny it moves me to tears, especially if feeling down. Thank you for bringing this fantastic illustrator to a wider audience.
Hello and many thanks fr your favourable comment about this video. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Another great discovery, this is a real pleasure to always be surprised by the amount of talents that we've never heard.. or seen.
Thanks a lot for the great work !
Thanks again for your ongoing interest and appreciation. Its good to know.
Absolutely love your channel! Thank you for these!
Thanks a lot for your appreciation.
Beautiful presentation and narration as always Pete,even your logo shows your class...just stunning presentation!
Many thanks for your comment and positive view of my efforts. Always good to know the work is appreciated.
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I own several wood engraved blocks of A B Frost’s drawings for Harper’s. One large, 9” x 13” block is of two young hunter’s with a family of moose in the watery background, dated 1888. Very fine quality of engraving with the engraver’s signature worked into the picture just a few short years before the sad demise of that procedure as a means of rendering the artist’s work into print. Leonard Seastone
Thanks for the comment and that's something I would like to see. But I have to say I can't share your enthusiasm for engraved work. I'm in awe of the technical ability of the engravers (or at least some of them) but I believe all illustration became more expressive when free of the process.
I think this channel is very important.
Many thanks for your comment. I like to think it will be watched even after I'm gone.
Thanks, Pete!
You are most welcome.
I remember the Uncle Remus illustrations , so well conceived and handsomely done , what a great and endearing artists ... A B Frost ☺
Thanks a lot for your comment.
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You are, as always, very welcome.
Clicked the like button straight away I'll watch it all the way through a bit later. Do you know why Pennsylvania sprouted many gifted artists? A B Frost, Wyeth, Boris Artzybasheff
Thanks for liking and watching. I have no idea about the artistic blood flowing through the state of Pennsylvania, though.
And the hits keep coming! Great follow up to Pyle, they both had a lot in common. The first color illustrated book in the US is a good question, Around 1890 seems right, as the magazines were already using color prints. Will Bradley comes to mind, his art nouveau illustrations were a sensation. It's too bad Frost didn't illustrate 'Connecticut Yankee ' for Mark Twain, the Beard illustrations are lifeless. No offense if you are related!
Hi again, and thanks a lot as usual. Funnily enough I'm working on a video about my ancestor (no relation whatsoever) but I must say I struggle to think an awful lot about some of his work. I might abandon it in favour of those I admire considerably more. I hope Chile - and you - are recovering from the disaster.
Dan was definitely the least talented of his contemporaries. I suspect the only reason he saw print is because the others were busy in '88/89 when Twain wrote it.@@petebeard
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I agree with you that Frost should have embraced color, although visual, is kind of the frosting on the cake...
Always happy to hear a good pun/play on words.
Thank you for the video, have you ever considered covering Raphaël Freida? I recently discovered his art.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation - and even more thanks for pointing me at Raphael Freida, who I had never heard of. I've just taken a quick look at his work and it looks likely that at the very least I will be featuring him in the unsung heoes series. If I can find enough material I will make a video just about him.
So when do we get the comprehensive fully illustrated cyclopedia of illustration mr beard? I have room on my shelf……
Sadly the answer is most likely never, or at least not written by me. My problem with books are many but in particular they take forever to create and publishers are terminally slow. And everything has to be sourced, referenced and copyrights granted. This I'm happy to say does not apply to my videos, which are covered under the terms of fair use.
@@petebeard interesting points! As an ex tv director I have to say your production value esp research is top end. Known your voice for a long time, and continue to enjoy your enlightened ‘delves’. 🤝
Do you know anything about The Bathing Hour signed by A. B. Frost 1881? It is done in his style and from what I can determine it is his signature. Thanks for any info anyone has.
I'm sorry to say that's an image I know nothing about, and couldn't find it on the internet - although there were many others with that title.
@@petebeard I've tried to research it also didn't find anything. Will take it to someone to check it out. Thank you.
Thank you very much for these videos! They are priceless as a collection of knowledge and tribute to those illustrators. I haven't seen all of them yet (looking forward to do so!) and the search engine doesn't help much, but do you have anything in your collection about two more painters: Elsa Beskow (Sweden, 1874-1953) and Tamara Yufa (Karelia, Russia, 1937-2022)? I think they are worth mentioning.
Many thabks for your appreciation and subscription. Elsa Bescow is waiting (along with quite a few others) to appear in the unsung heroes series on the channel. But I had never heard of Tamara Yufa so thanks for the name. Unfortunately she was born too late to qualify for inclusion as an unsung hero, and there just isn't enough available biography or anything like the volume of images for either of them needed to make a full video.
@@petebeard Thank you for answering, Pete! There is some information in their native languages, but not that much or particularly exiting. Even their wiki pages in respective languages are short and dry. So I understand. Shame though, their work is inspiring. However if you are interested as an art collector, you can search for Тамара Юфа and translate with google help. And thank you again for your work - wish I had such a teacher in my youth. :)
@@mariaglukhova1259 Thanks for the reply and I will look more into the work of Tamara Yufa. Thanks for the cyrillic link.
Hello, today was really boring it was raining all day,
but I have been watching your videos and it really lit up the mood.
Could you please make a video about Charles Addams?
Hello and many apologies for the late reply - somehow you got overlooked. Anyhow thanks a lot for your appreciation. And I have wondered whether to make a video about him but as with some others there's not a lot you can say except...and here's another great picture from the Addams Family. I know he did other stuff but not that much.