I'm not sure but I think Its 1950's magazine illustration! If you guys like this I really recommend 1920's magazine illustration especially parisian and brazilian. It's one of my favourites too
oh my gosh Pete, you have no idea just how long I’ve been searching for a video just like this. I’ve recently been getting into that “vintage Americana” art style and implementing that aesthetic in my work, but I could never really put my finger on what made it unique. thank you so much for this beautiful video!
I actually met Sergio Aragones in the early 80's in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California, and at that time he was residing in Ojai in Ventura County. He was studying to become an architect at a university in Mexico, and he was doing his cartoon drawings since he was a kid, I do believe. His student friends really enjoyed his cartoon drawings, and also I do believe they suggested he should become a professional cartoonist. So he dropped out of the university to pursue to become a professional cartoonist. His parents were not happy about that. We went out a couple of times to have some beers and eat at a Mexican Restaurant over on the East Side where I grew up. Sergio Aragones is very cool guy. And he told me that he spent hours at his drawing board 7 days a week coming up with new cartoon ideas. He also started a comic book of his wild cartoon characters with Marvel Comics.
I was born in 1953, so these artists illustrated the world I grew up in. I can recall seeing some of these ads, and magazine covers, and childrens' books, and Wood and Frazetta became heroes to me in the 1960s. 'Sleeping Beauty' blew my little mind when it came out, and I can see now how the animation art in the Rocky and Bullwinkle show was influenced by these illustrators. Frankly, I was turned off by a lot of the art of this period when I was a boy, (all of those jazz albums!), and still am today. But there's a place for everything. Thanks, Pete!
That was fascinating. I recognized so many of those illustrations. I was born in the 60's and those styles of art were a part of my early life's backdrop, they were everywhere. Seeing those again, but this time with some history about them, has given me a greater appreciation for them.
Even though I am a straight female, for some reason I have always been fascinated by the pinup art style and the pulp fiction art on covers of books and movie posters. It's great stuff
Hello and I think balanced open minded humans of any gender or sexual persuasion respond to these images favourably. They are part of 20th century popular art and deserve to have the spotlight turned on them. For my money, they are more engrossing than most modern 'proper' art
That's got nothing to do with sexuality you absolute moron. ... LMAO every straight male and female and etc are into it that's why they use exaggerated surgery filled ( sad,y these days , since the old style doesn't cut it) and photoshopped female models to advertise to FEMALES... since forever. Its just a way to gain attention and the need to keep over doing it. Its nothing to do with sexuality, fool.
That's got nothing to do with sexuality you absolute mor0n. ... LMAO every straight male and female and etc are into it that's why they use exaggerated surgery filled ( sad,y these days , since the old style doesn't cut it) and photoshopped female models to advertise to FEMALES... since forever. Its just a way to gain attention and the need to keep over doing it. Its nothing to do with sexuality, fool.
You've been criticized by keyboard fascists who should shut up. Your fascination with this art style is readily understandable to anyone who consider people as individuals, rather that the current elites' forced narrow culture collectivsm that brands anyone who thinks for themselves as a 'domestic terrorists' for non mindlessly accepting the elitists' authority that views people in identity groups. Continue enjoying this art form, being an individual, and don't let elitist snobs or their pseudointellectual lackey parrots that think repeating cliches is somehow a replacement for any true intelligence.
The 1950s - 1960s illustration are a lot more creative and avant garde. From realistic painterly-ness to somewhat abstract and simplistic, the decade seemed to be very well-detailed that even Photoshop can managed to replicate that with that style. These kinds of artworks makes me wanna rub my chin just to find my inspiration as an artist, especially when it comes to UPA animation which it's why the art style is still relevant to this day and even well-known animators such as Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky, and alike took the inspiration from UPA and its legacy. Great essay video!
So many pictures, so many memories. I was born in ‘63 and was amazed at the flashbacks I had watching this video of ‘50’s illustrator’s. I read profusely as a child and the illustrations from children’s books were especially reminiscent. Great work, sir!
It's so incredible to me that I know, instantly, these works but never knew the names of the illustrators who produced them until watching this (other than Rockwell)...Incredible video!
Pete Beard is one of my favourite RUclips contributors. His episodes are beautifully done, and informative. Growing up in the 50's, this artwork is full of nostalgia for me. The Provensen's became one of my daughter's favourites in the 80s! Just a rich vein of illustration, wonderfully presented. Thanks for this amazing labor of love.
I always loved that style of illustration. So artistic. I would not pay to go to Louvre, but tell me about a museum with 1950s art, and I will pay the ticket gladly.
I'm a retired photographer, while not well known, vintage pinup was the style I most associated with. Elvgren and early Playboy photography were my major influencers. Mostly my work with Dita Von Teese when she was in her early 20's led to anyone knowing who I was. I shot 2 centerfolds for Atomic Magazine, a high quality magazine devoted to retro culture. The one featuring Kelley Rarey becoming perhaps my most popular image. Oddly enough I met the current owner of the rights to Elvgren's work and we discussed my doing some work for him but nothing came of it. It would have made my day to have been associated in any way to Elvgren. A modern artist whose work I think should be up there with some of the best is Nathalie Rattner.
Hello and thanks for your comment, and I must have seen some of your photography because I'm fairly familiar with Ms. Von Teese and her work. And thanks for the tip-off about Nathalie Rattner, of whom I was previouly unaware. I've loved Elvgren's paintings ever since I first saw them in my late teens. I never could understand the greater attention that Vargas seemed to attract.
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Congratulations on your fascinating and erudite commentary on an important and somewhat neglected part of culture. Your music choice and relaxed commentary does justice to the subject. I was born in 1950. My parents owned and we lived above a news agency with a very large trade in magazines and comics. By the time I started primary school I had quite advanced reading skills largely due to my voracious consumption of comics. I remember the Classics Illustrated series that blended comic strip with condensed text and Rupert Bear that did the same. By the time I was an adolescent I discovered Mad, Cracked and Help magazines and surreptitiously enjoyed the first Playboy magazines. Pretty painless way to begin an education and it left me with an enduring love of the illustrators of the period.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I too was born in 1950 and the more sedentary moments of childhood seem to have been spent reading comics and comic strips, and even the occasional Noddy book, and then trying to copy what I saw. If you haven't already you might enjoy watching the British partner video on the channel too.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I don’t think anyone has done so much for presenting illustration in such wonderful depth as you. I think you have created a college course! What a wonderful video. 😊 ❤ SayessDesign
Hello and many thanks for the comment. I strive to be as watchable as possible. I know how much I hate dry 'lectures'. I used to teach the subject and that taught me just how much you need to entertain as well as educate. Thanks again.
I was always enamored with Elgren's work, and he's had an indelible influence on me as an illustrator. I remember as a kid in the early 90s my uncle had an old Elvgren calendar hanging in his garage; I was looking at it so often that he eventually let me have it, and even though it's half a century out of date, I still keep it hanging in my studio and admire the paintings just as I did all those years ago. I hope to own an original Elvgren someday, I've just gotta get time and opportunity to line up, heh.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I had to take a look at your own channel and I watched one of your speedpainting videos. To say I'm impressed would be a major understatement. I hope you are getting plenty of commissions worthy of your talent. You'll need to pay for that Elvgren original somehow...
Hello and thanks a lot for the recent comments. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're what I would call a younger viewer. On the other hand at my age everyone is young. But if the stuff I'm making connects with a more contemporary audience that makes me very happy.
Brilliant research and commentary. Great choices of music, too. Charles and Ray Eames design work goes hand in glove with the more abstracted/stylized illustrations of the 50s.
Hello again and thanks again for your comment. You are absolutely spot-on about the Eames designs and I was very tempted to open this one out into architecture/industrial/automotive and all the rest. But then I had the sense to rein myself in and stick with the subject I know something about. But it was a fascinating period on both sides of the ocean.
@@petebeard Hi Pete -- Indeed tempting to digress as a common thread runs through art and design relationships. This is far afield, but will mention a unique period/philosophy in American painting (1940s-50s.) known as 'Indian Space.' Check out PETER BUSA's abstract art..
@@marquamfurniture Hello again and thanks a lot for the information. I was completely unaware of this aspect of modern art. And the connection with the work of Jim Flora in particular is plain to see. An interesting collision of cultures.
Thank you for your wonderful videos…love the one on A. Mucha… When I was growing up, we had a book in the house by Andrew Loomis and I was totally enchanted by it: Fun With A Pencil. I loved the zaniness of his drawings (I was born in 1962) and loved the Looney Tunes art as well as Mary Blair’s work and the many wonderful colorful childrens books illustrations from the 50’s and 60’s.…I still buy them when I see them at a thrift store. I am back to drawing (more like doodling) every day and am enjoying it immensely. I could watch all of your videos for hours, I enjoy them so much, and again, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Hello and many thanks for your generous comments about the channel. It means a lot to me to know that viewers really appreciate what I'm trying to do. I don't know if you have already seen it but Andrew Loomis is featured in unsung heroes 53. Keep on drawing - it's good for the soul...
@@petebeard Thank you Pete! I’ll definitely look up #53. I had to stop watching them because I was transfixed watching one after the other… I took an aptitude test one time that said my best occupation would be « Art therapist » So I’ve never done anything « fine » but I enjoy all forms and mediums of art too, and I’m not worried about becoming proficient but rather, to have the joy. (I play piano and study languages for the same reasons) Looking back, for decades I’ve invited (mostly) young ones over to do art because I wanted everyone to have that joy…as you say, it’s so valuable for so many reasons…to many to count. Lately I’m doing neurographic art and Zentangle, which are helpful for those who feel that they have no « ability » but these help them see that doesn’t matter, they can still produce something pleasant or interesting. Thanks again Pete, I’m so grateful for your videos and I enjoy your voice and diction too 👏👌
Fantastic lesson in so many wonderful memories from my first decade of life. My mom was a firm believer in her children reading and she was constantly bringing my sisters and I new books and while I admit i never took enough time to learn who most of the illustrators were, watching this video brought back many memories of spending hours with these artists. It brings much pleasure to even now, this late in the game, to be able to attach names to memories and pursue a new exploration of them. My mom also loved Jazz and I can still remember spending a lot of time looking at the album covers, being fascinated by the art. Thank you for such an enjoyable trip through the history of illustrators in the 1950's.
Hello and many thanks for your personal reflections about the illustrators featured. And I hope you'll be pleased to know I'm currently working on a history of record cover illustration. And although it's not all jazz albums of the 50s they will of course be a major presence. Some really great images were created in that period.
Beautifully presented and your choice of artwork was perfect. Thanks for taking the time and care to create such a nice mini-documentary about (my favorite) illustrators!
Hello and I'm sorry to say I cant enlighten you about the identity of this artist - I didn't keep a record of the name and a search on google now reveals nothing.
I’ve always had an aversion to abstract work, especially as a final product. I wish there was much more of the classic art style, but it’s rarity does make it more special when I come across it. I snatch up children’s books for my kids that has a more realistic style.
Hello and thanks for the comment. Personally it's the remarkably diverse nature of illustrative styles that I find so fascinating about the subject, but of course we all have our personal preferences. Old age had taught me to differentiate between what I actually like and what I admire or appreciate.
It was an absolute pleasure to watch this and a visual trip down memory lane to see again the stunning work of these artists. Thank you for putting this together!
Hello again and many thanks for the appreciation. Of course it's the British partner video to this one that takes me back to my own early years. Ah the power of illustration...
Pete, thanks for this great video. I was born at the end of the 50’s. Some of these images and styles may have lingered into the 60’s. I have some memories of this style. These artists were so creative and inspire me to be more inventive as I create art. 😀👩🏼🎨
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. Being British I did know some of the bigger names beforehand but quite a few such as Mary Blair I had never heard of, even though I immediately recognised her work from childhood trips to see Disney movies.
Wow, it's like a catalog of my childhood and adolescence. Those images are so much a part of us who lived through them that it's startling. Seeing the early MAD magazine covers is really wild, and there must be a fascinating story behind its evolution from a fringe-insane caricature book to a fabulously funny, well written, and ingeniously crafted comedy-social commentary pillar of the educated and savvy community. Fine work!
Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation. Being British I only knew of about half these great illustrators before making the video, And if you havent already seen it I have a video on the channel titled The Early Years of Mad.
Kid’s books, ads, record covers, etc. This was/is my childhood. Thanks for bringing back a lot of great memories. Some of the books from that era I have had the fortune to read and show to my grandkids, and they love them!
Hello again and thanks for both your recent comments. Grandville was one of the first illustrators I can remember being fascinated by (school library I think), and I'm glad the 50s video took you down memory lane. The British equivalent does the same for me.
@@petebeard - Years ago I remember an illustrator/cartoonist who signed his works with “VIP” if memory serves me. Some of his cartoons were/are priceless. By chance could you do a video on his works or are some of his cartoons too raunchy? Some, I must admit, were but still funny.
I've been craving a very particular kind of video. I realized it was 1950s art history, so I searched that. Lo and behold, the exact, perfect video pops up. Such a joy to watch.
Thank you for this outstanding video. As a child growing up in the 50’s, we simply took all those images for granted. Cartoons, in particular were our life and we lived it for Saturdays because that’s when there were the MOST CARTOONS of any day of the week.
Wow, having grown up in the 1950s and 1960s, I had little idea of the rich history of advertising and illustration of this period. I will watch this video again and again!
Just to think. Before Cellphones, Computers and the Internet. People would actually talk to each other and sometimes intimately share each other's thoughts. Art and cartoons were drawn-out by talented gifted people and not CGI.
Hello and I'm glad you liked the video. I assume you're a student as you mention working on a project. I don't know where you've been looking but many of those I feature in the video have a decent online presence. Just google a few and see what you get. Books are pretty useless for a subject such as this.
Thank you for creating this incredibly comprehensive piece. As a comic-book artist, I've had a wide range of influences from well beyond the comic-book profession. You managed to incorporate many of these in this video, and I'm appreciative!
Hello (possibly again) - I thought I had already replied but youtube seems to disagree. So thanks a lot for the comment. Inevitably with a subject this vast I left out more than I included but I like to think it's a decent overview
@@petebeard It definitely is! The moment it pivoted to mention Jack Kirby, I was immediately impressed, and connecting the work of classic illustrators and pin-up artists to Kirby's work in romance comics was clever and correct. (Also, I agree with the assessment of Kirby's skills, as compared to other illustrators, which doesn't take away from the man's accomplishments.)
@@MarcelLWalker Hello again and I'm glad you approve my observation about Kirby. My comment seems to have angered a couple of his devotees, but it was just a reflection on those particular images.
Hello and many thanks for the comment. My own training was in graphic design rather than illustration, but I must say I don't regret it. Both disciplines came in handy in what passed for my career.
I've been a lover of illustration for decades. Your videos are one of the best treats I give myself when I've worked hard. Great choices, and great music. Wish I could say something deeper or more helpful, but you'll have to settle for being one of my favorite YT channels. Keep up the good work.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. And I'll take favourable comments in whatever form they are delivered so don't worry about deeper or more helpful. They'll do me fine.
This was very interesting. I was born in 1954 in suburban NJ and I recognized all of these styles from my childhood books and my parents magazines and art. Thank you! 🥰🎨
Hello and many thanks for your comment. Being English only a few of these remarkable illustrators were known to me before I made the video, and I'm pleased to have discovered some who are now among my all time favourites.
For some lovely reason, this video came up in my recommended feed and I couldn't be happier! It looks like you have so many of my favorite illustrators from my childhood, I can't wait to binge watch all of your videos. New subscriber, you have the perfect voice for narrating these, thank you so much!
Hello again and thanks once more. There were plenty in there that I didn't previously know about and Jim Flora in particular was a revelation for me. How I got this old without knowing about him is one of life's great mysteries.
Hi Pete... I must have missed this one while viewing your videos. One of these artists, Jack Kirby, got me interested in comic books back in the sixties. I really enjoyed this video, thanks.
Fascinating to recollect many of the occasions, in film, TV and the printed media where these contrasting styles have been adapted to such great effect. Thank you for a brilliant explanation and the use of such superb, vivid examples of this excellent artwork.
It's a particularly favoured expression here in the uncivilized North. It was my mother's cuss word of choice and I never had the heart to tell her what it actually meant...
@@petebeard As a former enthusiastic stamp collector watching those miniscule posters of their time, I do find the various styles simultaneously developing, fascinating, especially as a BA in History🎃 Happy Halloween
Hello again and thanks for your continued engagement with the channel. Regarding the Provensons I had never heard of them until I started researching for this specific video, and they were only one - or should that be two? - of the remarkable discoveries I came across. A real pleasure for me, making this.
Such a great compilation and journey through some of the amazing work I enjoyed growing up. I was born in the seventies, but I still knew and enjoyed the Norman Rockwell style- it always told a story. And those loose, more abstract children's book illustrations have kept me going back to those beautiful timeless books into my adulthood. Great video!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. I think the 50s on both sides of the Atlantic was the true beginning of the 'anything goes' attitude in the media generally and illustration in particular, with no particular approach having greater dominance than another.
I have to tell you ....I and my wife deal in animation art and also comic art so we BOTH really appreciated this. Glad to see someone making an effort to push this art and make people aware of it. Looking forward to watching your other vids.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation (both of you). And I hope you'll continue to find subject matter that resonates with you. I freely admit the channel is flawed, but it is well intentioned.
Thanks for the comment, and being on this side of the Atlantic I know exactly what you mean. In the 50s England was a world of black and white and the USA seemed from this distance to pulsate with saturated colour.
Wonderful video. I am watching them all, and learning so much! But you need to view more of Kirby. His romance work of the late 40's and early 50's was a little stiff, but his superhero work from the early 40's and then again in the 60's is generally considered by fans and professionals alike as among the most dynamic ever seen. Far more dynamic than the otherwise gorgeous work of Alex Raymond.
Thanks a lot and I'm glad you approve. Regading the Kirby comment (which others have objected to) I meant it solely about the evidence on screen - it wasn't intended (although I realise it comes across that way) as a critique of the man's career. The trouble with these videos is once they're up they're up and if I remade it I'd lose my views which sadly I need for my ego. Thanks again.
@@petebeard Pete, please don't feel pressured to walk back your comments about Jack Kirby. It has to be remembered that back then guys like him were working to intense deadlines for very little pay. Nobody in the comic business could afford a Norman Rockwell (which is why Frank Frazetta became such a rock star) so they made do with artists who may not have had the same technical chops, but who could visually tell an exciting story, and do it on time and on budget.
@@yes_head Hello and thanks for the comment. At the risk of sounding prickly (I'm not) I didn't think I was walking the comment back - although I'm not actually that sure what the phrase means. I thought I was trying to politely clarify the point made by the obvious evidence on screen to viewers (especially comics enthusiasts) who sometimes allow their hero worship to cloud their critical faculties. My favourite ever comment was - and I quote - 'Please keep your opinions to yourself. Thankyou.' Priceless.
I really enjoy Al Parker's work. For me, he had the ability to create moving scenes with an important focus on design. I hope someday his work can have more resonance. Thank you for sharing your insight on these wonderful illustrators, your channel is quite impressive and a breathe of fresh air!
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. Al Parker also appears at greater length in unsung heroes of illustration 18, in case you havent seen it.
This is why I'm an artist! I always liked these old vintage American artstyle. so for me Loomis and Bridgeman books and art works are sth you can find in my house.
Superb film- summed up in your last sentence… These illustrators gave us the bedrock of what we see now. They set the bar and opened up the common psyche in how to SEE. I had books full of their work in the 1960s. More liberating than an art school!
Been awhile since I checked out your videos, Pete. Once again this is a beauty! A lovely overview of the era. I was surprised at the inclusion of comic book art, but of course the genre is every bit as worthy as the more sophisticated magazine work. Comic book artists suffered under a virtual feudal system of employment made worse by a general negative societal attititude, so it’s a wonder the form got as far as it did by the Fifties and managed to survive at all. In regard to Jack Kirby, I agree he was no Alex Raymond or Frank Frazetta, but his style, as it matured into the Sixties and Seventies became more Expressionistic, even abstract, resembling Grosz, and Kollwitz on the one hand and the Romantic stylings of William Blake on the other. Kirby himself, stated he was primarily a cartoonist, as opposed to an illustrator. As an aside, if you’re going to include more comic book art, PLEASE include English artists from the Fifties and Sixties especially Frank Bellamy!
Hi again and thanks for the comments. I think youtube impose a word limit on comments so I could only read as far as your reference to Grosz. My negative reference to Kirby is only about his work at that stage of his career. I actually like the guy's work.
Hello again. I realised the full message was on my e-mail too and your points are well made. Regarding British non-Beano comic art that's food for thought for a future video. Meanwhile Bellamy gets a (brief) spot in my British 1950s illustration video.
Hllo and thanks for the comment. It's not my main intention to send viewers off down memory lane but judging by many comments some of the videos or the illustratrs featured do just that. They certainly do in my case.
Bonjour et merci beaucoup pour votre appréciation. Je comprends assez Français pour savoir que vous avez aimé la vidéo, mais j'ai dû utiliser la traduction en ligne pour répondre.
Absolutely brilliant! Informative and entertaining survey of “modern” illustration in a few short minutes. It’s a doorway to a deeper look at the work of the artists mentioned.
Hello and many thanks for your positive response to this video. And encouraging closer examination of these great illustrators work was high on my agenda when making it. I hope you'll stick around and watch others on the channel.
I was away, but I'm back to enjoying this channel!! Fascinating stuff as usual. Amusing to see how much of these children's books are still en vogue, if only stylistically.
Hello and I'm pleased you're back. And many thanks for the posive comment. Yes, those illustrators have resonated for quite a few years and that style seems to be very popular with younger illustrators.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I've noticed there is a sort of 'time travel' effect with some of these videos. The British equivalent I made of this one has the same effect on me.
Amongst the great comic book illustrators of the golden and silver age, these painters are amongst the greatest of the 20th century. The scope and scale of their talent cannot be understated. What a legacy!
This was very interesting having grown up in the 50's & am a retired Disney animation artist. One illustrator who was quite well known during the 50's was Jon Whitcomb, known for a series of celebrity cover portraits for Cosmopolitan magazine among other work.
Hello and thanks for the comment. Sadly the nature of videos such as this is that it's impossible to cover every illustrator from the period, and as many (if not more) are left out as are included. But if it's any consolation Jon Whitcomb features in unsung heroes of illustration 69.
I did not grow up in was 50's & was born decades later. But if companies advertised their products in this illustrative, artistic style nowadays, I just might be taken in & buy their products.
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I love the 1950s art style. I love it a lot.
What is the name style art?...pls
@@JamesArthurMertens I'm not sure. I just google 1950s art or 1950s drawings. Sorry.
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@@JamesArthurMertens Vintage but I'm not sure
I'm not sure but I think Its 1950's magazine illustration! If you guys like this I really recommend 1920's magazine illustration especially parisian and brazilian. It's one of my favourites too
oh my gosh Pete, you have no idea just how long I’ve been searching for a video just like this. I’ve recently been getting into that “vintage Americana” art style and implementing that aesthetic in my work, but I could never really put my finger on what made it unique. thank you so much for this beautiful video!
Hello and thabks for the appreciation, If the video has been a signpost to a way forward in your own development that's a real bonus.
I actually met Sergio Aragones in the early 80's in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California, and at that time he was residing in Ojai in Ventura County. He was studying to become an architect at a university in Mexico, and he was doing his cartoon drawings since he was a kid, I do believe. His student friends really enjoyed his cartoon drawings, and also I do believe they suggested he should become a professional cartoonist. So he dropped out of the university to pursue to become a professional cartoonist. His parents were not happy about that. We went out a couple of times to have some beers and eat at a Mexican Restaurant over on the East Side where I grew up. Sergio Aragones is very cool guy. And he told me that he spent hours at his drawing board 7 days a week coming up with new cartoon ideas. He also started a comic book of his wild cartoon characters with Marvel Comics.
Hello and many thanks for your recollection, and what a memory to have of the man. Thank goodness he quit architecture.
I was born in 1953, so these artists illustrated the world I grew up in. I can recall seeing some of these ads, and magazine covers, and childrens' books, and Wood and Frazetta became heroes to me in the 1960s. 'Sleeping Beauty' blew my little mind when it came out, and I can see now how the animation art in the Rocky and Bullwinkle show was influenced by these illustrators. Frankly, I was turned off by a lot of the art of this period when I was a boy, (all of those jazz albums!), and still am today. But there's a place for everything. Thanks, Pete!
Hello and many thanks for the comment. Those were particularly interesting times on both sides of the ocean.
That was fascinating. I recognized so many of those illustrations. I was born in the 60's and those styles of art were a part of my early life's backdrop, they were everywhere. Seeing those again, but this time with some history about them, has given me a greater appreciation for them.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video. It's great to know viewers enjoy the content on the channel.
They helped foster my interest in art at a young age.
This series is brilliant. I'm learning and enjoying at the same time; surely the best kind of experience. Thank you, and keep them coming.
Hello and that's a very heartwarming comment. My mission is very much to educate with a bit more entertainment than the usual dry lectures offered.
Even though I am a straight female, for some reason I have always been fascinated by the pinup art style and the pulp fiction art on covers of books and movie posters. It's great stuff
Hello and I think balanced open minded humans of any gender or sexual persuasion respond to these images favourably. They are part of 20th century popular art and deserve to have the spotlight turned on them. For my money, they are more engrossing than most modern 'proper' art
That's got nothing to do with sexuality you absolute moron. ... LMAO every straight male and female and etc are into it that's why they use exaggerated surgery filled ( sad,y these days , since the old style doesn't cut it) and photoshopped female models to advertise to FEMALES... since forever. Its just a way to gain attention and the need to keep over doing it. Its nothing to do with sexuality, fool.
That's got nothing to do with sexuality you absolute mor0n. ... LMAO every straight male and female and etc are into it that's why they use exaggerated surgery filled ( sad,y these days , since the old style doesn't cut it) and photoshopped female models to advertise to FEMALES... since forever. Its just a way to gain attention and the need to keep over doing it. Its nothing to do with sexuality, fool.
@@doxasophosmoros I’ve notice as a woman I notice more attractive women than my own husband, you’d expect the opposite but I guess it’s our nature?
You've been criticized by keyboard fascists who should shut up. Your fascination with this art style is readily understandable to anyone who consider people as individuals, rather that the current elites' forced narrow culture collectivsm that brands anyone who thinks for themselves as a 'domestic terrorists' for non mindlessly accepting the elitists' authority that views people in identity groups.
Continue enjoying this art form, being an individual, and don't let elitist snobs or their pseudointellectual lackey parrots that think repeating cliches is somehow a replacement for any true intelligence.
I enjoyed these kind of illustrations when I was a child. How bright the 2000s were for me. I remember I used to always go to the library.
Hello and thanks a lot for watching. I hope you'll watch more of the videos in the series.
The 1950s - 1960s illustration are a lot more creative and avant garde. From realistic painterly-ness to somewhat abstract and simplistic, the decade seemed to be very well-detailed that even Photoshop can managed to replicate that with that style. These kinds of artworks makes me wanna rub my chin just to find my inspiration as an artist, especially when it comes to UPA animation which it's why the art style is still relevant to this day and even well-known animators such as Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky, and alike took the inspiration from UPA and its legacy.
Great essay video!
Hello to you and thanks for watching. The work of Jim Flora was a real revelation for me when I was researching for the video. So influential.
So many pictures, so many memories. I was born in ‘63 and was amazed at the flashbacks I had watching this video of ‘50’s illustrator’s. I read profusely as a child and the illustrations from children’s books were especially reminiscent. Great work, sir!
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the illustrations.
Ive studied illustrations and illustrators for 55 years and 1890 's to 1960 is my favorite!! Thanks
I have bought a Few Garage sales . Thrift stores..Top of the Dumpsters too.
It's so incredible to me that I know, instantly, these works but never knew the names of the illustrators who produced them until watching this (other than Rockwell)...Incredible video!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation and comment. I hope you'll watch more videos on the channel too.
Really fun bit of history, great visuals, and melodic music behind a calm, easy-to-listen-to narrative voice. Thank you!
Hello and many thanks for your favourable rsponse to this video. Its really great to be appreciated.
I love sketching and greatly admire painting. I always watch this video when I’m seeking artistic inspiration.
I love the video, thank you so much. We don't often find this kind of information about specific retro art. I would love to see more!
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Pete Beard is one of my favourite RUclips contributors. His episodes are beautifully done, and informative. Growing up in the 50's, this artwork is full of nostalgia for me. The Provensen's became one of my daughter's favourites in the 80s! Just a rich vein of illustration, wonderfully presented. Thanks for this amazing labor of love.
Hello and many thanks for your complimentary comment about the channel. Such responses really make my day.
A good wrap up of this period of illustration.
Fantastic, insightful look at these amazing artists. Excellent video Pete - thanks for your work!
Hi and thanks very much for your positive response - it means a lot
@@petebeard ..What is the name style art?..?
Hi...I'm not sure I understand the question.. do you mean who created the title picture? If so it's Gil Elvgren
@@petebeard yes...ok thank
Ive been trying to find this video FOREVER! I'M HAPPY I FOUND IT!
Hello and that's great news for both of us.
I always loved that style of illustration. So artistic. I would not pay to go to Louvre, but tell me about a museum with 1950s art, and I will pay the ticket gladly.
Very rarely do I find any new channels on RUclips that I'm truly excited by. I think I just stumbled across one, here! Excellent!
Hello and welcome aboard. I hope that your optimism about the channel content turns out to be justified.
I'm a retired photographer, while not well known, vintage pinup was the style I most associated with. Elvgren and early Playboy photography were my major influencers. Mostly my work with Dita Von Teese when she was in her early 20's led to anyone knowing who I was. I shot 2 centerfolds for Atomic Magazine, a high quality magazine devoted to retro culture. The one featuring Kelley Rarey becoming perhaps my most popular image. Oddly enough I met the current owner of the rights to Elvgren's work and we discussed my doing some work for him but nothing came of it. It would have made my day to have been associated in any way to Elvgren.
A modern artist whose work I think should be up there with some of the best is Nathalie Rattner.
Hello and thanks for your comment, and I must have seen some of your photography because I'm fairly familiar with Ms. Von Teese and her work. And thanks for the tip-off about Nathalie Rattner, of whom I was previouly unaware. I've loved Elvgren's paintings ever since I first saw them in my late teens. I never could understand the greater attention that Vargas seemed to attract.
As a modern day adobe illustrator I respect this old art forum alote thanks for the video
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Congratulations on your fascinating and erudite commentary on an important and somewhat neglected part of culture. Your music choice and relaxed commentary does justice to the subject.
I was born in 1950. My parents owned and we lived above a news agency with a very large trade in magazines and comics. By the time I started primary school I had quite advanced reading skills largely due to my voracious consumption of comics. I remember the Classics Illustrated series that blended comic strip with condensed text and Rupert Bear that did the same. By the time I was an adolescent I discovered Mad, Cracked and Help magazines and surreptitiously enjoyed the first Playboy magazines. Pretty painless way to begin an education and it left me with an enduring love of the illustrators of the period.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I too was born in 1950 and the more sedentary moments of childhood seem to have been spent reading comics and comic strips, and even the occasional Noddy book, and then trying to copy what I saw. If you haven't already you might enjoy watching the British partner video on the channel too.
A wonderful, articulate snapshot of illustration. Thank you for sharing your insight Pete.
And thanks for your positive response. It's always good to know people appreciate the work
Glad to see my personal favourites Gil Evgren and Frank Frazetta mentioned. Such an enormous breadth of talent in America at this time.
Hello and there aren't many who would argue with you about that.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I don’t think anyone has done so much for presenting illustration in such wonderful depth as you.
I think you have created a college course!
What a wonderful video. 😊
❤ SayessDesign
Brilliant, Pete. I could watch your videos for hours. Well written, narrated and illustrated. Perfect for a quick relax. Many thanks.
Hello again and thanks a lot for the comment. Such positive responses really make my day.
This was a joy to watch. Educational and charming without being boring or irritating. Thank you.
Hello and many thanks for the comment. I strive to be as watchable as possible. I know how much I hate dry 'lectures'. I used to teach the subject and that taught me just how much you need to entertain as well as educate. Thanks again.
Your videos are educational and inspirational. I absolutely enjoy the heck out of them.
Hello to you and thanks a lot for your favourable response to the channel. Viewer satisfaction is a great motivator.
I was always enamored with Elgren's work, and he's had an indelible influence on me as an illustrator.
I remember as a kid in the early 90s my uncle had an old Elvgren calendar hanging in his garage; I was looking at it so often that he eventually let me have it, and even though it's half a century out of date, I still keep it hanging in my studio and admire the paintings just as I did all those years ago.
I hope to own an original Elvgren someday, I've just gotta get time and opportunity to line up, heh.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I had to take a look at your own channel and I watched one of your speedpainting videos. To say I'm impressed would be a major understatement. I hope you are getting plenty of commissions worthy of your talent. You'll need to pay for that Elvgren original somehow...
This video is like a compilation of styles and artists that I have tried to emulate and find the name of. It is so inspiring to see this.
Hello and thanks a lot for the recent comments. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're what I would call a younger viewer. On the other hand at my age everyone is young. But if the stuff I'm making connects with a more contemporary audience that makes me very happy.
Brilliant research and commentary. Great choices of music, too. Charles and Ray Eames design work goes hand in glove with the more abstracted/stylized illustrations of the 50s.
Hello again and thanks again for your comment. You are absolutely spot-on about the Eames designs and I was very tempted to open this one out into architecture/industrial/automotive and all the rest. But then I had the sense to rein myself in and stick with the subject I know something about. But it was a fascinating period on both sides of the ocean.
@@petebeard Hi Pete -- Indeed tempting to digress as a common thread runs through art and design relationships. This is far afield, but will mention a unique period/philosophy in American painting (1940s-50s.) known as 'Indian Space.' Check out PETER BUSA's abstract art..
@@marquamfurniture Hello again and thanks a lot for the information. I was completely unaware of this aspect of modern art. And the connection with the work of Jim Flora in particular is plain to see. An interesting collision of cultures.
@@petebeard I see Jim Flora's influence i n YOUR work, too! ;-)
Thank you for your wonderful videos…love the one on A. Mucha…
When I was growing up, we had a book in the house by Andrew Loomis and I was totally enchanted by it: Fun With A Pencil. I loved the zaniness of his drawings (I was born in 1962) and loved the Looney Tunes art as well as Mary Blair’s work and the many wonderful colorful childrens books illustrations from the 50’s and 60’s.…I still buy them when I see them at a thrift store.
I am back to drawing (more like doodling) every day and am enjoying it immensely. I could watch all of your videos for hours, I enjoy them so much, and again, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Hello and many thanks for your generous comments about the channel. It means a lot to me to know that viewers really appreciate what I'm trying to do. I don't know if you have already seen it but Andrew Loomis is featured in unsung heroes 53. Keep on drawing - it's good for the soul...
@@petebeard Thank you Pete! I’ll definitely look up #53. I had to stop watching them because I was transfixed watching one after the other…
I took an aptitude test one time that said my best occupation would be « Art therapist » So I’ve never done anything « fine » but I enjoy all forms and mediums of art too, and I’m not worried about becoming proficient but rather, to have the joy. (I play piano and study languages for the same reasons)
Looking back, for decades I’ve invited (mostly) young ones over to do art because I wanted everyone to have that joy…as you say, it’s so valuable for so many reasons…to many to count. Lately I’m doing neurographic art and Zentangle, which are helpful for those who feel that they have no « ability » but these help them see that doesn’t matter, they can still produce something pleasant or interesting.
Thanks again Pete, I’m so grateful for your videos and I enjoy your voice and diction too 👏👌
When the trees were big, the people were kind and the food was natural!!
Hello, and I don't know what that's a reference to, but it sounds nice.
Good job on a tricky era; best I've seen so far of your series.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.
Fantastic lesson in so many wonderful memories from my first decade of life. My mom was a firm believer in her children reading and she was constantly bringing my sisters and I new books and while I admit i never took enough time to learn who most of the illustrators were, watching this video brought back many memories of spending hours with these artists. It brings much pleasure to even now, this late in the game, to be able to attach names to memories and pursue a new exploration of them. My mom also loved Jazz and I can still remember spending a lot of time looking at the album covers, being fascinated by the art. Thank you for such an enjoyable trip through the history of illustrators in the 1950's.
Hello and many thanks for your personal reflections about the illustrators featured. And I hope you'll be pleased to know I'm currently working on a history of record cover illustration. And although it's not all jazz albums of the 50s they will of course be a major presence. Some really great images were created in that period.
Beautifully presented and your choice of artwork was perfect. Thanks for taking the time and care to create such a nice mini-documentary about (my favorite) illustrators!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciative comment.
All these graphic summaries are spectacularly well done and fascinating. I’m watching everything he’s posting on graphic design. What a treat!
Hello and thanks a lot for your enthusiasm and appreciation of the channel content.
0:07 I have to say whomever illustrated this one - is/was certainly a man of culture ;)🤙🏽
Hello and I'm sorry to say I cant enlighten you about the identity of this artist - I didn't keep a record of the name and a search on google now reveals nothing.
I’ve always had an aversion to abstract work, especially as a final product. I wish there was much more of the classic art style, but it’s rarity does make it more special when I come across it. I snatch up children’s books for my kids that has a more realistic style.
Hello and thanks for the comment. Personally it's the remarkably diverse nature of illustrative styles that I find so fascinating about the subject, but of course we all have our personal preferences. Old age had taught me to differentiate between what I actually like and what I admire or appreciate.
It was an absolute pleasure to watch this and a visual trip down memory lane to see again the stunning work of these artists. Thank you for putting this together!
Hello again and many thanks for the appreciation. Of course it's the British partner video to this one that takes me back to my own early years. Ah the power of illustration...
Pete, thanks for this great video. I was born at the end of the 50’s. Some of these images and styles may have lingered into the 60’s. I have some memories of this style. These artists were so creative and inspire me to be more inventive as I create art. 😀👩🏼🎨
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. Being British I did know some of the bigger names beforehand but quite a few such as Mary Blair I had never heard of, even though I immediately recognised her work from childhood trips to see Disney movies.
Wow, it's like a catalog of my childhood and adolescence. Those images are so much a part of us who lived through them that it's startling. Seeing the early MAD magazine covers is really wild, and there must be a fascinating story behind its evolution from a fringe-insane caricature book to a fabulously funny, well written, and ingeniously crafted comedy-social commentary pillar of the educated and savvy community. Fine work!
Hello and thanks a lot for the appreciation. Being British I only knew of about half these great illustrators before making the video, And if you havent already seen it I have a video on the channel titled The Early Years of Mad.
@@petebeard I will definitely look at the early MAD magazine!
Kid’s books, ads, record covers, etc. This was/is my childhood. Thanks for bringing back a lot of great memories. Some of the books from that era I have had the fortune to read and show to my grandkids, and they love them!
Hello again and thanks for both your recent comments. Grandville was one of the first illustrators I can remember being fascinated by (school library I think), and I'm glad the 50s video took you down memory lane. The British equivalent does the same for me.
@@petebeard - Years ago I remember an illustrator/cartoonist who signed his works with “VIP” if memory serves me. Some of his cartoons were/are priceless. By chance could you do a video on his works or are some of his cartoons too raunchy? Some, I must admit, were but still funny.
I've been craving a very particular kind of video. I realized it was 1950s art history, so I searched that. Lo and behold, the exact, perfect video pops up. Such a joy to watch.
Hello and thanks a lot for your enthusiastic comment. Glad to oblige.
Great videos and info / im absessed with illustrations and illustrators
Thank you for this outstanding video. As a child growing up in the 50’s, we simply took all those images for granted. Cartoons, in particular were our life and we lived it for Saturdays because that’s when there were the MOST CARTOONS of any day of the week.
Hello and many thanks for your comment. Even in Britain American cartoons and comics were our youthful obsessions.
Wow, having grown up in the 1950s and 1960s, I had little idea of the rich history of advertising and illustration of this period. I will watch this video again and again!
Hello and thanks. If only I could convince all viewers to watch the videos repeatedly...
Just to think. Before Cellphones, Computers and the Internet. People would actually talk to each other and sometimes intimately share each other's thoughts. Art and cartoons were drawn-out by talented gifted people and not CGI.
Hello and as a boomer I tend to agree. On the other hand without all that tech stuff I wouldn't have a platform. Such is life...
I can't find any good artists with enough background info for my project. I love this style of art vintage 50's illustrations!!
Hello and I'm glad you liked the video. I assume you're a student as you mention working on a project. I don't know where you've been looking but many of those I feature in the video have a decent online presence. Just google a few and see what you get. Books are pretty useless for a subject such as this.
Thank you for creating this incredibly comprehensive piece. As a comic-book artist, I've had a wide range of influences from well beyond the comic-book profession. You managed to incorporate many of these in this video, and I'm appreciative!
Hello (possibly again) - I thought I had already replied but youtube seems to disagree. So thanks a lot for the comment. Inevitably with a subject this vast I left out more than I included but I like to think it's a decent overview
@@petebeard It definitely is! The moment it pivoted to mention Jack Kirby, I was immediately impressed, and connecting the work of classic illustrators and pin-up artists to Kirby's work in romance comics was clever and correct. (Also, I agree with the assessment of Kirby's skills, as compared to other illustrators, which doesn't take away from the man's accomplishments.)
@@MarcelLWalker Hello again and I'm glad you approve my observation about Kirby. My comment seems to have angered a couple of his devotees, but it was just a reflection on those particular images.
Great video! I think you are making up for the fact I didn't get to go to school for illustration, but commercial art. Love it all!
Hello and many thanks for the comment. My own training was in graphic design rather than illustration, but I must say I don't regret it. Both disciplines came in handy in what passed for my career.
I've been a lover of illustration for decades. Your videos are one of the best treats I give myself when I've worked hard. Great choices, and great music. Wish I could say something deeper or more helpful, but you'll have to settle for being one of my favorite YT channels. Keep up the good work.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. And I'll take favourable comments in whatever form they are delivered so don't worry about deeper or more helpful. They'll do me fine.
This was very interesting. I was born in 1954 in suburban NJ and I recognized all of these styles from my childhood books and my parents magazines and art. Thank you! 🥰🎨
Hello and many thanks for your comment. Being English only a few of these remarkable illustrators were known to me before I made the video, and I'm pleased to have discovered some who are now among my all time favourites.
For some lovely reason, this video came up in my recommended feed and I couldn't be happier! It looks like you have so many of my favorite illustrators from my childhood, I can't wait to binge watch all of your videos. New subscriber, you have the perfect voice for narrating these, thank you so much!
Hello and I'm delighted you've subscribed. And I hope you continue to find content that's of interest.
Wow. So much information. There is at least a college semesters worth of material here. Overwhelming, actually.
Hello and I'm very grateful for your appeciation.
Always a pleasure! Lovely video about one of my favorite illustration decades! Thanks so much!
Hello and there was some amazing stuff created in the 50s on both sides of the Atlantic.
@@petebeard I very much agree!
Thanks for putting these together! They are wonderful and keep illustration alive!
Hello and thanks a lot. Long live illustration is my motto!
All extraordinary and marvellous artists! And yet another wonderfully presented examination of their work, Pete. Thanks, as always.
Hello again and thanks once more. There were plenty in there that I didn't previously know about and Jim Flora in particular was a revelation for me. How I got this old without knowing about him is one of life's great mysteries.
@@petebeard Flora's work is wonderful. I hadn't heard of him before either, so thanks for that, too.
Hi Pete... I must have missed this one while viewing your videos. One of these artists, Jack Kirby, got me interested in comic books back in the sixties. I really enjoyed this video, thanks.
Fabric . . Colors and designs..I can dream of Memories..
Hello and it does seem that this video - and its Brit equivalent - have been a bit of time travel for quite a few viewers of a certain age.
Fascinating to recollect many of the occasions, in film, TV and the printed media where these contrasting styles have been adapted to such great effect. Thank you for a brilliant explanation and the use of such superb, vivid examples of this excellent artwork.
Hello and I'm very grateful for your appreciation of the video. Thanks a lot and I hope you'll find others of interest.
I love these modernist illustrators!!! I can’t get enough of this style!
Hello and thanks for your comment. There's a video on the channel just about Jim Flora, in case you missed it.
Watching this is a magical experience! It’s pinged so many visual memory cells that I’m overwhelmed.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Stupendous -- a deeply appreciated appreciation of these brilliant modernists, as well as the excellent musical accompaniment!
And thanks again. Unfortunately the choice of music got me de-monetized due to copyright, but it was worth it.
@@petebeard Ooh, ouch! (or "bugger," as I believe you Brits say...)
It's a particularly favoured expression here in the uncivilized North. It was my mother's cuss word of choice and I never had the heart to tell her what it actually meant...
It's fascinating to observe the evolution of illustration as the footsteps of their time
Hello and thanks for your comment and observation.
@@petebeard As a former enthusiastic stamp collector watching those miniscule posters of their time, I do find the various styles simultaneously developing, fascinating, especially as a BA in History🎃 Happy Halloween
I was mesmerized by the Provenson’s illustrations in A Child’s Garden of Versus by R L Stevenson. So imaginative.
Hello again and thanks for your continued engagement with the channel. Regarding the Provensons I had never heard of them until I started researching for this specific video, and they were only one - or should that be two? - of the remarkable discoveries I came across. A real pleasure for me, making this.
Such a great compilation and journey through some of the amazing work I enjoyed growing up. I was born in the seventies, but I still knew and enjoyed the Norman Rockwell style- it always told a story. And those loose, more abstract children's book illustrations have kept me going back to those beautiful timeless books into my adulthood. Great video!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video. I think the 50s on both sides of the Atlantic was the true beginning of the 'anything goes' attitude in the media generally and illustration in particular, with no particular approach having greater dominance than another.
I have to tell you ....I and my wife deal in animation art and also comic art so we BOTH really appreciated this. Glad to see someone making an effort to push this art and make people aware of it. Looking forward to watching your other vids.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation (both of you). And I hope you'll continue to find subject matter that resonates with you. I freely admit the channel is flawed, but it is well intentioned.
What a great roll call of fantastic illustrators/artists. Lovely video. Inspiring.
Hello and I'm glad you liked the video. I hope you'll watch others on the channel too.
Always loved the use of colors in illustration and in Technicolor movies in the 50’s. The works were always so vibrant and memorable.
Thanks for the comment, and being on this side of the Atlantic I know exactly what you mean. In the 50s England was a world of black and white and the USA seemed from this distance to pulsate with saturated colour.
Thank you for this. I think there is so much more that can be said, but at least you framed the topic of this important decade”s imagery.
Honestly out of all the art that I've seen, 50's Illustration astonishes me the most, despite liking Anime in general.
Hello and as an old person it's good to know you appreciate work from that decade.
Wonderful video. I am watching them all, and learning so much! But you need to view more of Kirby. His romance work of the late 40's and early 50's was a little stiff, but his superhero work from the early 40's and then again in the 60's is generally considered by fans and professionals alike as among the most dynamic ever seen. Far more dynamic than the otherwise gorgeous work of Alex Raymond.
Thanks a lot and I'm glad you approve. Regading the Kirby comment (which others have objected to) I meant it solely about the evidence on screen - it wasn't intended (although I realise it comes across that way) as a critique of the man's career.
The trouble with these videos is once they're up they're up and if I remade it I'd lose my views which sadly I need for my ego. Thanks again.
@@petebeard Pete, please don't feel pressured to walk back your comments about Jack Kirby. It has to be remembered that back then guys like him were working to intense deadlines for very little pay. Nobody in the comic business could afford a Norman Rockwell (which is why Frank Frazetta became such a rock star) so they made do with artists who may not have had the same technical chops, but who could visually tell an exciting story, and do it on time and on budget.
@@yes_head Hello and thanks for the comment. At the risk of sounding prickly (I'm not) I didn't think I was walking the comment back - although I'm not actually that sure what the phrase means. I thought I was trying to politely clarify the point made by the obvious evidence on screen to viewers (especially comics enthusiasts) who sometimes allow their hero worship to cloud their critical faculties. My favourite ever comment was - and I quote - 'Please keep your opinions to yourself. Thankyou.' Priceless.
Another EXCELLENT film! Scholarly, accessible, and masterfully embellished by the soundtrack! THANK YOU!
Hello and your comment is music to my ears. Thanks a lot for the appreciation.
This is an amazing video! Hope it gets more views
Thanks a lot. It's great to get positive feedback.
I really enjoy Al Parker's work. For me, he had the ability to create moving scenes with an important focus on design. I hope someday his work can have more resonance. Thank you for sharing your insight on these wonderful illustrators, your channel is quite impressive and a breathe of fresh air!
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. Al Parker also appears at greater length in unsung heroes of illustration 18, in case you havent seen it.
This is why I'm an artist! I always liked these old vintage American artstyle. so for me Loomis and Bridgeman books and art works are sth you can find in my house.
Superb film- summed up in your last sentence…
These illustrators gave us the bedrock of what we see now.
They set the bar and opened up the common psyche in how to SEE.
I had books full of their work in the 1960s. More liberating than an art school!
Another brilliant episode. So fun, these i actually remember from my childhood! Thank you so much, so wonderfully done.
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it. The 'memory lane' aspect of some of the videos seems to have been an unexpected bonus
Superb examples of American illustration cart, so well narrated
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation and flattering comment,
What a wonderful anthology in less than 15 min. of an art form that influenced everybody. Well done 👍
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.
Norman Rockwell's art style is my favorite
Been awhile since I checked out your videos, Pete. Once again this is a beauty! A lovely overview of the era. I was surprised at the inclusion of comic book art, but of course the genre is every bit as worthy as the more sophisticated magazine work. Comic book artists suffered under a virtual feudal system of employment made worse by a general negative societal attititude, so it’s a wonder the form got as far as it did by the Fifties and managed to survive at all.
In regard to Jack Kirby, I agree he was no Alex Raymond or Frank Frazetta, but his style, as it matured into the Sixties and Seventies became more Expressionistic, even abstract, resembling Grosz, and Kollwitz on the one hand and the Romantic stylings of William Blake on the other. Kirby himself, stated he was primarily a cartoonist, as opposed to an illustrator.
As an aside, if you’re going to include more comic book art, PLEASE include English artists from the Fifties and Sixties especially Frank Bellamy!
Hi again and thanks for the comments. I think youtube impose a word limit on comments so I could only read as far as your reference to Grosz. My negative reference to Kirby is only about his work at that stage of his career. I actually like the guy's work.
Hello again. I realised the full message was on my e-mail too and your points are well made. Regarding British non-Beano comic art that's food for thought for a future video. Meanwhile Bellamy gets a (brief) spot in my British 1950s illustration video.
Ooops... I said Bellamy and I meant Hampson. It's my age.
Brilliant selection. Thank you very much as always for another tour of eye catching fun and skill.
Hello and thanks for the positive response.
As a woman of a certain age, I thoroughly enjoyed watching that. Took me an hour... All the pausing. :)
Hllo and thanks for the comment. It's not my main intention to send viewers off down memory lane but judging by many comments some of the videos or the illustratrs featured do just that. They certainly do in my case.
What a soothing, voiceover. Well done!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation, and I hope you'll check out other videos on the channel..
Quel plaisir de découvrir un documentaire de qualité, si bien commenté. Merci pour votre travail : j'ai adoré.
Bonjour et merci beaucoup pour votre appréciation. Je comprends assez Français pour savoir que vous avez aimé la vidéo, mais j'ai dû utiliser la traduction en ligne pour répondre.
Absolutely brilliant! Informative and entertaining survey of “modern” illustration in a few short minutes. It’s a doorway to a deeper look at the work of the artists mentioned.
Hello and many thanks for your positive response to this video. And encouraging closer examination of these great illustrators work was high on my agenda when making it. I hope you'll stick around and watch others on the channel.
A first class lecture. l now know how ‘The Flintstones’ look came about.
Hello and thanks a lot.
Lovely! I always wondered about this, but never found any good videos about this. Thanks for making this!
Hello and I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.
I was away, but I'm back to enjoying this channel!! Fascinating stuff as usual. Amusing to see how much of these children's books are still en vogue, if only stylistically.
Hello and I'm pleased you're back. And many thanks for the posive comment. Yes, those illustrators have resonated for quite a few years and that style seems to be very popular with younger illustrators.
I miss it.. my mother was an artist who did this kind of work.
Hello and thanks for the comment. I've noticed there is a sort of 'time travel' effect with some of these videos. The British equivalent I made of this one has the same effect on me.
Amongst the great comic book illustrators of the golden and silver age, these painters are amongst the greatest of the 20th century. The scope and scale of their talent cannot be understated. What a legacy!
Hello and many thanks for your recent comments. I hope you'll continue to find more that's of interest on the channel.
This was very interesting having grown up in the 50's & am a retired Disney animation artist. One illustrator who was quite well known during the 50's was Jon Whitcomb, known for a series of celebrity cover portraits for Cosmopolitan magazine among other work.
Hello and thanks for the comment. Sadly the nature of videos such as this is that it's impossible to cover every illustrator from the period, and as many (if not more) are left out as are included. But if it's any consolation Jon Whitcomb features in unsung heroes of illustration 69.
tysm for the video, love learning about art from different times :)
Hello and thanks a lot. As an old person it took me a while to work out what tysm stood for.
I did not grow up in was 50's & was born decades later. But if companies advertised their products in this illustrative, artistic style nowadays, I just might be taken in & buy their products.
Hello and thanks for your comment. Sadly it's mostly photography these days. Very dull.
Came for the thumbnail; stayed for the art. Very well done.
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.
OMG this channel is pure gold
Hello and thanks a lot for the positive comment.