M. Dobuzinskij, D'javol from Zolotoe runo, 1907
Halloween is drawing near
time to face our wildest fear
Halloween is drawing near
time to face our wildest fear
Odilon Redon, Smiling Spider, thanks to Japonisme
Bruno Paul, Plague in South Africa, illustration from Simplicissimus, 1901.
Many thanks to ihatemusic1943 for the info!
A. H. Watson, illustration from The Enchanted Blanket, 1936, thanks to ElfGoblin
Aleksandra Waliszewska, Dom Babci
Film poster by Wojciech Fangor for Les Compagnes de la Nuit, 1956
Book cover by Rein van Looij, 1940s, thanks to 50 Watts
Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz, Traveler at Night
Michael Sowa, Spider on the wall
Book cover by Emanuel Schongut, 1960s
Film poster by Wiktor Gorka, 1964
Film poster by Werner Klemke for The Golden Spider
from Graphis 1959-60, thanks to Sandi Vincent
Lorenzo Mattotti, illustration from The Raven
Third picture:
ReplyDeletePest in Südafrika (Plague in
South Africa), Illustration for
'Simplicissimus', 1901, Munich,
vol. 5, no. 47; Bruno Paul,
tusche work, pencil, opaque
white, mixed watercolor
technique, 48.5 x 41 cm
Source:
http://www.wintershall-service.de/kunstzone/wege_moderne/wege_moderne_ausstellung_raum3_e.htm
Great images!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info ihatemusic :.)
ReplyDeleteHi Jill, I am glad you don't suffer from arachnophobia!
A friend writes and illustrates his own stories and what an imagination he has - dark too!
ReplyDeleteCrackle the spider is a character in one such story, a huge arachnid that lives among the cables and pylons of the national grid... see his work here:
http://www.jimkay.co.uk/Jim_Kay_Illustrator/Drawings.html#1