Out in the Country

Eric Drooker

I love the dreamy Summer atmosphere of the latest New Yorker cover 

by Eric Drooker. This new gallery features various other

cover artists' views of the great outdoors.

three covers by William Steig 

Cem

 Ilonka Karasz

Three covers by Abe Birnbaum

Warren Miller

Mischa Richter

Jenni Oliver

Charles Addams

Gahan Wilson

Bruce McCall

Philippe Petit-Roulet

check out the other New Yorker cover galleries on Animalarium:

New York Pets, Tender Mysteries, Interiors and New York Stroll.

Eclectic Delights

poster for Overlook Press, early 1970s

When I started the Animalarium a little over four years ago, one of my first posts

was dedicated to Milton Glaser, who has been one of my heroes for a long long time.

As more of his works surface online, today I am even more impressed by the quality 

and variety of his immense artistic and graphic output. Having recently watched

the documentary Milton Glaser: to Inform and Delight and a number of his lectures and

 interviews, I am inspired to pay homage again to this giant of visual communication 

and overall gracious human being. The following images come from various 

online sources, but most of them were first featured on the website of the 

Milton Glaser Study Center and Archives.

Book covers, 1959-60

children's book, 1962

Eros magazine, 1962

Colorvision brochure, 1963

Show, The Magazine of the Arts, September 1963

poster to promote book, 1969 

bird for Unicef poster, late 1960s–early 1970s

Sans tabac poster, 1977

San Diego Jazz Festival, 1983

Night of The Snow Leopard, 1983

two sketches for the Buffalo Zoological Gardens, 1983

Illustration for Le Poète Assassiné by Apollinarie, 1984

Catskill Cuisine, 1990s

Lonely Cat, 2003

poster for Overlook Press, 2011

poster for the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, 2013

still going strong after 60 years...

Basking in the Light

Žabáček, 1982

The loveliness of the first sunny days of this late-coming Spring inspired me to post some pictures

from the gentle green worlds of Czech artist Jan Kudláček. Born in 1928 in Moravia and living in Prague, 

Kudláček is a painter, graphic artist, and above all an award winning illustrator who since 1963

has published almost a hundred children's books. His distinctive style and brushwork technique 

convey a vibrant and luminous quality to his joyful and poetic illustrations of nature,

 flowers, small animals and fairytale creatures. 

Petruschka, 1970

Holčička a déšt' (A Little Girl and Rain), 1974, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

Svatba v rybníce (Wedding in a pond), 1982, 

all photos thanks to micky the pixel

Svatba v rybníce, 1982

 Zlatý proutek (Golden Wand), 1983

 Jussi ja kalat, 1989

Pohádková lampička (Fairy-tale lamp), 1992

Pohádky pro skřítka Hajaju (Tales for Sprites), 1995