King of the Barnyard

Istvan Banyai, Zoom 

Károly Reich, thanks to Sun Tear on kidpix

Vyaceslav Legkobit (I have already posted this one, but it's such an happy picture)

Eva-Johanna Rubin

K.Ovchinnikov, 1989

Lidija Glinskiené, Little Fire, Conqueror of Seven, 1965

Andrzej Owsiński, Zwierzeta, via polska ilustracja dla dzieci

David Leonard, thanks to Letslookupandsmile

Tatiana Mavrina

Sarah Young

two illustrations from Carlos Marchiori's Sally Go Round the Sun, thanks to bookvart

Ray Garrod, via Retro Graphic Design

André da Loba

Rooster lovers can also visit our previous galleries here, here and here

The Feather Collector

A big thank you to my student Federica for sharing with me this beautiful book

by the French illustrator Isabelle Simler. I really enjoy the elegant spareness 

of the compositions, and the interesting balance between realism and stylization 

of the illustrations. Together with a variety of birds and their feathers, 

in each spread we get a peek at a mysterious black cat. This possibly dangerous 

creature at the end turns out to be a feather collector, and his presence 

is sure to make the reading more fun and exciting for young children. 

 

 Plumes was published last May in France by Éditions Courtes et Longues.

Vanity Fair

Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, thanks to 50 Watts

Dash's holiday, 1880

Lucille by Arnold Lobel and Jasmine by Roger Duvoisin,

both thanks to my vintage book collection (in blog form)

Victoria Davidson, thanks to The Visual Telling of Stories

Anatoli Michailovich Eliseev, Story of the stupid mouse, thanks to polny-shkaf

Saul Steinberg

 Barry Blitt

Kerso

Sac Magique

David Croland from Push Pin Graphic no.63, 1976

 Alberto Macone, Fashion victim

 Julian Volkenstein, Pony Pin-Up

 Ronald Searle

 Louise Weaver, Golden Bird

Tender Mysteries

Today's selection of New Yorker covers was created by André François 

over a period of almost thirty years.

François was born in 1915 in a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

that soon later became Romania. In 1934 he moved to Paris,

where he joined the atelier of the great Art Deco poster artist Cassandre.

A man of many talents, François worked as a cartoonist, graphic designer, 

illustrator, set and costume designer, painter, engraver and sculptor.

His work was featured on many Penguin Books covers and in numerous leading

 international magazines, including Le Nouvel Observateur, Fortune, Vogue, 

The Observer, Holiday, Look and Punch.

Follow this link to view more work by André François on Animalarium.

You can buy online all of these covers as prints at the New Yorker Store.