PigPen

Dahlov Ipcar, Hard scrabble harvest, via The Retro/Vintage Scan Emporium

John Burningham, Mr. Grumpy's Outing, 1970, thanks to flamenconut

Stanley Stubenberg, Young Folks Hawaiian Time, 1965, thanks to Glen Mullaly

Ota Janeček, Vom Klugen Esel und Andere Tierfabeln, 1972

Atsushi Hara

Ron Sandford, 1965, thanks to joy of a toy

Catherine Louis, Le rat m'a dit...

Aleksandra Woldańska-Płocińska

1950s brass piggy bank at Fears and Kahn

Amie Roman, Souee!

Garth Williams, Charlotte's Web, thanks to Bibliodyssey

Saverio Polloni

Tim Flach

Roman Diaz

 Michael Sowa

Christopher Wormell

 Hermann-Paul, Don Quichotte, 1929, thanks to 50 Watts

California Sunshine

I am always attracted to the bright palettes and informal style of mid-century modern decorative arts.

Some of the most strikingly vibrant and joyous images from the period were created by Los Angeles

 artist David Weidman. After finishing art school, Weidman worked as an animator for Hannah Barbara

 and other LA studios during the 1950s. Frustrated by the assembly line organization

 of animation studios, in the early 1960s he opened a poster and framing shop and 

started producing his own silk-screen prints. He continued until the late 1970s, creating 

a large body of work, but never experienced widespread commercial success. 

Now that Weidman is 89, his bright and humorous style has found new favor with younger generations

thanks to the 2009 book The Whimsical art of David Weidman - And Also Some Serious Ones 

and the reissue of some of his prints as cushions and wall art by Urban Outfitters. 

Weidman's prints are also available for sale here.

Owl tapestry, thanks to Mid-Centuria

Olé

Waiting dog

King Elephant

Circus Animals

Flower Kat

Home Sweet Home

Dummy Cat

Bird Tree

Shadow Bird

Bird in Cage

Franco Matticchio

Everyone Has a Mother

 Svjetlan Junaković

Jimmy Swinnerton, via Animation Resources

  C.N. Bialik, illustration for The Book of Things by Thom Zidman-Freud, 1922

via the International Children's Digital Library

Garth Williams, Charlotte's Web, 1952 

Clare Turlay Newberry, April Kittens, 1940

Jan Balet, Katzenskizzen, 1980, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

Feodor Rojankovsky, Over in the Meadow, 1957 

and Richard Scarry, The Golden Happy Book of Animals, 1963, via Curio Books 

Leonard Weisgard, 1973

Leia Bell

 Tony Ross, What Did I Look Like When I Was A Baby? 

Danny Shanahan, 1992 

Eric Carle

Childhood Dragons

Maurice Sendak, As I Went Over the Water, 1965, thanks to a wonderful series of posts 

on my vintage book collection (in blog form)

N.C. Wyeth, Legends of Charlemagne, 1924, via Animation Resources

Wanda Gag, The Funny Thing, 1928, thanks to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Ruth Gannett, My Father's Dragon, 1948

Pauline Baynes, 1951, thanks to Tania Covo

Miroslav Váša, The Bugaboos Or Little Natural History Of The Spooks, 

Ghosts And Phantoms, 1961, thanks to josefskrhola

Judy Varga, The dragon who liked to spit fire, 1962,

thanks to The Art of Children's Picture Books

J.P. Miller, 1963, thanks to my vintage book collection

John Martin Gilbert, A Dragon in a Wagon, 1966, thanks to Bonito Club

 Gerald Rose, Jabberwocky, 1968, thanks to bookvart

Rolf Lagerson, 1970, thanks to Martin Klasch

 Kenneth Mahood, The Laughing Dragon, 1970, 

 thanks again to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Bill Peet, How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head, 1971 thanks to Michael Sporn Animation

Mikhail Belomlinsky, The Hobbit, 1976 

 Peter Pavey, 1978

Rosamar Corcuera, El Amaru, 1998, via the International Children's Digital Library

Gwen Keraval