Silhouettes

Album des Herzogs von Schwerin, 1750

Simplicity is always in style!

 Arthur Rackam, from Cinderella, 1919, thanks to art.crazed

Cover of V.J.Stanek's Introducing Monkeys, thanks to Freaky Fauna

Unknown artist, The Monkey Celebrating with Ozoni of New Year's cards, 1932

Catherine Louis, Me l'ha detto il topo, thanks to Hipopotamstudio

Nature Magazine, June 1927

Enzo Mari, The Fable Game,1965

Paul Rand, Écoute! Écoute!, 1970

Reyer Stolk, Silhouetten, 1945, thanks to BibiliOdissey

Edward Gorey, The Sopping Thursday

Steph Walker, Bear exercise

Claude Kuhn, Puce Aarberg Antiquitäten, 1999 

 Ed Young

François Dellebecque

Niroot Pittapipat

Gwen Le Gac, La regle d'or du cache-cache

Suzy Lee via bookvart

Microcosmos

Uta Glauber, Un angolo di prato, 1968

Sorry for the lack of posts these past few days, I was away in my hometown

because my nonna died. She was 98 years old and very frail, so we knew that 

this was going to happen soon, but death always comes as a shock anyway.

On a lighter note, last Sunday Seba and I took a lovely relaxing walk 

in the sunny silent streets of Pietrasanta - a small historical Tuscan village

that has always been a center of marble sculpting and in recent years

has turned into an artsy, chic tourist destination. Take a look if you like!

 Jan Kudláček, HOLČIČKA A DÉŠT', 1974, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

Ota Janeček. To the children, 1963, thanks to josefskrhola

Allegra Agliardi, thanks to Shelley Davies

dancing elephant studio, Butterfly garden 

Christian Robinson, Hello Friend 

The New Yorker, 1945

Dasha Larionova, thanks to Elina Ellis

Gwendal le Bec, Un Bois

 

Renee French

Rose Sanderson (thanks to my anonymous reader for the tip)

D. Chaikin, Fell in love with a bird, 1989, thanks to polny_shkaf

Louise Cunningham

Lisa Evans

Accidental Bestiary

Stefania Camilli is a brave woman. Not only has she started a new publishing company 

at a time when both the editorial world and the Italian economy are in the midst of a crisis,

but she has chosen to come out with a first book which is unusual and daring. 

For this project she has contacted Guido Scarabottolo, one of Italy's best art directors, 

graphic designers and illustrators (I have previously written about one of his children's books here).

To her surprise and delight, he was very approachable, and willing to collaborate with a new unknown publisher.

The result of his work is beautiful and innovative: an open-ended volume featuring a random collection

 of surprising animal pictures designed to be enjoyed on their own, or to serve as a stimulus for the creation 

of an endless series of stories. To add to the fun, all the illustration pages are perforated

so that the favorite pictures can be detached and hung or played with.

The large format book is wordless except for the animals' latin names, 

and can appeal to both young children and adult animal and art lovers.

I wish all the best to Camilla and her Vànvere Edizioni 

and I am hoping to see a new production soon!

Franco Matticchio

The mysterious island

Libellule

Pierre Bonnard, illustration from Nature Stories, 1896, thanks to Chaudron

Howard Pyle, illustration from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, 1883, 

thanks to Plum leaves

E.A. Séguy, 1920s, thanks to BibliOdissey

Gustav Gaudernack, bowl drawing for David Andersen, 1908

Dani Torrent

 Claire Brewster, thanks to the art room plant

Golly Bard

Leonard Baskin dragonfly etching from Diptera, 1983

Penelope Dullaghan, thanks to Shelley Davies

Geninne

Juliet Kepes, Ladybird, quickly!, 1964, via Curio Books

Graham Carter

Tatsuro Kiuchi

Karolin Schnoor