Victor Pivovarov, 1971
Anthony Browne
Helen Borton, Do you go where I go?, 1972
Brian Wildsmith, Wild Animals
Helene Carter, Sharp Ears, 1938
Rare Animals, via HannaRivka
Józef Wilkon
Knud Kyhn
Andy Warhol
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Franco Matticchio
Good news for all the fans of Franco Matticchio: his new Facebook page will allow you
to enjoy many more of his works and keep up with his latest news!
If you use Facebook, I also invite you to like the Animalarium page, which offers a rich variety
of images and links, updated daily. For me it's a great way to easily share interesting art, books
and news which due to time constraints would be impossible to feature in this blog.
Hope to see you there!
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Seasons of the Bear
Noriko Senshu, Midsummer bear
Annegert Fuchshuber, Zwei und mehr
G. Nicholas, Year in the woods, 1984, thanks to polny_shkaf
Rob Dunlavey, Bonne Nuit Petit Ours
Janusz Grabianski, 1961, thanks to Manon Gauthier
Anna Emilia Laitinen, Winter Is Ending
Arnold Lobel, Red Fox and his Canoe, 1964, and Brian Wildsmith, The Lazy Bear, 1974,
thanks to my vintage book collection in book form
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Strong as a Bear
This year, as you may know, I was unable to attend the Bologna Children's Book Fair.
But thanks to the generosity of friends and publishers, and a trip to the very well stocked
Florentine children's book store Cuccumeo, I do have some wonderful new books
to share with you over the next weeks. First of all, once again I am very grateful
to Topipittori for introducing into our country some of my favorite European illustrators
(besides working with some excellent Italian ones). This new beautiful new volume is a reprint
of Stark wie ein Bär, the 2012 award winning book by the German illustrator Katrin Stangl.
I first took notice of Stangl in 2009 when another invaluable Italian publisher,
Corraini, published The Musicians of Brehem. I saw her work again at the 2011 Illustrators Exhibition
in Bologna, and her striking, bold style and two-color linocut technique again made an impression.
Forte comme un orso is an explosion of colorful vitality. The simple text enunciates
a list of animal qualities that children will easily identify with, and the full page
illustrations will easily delight adults too. The book's vibrant chromatic quality
was achieved thanks to a printing process using four different pantone colors.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Butterfly Effect
Maya jumps around trying to catch butterflies, what a happy springtime sight
Odilon Redon, Evocation of Butterflies, 1911
Anne Siems, Landing (detail)
David Kracov, Book of Life
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Vladimir Kush, Departure of the Winged Ship
for more, visit my previous butterfly gallery here
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