Art Attacks

Hugo Horita

 Alice and Martin Provensen, The Color Kittens, 1949

(one of my favorite books when I was child!)

Celestino Piatti

Dale Maxey, back cover of Nurseryland Annual, 1969 

Vladimir Pivovarov, 1971, thanks to polny_shkaf

N. Radlov, 1990

Gwen Keraval, Oscar et l'impala

 unknown author, from L'enfant et la lecture

 Vyaceslav Legkobit

Anthony Browne, Willy's Pictures

Sandra Boynton, Chlöe and Maude, 1984, thanks to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Yusuke Yonezu

Nicola Bayley, Parrot Cat, 1984

 Kurt Vargo for Art Direction Magazine, 1980s

Spiral Living

Maurizio Quarello

Leo Lionni

Birmanian Folk Tales, E. Matveeva, M. Shevchenko, 1978, thanks to polny_shkaf

David Klein, thanks to Matt Hinrichs

Heinz Valk, illustration for children's poem book by Helvi Jurisson, thanks to 50 Watts

Celestino Piatti

Calef Brown

Janik Coat

Carson Ellis

Anne Crausaz

Maria Mikhalskaya

Mignon Kargie

twoems

Pino Pascali

Sunday Safari - All the Pretty Horses

Romuald Socha, 1974

Waldemar Swierzy, 1969

Eileen Mayo, The children's circus book, thanks to The Visual Telling of Stories 

Witold Janowski

Erté

Brian Wildsmith, illustration from Circus, thanks to Tiny Tim

Art Seiden, Circus Animals, 1958

Vladimir Lebedev

Celestino Piatti, The Nok family circus, thanks to Vintage kids' Books My Kid Loves

Kira Kotliar

Otto Dix, Kinderalbum

Tadeusz Jodlowski

Marek Mosinski, 1968

Jan Mloddozeniec 

Herbert Leupin

Lesley Barnes


Merry Christmas Everyone!

Mad Men & Crazy Critters - Piatti und Plakat

1952

From the intricate hairlines of Etsuko Fukaya's etchings

we move to the bold strokes and colors of Celestino Piatti.

These twenty ads spanning twenty-five years 

are just a small selection from the 300 posters 

created by the prolific Swiss illustrator and designer.

1953

1954

1958 (via Quad Royal)

1958

1958 (via Mid-Centuria)

1960 (via Quad Royal)

1961 (thanks to Sandi Vincent)

 1962 

1963

1964

1966 (thanks to Leiris202)

1966

1970

1974

1976

1977

All the images carrying a watermark come from the wonderful

Swiss Poster Collection website