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Dyl’s Dance
Illustrations by Yann Bernard Dyl for La Danse Macabre by Pierre Mac Orlan (France, 1927), found in the wonderful exhibition catalog Le Salon de L'Araignee 1920–1930 (Michel Lagarde Gallery) About the...
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The Brave Girl from Vilnius and Greenbeard the Killer
Illustrations by Birutė Žilytė (Lithuania, 1970) These images come from Aldona Liobytė’s collection of tales, "Pasaka apie narsią Vilniaus mergaitę ir galvažudį Žaliabarzdį" (A Fairy Tale about the...
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Fula Fiskar
Swedish posters for 30 international films, c. 1921–1939 Hans Engelska-Fru, 1927 Sweden This looks like the work of Einar Nerman I've done two posts on Swedish movie posters for Hollywood films (Oct....
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Space Teriyaki 6
Visions of space and the future in Japan in the 70s and 80s See the full series. Genpei Akasegawa, magazine illustration, late 70s What you are seeing here is a selection of scans from my still-growing...
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Narbut’s Toys
Illustrations by Heorhiy Narbut for "Toys" by B. Dix (1911, Moscow) Years ago I came across images from these two books — volumes 1 & 2 of Toys (Игрушки) — and wondered if I'd ever get to see more....
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Don Quixote Rides Again
1960s illustrations for Don Quixote from around the worldAtuyoshi Sugimura, 1966 In 2010 I did a series of posts on illustrations for Don Quixote, pulling from the labyrinthine Cervantes Collection at...
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Dances of Mexico
"Dances of Mexico," a portfolio of 10 lithographs by Carlos Mérida (1939) Previous posts on this artist: The Hungry Moon and The Bird. Bio from wikipedia:Carlos Mérida (1891 – 1984) was a Guatemalan...
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Hoffmann in Bulgaria
Illustrations for Hoffmann's tales by the Bulgarian artist Lyuben Zidarov (circa 1970s) These scans were kindly contributed by Adam. From what I can gather, the illustrations are for E. T. A....
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Takei No Kuni
24 covers by Takeo Takei for the legendary illustrated magazine Kodomo no kuni ("Children's Land"), 1922–33 the first issue of Kodomo no kuni, 1922 About Takeo Takei, one of my favorite illustrators,...
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Norwegian Waltz
Vintage sheet music from Norway, from the collection of Einar Økland I got in touch with Einar Økland after featuring his book Norske Malebøker in the recent post Drawing Norway. Thank you Aslak...
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Melodic Incidents of the Irrational World
Works by Leopoldo Méndez (circa 1927–1947) 1944, "The Great Reception" cover for Incidentes Melodicos del Mundo Irracional (Melodic Incidents of the Irrational World) (I replaced my scan with the...
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Ex Libris Mr. Reaper (12)
Bookplates from the collection of Richard SicaMarin Gruev (Bulgaria, b.1963)Konstantin Kalynovych (Russia, b. 1959) Also see a post I did on this artist on But Does it FloatEndre Vadász (Hungary,...
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The Gods of Japan
Illustrations by Kureha Rokuro ( 呉羽麓郎 ) for The Gods of Japan (Nihon no Kamisama, 日本の神さま), published 1943. This short post comes from another dive into the National Diet Library. Much thanks to Colin...
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Confusion of the Stars
Soviet Lithuanian children’s book illustration (c. 1947–1972) from Illustrarium Arūnas Tarabilda, Confusion of the Stars, 1963 The images and quotes in this post come from the catalog Illustrarium:...
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The Illustrators of Gente Menuda
An overview of the illustrators of the 1930s Spanish children's magazine Gente Menuda From the collection of Museo ABC in Madrid and with great thanks to curator Felipe Hernández Cava and my friend...
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Don’t let your eyes tell lies
Illustrated covers by Eric Nordin from the Images Musicales collection (1920s Sweden)Eric Nordin, from the Images Musicales collection "Images Musicales" is a private collection of over 10,000 vintage...
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Light Issued Against Ruin
Herbert Pfostl, "one lives in the hope of becoming a memory" [artist's sites: Blind Pony and Paper Graveyard] These are images from Herbert Pfostl's new book and exhibit "Light Issued Against Ruin."...
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Two texts by Monica Tornow
Illustration by Mahendra SinghRead about Monica Tornow at Writers No One Reads. It Was a Beautiful Day by Monica Tornow Translated by Mahendra Singh Eleven thousand burning chickens — Datari is...
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25 Vintage Cosmetics Ads from Japan
Illustrated ads for the Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido, 1925–60 1939 These scans are courtesy (again) of Jimoto at Dassaishooku, and also of Gennifer Weisenfeld and MIT. From Gennifer Weisenfeld's...
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Fairy Tales by Olga and Eva
Illustrations by Eva Bednářová for 'Pohádky' (Fairy Tales) by Olga Scheinpflugová (Prague, 1971) From my earlier post "Button Tales":Eva Bednářová (1937–1986) was a prolific Czech illustrator who won...
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