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Tim Miller

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'Margarash' is a book by Mark Riddle, illustrated by Tim Miller. It is a story of a boy who loves collecting and counting coins. One day this obsession leads him to reach into the cushions of the sofa for some lost change but is pulled inside . . .
This sub-sofa world, with it's sky of springs, is a parallel world equally scary to under the bed or in the back of the wardrobe. Tim's drawings are fantastic, funny and full of style, though as ever I love the working sketches (see below) that preceded the finished work even more, with their visceral energy and experimentation.





Alfred Orsiuski

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Alfred Olschewski's 'The Winterbird' 1969, unfortunately I cannot find any other books or information about this author/illustrator.




Alfred Orsiuski

Helga Aichinger IV

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A further post about Helga Aichinger an illustrator whose work often appears before me and always amazes. Helga was exiled from Austria to Britain to her aunts in 1939 and was separated at this time from her twin sister Ilse who went to Australia. She married and had a daughter working in a great variety of jobs and even acted in a film. Her work was often in the media of etching, these images are from 'Ein Kornchen fur den Pfau', 1970 written by Josef Guggenmos.






Vimmer Katalin Rozalia

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Winter scenes by Hungarian illustrator Vimmer Katalin Rozalia from 1982 'Csillagszoros Karacsonyfa' by Vegh Gyorgy.

Richard Floethe

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Richard Floethe's (1901-1988) charming designs  in pastel colours for 'Wumpy's Christmas Gift' by Nancy Nash published 1956. Richard trained in Painting and Printmaking in Munich before emigrating war to America in 1928. In New York he built a career for himself as one of the foremost  graphic designers. From 1930 he established himself as an illustrator, illustrating and designing over a hundred books for children and adults.


Alois Mikulka

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Illustrations from 'O Smutnem Tygrovi' 1968 by Alois  Mikulka. Alois was born in Czech in 1933  he studied at the School of Arts in Brno and monumental painting under Ján Želibský at the University of Fine Arts in Bratislava.  Alois went on to work across the arts in painting, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, stage design and was the author of children's plays, fairy tales, poems and prose for children and adults.





Olga Pavalova I

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Czech graphic designer Olga Pavalova's wonderful printed and fine line black and white illustrations from "Bubinek ze skla" 1964 written by Olga Hejna.



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Bożena Truchanowska II

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Bożena Truchanowska (1929) is a Polish illustrator and these are two winter illustrations from 'Bajeczne Historie' written by Lech Konopiński and published in1970. The images have a charming tilted perspective and seem to use a wax resist for the trees and sky. Bożena is an artist who transcended rigid genres, working as a painter, graphic designer and illustrator, she illustrated over 100 children's books. She has been awarded the Polish Section of IBBY (2013) and the silver Gloria Artis (2014) for lifetime achievement. 

Bożena Truchanowska III

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More seasonal illustrations by Polish illustrator Bożena Truchanowska this time for 'Holy night' written by Józef Czechowicz. 



Caroline Fisher

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Wonderful winter illustration by Carolyn Fisher from 'Weeds Find A Way' written by Cindy Jenson-Elliott published in 2014 by Beach Lane Books /Simon and Schuster. I love the theme of this book and its appreciation of native flora and its resilience. Thank you Joy Chu. 

Štěpán Zavřel I

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Štěpán Zavřel's illustrations from 'The Star Tellers' (Die Sterntaler). The Czech illustrator Štěpán Zavřel (1932-1999) was born in Prague and first specialised in animation. In 1959 he escaped Czechoslovakia and made his way to Italy where he was welcomed in the Trieste refugee camp. He furthered his studies in Rome at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts.  Štěpán then moved to Germany and studied stage design and theatrical costume at the Munich Kunstakademie. He returned to Italy working as an illustrator and was greatly involved in establishing networks, exhibitions and foundations to encourage and support this art form. 




Sano Yoko

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An illustration from Christmas in WWII by Sano Yoko published in 1997 by Akane Shobo. Sano Yoko (1938–2010)  was born in Beijing, China, she studied printmaking in Berlin and settled in Japan becoming a very successful author illustrator of children's books.

Joseph Wilcon

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"Minkeppat and Birds" written by Ursula Valentin and illustrated by Jozef Wilcon, a gentle story of an elderly man who understands the language of birds, originally published in 1966. 





Mary Fedden

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A selection of paintings about birds in the snow by Mary Fedden (1915-2012).
Mary was born in Bristol and from an early age set her ambitions on being an artist. She attended The Slade School of Art between 1932-1936 studying under Russian theatre designer Vladimir Polunin. On graduating she painted sets for Sadler's Wells but decided against a career in stage design and returned to Bristol to teach art and work as a painter. In 1951 she married fellow artist Julian Trevelyan during her life-time she painted prolifically and there are many works that you can enjoy.




Cornelia O'Donovan I

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Cornelia O'Donovan's work is full of exuberant pattern and colour, and often dream like surreal imagery this image reminded me of a Christmas tree with its triangular thrust, composition and colour combination.

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Will and Nicolas I

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These illustrations are from 'The Christmas Bunny' by Will and Nicolas 1953. William Lipkind (1904-1974) was an anthropologist, and Nicolas Mordvinoff (1912-1973), a Russian artist born in St Petersburg who trained in Paris under  Fernand Leger and Amedee Ozenfant. In the 1930's he lived in the French Pacific island of Mangareva before settling in New York in 1946. Nicolas and William met through Williams wife and shortly after began creating children's books together.
In this Christmas story, the illustrations are joyously bright the pictures are full of a gentle kindness that reminds me of Roger Duvoisin's works.

Sometimes researching the lives of artists in this blog is heartbreaking, and this is one of those times, as Nicolas committed suicide in 1973 at 61 years of age leaving his wife and two sons. So sad that someone who created such joy and happiness through his work should die in such a tragic way.




Olesya Shchukina

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A winter scene by Olesya Shchukina created for last years Christmas issue of 'Histoires pour les petits' magazine.
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