Friday, November 07, 2008

Alice in Different Styles

Mabel Lucie Attwell
A.E. Jackson

Gwynedd Hudson


Arthur Rackham

Here are some beautiful interpretations of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland from early 20th century illustrators.
More links at this site: Alice (by David Neal)

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Jack and Beverly's Optical Toy Collection

Thomas Rowlandson engraving
2"Slip slides" in animated form

This is the coolest website - Jack and Beverly's collection of vintage optical motion toys including the "magic lantern, Zoetrope (wheel of life), Praxinoscope, Phenakistoscope, a Polyrama Panoptique, a Kinora, Mutoscope, and flip books. These toys are the genesis of motion pictures. They are, in effect, single frame animations like a modern movie cartoon."

Read about them and see more at
Brightbytes

The Art of Amy Crehore

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Jacqueline Marval Was a Marvel.





Here are 3 examples of paintings by Jacqueline Marval done in the early 1900's. In 1901, she exhibited ten paintings at the "Salon des Indépendants", which was held at the "Universal Exhibition" in Paris. All of her canvases were bought by Ambroise Vollard. She was an amazing painter and had a great sense of design. More about her at

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Halloween #29


Halloween #29
Originally uploaded by stevechasmar
Steve Chasmar still
has a few more days of
vintage Halloween photos on flickr.
This one is-
"Bluebeard's Wives"

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Black Angel

I think she is standing on a bowling ball - Aurora Consurgens, Black Angel from Wikipedia commons, Angels. Thanks, Internet Weekly.
The Art of Amy Crehore
(My website sale continues until Halloween. Free signed drawing comes with orders.)