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We hope you enjoyed this issue of Illustration and are looking forward to the next one, because we have loads of exciting articles and interviews lined up for 2012. We will learn about the work of prolific 19th-century illustrator Hugh Thomson, who made his name embellishing beautiful sets of classic novels, such as the books of Jane Austen and the ever-popular Cranford series. From there, we will go on to explore the equally romantic dreams offered by the glamorous destinations depicted in the great railway advertising posters.
Those delighted by darker, more surreal, imaginations will be able to explore the world as it is depicted in Edward Gorey’s collectable sets of postcards. We will then examine the sinister progression from sweetly cute to weird in the cats illustrated by Louis Wain.
As usual, we’ll be looking well beyond the confines of book illustration when we view the art of the gig poster and images that used to adorn telegrams, making them even more suitable for special occasions, as well as the book plates of Arts and Crafts designer C F A Voysey. We’ll find out more about Sydney R Jones and James Boswell, among many others, will talk to artists including Raymond Briggs and John Burningham and will explore collections and artists’ archives including those of Mervyn Peake and Osbert Lancaster.
All this, plus work by new graduates, the best books, events and exhibitions and the work of fine presses. |
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