Elise Bainbridge Hill

 

The absolutely beautiful art work of Elsie Bainbridge Hill, also know as Francis Lee Rogers, who lived in central park and was murdered last weekend. I wish I could find more of her lovely, lovely work. 

Mary Blair II

 'The Up and Down Book', written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Mary Blair published 1964. 

Art Seiden II

 

'The Spotted Dotted Puppy' written by Steffi Fletcher, illustrated by Art Seiden published in 1961. A wonderful cover and character. The spotty puppy just wants to be itself and find a lovely owner, other puppies want to be more 'exotic' creatures and end up behind bars in the zoo. 

Art Seiden I

'Where is the keeper?' written by Mabel Watts, illustration by Art Seiden (1918-2004), published date 1961. Art Seiden was born in Brooklyn in 1918. He received a BA at Queens College and studied for eight years at the Art Students League, initially he did graphic design for some of the largest companies in America: Phillip Morris, Hoffmann-LaRoche, General Motors and Hearst Publications. He started illustrating children's books in 1950.

In this book the zoo keeper is waylaid looking after three bear cubs. 

Michael Foreman IV

'The travels of Horatio' by Michael Foreman, published in 1970. This is very much a 1970's book, in the same style as Mr Benn, Elmer and other creations by David Mckee. 

Michael Foreman III

So happy today to share with you another early book by Michael Foreman ' Two Giants' originally published in 1967. This edition was published in 1983. Michael Foreman's books were a feature of my childhood and I loved them, but they were the accomplished watercolours which became his signature style and I adore his earlier works which were more experimental and fun. This book was selected in 1972 for the Francis Williams book illustration award, it is created using collage, gouache and a little bit of ink line work. 

(I had shared a little of this book in 2018)