One of my favourite finds from yesterday was this: This book was published by Hamlyn in 1971. The cover illustrations are by Ron Stenberg. All of the old classic fairy tales are here: Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Fisherman’s Wife… I remember all of them from my childhood. What drew me to the…
Tag: Illustration
Illustrations: Joe De Mers
Joe De Mers (1910-1988) was an American production artist who spent most of the 1930s working at Warner Brothers, creating production art, before moving onto illustration. In New York, he found massive success with the Charles E. Cooper studio, where he became one of their star artists. His work has appeared in Woman’s Own and Woman…
Between Friends: Ben Ostrick
As many of you will know, as well as an obsession for West German Pottery, my love of illustration from the ’50s and ’60s is growing. Although I’ve not featured anything on here for a while, I’m still madly in love with my collection of vintage women’s magazines and read them frequently. Today I felt…
April Illustrations: Pretty in Pink
One of the things I love about these magazines is that even on the pages where they don’t use full colour, there’s still an attempt to create a pleasing effect. These ‘pink pages’ are no exception. In fact, pink seems to be a theme for the April editions: She doesn’t look that upset by her…
April Illustrations: Woman 1947
All of these illustrations come from my oldest magazine: Woman magazine from April 26th, 1947. It amazes me that something made of paper can last for so many years. The magazines from the earlier eras are so much thinner than the later editions. The styles in clothes, hair and makeup seem to change drastically as well….
March Illustrations: The ’70s
Unbelievably, March is nearly at an end. Which means I need to post up the last of my March illustrations. This time, they are all from 1972 editions of Woman And Home and Woman’s Own. I’ve not seen the name ‘Sommer’ mentioned before, so I don’t know anything about it. I do like this one…
More Illustrations from the ’60s
Apologies for the brief interlude: sickness prevailed… Right, 1960s illustrations from March. It’s amazing how within one decade, the fashionable style can change so much. That illustration and the one in my last post both came from the same magazine: One of my friends suggested a while back that I probably had enough material with…
March Illustration: The ’60s
It’s a speed post tonight, I’m afraid, as I’m a bit bogged down with work, Masters and making tea! I’m trying to post something every day though, so here goes… For a story titled ‘I Love You’… seems to fit my mood tonight. Not that I love work or anything… That’s all you’re getting for…
Illustrators in March: Harris, Carter and Heseltine
There is a danger that my new found love of illustrators from time gone by is verging on becoming an obsession. I just can’t stop looking at the illustrations in my Woman’s Own magazines and researching the writers. Thankfully, I’ve found the amazing Today’s Inspiration blog (amongst others) to help me out. I’ve searched through…
Lucia Lerner Illustration
I was reading about Lucia Lerner on Leif Peng’s fantastic Today’s Inspiration blog; a few days later I found this: The illustration isn’t signed by Lucia, but she is credited below the main story: Another good blog about illustration is the Female Illustrators of the Mid 20th Century. They’ve also got a lovely post about Lucia…
Jon Whitcomb: Couples in Love
Not only are my vintage Woman’s Own magazines gorgeous to look at, many of the short stories are illustrated by various well known people. I’ve been surprised by each name that I’ve looked up so far; the sheer amount of work these men produced is staggering! According to AmericanArtArchives.com Jon Whitcomb gained particular popularity for capturing the essence…
Little Owl Ski 