A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
Hommage à KS. The web isn’t the best place to see works by this extraordinary German artist, most of what’s available tends to be tiny thumbnails which give no impression of the detail in her drawings and paintings. Ruppert is another artist who’s been brave enough to try illustrating Lautréamont’s Maldoror but I’ve yet to … Continue reading “The art of Sibylle Ruppert”
Previous posts about etchings and engravings. • The Population of an Old Pear-Tree; or, Stories of Insect Life • Three alphabets • Robert Lawson’s House of Usher • Destiny, A Novel in Pictures by Otto Nückel • A territory always rather nocturnal and almost subaqueous • Wendel Dietterlin’s Architectura • Jorgen Boberg’s Teresas • Piranesi … Continue reading “The etching and engraving archive”
Previous posts about illustrators. • Harry Clarke’s illustrated Swinburne • The Population of an Old Pear-Tree; or, Stories of Insect Life • The art of Nikolai Petrovich Theophilaktoff, 1878–1941 • The art of Wallace Smith, 1888–1937 • Robert Anning Bell’s Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley • Rockwell Kent’s Wilderness • French Fables by Japanese Hands … Continue reading “The illustrators archive”
Previous posts about book covers or cover design. • Nightmare Alleys • Intégrale Howard Phillips Lovecraft • Richard Taylor’s Lovecraftiana • Eldritch Art Nouveau: Lovecraft at Ballantine • The art of Davis Meltzer, 1929–2017 • Covering Maldoror • Dennis Leigh book covers • Corgi SF Collector’s Library • Goodfellow and Borges • Victor Valla book … Continue reading “The book covers archive”