Thursday, November 3, 2022

Creator of his own fantastic worlds

Watercolourist, illustrator and printmaker specialising in natural history subjects and the creation of his own fantastic worlds.
~ArtUK about Edward Julius Detmold


Happy Art Thursday! Today we have Edward Julius Detmold. I love his rich colors and dramatic perspectives.

The Fruits of the Earth
by Edward Julius Detmold

Plate from "The Fables of Aesop", 1909, Goats
by Edward Julius Detmold

Plate from "The Fables of Aesop", The Wasp and the Snake
by Edward Julius Detmold

Plate from Rudyard Kipling's "Junglebook", Shere Khan and bullocks
by Edward Julius Detmold

Plate from "The Fables of Aesop", The Wolf and the Goat
by Edward Julius Detmold

2 comments:

HWY said...

These are very cool. They beautiful and, as you say, have rich colors.

Robyn Hood Black said...

So GORGEOUS! And I tell "The Wolf and the Goat" fable at school visits quite often... love seeing this illustration, especially!