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N.E. Brigand
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Aug 3 2008, 12:19am
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Pauline Baynes, Tolkien's favorite illustrator, dies at 85.
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Wayne Hammond reports the death of Baynes at her home in Surrey. Pauline Baynes was the original illustrator of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series, as well as of Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham (1948), The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book (1962), and Smith of Wootton Major (1967).
We discussed Baynes' illustrations in the Reading Room here and here.
R.I.P.
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Eledhwen
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Aug 3 2008, 12:50am
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I love her stuff - particularly her Narnia illustrations, which are dotted throughout my rather battered paperback editions. Still, 85's not a bad innings.
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Kimi
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Aug 3 2008, 1:07am
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Narnia and Pauline Baynes are closely associated in my memory, and I love her Tolkien illustrations, too. We've lost a living link with Lewis and with JRRT.
A lady who gave much joy to the world, and who will be sadly missed.
My writing (including The Passing of Mistress Rose)
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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grammaboodawg
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Aug 3 2008, 1:33am
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I've always found her illustrations to give a lightness and innocence to Tolkien's stories. Soft and whimsical.
Thank you so much for the links to discussions of her work. Wonderful :)
Peace.
"Barney Snow was here." ~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
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dernwyn
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Aug 3 2008, 1:49am
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*raises mug* To Ms. Baynes, with many heartfelt thanks!
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Her simple style suited Tolkien's works so well! And Lewis's, also. I still have her maps of both Middle-earth and Narnia.
And hopefully she doesn't mind that her Chrysophylax is my avatar...
A long and fruitful life! May she be blessed, and rest in serene peace.
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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diedye
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Aug 3 2008, 2:20am
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I think one of her works is the perfect swan song for her...
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The lady in question (with C.S. Lewis' stepson) ...
 God Bless... God Keep.
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Penthe
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Aug 3 2008, 2:37am
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Whenever I think of her work I imagine the illustration of Prince Caspian riding through the forest more than any other.
It's odd to think that she was younger than my grandparents, for some reason.
No improvement is too small or trivial to be worthwhile.
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a.s.
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Aug 3 2008, 2:52am
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Yes, I know this is a Tolkien fan site  but Narnia is a Baynes drawing to me. Nothing has ever meant as much to me, in the long run, as the thought that beyond the Shadowlands was Aslan's country. And Aslan's country was a Pauline Baynes' illustration.
I hope she is running up the hill as we speak.
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"an seileachan"
Pooh began to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
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a.s.
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Aug 3 2008, 2:57am
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And Reep. And Eustace the dragon, crying. And
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the workings of the Dawn Treader, opened so we can see the rowers inside.
And Puddleglum.
I am feeling a bit nostalgic, I think.
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Pooh began to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
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dernwyn
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Aug 3 2008, 3:17am
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That IS perfect, diedye! :-) //
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Compa_Mighty
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Aug 3 2008, 5:30am
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I did not know she was still alive.
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Well, she is in a better place now. And she lived a long, productive life. She did the best with the time she was given. That's all we can do, after all.
Her work, I believe, is a testament of what Tolkien and Lewis really thought about their stories. Simple, fairy tales at heart.
Here's to Del Toro becoming the Irvin Kershner of Middle Earth!
Essay winner of the Show us your Hobbit Pride Giveway!
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ArathornJax
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Aug 3 2008, 5:55am
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I will always remember her art done for Lewis and Narinia. May those who loved her find comfort in their memories of her.
" . . . (we are ) too engrossed in thinking of everything as a preparation or training or making one fit -- for what? At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts."
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
Come over to the LOTR Movie Thread and discuss the 1981 BBC Adaptation of the LOTR.
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Radhruin
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Aug 3 2008, 7:00am
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I hope she is running up the hill as we speak.
That is a nice thought. And so fitting too. Thanks a.s.
"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."
~Chesterton
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WonderBroad
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Aug 3 2008, 4:26pm
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Sad news. So many people really loved her work--me included.
I am grateful for all of the beautiful images she gave to the worlds of Tolkien and Lewis.
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Artanis
Nargothrond
Aug 3 2008, 7:20pm
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Which particular book does that picture come from - is it Poems from the Hobbit?
Artanis
Reading: I, Robot - Isaac Asimov, J. Hudson Taylor A Man in Christ - Roger Steer
Listening: Downhere -Wide Eyed and Mystified, The Silmarillion, Eden's Bridge - Celtic Worship
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Jazmine
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Aug 3 2008, 7:36pm
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Rest in Peace and thanks for your wonderful work
*Jazminatar the Brown*
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Aug 3 2008, 7:59pm
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I had a poster of her map of Middle Earth on the wall of my college dormitory room, and kept that map with me for years, until it fell to pieces. I used to imagine myself strolling the roads (which go ever on) and entering the little cameos of the different sites, and . . .
Rest in peace, Ms. Baynes. Thank you.
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?
A man may do both. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!
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Kelvarhin
Gondolin
Aug 4 2008, 6:09am
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My mum has that as a jigsaw puzzle! She had it specially framed after she finished it. I've always loved that image with the poem.
Thanks {{{diedye}}}
Valinor, O Valinor
Andavë yányë hyarya
Tumna yá nyèna minya fëa
An Valinor, lissë Eldamar
Kelvarhin's Universe~~~~~~~Laerasea's Travelling TORn Journal
In the land of TORnadoes...where the brilliant play (with thanks to grammaboodawg :) )
Is TORn...Is Good
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silneldor
Gondolin
Aug 4 2008, 1:50pm
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It is often that you find so many beautiful things about souls that pass on. Peace.
"Tolkien, like Lewis, believed that, through story, the real world would become a more magical place, full of meaning. We see its patterns and colors in a fresh way. The recovery of a true view of the world applies both to individual things, like hills and stones, and to the cosmic - the depths of space and time itself. For in sub-creation, in Tolkien's view, there is a "survey" of space and time. Reality is captured on a miniature scale. Through stories like The Lord of the Rings, a renewed view of things is given, illuminating the homely, the spiritial, the physical, and the moral dimensions of the world."
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis- The Gift of Friendship -Duriez
May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings!
In the air, among the clouds in the sky
Here is where the birds of Manwe fly
Looking at the land, and the water that flows
The true beauty of earth shows
With the stars of Varda lighting my way
In all the realms this is where I stay
In the realm of Manwë Súlimo
By El~Cugu
From the website: 'The Realm of Manwe'
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Greenwood Hobbit
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Aug 4 2008, 9:27pm
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Her work brought pleasure to so many -
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a deft and delicate touch she had, and used to the full. A fruitful life indeed. *raises a glass*
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jerriwillmore
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Aug 5 2008, 9:20pm
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I recall reading "Adventures of Tom Bombadil" illustrated by her and I was surprised it showed Tom dancing with regular sized people, not hobbits (in the Farmer Maggot section.) Only later did I learn Tolkien wrote the Tom Bombadil poems before writing The Lord of the Rings.
My science fiction story with characters inspired by Frodo, Elanor, Sam, and Galadriel! http://www.geocities.com/colouringpurple/washere.html
My Lotr fanfic: (Frodo-Elanor) http://www.geocities.com/colouringpurple/watchingellie.html
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