|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
labingi_maura
Rivendell
Jan 13 2008, 3:49am
Post #1 of 7
(629 views)
Shortcut
|
|
Name that artist!
|
Can't Post
|
|
Over at another LOTR site I noticed this image, which appears to be the cover of an edition of LOTR that I have never seen before.
It was labeled as being an illustration by the Hildebrandts.
I went over to the Hildebrandt Brothers' official site looking for a larger, higher-res version to study and did not see it there. (Actually, very few of their LOTR illustrations were shown at their site, for some reason.)
However, this particular painting doesn't really look like their style to me; it feels more Baroque and painterly, like in the style of Reubens or Carravaggio.
So, I'm either pasting it here or linking to it for you to look at, and hopefully someone here at TORn can tell me who the illustrator/painter is. Thanks for your help, in advance.
-ML
aka
-Debbie/primmy
"I am in fact a hobbit in all but size." - J.R.R.Tolkien
|
|
Attachments:
|
LOTR bookcover art.jpg
(28.4 KB)
|
|
|
labingi_maura
Rivendell
Jan 14 2008, 2:33am
Post #3 of 7
(506 views)
Shortcut
|
Thank you so much, you found it! I hadn't been aware of this illustrator's work before, and I like it very much! He's got a very classic style I admire, and I had no idea there were so many LOTR images I hadn't seen!
I knew if I posted that image here, some TORn member would know who the artist is! Donato Giancola is a painter I will now keep my eye on!
Thanks for the information and the links!
best wishes,
-ML
aka
-Debbie/primmy
"I am in fact a hobbit in all but size." - J.R.R.Tolkien
|
|
|
orcbane
Gondor
Jan 14 2008, 4:57am
Post #4 of 7
(478 views)
Shortcut
|
I only became aware of it recently. I thought it would be hard to come up with a new & compelling visualization of Middle-Earth. But this artist seems to be doing just that. Which I find encouraging.
|
|
|
Idril Celebrindal
Tol Eressea
Jan 14 2008, 4:38pm
Post #5 of 7
(443 views)
Shortcut
|
He also did a very nice cover for a graphic novel adaptation of The Hobbit.
I really like his work -- it's very physical and reminds me of some of the great painters of the Renaissance.
With caffeine, all things are possible.
The pity of Bilbo will screw up the fate of many.
|
|
|
Shadowfaxfan
Rivendell
Jan 16 2008, 9:14am
Post #6 of 7
(422 views)
Shortcut
|
|
Thanks for asking this as I had seen
[In reply to]
|
Can't Post
|
|
that painting some time ago and wondered who the artist was also. The detail is amazing.
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.~Annie Besant
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole, and once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
|
|
|
Shadowfaxfan
Rivendell
Jan 16 2008, 9:19am
Post #7 of 7
(486 views)
Shortcut
|
it was a real treat. Wish I could go back to school and take classes from him.
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.~Annie Besant
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole, and once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
|
|
|
|
|
