Illustrations By William Wallace Denslow(1856-1915) For His Book Denslows Mother Goose.Hes Probably Best

Illustration’s by William Wallace Denslow(1856-1915) for his book Denslow’s Mother Goose.He’s probably best known as the illustrator for L.Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” .Denslow is such a fascinating artist to me for his time his drawings look pretty modern the limited colors,minimalist backgrounds, bold choices like just having a shape as a background,and his cartoonish thick outlined designs are pretty graphically ahead in kids book illustration for the early 1900s shame he didn’t illustrate the other Oz books don’t get me wrong I love John R Neil but Denslows art just has a odd charm to it I want to see in the other Oz books.

Virginia Rogers

'Priestess' by Erte, (1892 - 1990)

Some Beautiful Music Sheet Covers by Einar Nerman from made between 1912-1932 I love the simplicity of these many artist think detail is needed to make art pieces good but Nerman’s designs are examples of how less is more the strong simple character designs,simple one color backgrounds that blend into the characters and beautiful staging.

Some Stylish Cover Art Work by Don Ulsh.

Title Cards Drawn by Cartoonist Milt Gross for the 1942 Film Roxie Hart. Love these so much they have his natural trademark screwball energy.