tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post7046326891608965220..comments2024-03-28T22:57:07.128-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: THE OLD HOUSE ON TANGLEWOOD LANE, chapter 3David Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-8085973898847416322018-02-18T06:00:59.411-05:002018-02-18T06:00:59.411-05:00Not surprising Fuchs would mention Degas. One can ...Not surprising Fuchs would mention Degas. One can see the influence in Degas's horse racing pictures. As far as I'm concerned, Fuchs defined the era. His illustrations often over shadowed the text!Thank you for your work and blog Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-12713355861636875672017-06-02T01:32:42.352-04:002017-06-02T01:32:42.352-04:00Donald Pittenger-- Those who master lettering seem...Donald Pittenger-- Those who master lettering seem to become lifelong members of the cult, and every once in a while can't resist bringing it out to show off as a parlor trick. Walt Kelly, the creator of Pogo, was a prime example. Kelly was a splendid artist yet devoted time to lettering: Deacon Muskrat spoke in gothic calligraphy while P.T. Bridgeport spoke in ornate filigree.<br /><br />Laurence John-- He never mentioned it, although he knew Peter Max and other flat, pop-influenced artists and was a big fan (and friend) of Al Parker who also did "flatter, more graphic, looser rendered work." The one artist Fuchs repeatedly mentioned was Degas.<br /><br />Anita Pandolfi-- Thanks for writing. Yes, there are still some illustrators to be found in Connecticut although some of the grand old artists you mention, such as Howard Munce, are gone.<br /><br />David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-16145659641223387872017-05-26T19:02:42.326-04:002017-05-26T19:02:42.326-04:00So great to find your blog. Just today I was talki...So great to find your blog. Just today I was talking to a Letterpress printer here in Asheville NC about the possibility of printing some Harrison Cady plates that had been made into bookends. I found them in a junk/antique store in Connecticut. Now looking in to sending them to Michigan to have them mounted on a wood backing of the proper depth to suit the letter press. <br />Connecticut's highways and byways are still a source of illustrators work. I went to Pair School of art now College of art and studied with Rudy Zallinger, Howard Munce, Ken Davies and others. Great experience. Also, with Dick Hess who lived up the road from me. My neighbor here in Ashevill has a Leroy Neiman portrait, I think its his first wife. He did few portraits. She'd like to part with it someone gave it to her years ago.So I am thrilled to have found your blog and will be mining the archive. Anita Pandolfinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-13835004166990260422017-05-26T05:05:13.658-04:002017-05-26T05:05:13.658-04:00David, i see an obvious pop art influence in Fuchs...David, i see an obvious pop art influence in Fuchs' flatter, more graphic, looser rendered work of the 60s. <br /><br />have you ever heard (or read) him confirm as such ?Laurence Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988700485839219253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-31230457024441020042017-05-25T18:52:35.160-04:002017-05-25T18:52:35.160-04:00Ah, lettering. The first nail in the coffin of my...Ah, lettering. The first nail in the coffin of my glorious commercial art career that never happened. (By the time I graduated from art school, I <i>knew</i> I had to find a different line of work.)Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-61741306132113024572017-05-25T02:54:28.535-04:002017-05-25T02:54:28.535-04:00James Gurney-- Thanks so much, your view means a g...James Gurney-- Thanks so much, your view means a great deal. I agree there would be ample material for a book here-- once you start looking, it's like standing under Niagara Falls with a paper cup. As for that part about "if only you had time to write it," you seem to be the single most productive guy in North America. I keep watching you and trying to figure out how you do it.<br /><br />kevin cunningham-- I agree that Westport truly was a neat old town although many of the current residents seem to have forgotten. I too had the pleasure of going to derossa's with an old timer Westport cartoonist (but that's a whole different story); Does anyone know if it's still there? And I especially concur with your assessment of the meaning of the destruction of the house<br /><br />MORAN-- Well, I gather they were exciting times to be illustrators, but keep in mind that nobody knew back then how all the political and cultural turmoil was going to turn out. <br />David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-78872771657874502432017-05-24T14:00:46.687-04:002017-05-24T14:00:46.687-04:00enjoyed the 3 posts about tanglewood lane and west...enjoyed the 3 posts about tanglewood lane and westport. my uncle lived up the road in wilton. uncle pat was in the ad business and used to take me to derossa's italian restaurant. wesport was a neat old town.<br /><br />i agree with what gurney said above about writing a book. advertising has changed substantially and the artistic quality diminished in many cases. commercialization and the mighty dollar squeezed the flavor out.<br /><br />destruction of the house is symbolic of destroying quality and how the decline of art shows a the declining state of a culture.kevin cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690811055498944533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-57936173064230931492017-05-24T09:04:53.944-04:002017-05-24T09:04:53.944-04:00Fascinating series of posts, which hooked me right...Fascinating series of posts, which hooked me right away with that graphic of the teardown notice. You've woven together social history, biography, and connoisseurship. It sounds like there's enough here for a book-length work, if only you had time to write it.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-48416765426853194052017-05-23T23:47:47.014-04:002017-05-23T23:47:47.014-04:00Wish I was working in the 60s.Wish I was working in the 60s.MORANnoreply@blogger.com