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A Flutter of Moths
Sarah GillespieMister FinchRose SandersonRaoul VeroniAmy DoverBecca StadtlanderMangle PrintsJulia GukovaRaquel AparicioDi CalderYumi Okita, thanks to Elsa MoraAllyson ReynoldsBrian LarossaJohn...
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Mad Men & Crazy Critters - Wild on Wheels
Adolfo Busi for Pirelli, 1910Â Achille Mauzan, 1920 ca, 1926Mario Broggi, 1922Tadeusz Gronowski, 1923Georges Favre, 1924Charles Loupot, sketch for Bugatti, 1924Cassandre, 1925Jean d'Ylen, 1920sJean...
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Call of the Mountain
The Swiss graphic designer, painter, and illustrator Alois Carigiet was born in 1902, the seventh of eleven children, and grew up in his family's farm in the small village of Trun. In 1911, economic...
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Rockin' Raccoons
Sweet BellaRaccoons are one of the things I miss from living in the Californian Sierra foothills. I had never met these animals before moving to the States, and was very amused and fascinated by their...
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A Woman's Work
Beatrix PotterDear followers, I apologize once again for the recent lack of posts,but this semester I taught one more course that usual, and soon realizedthat I had to give up some of my leisurely...
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Penguin Parade
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, KÔ et KÔ, 1933After these long quiet weeks, expect to see lots more picture-based posts during the holidays,as I plan to upload a good number of themed image galleries...
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Bedtime Stories
Karel FrantaAbécédaire de Babar, 1934Willy Schermele, 1941Maurice Sendak, Little Bear, 1957Elisabeth Brozowska, Isidore L'Hippopotame, 1969Wendy Watson, Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes, 1971Alice and Martin...
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Time to Fly
Otto Nielsen was a Danish painter and watercolorist who worked as an illustrator for books, magazines and posters.From 1954 to 1976 he also produced a series of beautiful travel posters and calendars...
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Fun in the Snow
Vyacheslav LegkobitHappy 2014 to everyone! Hope you are not freezing,and that whatever the wheather you are enjoying yourselves! Richard Scarry, The Animals' Merry Christmas, 1950Hilda Boswell,...
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Foxes Den
Violetta TestacaldaNikolai TyrsaElisabeth IvanovskyMid-century fox figurineRichard Scarry, Golden happy book of animals, 1963Enzo Mari, The Fable Game, 1965 bobi+bobi, Un ami pour LucasJason...
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Homey Trees
Vintage German postcardGustaf Tenggren, Stories From a Magic World, 1938 Boris Diodorov, Winnie the PoohNatalia Trepenok, Russian folk tales Inga Moore, The Wind in the WillowsTwo illustrations by...
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Ladies and Cats
Olimpia ZagnoliThis post is dedicated to every woman who has ever loved a cat, including me, and every cat who has ever loved a woman,with love and gratitudeMai Ohno (aka Denali)Svetlana RumakVladimir...
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Life Studies
This year it seems to me that time is flying faster than usual; March is already hereand I am left wondering where February has gone... Unfortunately, this also means that I won't have the time to...
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The Birds & the Flowers
via Agence EurekaWarm rays of sun, birdsongs and flowers everywhere...what a wonderful Sunday to hang around in the gardenCarlos Merida, The Bird, 1947, via 50 WattsJános KassKároly Reich  L. Mironov,...
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Have a Bite!
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, 1860 ca. After a rather long break, the Animalarium is back on his mission to feed its viewers with tasty bits of eye candy. Take a seat and enjoy the...
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Il giornalino della Domenica
cover by Della Valle, 1906Il giornalino della Domenica was the most beautiful and innovative children's periodicalpublished in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century. It was founded in Florence by...
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Cats with a View
Matteo PericoliWherever they may be, they sure like to be on top of things.Ronald SearleGahan WilsonRilla AlexanderAndy WarholWayne ThiebaudJózef WilkonLu GreenPrincesse CamcamSempéWanda Gag,...
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Wanderlust
Ann WoodDelphine JacquotMaurice Sendak, Higgelty Piggelty Pop, 1967Felting dreamsJoanna ConcejoKozo Kakimoto, Helpful Mr. Bearsorry, couldn't find the source... help welcome!Jan Marcin Szancer, Tygrys...
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Vladimir Bobri
Today's post showcases works by the painter, illustrator, and poster artist Vladimir Bobritsky(or Bobri, as he came to be known). Born in a wealthy family in Kharkov, Ukraine, in 1898, he studied at...
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An Illustrated Life
Le Monde A Envers, (Pomme d'Api), 1942To celebrate my daughter Michelle, who just found out that she's been accepted for an Erasmus exchange stay at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts in...
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Lust for Life
Illustration, 1930Giò Ponti was one of the most productive and eclectically creative Italian designers of the 20th century. He was born in Milan in 1891, and after serving as a captain in WWI,...
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Savage Ancestors
 Colette CalascioneIt seems like we're all looking for our wild rootsSvjetlan JunakovićKatrina RhodesMargo SelskiMahendra Singh, Fables of La Fontaine, via 50 WattsAnne SiemsOlivia BeaumontMarcela...
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Animal Acrobatics
Alice Potter, Harry on BallDorothy Lathrop, The Fairy Circus, 1931Alice and Martin Provensen,The Golden Circus, 1950Jerzy Flisak, movie poster, 1965Carlos Marchiori, Sally Go Round the Sun, 1969, via...
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Animali in Viaggio
Pia ValentinisAfter missing it when it first opened last March at Zoo in Bologna, this Saturday I was finally able to see the Animali in Viaggio exhibition when it arrived for a short stay at the...
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