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eyewoo
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My family and I were visiting with some Swedish friends in Northern New Jersey over Christmas and, for the first time, I saw a book on a Swedish illustrator named John Bauer. I am astounded that I have never heard of him before, He was born in the late 1800's and died tragically in his 30's in a boat accident. Brian Froud and even Jim Henson have surely been influenced by his work. Here's a link to a website
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/bauer.htm
Enjoy, and Happy New Year...
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:09 pm |
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hhhawt!
thanks eyewoo |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:21 am |
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I love his work. I grew up with his storybook illustrations. His work is very well known here. I'd almost be shocked if I met someone in sweden who hasn't seen this illustration:
But I don't think that many know him by name, or that he is swedish.
More Bauer links:
Bauer at Project Runeberg:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/jbauer/
and the Bauer collection at FARP:
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/bauer/menu.html
He has got his own museum in the town he was born, J�nk�ping. I've driven past it many times but never visited it. If anyone of you want to see more of his art, you could order books and posters from the online museum shop:
http://www.johnbauersmuseum.nu/ |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:55 am |
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oh yeah john bauer has since long been a great favourite of mine. Thanks for the tip zaar, I might check that museum out too 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:27 am |
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He's not well known in the USA... but I do recognize the illustration zaar posted... I've seen it before... beautiful!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:39 am |
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We had a lot of his artwork around when I was little.
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