Bill Peckmann &Books &Illustration 19 May 2010 08:39 am
Zwitschi
- Bill Peckmann recently introduced me to a fabulous German illustrator, Fritz Baumgarten, who’s created many beautiful children’s books. They feel as though they come from an earlier generation. Baumgarten died in 1966, so in a sense they are, but they feel more like the 30s and 40s – Snow White.
I’d like to post one of them, written by Liselotte Burger von Dessart. Zwitschi.
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I’ll have another book by Baumgarten soon. Thanks to Bill Peckmann.
on 19 May 2010 at 8:58 am 1.Stephen Macquignon said …
Can’t wait to see more of his work
on 19 May 2010 at 1:11 pm 2.Eric Noble said …
Wonderful illustrations. They remind me of a 1930s Silly Symphony. The birds remind me of the birds from “Who Killed Cock Robin?”. Nice post.
on 21 May 2010 at 1:03 pm 3.Peter Hale said …
They are stunningly good.
Baumgarten was born in 1883, so by 1930 he was already 47. I don’t know when these illustrations were done, but his style was formulated during the 20s, so naturally retains that pre-war feel.