Just a quick addendum to yesterday's Tove Jansson post: here's that edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which she illustrated.
And here are some of the other interior illustrations:
These images were taken from this wonderful (but possibly copyright-defying) site, which has all of the interior illustrations online. It also shows Tove's illustrations for a number of other books, including these great ones from Tolkien's The Hobbit.
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Wow. Those are incredible, especially considering what strong images we already have associated with those books in our minds. To be able to give Alice and The Hobbit a new and interesting twists is a remarkable accomplishment. I love the hints of Gorey in the Tolkien illustrations--or is it possible that I'm tracing the lines of influence backwards?
Good question--there are definitely some common elements, but then 'The Hobbit' illustrations are originally from 1962. Perhaps it's whatever you would call the artistic equivalent of convergent evolution.
Good Job! :)
I thank you!
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