Alan Lee Faeries Views
It has been 25 years since Brian Froud and Alan Lee created the delightful, imaginative, and surprising Faeries mndash; a book that quickly became a massive international bestseller and went on to sell more than a million copies. Readers continue to offer praise: This is the most influential book I have ever read. This book is-where are the words to describe it? Magnificent / Fabulous / Beautiful / Moving / Terrifying / Fantastic...
Alan Lee was born in 1947, (which makes him a year younger than I am), in Middlesex, England. He studied at the Ealing School of Art. He moved to Dartmoor in 1975. When Faeries (image at left), which he illustrated with studio mate Brian Froud, burst upon the scene in 1978, the dust wrapper notes that he had g"painted dozens of cover illustrations for imaginative fiction." Most of his work prior to 1978 had been in publishing and commercial art, not illustration. One indication of this is that I have only been able to scour up two instances of his work from 1976 and nothing earlier. It would be wonderful if someone knew the whereabouts of the
All of the five Alan Lee images in Once Upon a Time are labeled as g"unpublishedu" and the first one is from a"The Mabinogions" - a collection of Celtic myth. The success of Faeries allowed him to devote several years to bringing this passion to life. In 1982, Dragon's Dream published The Mabinogion, 224 pages loaded with lovingly drawn visions of knights and kings, maidens and magic, dragons and ogres. The full page plates have illustrated, painted borders and the chapter heads are precise pen and ink drawings. This is still my favorite of his books.
It has been 25 years since Brian Froud and Alan Lee created the delightful, imaginative and surprising Faeries - a book that quickly became a massive international bestseller and went on to sell more than a million copies worldwide. In celebration of Faeries 25th Anniversary, Pavilion is delighted to publish a special edition of Faeries. This edition is the same as the original f"Faeries(" but also includes eight new pages and 20 new pieces of art by Froud and Lee. The artists have also contributed new introductions. This book is described and illustrated by Brian Froud and Alan Lee.
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