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This painting is over 100 years old. It was made by a Swedish illustrator called John Bauer, one of the most important artists you've never heard of. His revolutionary art influenced everything from graphic novels to animated films to video games, and here's why...
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@culturaltutor One of the most unique artists of all time, he defined the “fairy tale” style art of all that came after him.
But of all these many influences and great artists, it's hard to find one more original than John Bauer. He breathed new life into illustration and, though we cannot say he singlehandedly created a new form of art, he clearly helped to do so... John Bauer achieved his dream.
There was also major influence from Japan. When Japan's borders were forcibly opened to international trade in the 1850s and 1860s ukiyo-e — Japanese woodblock prints, made in the thousands for the popular market — flooded Europe. They changed European art forever.
Doré was dismissed as a "mere" illustrator by the artistic establishment. But he, like Bauer, created art that was beloved by the people who read and loved these stories. And so, in time, their belief in the artistic potential of "mere" illustration changed everything.
And another important figure was Gustave Doré. He was perhaps the most prolific illustrator of the 19th century, producing thousands of fabulous images to illustrate everything from the Bible to epic poems like Orlando Furioso or Paradise Lost, along with Don Quixote.
Meanwhile in France there was Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. His speciality was posters rather than illustrations, but even so he was still part of this broader, continental revolution in graphic design that expanded art beyond the world of murals and canvasses:
Bauer was not alone in doing this, of course. In Britain there was Arthur Rackham, who like Bauer illustrated tales from folklore and the operas of Richard Wagner also.
He represents a turning point from the decidedly stale world of 19th century illustration to the modern era whereby illustration — including comics, graphic novels, animated films, and most recently video games — have become a fully fledged genre of their own.
The full influence of Bauer is hard to quantify. No doubt he was immensely influential in his homeland, and people like Brian Froud and Neil Gaiman have acknowledged his work. But Bauer's impact on everything from animation to video games is likely far greater than we realise.
Still, you can see Bauer's doubts in his self-portrait:
Because from those rather drab 19th century illustrations something new had emerged. Bauer's fairytales are genuinely compelling, even frightening, and darkly magical. These look familiar to us because this sort of illustration has become common; back then it was revolutionary.
He was never happy with his own work, always haunted by self-doubt, and felt that he had never achieved his goal of closing the gap between "real art" and "illustration". But, to others, he *had* shown that the latter could be just as good as the former, in its own way.
You can see why John Bauer has been so influential; thousands grew up with his drawings, which were published in the annual anthology of Swedish folkore called "Among Gnomes and Trolls". The design of parts of Minecraft was inspired by his depictions of forests and caves:
He also liked to depict scenes in a way that was almost two-dimensional. This harked back to Medieval art, but Bauer did not merely imitate — he reapplied it in a new way. These illustrations look rather similar to platformer video games:
How did he do it? Notice that Bauer used unusual compositions. His figures are often squashed into the frame, or positioned at the extreme of one side, leaving swathes of empty space. An unusual choice, but it gives these images a suitable sense of mystery and strangeness.
In short, John Bauer gave illustration a visual language of its own. No longer would illustrations be made in reference to the art of the Academies or to the Renaissance. Bauer wanted to make illustration a distinct form of art, and he succeeded:
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