#Alice Provensen

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Alice (1918-2018) and Martin (1916-1987) Provensen, ''The Animal Fair'', 1952

[benjamental]

From A Child’s Garden of Verses, 1951, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen

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Alice and Martin Provensen

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Rebecca Green Illustration

Alice and Martin Provensen

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Alice and Martin Provensen

[dirtyhands]

The Golden Treasury of Myths and Legends, Alice and Martin Provensen

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Color Kittens, The #436

>>>> View The FlipHTML5 Flipbook Once there were two color kittens with green eyes, called Brush and Hush. They liked to mix and make colors by splashing one color into another. Story by Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Alice and Martin Provensen (Illustrator) Hardcover – January 1, 1958. ColorKittens_439Download

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Alice and Martin Provensen, 1974

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Windy Poplars Room Tales from the Ballet - illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen, 1960s.

We have been working together for so long that it has ceased to be a question of who does what. . . . We pass [an illustration] back and forth between us until we are both satisfied. It is a happy collaboration.

— Alice and Martin Provensen

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[misforgotten2]

"Yellow and blue make green." "No, yellow and blue make a mess."

Our Wonderful World 1969, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1951 Illustration by Alice and Martin Provensen in The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown.

[benjamental]

From The Golden Treasury of Myths and Legends (1959) by Alice and Martin Provensen

You’re darker these days, I thought you were sun

Stars in your eyes, when your shirt is undone

Your skin is full moon, a reflection of light

That sleeps in the daytime, stays up most of the night

A blackhole my dear, a beautiful empty

You’re sucking me dry and spitting out memories

It feels like we’re fading, you’re miles away

Are you still there, love? Do you have nothing to say?

—Katherine Priddy, “Eurydice”

[discopaws]

Hello there! I've been an enjoyer of your art for a while now and absolutely adore your style! The lineless-ness, amazing colour usage, and such clear shapes/silhouettes! I want to look more into this type of art style and was wondering if you had the name of the style, any sources of inspirations, artists, or anything to get on the right track?

My stuff is broadly inspired by Mid-Century Modern design and illustration! I'm really into Mid-Century Modern illustration especially because it represented a fantastic application of the innovations of Modernist painting and design in the mainstream during the post-war era, in areas like print and advertising, book illustration, animation design, etc. Its Modernist roots help it to retain a lot of the original energy and appeal it held, where older styles have become markedly more dated, and you'll probably recognise its influence in a lot of current illustration and animation (notably in the work of artists like Craig Kellman or Genndy Tartakovsky, among others).

As for direct inspiration, there's honestly too many great artists to list, but some of my personal favourites from the period are the Provensens, a prolific husband-wife pair who illustrated children's books in a range of painterly styles.

Alice and Martin Provensen

Another fav is M. Sasek, an architect by training, whose This Is series gives a fantastic glimpse into the metropolitanism of the 50s and 60s.

Miroslav Sasek

Some others worth checking out: Alain Gree, Dick Bruna, Charley Harper, Aurelius Battaglia.

Alain Gree

Dick Bruna

Charley Harper

Aurelius Battaglia

For advertising and poster design, I'd recommend checking out Saul Bass, Erik Bruun, Lengyel Sándor, Donald Brun, Lefor Openo.

A range of poster designs by Erik Bruun

Lengyel Sandor

Donald Brun

For animation design, check out: Mary Blair, Eyvind Earle, Maurice Noble.

Mary Blair

Eyvind Earle

Maurice Noble

If you want to look more into Mid-Century illustration generally, I'd recommend checking out the Fishink Blog. Design Reviewed is an amazing archive of graphic design and typography, with lots of Mid-Century stuff.

This post is by no means comprehensive, but I hope it helps you get started! 🐰🐰

[glavilio]

Illustrations from The Animal Fair by Alice & Martin Provensen (via fairyroom)

[ephemeral-roses]

I'm different anon, very new in drawing, so right now, with your answer, you opened my eyes.

I have never ever noticed such a thing as texture, because I was too focused on the "draw this" part.

I mean, you've opened the whole new world to me right now.

I saw this, wanted to reply, but forgot to since I am a very "out of sight, out of mind" person when it comes to certain stuff. This ask was a reply to this post.

Not a lot of people talk about texture when it comes to tutorials for art, at least from what I've seen while trying to learn in the past. It only came to me until recently when I saw Alice and Martin Provensen's illustrations, as seen below.

And then along with that, I looked at other children's book illustrations and saw that some of what I remember had textured illustrations.

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Picturing the World - The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen

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Alice & Martin Provensen