Some appropriate images for the occasion

Some of my favourite 'gothic horror' images - by some of my favourite artists - to get you in the right mood for the occasion. In a sense this is a taster of things to come; I will soon try to do a few posts about Anderson, Delacroix and Clarke's Faust, Ernst's Une Semaine de Bonte, and (as always) Dore.

WAYNE ANDERSON

S. G. HULME BEAMAN

HARRY CLARKE

EUGENE DELACROIX

GUSTAVE DORE

MAX ERNST

FRANCISCO GOYA

KAY NIELSEN

SYDNEY PAGET

OTHERS

Bateman: The Possibilities of a Vacuum Cleaner

One illustrator/cartoonist I'm always surprised to see getting no attention from animation fans is H. M. Bateman. His drawings are always full of movement and character, and often depict comical and complex sequences that would be well suited to the medium.

One of his very best pieces is the bizarre 'The Possibilities of a Vacuum Cleaner' of 1921, probably the weirdest cartoon he ever drew.

I will post much more about Bateman's life and work in the near future.