The Royal Ships by John S. Smith
Royal Yacht Britannia. Look and Learn Mag. No 815, 1977-08-27
В продолжение предыдущей публикации представляю серию иллюстраций Джона С. Смита (анг. John S. Smith; 1921-2010) в журнале "Лук энд лёрн". Объединённые общей темой и выполненные в единой стилистике, картины обозревают историю британского королевского флота, большею частью — королевские яхты.
Royal Ship Great Harry. Look and Learn Mag. No 816, 1977-09-03
HMS Royal Prince & Cleveland. Look and Learn Mag. No 817, 1977-09-10
HMS Royal George. Look and Learn Mag. No 818, 1977-09-17
HMY Victoria and Albert (1855). Look and Learn Mag. No 819, 1977-09-24
HMY Victoria and Albert (1899). Look and Learn Mag. No 820, 1977-10-01
Royal Yacht Medina. Look and Learn Mag. No 821, 1977-10-08
HMS Renown. Look and Learn Mag. No 822, 1977-10-15
SS Gothic. Look and Learn Mag. No 823, 1977-10-22
John Stephen Smith (1921-2010) was a British marine painter, poster artist, and illustrator. Christopher Deakes, in his book A Postcard History of the Passenger Liner, reports that John S. Smith was trained as a graphic artist and served throughout WW2 in the Royal Navy. After that, the artist worked as a poster artist and easel painter and designed periodicals and books. In the 1970s-80s, John S. Smith illustrated the weekly for young people “Look and Learn,” where the artist’s potential as an illustrator-storyteller was revealed with unprecedented force. Concluding the review of the visualizations of the British artist John S. Smith, I will note what captivated me in his illustrations: first of all, there are visible concreteness and emotional richness in his illustrations and, of course, the vibrant existence of the embodied image.
Представленные иллюстрации журнала "Лук энд лёрн" (Look and Learn) взяты из коллекции Ausdew’s Flickr