"Рисунок наглядно представит мне то, что в книге изложено на целых десяти страницах"
Иван Тургенев,"Отцы и дети"

May 30, 2024

Джон С. Смит | журнал "Лук энд лёрн" | Мир скорости и силы


The World Of Speed And Power
A special series on survivors from the age of steam by well-known historian O. S. Nock
“Look and Learn”
1978


When Flowers Could Stop A Train


С удовольствием публикую иллюстрации Джона С. Смита (анг. John S. Smith; 1921-2010) к серии очерков известного британского популизатора-железнодорожника Освалда Стивенса Нока (анг. Oswald Stevens Nock), опубликованные журналом "Лук энд лёрн" в 1978 году.


Getting Up Steam For Christmas

The Double-Barrelled Solution

The Tracks Of An Imperial Past

Railways To Beat Rebels

Titans Of The Track

Coming Round The Mountain ...

Saved From The Scrapyard

High-Class Heavyweight Of The Lowlands

All Aboard For The Steam Safari!




John S. Smith – was a British painter, poster artist and illustrator. Christopher Deakes in his book 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, easel painter, and designed periodicals and books. In the 1970-80s, 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 of 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