ROBERT FAWCETT: THE ILLUSTRATOR’S ILLUSTRATOR

誰來告訴我出版後哪裡可以買到這本書啊!!!!!(太太冷靜)

這傢伙(沒禮貌)可以和Sidney Paget並列為我最喜歡的Holmes畫家了!!!

雖然他畫的Sherlock氣勢弱了一點，不過背景甚麼的真是太棒了，看那精美的貝克街!!!

喔喔喔美到我都要停止呼吸啦!!!

Robert Fawcett(1903-1967)小簡介                   (節錄自wiki)

 trained as a fine artist but achieved fame as an illustrator of books and magazines.

... He attended the Slade School of Art in London, then returned to the United States 

to pursue a career in fine arts, although he had to work as a commercial artist to

support himself. He soon became disenchanted with the poor pay and political infighting

of the fine arts world and decided to commit himself to commercial art, where he was successful.

...As he was slightly color blind, Fawcett did not excel as a painter, but he was an

excellent draftsman and designer, with a strong eye for detail. ...

 In 1948 Fawcett was recruited by AlbertDorne to be one of the founding

artists at the Famous Artists School.

以下節錄自http://www.lorilovecraft.com/Fawcett.html

"In his long career , Robert Fawcett was best known for the series of illustrations

he did for Sherlock Holmes, written by Conan Doyle's nephew Adrian Conan Doyle

and John Dickson Carr. There were a dozen stories that appeared. The first ran in

Good Housekeeping, and the other eleven were published in Collier's Magazine in

l953. Looking at this series you can understand why Fawcett was considered one

of the truly great illustrators."

看著下面幾幅作品，就會覺得上面最後一句並不是亂寫的。

THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLACK BARONET

THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLD HUNTER

The Adventure of the Wanted Man