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Illustrator Laura Carlin for the Folio Society

Posted by Anne Healey in book design world literature on October 27, 2009

I’m gazing longingly at the Folio Society website, particularly this lovely clothbound edition of Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier, illustrated by Laura Carlin.

 

 

Here’s an interior illustration: 

 

Carlin’s work reminds me of Ludwig Bemelmans’s slanting, loose, and moody Madeline illustrations.

 

 

. . . And I mean that in the best possible way. Everyone has influences; after all, Bemelmans was (apparently) influenced by Raoul Dufy, who was (definitely) influenced by Matisse:

  

            

Raoul Dufy, Open Window, Nice, 1925—Art Institute of Chicago

Henri Matisse, Small Blue Room

      

Categories: book design, world literature | 1 Comment »

One Response to “Illustrator Laura Carlin for the Folio Society”

1. bad hat Says:
   February 8th, 2010 at 11:47 pm

   very much so.

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