Illustration: More From W. Lee Hankey's Deserted Village

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You might remember our previous post on W. Lee Hankey's Deserted Village. Here are the balance of the plates from this remarkable book. Hankey was one of the first illustrators to paint to suit the newly invented four color printing process. He would paint loose and wet, and would press fabrics into the washes to create textures. This book was one of the first big successes using these techniques. It led to a boom in illustrated books during the teens and twenties, which we have documented in our posts on Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and Gustaf Tenggren. (See the links at the bottom of this post for examples of their work.) Check out how Hankey depicts the mood of different times of day. The figure drawing is remarkable as well.




















If you found this post to be interesting, also see... W. Lee Hankey's Deserted Village Part One, Arthur Rackham's Grimms Fairy Tales, Edmund Dulac's Edgar Allen Poe, Dulac's Tanglewood Tales, Gustaf Tenggren's Wonderbook, Monks By Eduard von Grutzner, N. C. Wyeth's Legends of Charlemagne, Maxfield Parrish's Arabian Nights, Frank Reynolds Paints Pickwick, and John Bauer's Bland Tomtar Och Troll

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