~Rudolf Koivu

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Rudolf Koivu  was born in 1890 in St. Petersburg
and died on 11.10.1946, Helsinki.
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He was a Finnish illustrator and painter,
best known for illustrating books of fairytales for children,
which are enduringly and timelessly popular.
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~Lena Anderson

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Lena Anderson is a published author and
an illustrator of children's books and young
adult books. Some of the published credits
of Lena Anderson include Hedgehog, Pig,
and the Sweet Little Friend, Hedgehog's Secret,
Linnea en el Jardin de Monet, and Eugenia
en Venecia / Vendela in Venice.

~ LINK ~

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~Sunday Poem!

"And Alice picked up the little cake and on it read,
'Be yourself.' 'How funny,' Alice thought, 'what else could I be!'"
by Lewis Carroll

Painting by John Williams Waterhouse.

Can You Imagine?
(For the Child in All of Us)

Can you imagine a world without witches,
A world with all people the same?
Where the only known dragons are hiding in books,
And children are terribly tame?
A world without magic would be sad indeed.

I cannot imagine the pain
Of having a world where there's no Santa Claus,
Where wizards are searched for in vain.
Can you imagine a world without spells,
That science and businesses run?
And think of the sadness a unicorn feels
When he no longer plays in the sun

Can you imagine a world without witches,
No elves, and no magical pools?
And can you imagine how dull it would be
If all that we had were the schools?

I cannot imagine a world without witches,
A world with no magical wand.
A world without beauty, or even a dream,
Or a wood sprite of whom to be fond

They say I should grow up and be more mature,
Like a normal adult ought to do.
But I'd rather, at night, go to dance with a witch,
And I'll bet that you feel that way, too.

by Robert F. Potts
© 1996

~Jenny Eugenia Nyström

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Jenny Eugenia Nyström was born June 13, 1854
in Kalmar, Sweden; She died January 17, 1946
in Stockholm and was a painter and illustrator of
children’s books, but is mainly known as the
person who created the Swedes’ image of
the “jultomte” on numerous Christmas cards
and magazine covers, thus linking the
Swedish version of Santa Claus to the gnomes
of Scandinavian folklore.
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In 1887, at the age of 33, she married the medical
student Daniel Stoopendaal, brother of fellow
artists Ferdinand Stoopendaal.
Wilhelm Johan Stoopendaal, Georg Stoopendaal
and Ebba Stoopendaal. Due to tuberculosis
Daniel was never able to finish his studies and
take up his intended profession.
It was instead up to Jenny to support herself,
her husband and their son through her artistry,
while Daniel handled her business affairs.
He died in 1927.
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In 1933 her son, Curt Nyström Stoopendahl,
followed in her footsteps and also became a popular
postcard and poster artist, staying very close to
his mother’s artistic style. Even his signature,
“Curt Nyström”, looked like his mother’s. Likewise,
her brother-in-law, Georg Stoopendaal (1866-1953),
already in the beginning of the 19th century found
postcards to be a good source of income,
contrary to his more serious paintings,
and his Christmas cards are also clearly
inspired by Jenny Nyström's.
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Jenny Nystrom werd geboren op 13  Juni in 1854
in Kalmar, Zweden; en overleed op 17  Januari 1946.
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Ze begon te schilderen toen ze 15 jaar oud was,
Ze is misschien wel de meest bekende en
gewaardeerd om zijn prachtige illustraties
nog plechtig verspreiden kerstsfeer in december
onze koude noorden. Maar Jenny Nystrom heeft ons
ook andere zeer levendige
en symbolisch rijke illustraties achtergelaten.
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Jenny laat ons de Noorse mythe met
nieuwe ogen zien
Met grote vaardigheid, presenteerde ze
typische kostuums, instellingen en alles wat
behoort tot de Noorse traditie.
Achter de mooie penseelstreken gaan
diepgaande studies schuil.
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~Butterflies

Free the butterflies-
I'll be there
to see them soar
upon the air.
Know my spirit
is on the wing,
feel my laughter-
hear me sing.
Forever in your dreams
always in your heart. 

by Fran LeMasters
Illustrator unknown to me

~Bella Pilar

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Bella Pilar makes illustrations of fashion,
of lovely and elegant girls.
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Bella’s whimsical feminine watercolor
illustrations take a traditional medium
and push it to it to a fresh, pretty new place.
Her strong ties to fashion began with work
in visual display and a career as
a make-up artist before going on to her true love, illustration.

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She has a series of illustrations of women and dogs;
More of her works here.
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http://bellapilar.com/
http://bellapilar.com/html/news_frame.htm
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artwork COPYRIGHT Bella Pilar

~I am Back!!!

Hello Everyone…I am Back!
with so many new Followers?!
Thanks…and Welcome to you All!

This Illustration is painted by James Browne

Please Visit his Wonderful blog…
I just Adore this little Girl, picking some flowers
from this Beautiful Garden…

I won’t be Blogging very much for 
the next few weeks…
So much work to do in our New Home and Garden!
XXX

~Pasen!

Ik wens jullie allen Fijne Paasdagen
en Heerlijk Weer!!!

Happy Easter to you All,
and Hopefully a bit of Sunshine!!!

~Thanks!!!

Yeaaaah… a 100 followers!!!
Thank you all!!!

XXX

Painting by Jean Bradbury

~Tot Ziens

   
Ik  hou even op met bloggen
We gaan verhuizen en heb heel veel om in te pakken
en voorlopig dus géén tijd om te bloggen.
Zodoende zeg ik jullie vanaf hier “Tot Ziens”
Ik zie jullie later wel weer!!!
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I have to end this blog for now
We are gonna move, and very little time for
fun things like blogging!
So I have to say goodbye for now!
See you in a short while Again!!!

Illustration by Danielle Barlow

~Sunday Poem!

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Summer fading, Winter comes--
Frosty mornings, Tingling thumbs,
Window robins, Winter rooks,
And the Picture Story-Books.

by Robert Louis Stevenson
Painter unknown to me!

~Gustav Robert Hogfeldt

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Gustav Robert Högfeldt werd geboren op
13 februari 1894 in Eindhoven, Nederland;
† 5 juni 1986 in Djursholm (Zw.)
Hij was een Zweedse schilder, illustrator en cartoonist.

Högfeldt studeerde kunst in Düsseldorf 
en van 1913/17 in Stockholm op de Academie
en tevens in Parijs.
Högfeldt was vooral voor zijn humoristische
schilderijen en boekillustraties bekend.
Sommige van zijn werken zijn in het Zweedse Nationaal Museum.
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Gustav Robert Högfeldt
was born februari 13th 1894
in Eindhoven, Nederland;
† june 5 1986 in Djursholm.

Swedish illustrator with quite a Disneyesque
style who created a troll world fit for children's
books and postcards but quite detached from
the trolls of rural folklore. "Urban trolls" one might
call them - cute and posing no risk to anybody.
He may be said to be the best of the
Scandinavian troll postcard artists.
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