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Ludwig Bemelmans was the illustrator of the beloved Madeline books - and the whimsical murals at Bemelmans Bar in the Carlyle Hotel. (infosec.pub)
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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Kind of an interesting artist for me, as I'm not so crazy about his lower-effort pieces, but absolutely love various others, such as #4 and #5, here.

I'll have to do a posting about him over at EGN, because in some ways I'd say he provided a bit of interesting competition for the early ligne claire style.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At his best he's far too good to ignore.

Also, egn? What community is that?

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The one I shared with you a couple days ago.
(if you hover over my user name, it should show up)

But to be clear:
https://piefed.social/c/eurographicnovels

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh my god my memory is terrible with acronyms. Yes I remember that