Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Abner Graboff



If you have never heard of Abner Graboff, a famous illustrator who did most of his work in the 50s and 60s, let me acquaint you. His work is brilliant, whimsical, playful, and bold. This little book called, The Noise in the Night by Anne Alexander that he illustrated is a real beauty. I have a few more of his illustrated books, hopefully I will share some of those later too.

ps. I am still continuing to upload them here.

14 comments:

  1. AH! Those colors are to DIE for! I absolutely love those illustrations!

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  2. Anonymous6:31 PM

    Totally throwback! And I agree with Stephanie - the colors are great. Thanks for the introduction... :)

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  3. Anonymous10:34 PM

    I really love these images. They make me smile and remind me of my childhood.

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  4. i love his style! can't wait to see the others...

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  5. Your flickr collection is a treasure. Thanks!

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  6. Anonymous10:12 AM

    It all looks so familiar, although I'm sure I've never seen it before. I like that. It makes me feel happy!

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  7. Oh, I love them! So sweet and happy.

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  8. Is it a book with images only (no text at all)?
    thanks - great find that will please both kids and parents.

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  9. I LOVE THIS ARTIST :)

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  10. Anonymous5:42 PM

    Love him! Great.

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  11. I love the illustrations. Fantastic.

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  12. this illustrator was my father who died in 1986. he'd be very gratified by the appreciations shown here. thanks! Jon Graboff

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I really appreciate your thoughts and ideas, thanks for reading!