Manuela Adriani illustrated an oversized edition of Alice Adventures. To the young reader this huge book is a kind of scenario where they can sympathetically follow Alice. The artist, in her own words, enjoys “doing a bit of everything ”
First published: May, 2014 – by White Star Publisher.
Yayoi Kusama is a celebrated Japan’s contemporary artist. She has a rare condition that makes her see colourful spots everywhere. Her vision of reality is thus literally surreal and, in a sense, close to hallucinogenic. Her artwork fits Carroll’s story in a particular fascinating way.
A very limited edition of this book was enclosed in a Louis Vuitton’s gigantic packaged with two Yayoi Kusama signed prints. “The gigantic box was meant to make the reader feel as though they had drunk from the bottle labelled ‘Drink me’ and had shrunk to a size similar to that of a White Rabbit.”
First published by Penguin in 2012.
Tove Jasson is one of the most successful children’s writers ever. Famous for her Moomin´s books, she expressed her anxiety and grief through her art.
“Surely this is one more Alice that the world really needs”. (here or here) – I agree!
This book was first published is Swedish in 1966. The first English edition was published in 1977 by Delacorte Press (NY). There is also a more recent edition by Tate Publishing (2011).
Malcolm Ashman is an awarded artist from Bath represented by a number of galleries in the UK.
“Two subjects have engaged me over many years, the landscape and the figure. I don’t maintain a single cohesive style but prefer to allow each piece to dictate how I will respond. ”
Malcom´s version of Alice is nicely illustrated although in my perspective the book design does not favour his very realistic artwork. Published by Dragon’s, 1990.
Lisbeth Zwerger has been awarded every possible recognition as an illustrator, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Medal.
“Alice, at the head of an elongated table with a pristine white linen cloth, stares at the pocket watch that the March Hare is about to lower into his cup of tea. The Hare, bug-eyed, gazes out at readers while the Mad Hatter to his right, wearing a hat box, fixates on a black upturned chapeau (in lieu of a place setting), and the Dormouse between them sleeps. Across the table, an empty red mug is placed in front of a vacant green chair, and a teacup and saucer trimmed in red seems to be set for the reader.”
Published in 1999 by North-South Books.
In addition to being a fantastic illustrator Barry Moser is also a printer, painter, printmaker, designer, author, essayist and teacher. He owns a vast list of publications and awards (visit his work here).
His edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland won the National Book Award for design and illustration in 1983 and prompted the poet John Ashbery to write in the Newsweek edition of March 1, 1982 that Moser’s work was “never less than dazzling.”
Moser’s edition of Alice was published in 1982 by Pennyroyal.
Maggie Taylor creates what she calls “dreamlike worlds inhabited by everyday objects.” Don´t miss her page!
Taylor surrealism uses digital technology to combine a background of small pastel drawings and multiple layers of victorian photographs (“taxidermy specimens, mounted insects, vintage toys, sea shells, feathers, and other artifacts”).
Alice published by Modernbook, Palo Alto, 2008.
Peter Weevers is a claimed French-based water color painter and illustrator. His beautiful untidy Alice seems to be inspired on his daughter Tilia…
Alices’s Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Peter Weevers. First published 1989 by Random House; also published by Ted Smart, 1996.
Inspired by the Renaissance and the realism of the 19th century, Iassen Ghiuselev is one of the most notable illustrators of our days.
“Book illustration represents the near entirety of my artistic search until the present. In this I aim at investing everything that I hold as an artist, while attempting to interpret every single text in its own manner, striving to recreate the atmosphere of the period, the emotions, the layers of significance and meaning that lead me to various conceptions of the composition, points of view, colouring, the light-dark interplay, silhouettes and so on.”
Alice first, abridged edition by Aufbau-Verlag, 2000.
John Vernon Lord started his illustrator and art teacher carrer early in his 20’s by joining the Saxon Artists as a freelance illustrator. Emeritus Professor at the University of Brighton, his work combines practice as a book illustrator and children’s author. He also publishes articles in the field of illustration.
His Alice version was published in a limited edition by Artist’s Choice in 2009.
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