tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post1753536589926029951..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: PAULINE BAYNES: QUEEN OF NARNIA AND MIDDLE-EARTHBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-36372334664577633272016-01-27T18:56:42.794+00:002016-01-27T18:56:42.794+00:00Dear Aboutime,
Not sure I quite know what you me...Dear Aboutime,<br /> <br />Not sure I quite know what you mean: there's no online site that has all the Narnia illustrations, but many of them can be found <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pauline+baynes+narnia+drawings&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyoqCz1MrKAhXMsh4KHQltDQ8QsAQIIg&biw=1206&bih=771" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and of course all the books are still in print.<br /><br />Best wishes.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-27212095551420400732016-01-27T16:22:33.258+00:002016-01-27T16:22:33.258+00:00I was reading the Magician's Nephew to my gran...I was reading the Magician's Nephew to my grand kids. I showed the pictures to the kids as I read. My first exposure to the artwork of Miss Baynes was the B&W drawing in the Narnia series. I was wondering if you knew if there was a complete collection of the B&W drawings from those books online or in print. Thanks for any assistance. Love this tribute.Abouttimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504919890698447873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-73583168905706907842014-03-06T22:35:14.189+00:002014-03-06T22:35:14.189+00:00Brian,
Thank you so much for replying so quickly. ...Brian,<br />Thank you so much for replying so quickly. I'm excited to be the 100th commenter! I am very glad to finally find out where to find some more color plates of Miss Baynes' work. Is your book in print? I will go and do a search for it right now! Thank you again! Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436592291407709101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-37174006977539695172014-03-06T22:08:56.381+00:002014-03-06T22:08:56.381+00:00Jennie, well yours is the 100th comment on this po...Jennie, well yours is the 100th comment on this post! Congratulations and I am sorry that there isn't a prize for you! How nice to read your praise for Pauline's work. I'm afraid she didn't do any new editions of the Narnia books other than TLTW&TW, although she earlier contributed new colour plates to my book, <i>The Land of Narnia</i> including illustrations to scenes from TMN, TVOTDT and TSC.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-85087561179935501962014-03-06T21:27:11.824+00:002014-03-06T21:27:11.824+00:00Brian, Thank you for writing so lovingly about Pau...Brian, Thank you for writing so lovingly about Pauline Baynes. I have admired her artwork for a long time, since reading the Narnia books as a child and many times since then. As an artist myself I see more and more how lovely her work is in line, color, and composition; and how true her vision was to the works she illustrated. <br />I have been wanting to collect more books with her illustrations in them for some time. I have the Narnia books, of course, with her original black and white drawings, and the newer ones in which she watercolored the drawings. I also have the version of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe that has her more recent color plates. I am wondering if you know whether the other books in the series have versions with the color plates in them. These plates are not the old original drawings with color added. They are new paintings, probably done in gouache, or maybe oils. Do you know if these are available, either in books or as prints? Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436592291407709101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-90787625506197704862012-05-27T07:40:29.577+01:002012-05-27T07:40:29.577+01:00Miguel and Neotoma – thank you both for your appre...<b>Miguel</b> and <b>Neotoma</b> – thank you both for your appreciative comments.<br /><br />Miguel: I wish you very well with your aspirations to be an illustrator; the pictures that appear in the books we read as children, shape us for th rest of our lives.<br /><br />Neotoma: Sadly, Osric the Owl is still unpublished; but I still keep hoping that one day...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-33050063060759797892012-05-27T02:40:09.599+01:002012-05-27T02:40:09.599+01:00I also wish to thank you very much for this very p...I also wish to thank you very much for this very personal and deep writing about Pauline Baynes. I am so glad for the opportunity to read about her, the person, and how she influenced those close to her, as opposed to a colorless encyclopedia entry. Her imaginative pictures certainly inspire me. I hope that your lovely book about Oscar the Owl did get published. It is pitiful to think that the publishers are so out of touch with what actual human beings appreciate (beautiful art NEVER goes "out of style") that they would turn down the chance to print it.Neotomanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-7579663417195919432012-01-21T20:10:10.733+00:002012-01-21T20:10:10.733+00:00My story is very short. I am a Spanish seventeen s...My story is very short. I am a Spanish seventeen student of art. I had known the illustrations of the Narnia books for years but, suddenly, I felt like to look for the illustrator who had done it. The first time I looked for Pauline Baynes on Google was the last Febrary, four months later (drunk with happiness) I unwrapped "A Dictionary of Chivalry". Since that time I have collected more than thirty Pauline's books!<br />To show you how she has changed my life: since that moment I want to illustrate and design books.<br /><br />I know that I will never forget her, because she is now part of my life.<br /><br /> Miguel N.J.<br /><br />P.S.: excuse my grammar or spelling mistakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-88714193701668977622012-01-11T16:35:20.705+00:002012-01-11T16:35:20.705+00:00Never too late, Tommy! Thanks for your adding your...Never too late, Tommy! Thanks for your adding your thoughts. And I like your blog and website! :)Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-88076956579193912522012-01-11T16:03:58.862+00:002012-01-11T16:03:58.862+00:00I know there have already been a ton of comments o...I know there have already been a ton of comments on this post, and it's long after the fact, but I wanted to give you MY thanks as well for this excellent tribute to, and information about, such a wonderful artist. It's especially exciting to read comments from people who knew her personally. :)Tommy Kovachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-27962698379945889022010-12-19T08:07:33.478+00:002010-12-19T08:07:33.478+00:00Thank you for the up-date, Wayne.Thank you for the up-date, Wayne.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-40697384196405088122010-12-19T03:05:43.745+00:002010-12-19T03:05:43.745+00:00Pauline produced at least sixteen images to accomp...Pauline produced at least sixteen images to accompany selections from the Qur'an, but the project was left incomplete at her death and has not yet been published. Her finished art, as well as sketches, notes, etc., for the work are in the <a href="http://chapin.williams.edu/collect/baynes.html" rel="nofollow">Pauline Baynes Archive</a> which came to the Chapin Library of Williams College by bequest. This group of materials for the Qur'an, incidentally, with multiple translations and research on Islamic art and culture, shows particularly well how thoroughly Pauline could immerse herself in a subject before making her beautiful pictures.Wayne Hammondhttp://mysite.verizon.net/wghammondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-17904253918598843142010-12-18T20:00:56.485+00:002010-12-18T20:00:56.485+00:00Brian - do you know if Pauline's illustrations...Brian - do you know if Pauline's illustrations of the Qur'an have been published yet?Stephen Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-57951440397286599842010-12-13T00:58:14.917+00:002010-12-13T00:58:14.917+00:00Miranda - The fact that yours was the 90th comment...<b>Miranda</b> - The fact that yours was the 90th comment left on this blog post is testimony to the love felt for Pauline both by those who knew her personally and those who only knew her through the magical worlds she brought to life through her unforgettable illustrations.<br /><br />I am very honoured to have the memories of another of Pauline's friends added to this blog post. Thank you so much for sharing them with us ...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-44001224734416506582010-12-13T00:09:16.282+00:002010-12-13T00:09:16.282+00:00Earlier today my husband and I saw the new Narnia ...Earlier today my husband and I saw the new Narnia film - Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It was such a lovely surprise to see so many of Pauline's beautiful illustrations brought back to life in the closing credits. For me, it was an emotion filled few minutes. I was one of the lucky ones to have spent precious moments of my childhood in her company. I grew up in Dockenfield and both my grandmother, mother, aunt and uncles were good friends of Pauline and Fritz for many years. Pauline had such a beautiful way of bringing stories to life and I'd like nothing more than being occasionally allowed to sit and watch her draw - as long as I was very quiet (bit difficult for a 6 year old!). Years before, my mother would sit and read out loud to Pauline while she was illustrating. We used to play in the woods behind her cottage - to us, it really was Narnia. These are just a couple of countless golden memories of a woman I was honoured to have known. <br /><br />Thank you Brian for bringing Pauline back to life for me time and time again.Miranda Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14499400478588984666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-11511748482836733932010-10-29T23:59:13.941+01:002010-10-29T23:59:13.941+01:00Thank you, Wendy. And I enjoyed visiting your exce...Thank you, Wendy. And I enjoyed visiting your excellent blog.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-57605569900808516822010-10-29T20:49:35.262+01:002010-10-29T20:49:35.262+01:00Beautiful tribute. I sited it (and your book on N...Beautiful tribute. I sited it (and your book on Narnia) in my blog post today. Thank you!WendyLady@GoodBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884742120430546504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-13109156524348287552010-10-23T22:09:03.080+01:002010-10-23T22:09:03.080+01:00Thanks for the article. Best wishesThanks for the article. Best wishesDavidhttp://www.ballooning.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-59151846478532966932010-08-20T20:54:53.571+01:002010-08-20T20:54:53.571+01:00Thank you very much! I think I will buy this.Thank you very much! I think I will buy this.Natalianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-72900935167315442962010-08-20T18:05:08.351+01:002010-08-20T18:05:08.351+01:00I'm not sure how best to advise you, Natalia. ...I'm not sure how best to advise you, Natalia. There was a one-volume edition of <i>The Chronicles of Narnia</i> with the original illustrations coloured by PB. I don't think this is any longer in print, but secondhand copies appear on eBay and elsewhere. There were at least two editions of this book: the first with an introduction by myself and a later with an introduction by Douglas Gresham. <br /><br />I have found listings for paperback editions with the coloured illustrations (such as <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/chronicles-narnia-volumes-full-collectors-edition/c-s-lewis/9780064409391/pd/09395#curr" rel="nofollow">this one</a>) but I do not know what the quality of the reproduction is like. Sorry not to be more helpful and hoping you find what you are looking for.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-89292877378710734492010-08-20T08:10:14.535+01:002010-08-20T08:10:14.535+01:00Hi Brien
I want to buy Narnia books with her illus...Hi Brien<br />I want to buy Narnia books with her illustrations. Could you please advise me what is the best quality edition with her color illustrations I should look for? I saw many publications are available but I want to find the best.<br />Thank you in advance<br />NataliaNatalianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-7391795033586112732010-04-06T07:51:13.306+01:002010-04-06T07:51:13.306+01:00Many institutions limit access to their online inf...Many institutions limit access to their online information. Making this information available will be an asset to all.Term Papershttp://www.researchpaperspot.com/term_papers.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-85945651278872879802010-04-06T07:23:14.027+01:002010-04-06T07:23:14.027+01:00Glad you got here in the end, Dale! Come again...Glad you got here in the end, Dale! Come again...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-27530365853944675652010-04-06T03:22:18.457+01:002010-04-06T03:22:18.457+01:00Well, here it is 2010 and I just found out -- show...Well, here it is 2010 and I just found out -- shows how I keep up...<br /><br />But those of us who never knew Pauline Baynes still inhabit all of her worlds!Dale Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04746209067799775212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-15764565978857468832010-03-01T05:07:43.601+00:002010-03-01T05:07:43.601+00:00I really like this blog, It's always nice when...I really like this blog, It's always nice when you can not only be informed, but also get knowledge, from these type of blog, nice entry. ThanksCollege Term Papershttp://www.ghostpapers.comnoreply@blogger.com