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Book illustrators are artists who have the magic of bringing stories to life. While writers and storytellers make the story exist, illustrators bring fantasy to paper. Frank Adams was a gifted book illustrator who gave the heroes of the story a face. With the beginning of the 20th century, the book market in the British Isles flourished. Always accompanied by some envy, the writers who wrote such enchanting stories as Alice in Wonderland and the Jungle Books were admired across the English Channel. While in the rest of Europe, modern nuances were recognizable in the illustrations, the British book illustrators oriented themselves towards aesthetics.
Frank Adam's illustrations captivate with their unique colouring and his razor-sharp presentation. In the beginning Frank Adams brought his figures to life with black ink only. A frog brought the artist success and made him famous. A new era had entered the book market. Animals were taken from their natural environment and developed into characters with human traits. Frank Adams succeeded in making personalities from the stories grow through his art. The London society was a grateful readership, which was eagerly awaiting every book publication and admired the works. If there was a specially beautiful book, the enthusiasm for it spread like wildfire.
As an illustrator Frank Adams was one of the most industrious of his time. He followed the taste of the times and illustrated fairy tales and characters of literature. Especially the fairy tale interpretations are still symbolic for the work of Frank Adams. Accompanied by a pinch of humour, they take away the childish horror from fairy tales. It is almost likeable when the casual wolf meets Little Red Riding Hood. Dressed in a red vest and a shoulder bag, he is far from his natural role model. Thanks to the illustrator's talent, the wolf has become a literary figure that all fairy tale lovers love to look at. The witch from Hansel and Gretel has a similar fate. Frank Adams loved the medium of colour lithography and created numerous illustrations with magnificently coloured printing blocks. However, he would not have been a British artist if he had not been attracted to watercolours. Romantic and somewhat spherical are the interpretations that Adams created with watercolours. Frank Adams gives the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen a harmonious softness that makes the fairy tale texts suitable for children. As an illustrator, Adams is thus addressing the growing interest in the market for children's literature. As an artist, Frank Adams has left behind a wonderful work that stands independently of the text and tells a story to the viewer only through the power of the image.
Book illustrators are artists who have the magic of bringing stories to life. While writers and storytellers make the story exist, illustrators bring fantasy to paper. Frank Adams was a gifted book illustrator who gave the heroes of the story a face. With the beginning of the 20th century, the book market in the British Isles flourished. Always accompanied by some envy, the writers who wrote such enchanting stories as Alice in Wonderland and the Jungle Books were admired across the English Channel. While in the rest of Europe, modern nuances were recognizable in the illustrations, the British book illustrators oriented themselves towards aesthetics.
Frank Adam's illustrations captivate with their unique colouring and his razor-sharp presentation. In the beginning Frank Adams brought his figures to life with black ink only. A frog brought the artist success and made him famous. A new era had entered the book market. Animals were taken from their natural environment and developed into characters with human traits. Frank Adams succeeded in making personalities from the stories grow through his art. The London society was a grateful readership, which was eagerly awaiting every book publication and admired the works. If there was a specially beautiful book, the enthusiasm for it spread like wildfire.
As an illustrator Frank Adams was one of the most industrious of his time. He followed the taste of the times and illustrated fairy tales and characters of literature. Especially the fairy tale interpretations are still symbolic for the work of Frank Adams. Accompanied by a pinch of humour, they take away the childish horror from fairy tales. It is almost likeable when the casual wolf meets Little Red Riding Hood. Dressed in a red vest and a shoulder bag, he is far from his natural role model. Thanks to the illustrator's talent, the wolf has become a literary figure that all fairy tale lovers love to look at. The witch from Hansel and Gretel has a similar fate. Frank Adams loved the medium of colour lithography and created numerous illustrations with magnificently coloured printing blocks. However, he would not have been a British artist if he had not been attracted to watercolours. Romantic and somewhat spherical are the interpretations that Adams created with watercolours. Frank Adams gives the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen a harmonious softness that makes the fairy tale texts suitable for children. As an illustrator, Adams is thus addressing the growing interest in the market for children's literature. As an artist, Frank Adams has left behind a wonderful work that stands independently of the text and tells a story to the viewer only through the power of the image.