London Slums (Signed) (Original)
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Fleeing London to Avoid The Black Death (TWO boards) (Originals)
Fleeing London to Avoid The Black Death (TWO boards) (Originals)
Medium: Gouaches on Board
Size: 15" x 20" (390mm x 500mm)
Date: 1970
Code: McConnellFleeA
These are the unique original Gouache paintings by James E McConnell.
Trying to cross London in the Middle Ages was much worse than it is today. One was forced to pick one's way through piles of foul rubbish and dodge torrents of slops which cascaded unexpectedly from windows on the unfortunate passers-by.
All of which must have seemed worse when the people were on the move to try to avoid the Black Death. Two boards are offered all part of one large image which was cut during the printing process.
Originally published in Look and Learn issue 464, 5th December 1970. Both boards are 390mm x 500mm.
- Artist BiographyJames E McConnell (1903 - 1995)
Well known as a paperback and book jacket artist, particularly for Westerns, James McConnell never turned his hand to picture strips. Leonard Matthews, seeing his paperback work on display in a bookshop, soon had him working as a cover artist for Amalgamated Press, doing the majority of covers for the all text Western Library, a great many of the Cowboy Comics Library covers and a fair number of covers for Thriller Comics Library.
His robust, action-packed style is instantly recognisable. He always seemed more at home with cowboys rather than historical swashbucklers, his covers for the Western Library being of a particular high standard. Nonetheless, some of his historical covers for Thriller Comics Library are very satisfying for he is a great professional and can turn his hand to any genre. McConnell was an incredibly prolific artist, frequently completing a cover painting and the rough for another painting in the same day.
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