Princess Marigold's Surprise (Original)

Artist: Nadir Quinto
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 6" x 6" (145mm x 145mm)
Date: c. 1970
Code: QuintoPMSpill

This is the unique original Gouache painting by Nadir Quinto.

Princess Marigold lives in a magic land of wizards and fairies. Marigold is the daughter of King Florian who rules over a jolly little kingdom where, at first, his biggest problem was to see his daughter married to a handsome prince. This she does after meeting Prince Strongbow … but only after she has offended the evil Wizard Weezle who promptly turns the King, the Princess and all the courtiers into animals.

A dip in the magic lake returns them to normal and, after their marriage, the Prince and Princess have two children – Prince Rupert and Princess Rose – whose lives are forever troubled by Weezle and his evil ways, whether it is putting a shrinking spell on the King, covering Marigold Land with thick snow or even sending everybody back in time to the age of dinosaurs.

• Artist Biography
  Nadir Quinto (1918 - 1994; Milan, Italy)
  Nadir Quinto's contributions to the Thriller Picture Library were strips featuring the adventures of Robin Hood. Nadir Quinto was born in Milan and attended the Accademia di Brera and, immediately after the War, began contributing picture strips to most of the top Italian comic journals such as Dinamite, Albi di Salgari, Festival and L'Intrepido. In 1946 he began drawing and lettering strips for Corrieri dei Piccoli. After his brief time drawing Robin Hood strips for the TPL, he left comics to concentrate on illustration, only to return to drawing strips for the Italian comic journals in the 1970s.