tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post8299576838428072417..comments2024-03-23T23:46:29.024-07:00Comments on The Fabuleous Fifties: Ger Apeldoornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-66081922561543314002009-12-28T15:54:24.920-08:002009-12-28T15:54:24.920-08:00When I saw the original post I was sure it wasn...When I saw the original post I was sure it wasn't Sickles, but I had no idea who it was...thanks for publishing both series. <br /><br />However your text still says "Christmas Doll" dates from 1941, which gave me a start until I read Fortunato's note. This is the most un-Sickles Sickles job I've seen. I'd never seen Darrow before. You're right, his art is very good.Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-18769344972290514052009-12-28T10:22:49.795-08:002009-12-28T10:22:49.795-08:00You are so right! I uploased the wrong Christmas s...You are so right! I uploased the wrong Christmas stoy! I like this one, though. I have shown work by Darrow before and he was quite good. It amazes me here how much his stylistic choices make it look llike the work of modern artist Arthur Adams. I will also ad the Sickles story.Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-21890868679307554962009-12-28T09:38:45.368-08:002009-12-28T09:38:45.368-08:00Nice post, but no Sickles: he's Hank Barrow.
...Nice post, but no Sickles: he's Hank Barrow.<br /><br />Sickles illustrated Sigrid Arne's CHRISTINA THE CHRISTMAS DOLL in December 1933 (Arne penned a Christmas story every year, but with other artists).fortunatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964670696777436634noreply@blogger.com