Nika Goltz

Nika Goltz (1925 – 2012)
A Russian illustrator, "one of the most talented and productive children's book illustrators". She illustrated more than 100 books during her 56 years of illustrator.

 The Snow Queen

 The Little Mermaid

Wizards come to the people - 

a Russian book of fairytales and storytellers

Virginia Frances Sterrett - from Old French Fairytales

Didier Cromwell; Last of the Mohicans

Didier Cromwell is a comics artist better known by his last name only.

Maginel Wright Enright

Maginel Wright Enright Barney (June 19, 1881 – April 18, 1966) was an American children's book illustrator and graphic artist. She was the younger sister of Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, and the mother of Elizabeth Enright, children's book writer and illustrator.
She was born Margaret Ellen Wright in Weymouth, Massachusetts, the third child of William and Anna Wright. The name "Maginel" was a later creation of her mother's, a contraction of "Maggie Nell".

 

 The Birds' Revenge

 Hans Brinker

Mermaid's Gift 1912

The World by Soufiane Mengad

Gustav Tenggren

Gustav Tenggren at Animation Resources

The World of Gustav Tenggren 

Blog about Gustav Tenggren

Well, hello there... Brian Froud

Mary Blair

Mary Blair (October 21, 1911 – July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson, was an American artist who was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella.
Blair also created character designs for enduring attractions such as Disneyland's It's a Small World, the fiesta scene in El Rio del Tiempo in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase, and an enormous mosaic inside Disney's Contemporary Resort.
Several of her illustrated children's books from the 1950s remain in print, such as I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss.
Blair was inducted into the prestigious group of Disney Legends in 1991. (Which makes me whine about gender equality again... but... I'll keep my mouth shut. At least they DID recognize her value.)

Cinderella concept art

Sleeping Beauty concept art

Autumn Fairy by M.T. Ross

M.T. Ross, who was affectionately nicknamed "Penny", was an illustrator and comic artist in the early twentieth century. He lived in Oak Park, Illinois and had his studio in downtown Chicago. He was one of the first co-workers of Walt Disney, as well as a close friend of R.F. Outcault, with whom he developed 'Buster Brown'. M.T. "Penny" Ross moved to Southern California in 1926 to work for RKO and other studios as a set designer.

Nadia Strelkina: They should be saved!

Some randomness

I'm a bad girl...
2014 one post - whining
2015 two posts - one more whining, the other one about an illustrator...
Sorry.
And it's already June 2016. I'm sorry for all my followers for the recent lousy quality, I'll try to get better.

So - This is Mirri, a warrior cat, from the cover of Duelist 17 from 1997, and I think the artist is Daren Bader.

3/12-23 Correction, the artist is Dermot Power.