How to Hibernate.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
It’s time.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
It’s time.
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How to Hibernate.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
It’s time.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
It’s time.
I fucking love the Provensens
Alice and Martin Provensen - cover artwork for The Fireside Cook Book (1949). The work they did for this particular cook book was astounding. Here, in this thread, I'll post original full color pieces - all done in gouache - that were featured in the book. #wardsmorguefile 1/7
January 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I fucking love the Provensens
Hello Wednesday.
🖼️ Provensens
🖼️ Provensens
March 27, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Hello Wednesday.
🖼️ Provensens
🖼️ Provensens
Artists, show what built your style!
Hard to just pick four, but Sendak, Paul Klee, The Tjong Khing, and the Provensens are pretty foundational.
Hard to just pick four, but Sendak, Paul Klee, The Tjong Khing, and the Provensens are pretty foundational.
April 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Artists, show what built your style!
Hard to just pick four, but Sendak, Paul Klee, The Tjong Khing, and the Provensens are pretty foundational.
Hard to just pick four, but Sendak, Paul Klee, The Tjong Khing, and the Provensens are pretty foundational.
More old Stuff: Beast Boy Lion from Teen Titans GO! They usually always gave me all of BB's animal transformations, so I was always cracking open my vintage Provensens or Mary Blair books since they're always my go-to source for animal design 👍#teentitansgo #warnerbrosanimation #characterdesign
June 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
More old Stuff: Beast Boy Lion from Teen Titans GO! They usually always gave me all of BB's animal transformations, so I was always cracking open my vintage Provensens or Mary Blair books since they're always my go-to source for animal design 👍#teentitansgo #warnerbrosanimation #characterdesign
Leo and Diane Dillon come immediately to mind. Their art has always fascinated me, as with the Provensens.
June 13, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Leo and Diane Dillon come immediately to mind. Their art has always fascinated me, as with the Provensens.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
October 29, 2023 at 7:17 AM
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
Four artists who have inspired me:
The Provensens, Paul Klee, Ilon Wikland, Yevgeny Charushin
The Provensens, Paul Klee, Ilon Wikland, Yevgeny Charushin
June 15, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Four artists who have inspired me:
The Provensens, Paul Klee, Ilon Wikland, Yevgeny Charushin
The Provensens, Paul Klee, Ilon Wikland, Yevgeny Charushin
I absolutely adore the Provensens
October 29, 2023 at 8:37 AM
I absolutely adore the Provensens
It's awful. But art by the Provensens does make me smile.
February 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's awful. But art by the Provensens does make me smile.
The Provensens illustrated A Year at Maple Hill Farm and An Owl and 3 Pussycats, which were favorites of me and my daughters! ❤️
May 20, 2026 at 12:06 AM
The Provensens illustrated A Year at Maple Hill Farm and An Owl and 3 Pussycats, which were favorites of me and my daughters! ❤️
I had this one with the Provensens' art, and it made me grow up strong and healthy tbh
December 25, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I had this one with the Provensens' art, and it made me grow up strong and healthy tbh
Sendak for his dedication to emotional reality of kid lit. Klee for his textures and inventive use of materials. Khing pretty much defined what children’s book illustration was in the Netherlands for three decades.
The Provensens for their compositions, colour, and texture.
The Provensens for their compositions, colour, and texture.
April 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Sendak for his dedication to emotional reality of kid lit. Klee for his textures and inventive use of materials. Khing pretty much defined what children’s book illustration was in the Netherlands for three decades.
The Provensens for their compositions, colour, and texture.
The Provensens for their compositions, colour, and texture.
And these 4 additional illustrations from THE Provensens are gold, Jerry! Gold!
November 21, 2024 at 10:32 PM
And these 4 additional illustrations from THE Provensens are gold, Jerry! Gold!
This was mine, the Provensens’ retelling of The Iliad snd The Odyssey. Read it in the school library and it presumably burned when the building went up from an arson attack in 1986.
Took forever to ID and find an affordable copy as an adult.
Took forever to ID and find an affordable copy as an adult.
May 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This was mine, the Provensens’ retelling of The Iliad snd The Odyssey. Read it in the school library and it presumably burned when the building went up from an arson attack in 1986.
Took forever to ID and find an affordable copy as an adult.
Took forever to ID and find an affordable copy as an adult.
Going to put on some 1983 recordings of 103.3 WHTT “Boston’s Hit Radio,” drink some store brand grape tonic, and read the Provensens’ adaptation of Homer’s works.
Which means I’ll be travelling back to *two* legendary eras at once.
Which means I’ll be travelling back to *two* legendary eras at once.
July 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Going to put on some 1983 recordings of 103.3 WHTT “Boston’s Hit Radio,” drink some store brand grape tonic, and read the Provensens’ adaptation of Homer’s works.
Which means I’ll be travelling back to *two* legendary eras at once.
Which means I’ll be travelling back to *two* legendary eras at once.
So the Provensens have an illustrated Odyssey? I didn’t know!
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So the Provensens have an illustrated Odyssey? I didn’t know!
Texture is a really easy way to disguise simplicity in bgs also using solid color blocks to suggest depth or spot color with line overlays to suggest shape with limited detail. The golden book art of the Provensens, UPA and mid-century animation in general is a great place to study this cheat.
February 7, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Texture is a really easy way to disguise simplicity in bgs also using solid color blocks to suggest depth or spot color with line overlays to suggest shape with limited detail. The golden book art of the Provensens, UPA and mid-century animation in general is a great place to study this cheat.
Decided it was finally time to own a copy of this treasure from my childhood public library. www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
November 25, 2023 at 9:39 PM
Decided it was finally time to own a copy of this treasure from my childhood public library. www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
A few years ago I managed to get my hands on a 2nd hand copy of Jane Werner Watson’s 1956 kids book of Iliad & Odyssey with the amazing illustrations by the Provensens. My son devoured it.
I am aware they now sell for considerably more than I paid (indeed I believe is about to be reprinted). Vivid
I am aware they now sell for considerably more than I paid (indeed I believe is about to be reprinted). Vivid
July 31, 2026 at 4:59 AM
A few years ago I managed to get my hands on a 2nd hand copy of Jane Werner Watson’s 1956 kids book of Iliad & Odyssey with the amazing illustrations by the Provensens. My son devoured it.
I am aware they now sell for considerably more than I paid (indeed I believe is about to be reprinted). Vivid
I am aware they now sell for considerably more than I paid (indeed I believe is about to be reprinted). Vivid
Love love love the Provensens. Thank you for sharing. They were on point.
June 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Love love love the Provensens. Thank you for sharing. They were on point.
Excellent. I have the Provensens' wonderful Golden Book of Mythology, my favorite book in early grade school years. I must have this edition! I love these illustrations.
July 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Excellent. I have the Provensens' wonderful Golden Book of Mythology, my favorite book in early grade school years. I must have this edition! I love these illustrations.
Harpy Ebook cover. I love mid century covers for books. Also the Provensens. Yes so much.
Ebook Covers on my site; jefthompson.com
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Ebook Covers on my site; jefthompson.com
#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #DesignInspo #BookArt #Illustration #Modernist #Typography #Minimalist #ModStyle #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #Aesthetic
June 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Harpy Ebook cover. I love mid century covers for books. Also the Provensens. Yes so much.
Ebook Covers on my site; jefthompson.com
#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #DesignInspo #BookArt #Illustration #Modernist #Typography #Minimalist #ModStyle #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #Aesthetic
Ebook Covers on my site; jefthompson.com
#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #DesignInspo #BookArt #Illustration #Modernist #Typography #Minimalist #ModStyle #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #Aesthetic
I'd rather reread the Provensens' retelling of the Odyssey or the 1980s Nat Geo article where a Grecian archeologist plotted the route to very local, still existing landmarks instead of roaming the entire Mediterranean which would've made no sense for when the story was first codified.
June 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'd rather reread the Provensens' retelling of the Odyssey or the 1980s Nat Geo article where a Grecian archeologist plotted the route to very local, still existing landmarks instead of roaming the entire Mediterranean which would've made no sense for when the story was first codified.