Hi, Sunday, December 26, 2004, 8:27:24 AM, David wrote:
> I got the Mrs a Tintin book (a book about Tintin, that is), which she'd > asked for, During 2004 there was a terrific exhibition here in Greenwich about Tintin: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/tintinfun/ It included many interesting details about his influences, and many working drawings. Is your wife familiar with the 19th century Japanese artist Hiroshige? If she likes Tintin she may well enjoy Hiroshige, whose woodblocks were very influential on Herge's style. http://posters.easyposterstore.com/categories.php?CatNumber=34424 One of my favourites, and the first Hiroshige picture I became aware of: http://www.bbc.co.uk/paintingtheweather/csv/large/shower.shtml Among the presents I received is a copy of 'Magnum Stories', which is an enormous book. Rather unwieldy, in fact. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to reading it. -- Cheers, Bob
