Fred Banbery
Illustrator
Born 1913 - Died 1999
I'm unable to find out much information on Banbery except that he drew Paddington Bear illustrations at some point. If anyone knows anything more about Banbery please let me know. His excellent drawings for three of the Alfred Hitchcock books for young readers show him to be a mature illustrator with a contemporary style. These pencil drawings are from Alfred Hitchcock Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries, published in 1963, and are the most spontaneous of the Banbery-illustrated books I own. Banbery had fun with drawings featuring Hitchcock himself, and the last illustration is the dust jacket for a 1959 compilation of mystery and suspense stories under Hitchcock's name. I will be showing illustrations by Banbery from other Hitchcock anthologies in the future.
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Illustrator
Born 1913 - Died 1999
I'm unable to find out much information on Banbery except that he drew Paddington Bear illustrations at some point. If anyone knows anything more about Banbery please let me know. His excellent drawings for three of the Alfred Hitchcock books for young readers show him to be a mature illustrator with a contemporary style. These pencil drawings are from Alfred Hitchcock Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries, published in 1963, and are the most spontaneous of the Banbery-illustrated books I own. Banbery had fun with drawings featuring Hitchcock himself, and the last illustration is the dust jacket for a 1959 compilation of mystery and suspense stories under Hitchcock's name. I will be showing illustrations by Banbery from other Hitchcock anthologies in the future.
Click on pictures for full-size images.
6 comments:
Very very awesome post, I have a few of these books myself... now I need to dig them out!
BEAUTIFUL art! And perfect for any Hitchcock fan! :-)
You asked for info on Fred Banbery. I am working on his family tree and have background that you find of interest. I cannot find a direct email for you so perhaps you would make contact with me.
My father had three of these Hitchcock books when I was growing up. The illustrations especially will always stick in my head. I hope more can be found about this man!
Does anyone have a lead on the art from the this book? I would love to add one of these Fred Banbery's to my collection.
Email me if you know. Thanks!
storm02@sprynet.com
This comment is for Tony Morgans, who has some research on Fred Banbery. I'd be interested in seeing it for a story I'm working on about haunted house illustrations. lefthandedrichard [at] gmail [dot] com.
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