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obligatedart · 9 months

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Prince Steve is lost in the deep dark forest.

Decided to draw Steve inspired by Ayes and Kleo’s fic However Wild - and heavily inspired by the art of John Bauer.

The fic is a fairytale, so I wanted to infuse this piece with some Swedish fairytale vibe, as a little twist is my own :)

#stranger things #joe keery #steve harrington #steddie #however wild #swedish folklore #folklore #john bauer #tuvstarr #pond #prince steve harrington #fae art #fae #dark fairytale #fic ref #fic rec

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higherentity · 11 months

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#art #john bauer #prinsessan tuvstarr #tuvstarr #1900s #1913 #swedish

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venustapolis · 1 year

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La princesa Tuvstarr contemplando las oscuras aguas del estanque del bosque (John Bauer, 1913)

#art #19th century art #19th century painting #1900s #1913 #john bauer #🇸🇪#princess tuvstarr gazing down into the dark waters of the forest tarn

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himeprincessa · 1 month

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cochitalinda2002 · 2 months

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Princess Tuvstarr Gazing Down Into the Dark Waters of the Forest Tarn | Watercolor by John Bauer | (1913)

#john bauer #1913 #watercolor #princess tuvstarr

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paintingispoetry · 2 years

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John Bauer, Princess Tuvstarr gazing down into the dark waters of the forest tarn, 1913

#john bauer #painting #art #20th century art

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the-evil-clergyman · 1 year

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The story of Skutt the moose and little Princess Tuvstarr, from Among Gnomes and Trolls 7 by John Bauer (1913)

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victusinveritas · 1 year

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The story of Skutt the moose and little Princess Tuvstarr, from Among Gnomes and Trolls 7 by John Bauer (1913)

#art #john bauer #folklore #meanwhile in sweden #meanwhile in norway

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ourstaturestouchtheskies · 9 months

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Congratulations on your big milestone! I’ve followed your account since I joined tumblr, and it’s wonderful to watch you grow. I would love an artist match!

Anything gothic or macabre piques my interest. I just find the grim and dark atmospheres beautiful in their special way. I’ve been looking for more darker artists to add to my favorites list, so I’d love to hear any recommendations you’ve got!

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hello lovely Elijah! thank you so much for your kind words and for being here!

I'm very excited for your request, since the gothic and the macabre are probably like at least 75% of my personality 😅 so I have a number of artists I can recommend. you may have already seen it, but in another artist match available here, I talked about some artists whose work is on the darker, unsettling side, so those may interest you as well. but not all of those artists necessarily do the macabre or the gothic more specifically, and of course I want to give you your own personal list of artists 🥰, I just wanted to put those out there if you'd like even more dark art to peruse ☺️

I'm always excited to find folks to talk about dark, macabre, gothic art with, and I'm thrilled to share these artists with you and I hope you find something you like!

without further ado, here's a list of artists I think you might like (with more details and images below the cut!)

Caspar David Friedrich

Pieter Claesz

John Bauer

Theodor Kittelsen

Caspar David Friedrich (The Abbey in the Oakwood and The Hunter in the Forest)

we absolutely must start with my beloved Friedrich! these two paintings are both on my list of favorite artworks of all time. Friedrich was a romantic painter, which in this context doesn't mean "romantic" like we think of the word today, but instead refers to an interest in the "sublime" - a kind of transcendence that could be achieved equally through great beauty and great terror/horror/awe. it was also often highly associated with the power and vastness of nature. we totally see that in many of Friedrich's works. not all of his paintings are explicitly spooky or dark, but he does tend to focus on vast landscapes and skyscapes that tend to overwhelm any human figures in the composition, which leads to a haunting feeling of unease. these two works really exemplify that for me. in the first, we have the ruins of a gothic abbey (gothic architecture is my favorite, so that's part of the reason I adore this piece) and these old wizened trees in this kind of hazy fog over the snow. and in the second, a hunter stands before this dark, imposing forest that consumes the canvas. in the face of these trees, the human seems fragile and powerless. so, while not outwardly macabre, I picked Friedrich for you since his works have that kind of underlying feeling of unease that feels so quintessentially gothic to me.

Pieter Claesz (Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill and Vanitas Still Life)

I absolutely could not make recommendations on macabre art without mentioning a vanitas painter (if you want to know more about this style of art I also have a post here where I ramble on about it for possibly way too long 😅). Claesz also painted regular still lives of just like food and stuff, but it's because of his large number of vanitas paintings that I'm matching him with you ☺️. one thing about him: my mans is not afraid to paint a skull, and we love him for that. I fear I don't have much more profound commentary on this one, because when I see his work my mind goes blank and there are no thoughts except "cool skull." his vanitas paintings just feel very macabre to me, but in a delicate way?? (I have no idea if that makes sense). I just love the scattered collections of items and his liberal deployment of skulls.

John Bauer (The Magic Ride and Princess Tuvstarr Gazing Down into the Dark Waters of the Forest Tarn)

if you're interested in the more supernatural side of the macabre/gothic, you might really like Bauer's illustrations for Among Gnomes and Trolls, a collection of Swedish fairytales/folktales. I was absolutely in awe the first time I saw these illustrations - they just have such a sense of magic and mystery to them. while they certainly are on the more whimsical side, I find that there's also an undeniable darkness in them. the rolling hills and piles of rocks that fade off into darkness, the thin, leafless trees that seem to go on forever in the shadowy background, the ambiguity of time and space - it just gives them this slightly eerie feeling, like you've stepped into another world and you may not be entirely welcome there. for me, these illustrations certainly ride that line between the beautiful and the terrifying, which makes them all the more compelling. I'm not sure if I've done a great job explaining myself here, but I hope you enjoy Bauer's works regardless of my rambling!

Theodor Kittelsen (She Covers the Whole Country and The Pauper from the Pesta series)

not all of Kittelsen's work is necessarily macabre, but his series of prints called Pesta certainly is. Pesta (meaning plague) depicts various personifications of plague moving through the countryside and killing all those in its path. sometimes shown as a flock of carrion birds, sometimes as a horde of rats, and even as a frightening ghoul-like figure, plague stalks the landscape in each of these haunting prints. they actually depict deceased bodies, which might make these the most literally macabre images of the lot. Kittelsen also has some other cool pieces depicting mythological creatures like trolls and water spirits. they have these glowing eyes and they're both creepy and super cool. I just didn't include them here because I had just talked about folklore with Bauer, but I would absolutely recommend you check them out if that's something you find interesting. and these are only two images that I felt were most representative of the Pesta series, you should definitely check out the rest if you liked these!

those are the artists with whom I would match you! 🥰 a little gothic, a little macabre, a little supernatural ☺️

I hope you enjoyed these artists and their works and that you've found some new macabre art to explore!

sending love and just the right amount spookiness,

charlotte 💙

#charlotte's art gallery milestone celebration #charlotte speaks #charlotte talks art history #caspar david friedrich #pieter claesz #john bauer #theodor kittelsen #vanitas #vanitas painting #vanitas paintings #art #art history #tw death #tw skull #tw corpse #tw skeleton

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simplytegwin · 1 year

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Princess Tuvstarr gazing down into dark waters of the Forest Tarn, 1913

Painted by John Bauer

#john bauer #swedish artist #swedish art #landscape #mythology #portraiture

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anunbornchild · 2 years

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Nu är det redan halvskum natt, några små stjärnor blänka eller Prinsessans väktare (Älgtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr)

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chronivore · 1 year

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The story of Skutt the moose and little Princess Tuvstarr, from Among Gnomes and Trolls 7 by John Bauer (1913)

#fairy tale

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batgodofredo · 1 year

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John Bauer (1882–1918), 'Ännu sitter Tuvstarr kvar och ser ner i vattne

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svartabergetart · 2 years

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Så att rovdjuren kan jaga. Visnings logga till sagan med samma namn som släpps imorgon vid lunchtid. Hoppas jag. På detaljerna kan man se att det handlar om min variant på Tuvstarr och trollen. Men titta imorgon, så får ni även se denna logga. Länkar här: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaV7-9fIKAP4FaMHlqSucpA https://www.facebook.com/Svartabergetart/ #logo #logodesigner #reflection #logotype #mydesign #illustration #digitalart #sketchbookapp #saga #fantasyart #darkfantasyart #darkfantasy #fantasy #folklore #logoinspirations (at Trollgrottan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeGf35LqaX3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#logo #logodesigner #reflection #logotype #mydesign #illustration #digitalart #sketchbookapp #saga #fantasyart #darkfantasyart #darkfantasy #fantasy #folklore #logoinspirations

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mistysworldboutique · 2 years

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Recently I presented an illustration by Swedish artist John Bauer for the story, "Leap the Elk & Little Princess Tuvstarr" (or Princess Cottongrass). It was the 5th in a series of 6 illustrations that Bauer did for that story. Since I didn't present the end of the story, I'll do so here today with the last illustration. ⁣⁣

So, Previously on "Princess Tuvstarr," the princess as a young girl was hanging around the castle grounds wearing her crown & a beautiful dress. She saw an elk and asked it to take her out into the world to experience life. The elk thought it unwise as the world was a cruel place, but the girl persisted, saying that she wanted to share the love she had with the world.

⁣⁣So they went, and soon her crown & dress had been stolen, leaving her with just a necklace with a golden heart that her mother had given her on the day she was born. As she gazed into a pond deep in the forest, the necklace broke and the heart sank out of sight.⁣⁣

So this is where we left off, in the drawing on the left. The story continues with the princess not wanting to leave her golden heart. The elk tells her that, if she looks for just one thing, she'll forget everything else. But the girl won't leave and she sits on the bank. ⁣⁣The elk lingers a while, but when she no longer notices him, he slips off into the forest.⁣⁣

Many years pass and still the princess sits looking into the water for her lost heart. Sometimes the elk comes by, but she's under the spell of the pool and she won't follow him. The title of the picture on the right is, "Still Princess Tuvstarr sits and looks wonderingly into the water."⁣⁣

But this brings up questions. How did she get a new dress that fit? How does she wash her hair? What does she eat? Does she shave her legs? ⁣⁣

Unless, perhaps, the whole thing is allegorical. Is the heart just an allegory for innocence, which she lost when she left the protection of childhood innocence and became aware of what the world is really like? If so, do many adults not also sit on the banks of such ponds staring wonderingly into the water for their own lost hearts?⁣⁣

These images & others available on magnets & postcards in my shop. Link below:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MistysWorldBoutique

#johnbauer princesstuvstarr swedishillustrator swedishpainter art illustrationvintageillustration oldillustration goldenageofillustration 19t

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visual-sandwich · 3 years

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John Bauer - Princess Tuvstarr gazing down into the dark waters of the forest tarn - 1913 - Watercolor, gouache and pensil on paper

#john bauer #illustration #fairy tale #tuvstarr

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