Monster Brains
Heinrich Kley (1863 - 1945)
























































"Kley studied "practical arts" at the Karlsruhe Akademie and finished his studies in Munich.[1] His early works were conventional portraits, landscapes, still lifes, city scenes and historical paintings. From about 1892 he won a reputation as an "industry artist", painting manufacturing scenes in oils and watercolors. They proved his deep understanding of the modern machine world. Kley attained greater notoriety with his sometimes darkly humorous pen drawings, published in Jugend and the notorious Simplicissimus.
The date of Kley's death is uncertain. Rumors initially suggested his demise in the early 1940s. It is also suggested that Kley died on August 2, 1945. Some sources mention the time of death on February 8, 1952.
Cartoonist Joe Grant was well aware of Kley's work and introduced his drawings to Walt Disney, who built an extensive private collection. A number of early Disney productions, notably Fantasia, reveal Kley's inspiration.
Due to Disney's interest and reprints by Dover Publications, Kley is still known in the USA, while he is nowadays little regarded in Germany." - quote source
Karl Hodina (1935 - 2015) - The Virgin as Devil

"Alongside artists such as Arik Brauer, Ernst Fuchs and Rudolf Hausner, he is one of the representatives of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism."
Artwork and quote found at Dorotheum.
Ulf Rahmberg






























Gunhild Fryklund - Troll, 1935

Harry Clarke (1889 - 1931)























Decoration in "Faust" by Goethe, 1925





"I'll fly from this place, with one bound, to hell, or anywhere, to leave 'em." 1935























A brief biography of the artist can be found at Wikipedia.
Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) at the Entrance to Hell, 17th Century
Fritz Aigner (1930 - 2005)











Most artworks found at Dorotheum.
Julius Rosenbaum - Etchings illustrating 'Judith' by C. F. Hebbel, 1922



Artworks found at the online collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
19th Century Costume Designs
George Dance the Younger (1741 - 1825)
Sergei Sharov - Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1969
James R Bingham - The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, by Ray Bradbury, illustration for Saturday Evening Post, June 1951
Antonio Tempesta, after Niccolo Circignani and Giovanni Battista Lombardelli - Saint Anthony With Demons, 1598
Charles W. Stewart (1915 - 2001)













Most artworks found at The Royal Academy.
Marcel Roux - The Weird Orchestra, 1904
Stephen Fabian - Illustrations from William Hope Hodgson's "The Dream of X"






Illustrations for "The Dream of X" written by William Hope Hodgson. The novel was originally released in 1912, these illustrations are from an edition published in 1977.
Artworks originally shared here in 2010.
Most artworks found at the Heritage Auctions site.
There isn't much there but Stephen's website can be found here.