To begin with, just a little announcement.
From now on I will have a new post about every other day, 3-4 times a week.
This will give some of you the chance to absorb the material a bit slower, and
I will be able to catch my breath. (Do I hear complaints...?)
I scanned a few of my Heinrich Kley originals, some of the better ones though
are currently on loan to a Kley exhibition in Hannover, Germany.
I saw this exhibit earlier this year when it was in Munich.
If any of you are near Hannover, go...no, run to check it out.
The show is absolutely amazing, it closes on August 21.
There are two Kley sketchbooks that are a must have.
"The Drawings of Heinrich Kley" and "More Drawings of Heinrich Kley".
Some art supply stores still carry them, also you can always find them on Ebay.
The exhibit's catalogue is pretty nifty, too.
To me, Kley was doing with illustration what Walt was doing with animation.
Making impossible characters and situations look completely plausible and believable.
If elephants could ice-scate, it would look like Kley drew them.
If centaurs existed they would move like in Kley's sketches, and so on.
Joe Grant and I exchanged xeroxes of Kley drawings and drooled over them.
It was Joe himself, who brought Kley's work to Walt's attention as inspiration for
"Fantasia".
More on him later.
I want to thank you guys for your interest in this blog.
Over 60.000 pageviews in less than two weeks...not shabby at all !
Oh my gosh, these are so cool. I especially love the one with the monkey, LOL!
ReplyDeleteShame on me as I never heard of Heinrich Kley before.His work seems to be very powerful. I'll find out more info on this artist. Andreas, would you be so kind to contact me. I'm from Belgium and I wrote you a letter one year ago. I never received any answer so far. did you receive my letter? My email is: dleonar1@kcc.com Thanks for your contact. Best, DOMINIQUE
ReplyDeleteMarvelous work! I looked up Henrich Kley and T. S. Sulivant after I heard you talking about them in a YouTube clip. They are amazing! I especially fell in love with Henrich Kley's style. His drawings are so loose and full of movement. One of many favourites is the one with a rider falling of a horse http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2tjmceQ7y4M/S7plQ7xo5oI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/H7ALlFN9yGg/s400/byrnes5teaser.jpg Again, thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteDo what you gotta do... just know we love every post you let us read! Keep em' coming!
ReplyDeleteI love Kley's drawings! I love the lines he draws with and the energy in his pictures. This is my favourite of his pictures. I love the beautiful flow in it.
ReplyDeleteThat last picture in your post is not at all like his other stuff is it? Was that done in a particular period in his life do you know Andreas?
Heinrich Kley was born in Karlsruhe in Southwest Germany. He painted mostly conventional portraits, landscapes, still-lifes and city scenes. A lot of the latter were published as post cards and are still popular with collectors. His pen and ink drawings are more popular in the States because of the Walt Disney connection. He did a lot of paintings in oil of manufacturing scenes. You can see a famous one HERE
ReplyDeleteSome nice examples of his work here.
ReplyDelete(sometimes you just have to love the internet)
http://www.thescreamonline.com/art/art7-1/kley/kley.html
T.S. Sullivant AND Heinrich Kley, 2 days in a row!?!?
ReplyDeleteYour blog is so full of valuable information/resource, and thank you always for sharing Andreas :)
And hope to see YOUR works sometime too! :)
Cheers,
Junko
Fantastic posts... Been a fan of Kley for a long time now... So much character...
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Andy, Uli answered your question.
ReplyDeleteUli, that painting is in the Hannover exhibition.
You should go.
I don't mind the posting I have been enjoying catching up on all the posts on this blog. It is a joy to come home and read a few before bed each night.
ReplyDeleteThe first image is absolutely amazing! My first thoughts are that Walt and Heinrich shared another character trait in that they both never lost that child like wonder for nature and the world.
P.S. Jafar is my favorite character that you have animated.
Thank you for bringing Heinrich Kley to my attention and for being a constant inspiration to a fan and aspiring animator.
Lizards at the table, no words can describe the coolness.
ReplyDeleteI love this.
ReplyDeleteWayne C.
I bought those two Kley books from Dover Books during my first trip to New York in 1972. They cost $2 each (new!). Dover's website says "The Drawings of Heinrich Kley" will set you back $12.95. Every artist should own one.
ReplyDeleteThanks for publicizing Kley and Sulivant. We seem to have to do it every generation.
Great blog! Keep it up.
Great posts and I enjoy the Sullivant and Kley inspiration in your personal sketches too. Uli's Searle inspired drawings are amazing as well! Thanks again - wonderful work all by all.
ReplyDeleteAndreas, this is wonderful! Thanks for letting me know about your blog, and thanks for sharing so much beautifully observed artwork - yours AND Kley's! I'll be checking back regularly.
ReplyDeleteHallo Andreas!
ReplyDeleteVielleicht erinnerst Du Dich, wir haben uns schon ein paarmal gesehen und uns auch länger auf der CTN Expo unterhalten. (Ich hatte mit Uwe bei Ambient zusammengearbeitet.)
Naja, nichts desto trotz, ich war letzte Woche auf der Kley-Ausstellung im Wilhelm-Busch-Museum und sie ist wirklich der Hammer! Viele der Bilder kannte ich gar nicht. Und auch die Titel der Zeichnungen sind sehr amüsant! Leider stand nicht dran, welche Bilder aus Deiner Sammlung stammen. Am meisten aber hat mich gefreut, dass sie auch mein Lieblingsbild die "Kruppschen Teufel" ausgestellt haben! Da stand ich wohl zehn Minuten davor, bis ich endlich weitergezerrt wurde :) Das Wilhelm-Busch-Museum lohnt sowieso immer einen Besuch.
Beste Grüße, Oliver