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| Eagle Vol.9 No.50 13 December 1958 |
I've come out of retirment- so to speak - to highlight this piece of original art that was for auction yesterday on Catawiki. The end price was £1,650 with 50 bids in total- from Germany and Great Britain, the latter being the winner.
No-one has added any caption boxes to the original and the photos show that the colour has not faded - always look at the blues - but the board itself has seen better days. But that said, this is a unique opportunity for someone, as the last "David, The Shepherd King" to sell at auction was quite a substantial amount of money.
Whilst I've been taking a rest two other pieces were for sale on eBay both of them 'life studies' which sold for around £225 each -I don't know the actual sold prices but you're more interested in the artwork than me chatting! For other life stuuies by Frank Bellamy, search the blog
3 comments:
I always thought Bellamy painted lovely skies. I'd say this page is of a higher standard than his Thunderbirds pages, which often looked a bit rushed to me.
I'd agree his skies are incredible - wet ink plus cotton wall dabbing achieved an awful lot of greatness in his hands! I've stated many times I bought TV21 from issue 1 and never read his stuff as Mike Noble and to a much lesser extent - for me - Embleton were far more interesting to look at. It was only when looking at his graphic illos in radio Times that I was a convert and it took me ages to wonder why. I finally realised - IMHO, he was not a comic artist so much as a designer. Thanks for commentiing Kid
No problem, NB, least I can do. I think you've hit the nail on the head - he was more of a designer and illustrator than a comicbook artist. Having said that, I do like his b&w Garth stuff.
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