In October of 1936 , J.R.R. Tolkien present to his publisher the ms of what would become one of the most celebrated phantasy books of all time . In September of the following year , The Hobbitmade its debut , with 20 or so original drawings , two maps , and a cover painting by Tolkien himself .
But it turn out the author created more than 100 illustration , latterly uncovered amidst Tolkien ’s theme , digitized by Oxford ’s Bodleian Library , and freshly release inArt of the Hobbit – a brilliant mass lionise the seventy-fifth day of remembrance of The Hobbit with 110 beautiful , many never - before - control illustrations by Tolkien , ranging from pencil sketch to ink line drawings to watercolors .
It ’s a fine addition to our favoritepeeks inside the sketchbooks of bully creatorsanddigitization projects in the humanity , and a priceless objet d’art of literary history .
In create the artwork for The Hobbit , Tolkien take up from a short account he had written for his Word Michael , titled “ Roverandom . ”
Also include are conceptual sketches for the now - iconic dust jacket cover painting of the slew Bilbo Baggins transverses in his adventures .
HarperCollins publisher David BrawnobservesThe Hobbit ’s unjust occultation in The Lord of the Rings ’ fantasm :
People have celebrated Tolkien as a author for yr – you have n’t been able to get out from him since all the books of the hundred polls . But The Lord of the Rings has always been the focus since it was put out in 1954 – it ’s a much more grown - up , significant record . It has shadow The Hobbit as a more old - fashioned , children ’s Word of God , which has become known in the context of The Lord of the Rings . The day of remembrance allows us to move the glare back on to the book which start it all . ”
A rare piece of cross - corrective creativity from the mind of one of forward-looking history ’s great Maker , artistic creation of the Hobbitis adequate parts literary treasure and treat of art , exploring the notion of the author as interior decorator – a particularly well-timed concept in the age of ego - publication and disciplinal cross - pollination in the making of books .
viaThe Guardian
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