![]() ![]() A more recent, very large assembly is The Outlandish Art of Mahlon Blaine ( 2009) ed Brian J Hunt. From the later 1930s through the 1950s much of his work was essentially to illustrate porn, such as Whip Some More, My Lady ( 1953) by Gibbon Goot, although mixed in among such stuff was an edition, with introduction by L Sprague de Camp, of Alexandre Dumas's The Wolf-Leader ( 1951), a lycanthropy novel.Ī book of his work is The Art of Mahlon Blaine (graph 1982) by his friend Gershon Legman unfortunately, it cannot be relied upon for biographical details because Blaine, following in the footsteps of Mark Twain, freely lied about his life. His book illustrations of the 1920s and 1930s were visibly much influenced by Aubrey Beardsley, those for Vathek in particular being decadently erotic. Outlet began in the 1970s as a vehicle to further explore the creations of both Roland Trenary and Mahlon Blaine. When painting, Blaine habitually used oils his interiors were usually done in pen and ink. ![]() Among books of genre interest that he illustrated were two by Hanns Heinz Ewers, the US editions of The Sorcerer's Apprentice ( 1927) and Alraune ( 1929), and an edition of William Beckford's Vathek ( 1928). ![]() He was a major figure in book Illustration before the Depression, which devastated his livelihood: although he continued to illustrate, much of his work was for non-mainstream publishers towards the end of his life he returned to illustrate some Edgar Rice Burroughs reissues. (1894-1969) US illustrator, probably born Blain and adding the "e" later. ![]()
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