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“Pumpkin Majesty” for the Cosy Cauldron art challenge on IG.
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Halloween - Bob Bartlett
American,b.1955-
Oil on linen , 82 × 100 in , 208.3 × 254 cm
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- 𝔅𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔢 𝔚𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰𝔬𝔫
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From Princess Goldenhair and the Wonderful Flower, by Flora Spiegelberg (a bit of nominative determinism at work there, perhaps?), illustrated by Milo Winter.
I don't usually go deep into author and artist biographies here (and sometimes there is little that I can find on the public internet), but investigating the source of this image unearthed such an interesting story that I feel compelled to share it.
As well as publishing numerous children's stories, Spiegelberg was an educator and activist who fought the good fight for education (she championed nonsectarian schools) and sanitation, transforming New York City's sanitation ("a womanly hobby," as she perhaps archly put it) in the process. As is so often the case with talented and industrious women, Wikipedia has little to say about her, but the Jewish Women's Archive supplies an in-depth biography.
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The pumpkin knows what's coming.
Golden Magazine Calendar art, by Richard Scarry. Find more vintage trick-or-treating at @the-october-country...
Esco Grimley Hall Whispering Witches: deadstock images found online.
One of the hallmarks of Hallowe'en's approach in my 80s Northern Irish childhood was the appearance of cardboard witch's hats in the novelty sections of local newsagents and toyshops. There was relatively little Hallowe'en stuff to choose from back then, and the hats were ubiquitous - and fragile, so you'd buy a new one each year. They came in two wraparound image variants (though this isn't one of the ones I remember), always with a choice of green or orange.
80s Halloween sticker sheets – signs and slogans (1984)
I'm sure many of us here are no strangers to the illustrations from Dennison's Bogie Book, a 1920s booklet by a paper manufacturer that told customers how to turn its wares into Hallowe'en decor and costumes - they've been circulating on spooky season Tumblr for years. But Nikk Alcaraz takes it a step further and actually makes the suggestions from the book in this charming video. Crepe paper turns out to be surprisingly strong and versatile, but he also turned silhouettes from the book into a stencil (the video shows him using it to decorate a tablecloth) which you can find on his website.