Other than a trip in 1975 to visit Scottish Hebrides and Loch Ness, Edward Gorey rarely went beyond his New York-New England orbit -- but his imagination knew no bounds. From a frozen arctic bike ride to an airy dip in a lake, the four original works here show just how far out and about his art can take the viewer.
Featured artwork selected by Cartoon Art Museum founder and Gorey enthusiast Malcolm Whyte includes a look at the fateful Crumpet-Fanlight Expedition, a terse economic battle captioned "Haggling over a small black canvas on the hunch it's a Chardin," a festive outing entitled "Summer Joy," and Gorey's low-key watercolor for the cover of Jane Aiken's novel Cold Shoulder Road. "That cover perfectly captures the somber atmosphere and quirky character of English villagers of the rugged Dover coast," observes Malcolm Whyte. "The three youngsters shopping the fair booths and the tall figure being pulled on his two-wheeler by a kite are all instrumental to a rousing story woven around lost family, kidnapping, smuggling, hidden treasures and conversing only through thoughts. As an 'artist for hire,' the assignment happily matched Gorey's own affinity for mystery and the unusual."
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Featured artwork selected by Cartoon Art Museum founder and Gorey enthusiast Malcolm Whyte includes a look at the fateful Crumpet-Fanlight Expedition, a terse economic battle captioned "Haggling over a small black canvas on the hunch it's a Chardin," a festive outing entitled "Summer Joy," and Gorey's low-key watercolor for the cover of Jane Aiken's novel Cold Shoulder Road. "That cover perfectly captures the somber atmosphere and quirky character of English villagers of the rugged Dover coast," observes Malcolm Whyte. "The three youngsters shopping the fair booths and the tall figure being pulled on his two-wheeler by a kite are all instrumental to a rousing story woven around lost family, kidnapping, smuggling, hidden treasures and conversing only through thoughts. As an 'artist for hire,' the assignment happily matched Gorey's own affinity for mystery and the unusual."
Other than a trip in 1975 to visit Scottish Hebrides and Loch Ness, Edward Gorey rarely went beyond his New York-New England orbit -- but his imagination knew no bounds. From a frozen arctic bike ride to an airy dip in a lake, the four original works here show just how far out and about his art can take the viewer.
Featured artwork selected by Cartoon Art Museum founder and Gorey enthusiast Malcolm Whyte includes a look at the fateful Crumpet-Fanlight Expedition, a terse economic battle captioned "Haggling over a small black canvas on the hunch it's a Chardin," a festive outing entitled "Summer Joy," and Gorey's low-key watercolor for the cover of Jane Aiken's novel Cold Shoulder Road. "That cover perfectly captures the somber atmosphere and quirky character of English villagers of the rugged Dover coast," observes Malcolm Whyte. "The three youngsters shopping the fair booths and the tall figure being pulled on his two-wheeler by a kite are all instrumental to a rousing story woven around lost family, kidnapping, smuggling, hidden treasures and conversing only through thoughts. As an 'artist for hire,' the assignment happily matched Gorey's own affinity for mystery and the unusual."
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Featured artwork selected by Cartoon Art Museum founder and Gorey enthusiast Malcolm Whyte includes a look at the fateful Crumpet-Fanlight Expedition, a terse economic battle captioned "Haggling over a small black canvas on the hunch it's a Chardin," a festive outing entitled "Summer Joy," and Gorey's low-key watercolor for the cover of Jane Aiken's novel Cold Shoulder Road. "That cover perfectly captures the somber atmosphere and quirky character of English villagers of the rugged Dover coast," observes Malcolm Whyte. "The three youngsters shopping the fair booths and the tall figure being pulled on his two-wheeler by a kite are all instrumental to a rousing story woven around lost family, kidnapping, smuggling, hidden treasures and conversing only through thoughts. As an 'artist for hire,' the assignment happily matched Gorey's own affinity for mystery and the unusual."
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