July 12, 2011

The Art of Sidney Sime

Sidney Sime - 1

Sidney Sime - 2

Sidney Sime - 3

Sidney Sime - Zagabog Illustration, 1901

Sidney Sime - 4

Sidney Sime - 5

Sidney Sime - 6

Sidney Sime - 7

Sidney Sime - 8

Sidney Sime - 9

Sidney Sime - 10

Sidney Sime - 11

Sidney Sime - 12

Sidney Sime - 13

Sidney Sime - 14

Sidney Sime - The Wily Grasser (1923)

Sidney Sime - The Two-Tailed Sogg (1923)

Sidney Sime - The Prapsnot (1923)

Sidney Sime - Illustration For "The Ghost Pirates" By William Hope Hodgson (1909)

Sidney Sime - "Time And The Gods" Front Piece (1906)

Sidney Sime - Kai (1906)

Sidney Sime - The Ultimate God (1906)

Sidney Sime - Hothrun Dath (1906)

Sidney Sime - Lo! The Gods! (1906)

Sidney Sime - Yazun (1906)

Sidney Sime - Inzana (1906)

Sidney Sime - The Tomb of Zai (1906)

Sidney Sime - Guided By Ali, All Three Set Forth For The Midlands (1916)

Sidney Sime - The Bad Old Woman In Black Ran Down The Street Of The Ox-Butchers (1916)

Sidney Sime - There Stood That Lonely, Gnarled And Deciduous Tree (1916)

Sidney Sime - Tom O' The Roads (1908)

Sidney Sime - "Good-Bye!" (1908)

Sidney Sime - "A Herd Of Black Creatures" (1908)

Sidney Sime- The Fortress (1908)

Sidney Sime - The Soul Of La Traviata (1908)

Sidney Sime - We Would Gallop Through Africa (1910)

Sidney Sime - The Soul Of Andelsprutz (1910)

Sidney Sime - The Terrible Mud (1910)

Sidney Sime - Bird Of The River (1910)

Sidney Sime - The Gate Of Yann (1910)

Sidney Sime - The Silence Of Ged (1910)

Sidney Sime - Romance Comes Down Out Of Hilly Woodlands (1910)

Sidney Sime - Hish (1911)

Sidney Sime - The Dreams Of Manya - Yood - Sushai (1911)

Sidney Sime - Slid (1911)

Sidney Sime - Mung And The Beast Of Mung (1911)

Sidney Sime - Ranorada (1911)

Sidney Sime - "It" (1911)

Sidney Sime - The Ship Of Yoharneth - Lahai (1911)

Sidney Sime - The Edge of the World (1912)

Sidney Sime - The Coronation Of Mr. Thomas Shap (1912)

Sidney Sime - He Felt As A Morsel (1912)

Sidney Sime - The House Of The Sphinx (1912)

Sidney Sime - The Ominous Cough (1912)

Sidney Sime - There The Gibbelins Lived And Discreditably Fed (1912)

Sidney Sime - The Lean, High House Of The Gnoles (1912)

Sidney Sime - The Bride of the Man Horse, Zretazoola (1912)

Sidney Sime - The City of Never (1912)

A large portion of these illustrations were for novels by Irish author Lord Dunsany. Authors influenced by Dunsany include H.P Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, J.R.R. Tolkien among others. The full books can be read at archive.org at the following links..

The Last Book Of Wonder (1916)

The Book Of Wonder, A Chronicle Of Little Adventures At The Edge Of The World. (1912)

The Gods Of Pegana (1911)

A Dreamer's Tale (1910)

The Sword Of Welleran, And Other Stories (1908)

Time And The Gods (1906)

"The partnership of illustrator Sidney H. Sime and fantasy writer Lord Dunsany (also poet, dramatist, and grand chess master and pistol champion of Ireland) is without peer in the annals of fantasy illustration. It is almost inconceivable to imagine a Dunsany story - with its exquisite fusion of elements from Greek and Celtic myths (Dunsany was friendly with Yeats and the writers of the Celtic Twilight), Arabian Nights adventure, and the solemn harmonies of the Old Testament - without the drawings of Sidney H. Sime. Sime has been called the "greatest imaginative artist since William Blake," and aside from their fin-de-siecle elegance, and delicacy of line recalling Persian miniatures, Sime's drawings manifest that rare faculty of being able to give definitive, and often uncanny, form to the poet's merest suggestions." - quote source.

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2 comments:

Jonah Sidhom said...

This is incredible! The detail that went into each of this is amazing.

Phil Schifley said...

Amazing art by a forgotten master. Absolutely brilliant collection and a great introduction to an artist that influenced the genre of fantasy art in a profound way. Thanks!