Pauline Baynes - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 08-03-2008, 06:07 AM

Just seen on another forum that Pauline Baynes has recently died http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum...asp?TID=228268.

Pauline's illustrations of Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham, AoTB & particularly Smith of Wooton Major (as well as that famous LotR cover & poster maps & Bilbo's Last Song) have always seemed to me particularly beautiful & evocative of Tolkien's world.

Very sad.

Morthoron · 08-03-2008, 09:34 AM

Very said indeed, davem. I've always appreciated Baynes' work, particularly in Farmer Giles of Ham and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, with her medievally-influenced illustrations.

Lalaith · 08-03-2008, 01:39 PM

And her delightful Narnia illustrations, too.
I'm sorry to hear this.

Lalaith · 08-03-2008, 01:44 PM

Some interesting things here, including Pauline Baynes' very contrasting views of Tolkien and Lewis...(favourable to Tolkien, incidentally...)
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~edwards/baynes.html

davem · 08-03-2008, 03:54 PM

So sad that many readers who will now come to Giles, AoTB, & especially Smith, will do so through the new combined edition (along with Niggle & Roverandom) out in October with illustrations by Alan Lee http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/...lous_Realm.php. While I'm sure Lee's illustrations will be beautiful in themselves, Smith of Wooton Major in particular should always have the Baynes illustrations.

And here's her beautiful poster for Bilbo's Last Song. Somehow appropriate. http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/deta...eference=61200,

Bêthberry · 08-03-2008, 04:41 PM

That's a beautiful poster, davem, full of exquisite detail about Middle-earth--the animals in the tree--that some of the more famous illustrators don't capture. Thanks for linking to it.

And thanks to Lalaith for posting that reminiscence of Baynes.

08-03-2008, 06:07 AM	#1
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Pauline Baynes Just seen on another forum that Pauline Baynes has recently died http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum...asp?TID=228268. Pauline's illustrations of Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham, AoTB & particularly Smith of Wooton Major (as well as that famous LotR cover & poster maps & Bilbo's Last Song) have always seemed to me particularly beautiful & evocative of Tolkien's world. Very sad. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

08-03-2008, 09:34 AM	#2
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,509	Very said indeed, davem. I've always appreciated Baynes' work, particularly in Farmer Giles of Ham and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, with her medievally-influenced illustrations. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

08-03-2008, 01:39 PM	#3
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	And her delightful Narnia illustrations, too. I'm sorry to hear this. __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

08-03-2008, 01:44 PM	#4
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Some interesting things here, including Pauline Baynes' very contrasting views of Tolkien and Lewis...(favourable to Tolkien, incidentally...) http://personal.bgsu.edu/~edwards/baynes.html __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

08-03-2008, 03:54 PM	#5
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	So sad that many readers who will now come to Giles, AoTB, & especially Smith, will do so through the new combined edition (along with Niggle & Roverandom) out in October with illustrations by Alan Lee http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/...lous_Realm.php. While I'm sure Lee's illustrations will be beautiful in themselves, Smith of Wooton Major in particular should always have the Baynes illustrations. And here's her beautiful poster for Bilbo's Last Song. Somehow appropriate. http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/deta...eference=61200, __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects." Last edited by davem; 08-03-2008 at 04:06 PM.

08-03-2008, 04:41 PM	#6
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,997	The gifts of women That's a beautiful poster, davem, full of exquisite detail about Middle-earth--the animals in the tree--that some of the more famous illustrators don't capture. Thanks for linking to it. And thanks to Lalaith for posting that reminiscence of Baynes. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

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