Barbara Remington
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Barbara Remington is an American artist and illustrator. Born in Minnesota, she is probably best known for her cover-art for Ballantine Books' first paperback editions of J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and for her Tolkein-rlated poster A Map of Middle-earth.
In an interview about her association with Tolkien's works, Remington mentions that she had not been able to get hold of the books before making the illustration, and had only a sketchy idea from friends what they were about. Tolkien, the author, could not understand why her illustration included what he thought were pumpkins in a tree, or why a lion appeared at all (the lions were removed from the cover of later editions).
Remington became a huge Tolkien fan, and would have "definitely drawn different pictures" had she read the books first.[1]
The popularity of the artwork led to a large edition of the poster as well as work for similar genre fiction such as The Worm Ouroboros by Eric Rücker Eddison. She has also illustrated a number of children's books.
References
External links
- Interview, on the Tolkien Collector's Guide website
- Brief notes, on the Tolkien Collector's Guide website
- Examples of her work, from a 2005 exhibition
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