Brian Froud
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Brian Froud (born 1947) in Winchester, England, is an illustrator of faeries and goblins. He works and lives in Devon, England and the landscapes in his paintings are frequently inspired by Dartmoor, England.
Biography
His work has been used as the inspiration for creatures in films such as The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth (both in conjunction with Jim Henson's Creature Shop). He collaborated with Terry Jones, who was a screenwriter on Labyrinth, on The Goblins of the Labyrinth (1986, re-issued in abridged form as in 1996), and subsequently on a number of non-Labyrinth-related books about fairies and goblins, the latest being Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, "Goblins" and "Good Fairies/Bad Fairies". One of his most famous art books is simply titled "Faeries", in collaboration with Alan Lee. Froud has also dabbled in other mediums and has recently created a deck of tarot cards entitled "The Faerie's Oracle"illustration Works
- Romeo and Juliet (1971)
- The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate (1972)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1972)
- Ultra-violet catastrophe! Or, The unexpected walk with Great-Uncle Magnus Pringle (1975)
- Are All the Giants Dead? (1975)
- The Wind Between the Stars (1976)
- The Land of Froud (1977)
- Master Snickup's Cloak (1979)
- Faeries (1979) — With Alan Lee
- The World of the Dark Crystal (1982)
- Goblins: Pop-up Book (1983)
- Goblins of the Labyrinth (1986)
- The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins (1986)
- The Dreaming Place (1990)
- Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (1994)
- Something Rich and Strange (1994) — Reprinted cover
- Quentin Cottington's Journal of Faery Research: Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells (1996)
- Good Faeries/Bad Faeries (1998)
- The Faeries' Oracle (2000)
- The Runes of Elfland (2003)
- Goblins! (2004)
- The Secret Sketchbooks of Brian Froud (2005)
- Chelsea Morning (2005)
- Peter Pan in Scarlet (2006)
Conceptual Works
- The Dark Crystal (1982)
- Labyrinth (1986)
- The Storyteller (1988)
- (1988)
- The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (2000)
- Peter Pan (2003)
- The Power of the Dark Crystal (2007)
External links
- [IMDb.com Profile: Brian Froud]
- [World of Froud - official website of Brian Froud]
- [Froud Yahoo Group]
- [Froud Google Group]
- http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/biofroud.html
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