List of books published on or by artists inspired by Tolkien
I recently started a little thread over with the wonderful people at Tolkienguide.com (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) called List of books published on or by artists inspired by Tolkien (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) because I had been 'talking' to Joel Merriner on Twitter about art books/ artists inspired by Tolkien and there was no such list yet (he is doing - among many other things - the amazing Arda Illuminated (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) series on Youtube I can only highly recommend).
I am copy-pastying the thread from TG over here for one reason - I'll keep it updated on both sides of the internet pond, so to speak - and that is that I am going to order books from this list and do quick reviews on them for you. I will try and concentrate on all the outstanding art that we have from before the film trilogies as well as art since then that is truly original.
If you happen to have any suggestions and/or ideas for this list I would be quite happy to hear them!
Tolkien-inspired artists with stand-alone publications
Blok, Cor. Tolkien Tapestry. 9780007437986 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [HarperCollins, 2011]
Giancola, Donato. Middle-earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend. 9781506710860 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Dark Horse Books, 2019]
Hague, Michael. The Illustrated Hobbit. 9780395520215 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Houghton Mifflin, 1984]
Hildebrandt (Brothers). The Tolkien Years. 9781606903490 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Dynamite Entertainment, 2012]
Johnstone, Jay. Tolkienography. [privately published (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), 2019]
Lacon, Ruth. The Art of Ruth Lacon: Illustrations Inspired by the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien 9780955190001 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [ADC Books, 2005]
Wyatt, Joan. A Middle-earth Album: Paintings by Joan Wyatt 9780500271582 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Thames & Hudson, 1979]
Tolkien art anthologies
Realms of Tolkien 9780061055324 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Harper Voyager, 1996]
Tolkien Bestiary, A. David Day 9780345282835 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Ballantine Books/ Mitchell Beazley, 1979] Still the single best art anthology - by far.
Tolkien's Middle-Earth and Monsters Postcard Book: A Book of 40 Postcards 9780007142590 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [HarperCollins, 2002; Lee & Howe] Tolkien Scrapbook/ A Tolkien Treasury. 9780448164557 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Running Press, 1978]
Tolkien's World. 9780261102767 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [HarperCollins, 1992]
Publications containing work of Tolkien-inspired artists
Alexander, Rob. Welcome to my Worlds: The Art of Rob Alexander. 9781843402008 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Paper Tiger, 2005] Mostly known for his Magic: The Gathering and ME:TW work but the Witch-king is on the title page
Dolfen, Jenny. Journeys 2016-2019. [privately published (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), 2019]
Dolfen, Jenny. Songs of Sorrow and Hope [Oloris Publishing, 2015, out of print but available as PDF]
Frazetta, Frank. Testament: A Celebration of the Life & Art of Frank Frazetta 9781887424622 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Underwood Books, 2001] 5+ illustrations]
Garland, Linda and Roger. Garlands of Fantasy: The Art of Linda and Roger Garland 9781850283447 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Paper Tiger, 1994]
Gregory, Paul Raymond. Beyond Time and Place: The Art of Paul Raymond Gregory 9780957309500 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Studio 54 Publications, 2012]
Hickman, Stephen. The Art of Stephen Hickman 9781783298457 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Titan Books, 2015] 15 illustrations + essay by Hickman
Kaluta, Michael. Wings of Twilight: The Art of Michael Kaluta 9781561632763 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [NBM Publishing, 2001]
Kirk, Tim. Kirk's Works: An Index of the Art of Tim Kirk. 9780960327614 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Heresy Press, 1980]
Matthews, Rodney. The Rodney Matthews Portfolio 9781585028137 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Paper Tiger, 1990]
Whelan, Michael. Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder 978-0-345-32679-9 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Del Rey, 1987] The Eagles are coming
Well-known artists without any stand-alone publications
Inger Edelfeldt
Soni Alcorn-Hender
Film-related art
The Film Book of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings 9780345281395 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) [Ballantine Books, 1978] Bakshi film art
Please note
All the links given here are to Bookfinder.com (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), the antiquarian search owned by Amazon. Local search engines for second hand books may exist in your country - if there is a good option to search books in your country/ language I'd be delighted to add a list to this post as well.
Update May, 2022 List put into alphabetical order by artist's name + additions.
This post was originally published (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) on Jan 31, 2022.
