Brian froud

Brian Froud born [ 1 ] is an English fantasy illustrator and conceptual designer.

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Froud was born in Winchester , England in After graduating, Froud spent five years working as a commercial illustrator in Soho , London before moving to Chagford , Devon in In collaboration with his friend and fellow artist Alan Lee , Froud created the book Faeries , an illustrated compendium of faerie folklore. The same year, his concept art for the film was published in the companion book The World of the Dark Crystal.

In the late s, Froud formed an artistic-literary partnership with Terry Jones , who was a screenwriter on Labyrinth. Together they produced The Goblins of Labyrinth , a companion book containing Froud's concept art for the film, [ 32 ] [ 33 ] and subsequently a number of non- Labyrinth -related books about fairies and goblins. Their Lady Cottington series parodied the Cottingley Fairies phenomenon.

In , Froud created over 50 paintings and drawings for his Faerielands series, a collaborative project in which he invited four fantasy authors — Charles de Lint , Patricia A. His artwork has been exhibited in the United Kingdom and the United States. Froud's artwork frequently draws upon fairy tales and European folklore. His paintings of fairies are known for recontexualising Victorian and Edwardian -era beliefs about fairies [ 1 ] [ 45 ] and were part of a revival of fairy painting seen during the late 20th century.