For #APRIL 1982
‘Wood Elves’
Darrell Sweet (1934-2011)
*The 1982 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for April
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #DarrellSweet #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit

For #APRIL 1979
‘The Elvenking’s Gate’
Unfinished painting by #JRRTolkien (1892-1973) to illustrate #TheHobbit, Ch. 9, ‘Barrels out of Bond’ & reproduced in *The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979* (George Allen & Unwin) for April.
#illustrationart #illustrationartist

« Bard and Smaug », 1989

by Henri Galeron (French illustrator, b. 1939)
Cover illustration for the French edition of "Bilbo Le Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien, Le Livre de Poche, 1989

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #henrigaleron #JRRTolkien #bilbo #hobbit #bard #smaug #dragon #esgaroth

For #APRIL 2000
‘Beren and Lúthien are Flown to Safety’
#TedNasmith (b. 1956). Gouache on illustration board. 1998.
*Tolkien Calendar 2000* (HarperCollins) for April
#JRRTolkien, #Silmarillion (Ch. XIX, "Of #Beren and #Lúthien")
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #Gondolin

For #APRIL 1988
‘Eagles to the Rescue’
Ted Nasmith (b. 1956). Gouache on illustration board.
*The Tolkien Calendar 1988* (Unwin Paperbacks) for April.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #TedNasmith #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit

For #APRIL 1986
‘Beorn’
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for April
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Beorn

Tadam, voici les trois infos de ce 8 avril en imaginaire !

#JRRTolkien #Tolkien #LesAnneauxdepouvoir #PrixbobMorane #sciencefiction #fantasy

"Other lands are not my concern. The fortunes of the world will rise and fall, but here in this kingdom,
we will endure.”
- Thranduil -

Good night world.

#TheHobbit #drawing #drawingsky #pencildrawing #JRRTolkien #Thranduil

For #APRIL 1985
‘Merry and Pippin Captured by the Orcs’
Inger Edelfeldt (b. 1956)
*The 1985 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for April.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #IngerEdelfeldt #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR

For #jrrtolkien folks interested in Icelandic or Old Norse. I visited Iceland on route from speaking at the Tolkien Conference in Zurich. Highlights included lunch with this reviewer www.bokmenntiroglistir.is/blog/dickerson (head of the Icelandic Lit. Soc.) and visiting an exhibit of Old Norse mss.

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/File:Roger_Garland_-_Two_Trees_of_Valinor.jpg: ‘This depiction by Roger Garland is whimsical and bright, as Tolkien would have appreciated. On the left is Laurelin the Golden with beautiful intricate blossoms. On the right stands Telperion, often called the "Eldest of Trees." This portrayal seems to show the trees during the mingling of the lights;a time of "day" when the light of both trees shone together. In the background rise the mighty Pelóri, the great mountain range raised by the Valar to protect their land. According to this work the trees are quite massive, whereas others have depicted them as the size of normal trees. One very interesting component of this painting is the Stonehenge-like ring about Ezellohar, the mound of the trees. While this is not necessarily canonical, it certainly emphasizes how ancient the trees are.’

For #APRIL 1984
‘The Two Trees of Valinor’
Roger Garland (1950-2017)
*The 1984 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for April
👉ALT
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #RogerGarland #JRRTolkien #Silmarillion #Valinor

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#LordOfTheRingsOnline #LOTRO #GlamdringServer #MiddleEarth #JRRTolkien #LIVE #Livestreaming #GamePlay @FiremanRich

For #APRIL 1981
‘The Barrow Wight’ Michael Herring (b. 1947)
Oil over graphite on illustration board 19.5"x19.5"
*The 1981 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballanine Books) for April
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHerring #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR

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Meássë for @//kisses-in-the-void, @//laisrinel and @//isilme-among-the-stars on Tumblr

#tolkien #jrrtolkien #silmarillion #fantasy #tolkienart #silmart #silmfanart

For #APRIL 1975
‘Frodo Meditates’
Tim Kirk (b. October 30, 1947)
*The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1975* (Ballantine Books) for April
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #TimKirk #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR #Frodo

Hareth, Húrin´s mom for @//serregon on Tumblr

#tolkien #jrrtolkien #silmarillion #fantasy #tolkienart #silmart #silmfanart #thechildrenofhurin

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For #APRIL 1995
‘‘Gandalf Returns to Hobbiton’
#JohnHowe (b. 1957)
*J. R. R. Tolkien Calendar 1995* (HarperCollins) for April
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JohnHowe #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR #Gandalf #BagEnd

For #APRIL 1976
‘The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water’
#Watercolor by #JRRTolkien, August 1937
Frontispiece #TheHobbit (UK 1937; US 1938) Reproduced in *The Hobbit Calendar 1976* (George Allen & Unwin) for April
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists

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Ivriniel & Théodwyn for @//hobbitwrangler, @//from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras, and @//camille-lachenille on Tumblr

#tolkien #jrrtolkien #lotr #fantasy #gondor #rohan #lotrart #lotrfanart

Reproduced, *The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1974*(George Allen & Unwin) for April.
👇 Dutch language edition
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR

For #APRIL 1974
‘The Forest of Lothlórien in Spring’
Crayon drawing of the mallorn trees of Lothlórien by #JRRTolkien (1892-1973)
Cf. #TheFellowshipOfTheRing, Book II, Ch. 6:
‘There are no trees like the trees of that land. For in autumn the leaves fall not, but turn to gold. ➡️

Námo is wearing dark robes with silver jewelry set with green and blue stones, and figures of hourglasses as a necklace and headdress. His skin is grey.

Vairë is wearing a lot of different layers, and holding a piece of fabric in two of her arms, while the last two of her four arms are holding thread. She is mainly wearing purple and orange, and she has pale skin with straight black hair.

Námo & Vairë

#tolkien #silmarillion #jrrtolkien #tolkienart #silmart #tolkienfanart #silmfanart #fantasy #mandos #namo #vaire #valirë #námo #valar #valier

For #APRIL 1998
‘A Pleasant Awakening’
Carol Emery Phenix (b. 1956)
*Tolkien Calendar 1998* (HarperCollins) for April
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #CarolEmeryPhenix #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR #Frodo #Gandalf

#illustrationart #illustrationartists #watercolor #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit

For #APRIL 1973
‘Bilbo woke with the early sun in his eyes’
Watercolor by #JRRTolkien, Aug. 1937, to illustrate the 1st words of *The Hobbit*, Ch. 7 (“Queer Lodgings”). (UK 2nd ed. 1937; US 1st ed. 1938).
Reproduced, *The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1973* (Ballantine Books) for April

For #MARCH 2021
‘Eldalondë the Green’
Alan Lee (b. 1947). Watercolor.
*Tolkien Calendar 2021* (HarperCollins) for March
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #UnfinishedTales

"Conosco la metà di voi solo a metà e nutro per meno della metà di voi metà dell'affetto che meritate" #JRRTolkien