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

A hardcover copy of "The Hobbit" illustrated by Michael Hague.

Although incredibly quiet, he had an immense presence. He looked like Gandalf. If you were to try and collect everything he illustrated, it would be an incredible feat as a lot of it was small press and long out of print. I'm absolutely gutted that he's gone. #tolkien #michaelhague #illustration

For #FEBRUARY 1986
‘Riddles in the Dark’
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for February.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Bilbo #Gollum

The Stone Giants by Michael Hague

"One day they met a thunderstorm - more than a thunderstorm, a thunder-battle" "When he peeped out in the lightning flashes, he saw the stone-giants were out, and were hurling rocks at one another gor a game" #TolkienTrewsday Weather #TheHobbit #Tolkien #MichaelHague @timbolton.bsky.social

« The Reluctant Dragon », 1983

by Michael Hague (American children's books illustrator, born 1948)
cover Illustration for #TheReluctantDragon by #KennethGrahame, Henry Holt & Co, 1983

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MichaelHague #ChildrenFantasyArt #fantasyHumour

For #DECEMBER 1986
‘Bilbo Awakes’ (‘Elves of Rivendell’)
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for December
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #elves

« Gandalf Facing The Balrog », c. 1984

by Michael Hague (American artist, born 1948)
Illustration for "The Fellowship of the Ring" by #JRRTolkien, The Easton Press, 1984

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MichaelHague #middleEarth #TheLordOfTheRing #LOTR #Gandalf #Balrog #Moria

For #NOVEMBER 1986
‘The Journey Home’
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for November
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Bilbo #Gandalf #Beorn

Michael Hague Riddles in The Dark

"What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?" Bilbo & Gollum riddling it out under the mountains courtesy of #MichaelHague & Rawcliffe Pewter Roots for #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien #TheHobbit @timbolton.bsky.social

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

« What are you standing there for? », c. 1994

by Michael Hague (American artist, b. 1948)
Illustration for "Stan Bolovan", Romanian fairy tale, from "The Book of Dragons", 1995

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MichaelHague #StanBolovan #BookOfDragons #Dragon #Dragons

For #SEPTEMBER 1986
‘The King of the Elves’
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for September
#JRRTolkien #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #TheHobbit

For #AUGUST 1986
‘Death of Smaug’ (‘The Black Arrow’)
Michael Hague (b. 1948) for *The Hobbit* (1992 ed.)
Reproduced in *The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for August
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #TheHobbit #JRRTolkien

For #JULY 1986
‘Smaug the Magnificent’ Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 Tolkien Calendar* (Unwin Paperbacks 1985) for July
#JRRTolkien #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #Smaug #TheHobbit

For #JUNE 1986
‘Smaug the Magnificent’
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for June
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Smaug #dragons

For #MAY 1986
‘Thorin, a Prisoner of the Elves’
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for May.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Thorin

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

« Aslan and the White Witch », 1982

by Michael Hague (american illustrator, born 1948)
Illustration for CS Lewis, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", MacMillan, New York, 1983

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MichaelHague #CSLewis #NarniaChronicles #Aslan

For #FEBRUARY 1986
‘Riddles in the Dark’
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for February.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Bilbo #Gollum

For #JANUARY 1986
‘Rivendell’ (‘The Last Homely House’)
Michael Hague (b. 1948)
*The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for January
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Bilbo #Gandalf