Art question (The Black/Rotting Christ)

Professor Black · Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 2332 Location: Evil Nation USA

Anyone know the origin of that "goatman with torches" art that was used for The Black's "Priest of Satan" and Rotting Christ's "Triarchy.."?

s.charlach · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:20 am Post subject:

ThornCross proved me wrong. One's obviously never past learning it better. Thanks, Mr.!
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Professor Black · Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 2332 Location: Evil Nation USA

Danke.

- LEGION - · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject:

- taken from a website -

Is it or is it not Doré?

Some people think Witches Dancing at a Sabbath (La Danse du Sabbat) is Doré and some insist it isn't. This is made more difficult because many works signed by Doré are primarily works done by his apprentices under his direction so being true to type isn't the sole criteria. For example, for Rime of the Ancient Mariner, he had worked with some of his engravers so many times that he sketched the drawing directly on large woodblocks and the engravers completed the work. This is the other signature you see on many of the illustrations.

Doré did not sign the finished work unless it met with his approval, which could have been denied for any number of reasons. His signature does not appear on Witches Dancing at a Sabbath but his influence is still apparent.

- either way, its still a killer piece of art who ever did it -
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guitar_Demon · Joined: 01 Dec 2007 Posts: 418 Location: the islands

you guys mean gustave dore? or is there another dore painter

s.charlach · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject:

anyway

Endless Morbidity · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2108 Location: New York

I never knew a lot of Doré work wasn't actually done by him.

A few years ago, I learned that a lot of Giger's stuff and a lot of Alex Gray's stuff wasn't done by them. They do rough sketches, but their apprentices do the rest. Then when it's complete, they just sign it and it gets sold as original.

I guess it's nothing new.

Voidhanger · Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 1390 Location: Kanada

On the topic of artwork, does anyone know where this is from? It's on the cover for URN's Promo 1997 and BLACK FUNERAL's Moon of Characith:

http://www.truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/moonofcharacith.jpg

ThornCross · Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 2262

Gustave Doré is the best !!!

...but this "danse du sabbat" is NOT from him !
It's from Emile Bayard

other art from Émile Bayard:

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