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Tolkien Artwork

Curufin, Amras and Maedhros.

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This is a painting of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
(Born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi)

Men and women of her time raved about Elisabeth's beauty, but were equally attracted by her grace, charisma and the mysterious aura that is said to have surrounded the empress. Elisabeth was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time and was well aware of this.

A Bavarian-Austrian Arwen Undómiel?

Perhaps Tolkien would have found her very beautiful, too?
 
An illustrated edition of The Hobbit by the same artist:

Apparently, Tolkien liked his work:
Clyde S. Kilby wrote in his memoir, Tolkien and The Silmarillion (1976), that Tolkien ‘was pleased with the Japanese translation of The Hobbit and showed me with particular satisfaction the frontispiece which portrayed Smaug falling convulsivley’ over Lake-town.

edit: here are a few of his bw-illustrations for LotR:
 
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An illustrated edition of The Hobbit by the same artist:

Apparently, Tolkien liked his work:


edit: here are a few of his bw-illustrations for LotR:
They're quite good. I'm surprised at how NOT manga looking they are. Very western-style.
 

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