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John Rabou
Netherlands
Artist highlights
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Pencil, Gilding on Paper
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Framing :
Cardboard
under glass
Framed - Dimensions : 19.7x15.7in
About this artwork
The greek Sphinx lived just outside the borders of Thebes, where she asked innocent passersby the most famous riddle in history: "Which creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?"
She strangled and devoured anyone who could not answer. Oedipus solved the riddle by answering: Man—who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then uses a walking stick in old age.
Bested at last,… the Sphinx then threw herself from her high rock and died.
Pencil and gold leaf, 2016.
Original illustration for my book "Wonderwezens - klein overzicht van mythische figuren" (Wondercreatures - small overview of mythical figures). The book appeared May 30th, 2017.
She strangled and devoured anyone who could not answer. Oedipus solved the riddle by answering: Man—who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then uses a walking stick in old age.
Bested at last,… the Sphinx then threw herself from her high rock and died.
Pencil and gold leaf, 2016.
Original illustration for my book "Wonderwezens - klein overzicht van mythische figuren" (Wondercreatures - small overview of mythical figures). The book appeared May 30th, 2017.
John Rabou
Netherlands
Credentials
- Works on commission
John Rabou, since 1980 artist-illustrator from ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
I specialize in historical and archaeological illustrations and artist impressions. I strive for the greatest possible historical accuracy and plausibility. Until my “retirement,” I also created illustrations for (historical) youth books and biology, anatomy, and medical illustrations. I worked for educational and children's book publishers, heritage institutions, government archaeological services and companies, theme parks, and museums both at home and abroad. In England, I worked with an agent. I have a fascination with classical and medieval mythology.
Nowadays, I initiate and publish my own book projects, usually in collaboration with various writers, like "Wonderwezens" (2017) and "De vlucht van Daidalos" (2022), with author Imme Dros.
For almost 10 years now, I have been working on the designs for an embroidery project in Vlaardingen; a work in progress, when finished measuring about 35-40 m.
I specialize in historical and archaeological illustrations and artist impressions. I strive for the greatest possible historical accuracy and plausibility. Until my “retirement,” I also created illustrations for (historical) youth books and biology, anatomy, and medical illustrations. I worked for educational and children's book publishers, heritage institutions, government archaeological services and companies, theme parks, and museums both at home and abroad. In England, I worked with an agent. I have a fascination with classical and medieval mythology.
Nowadays, I initiate and publish my own book projects, usually in collaboration with various writers, like "Wonderwezens" (2017) and "De vlucht van Daidalos" (2022), with author Imme Dros.
For almost 10 years now, I have been working on the designs for an embroidery project in Vlaardingen; a work in progress, when finished measuring about 35-40 m.
John Rabou
The riddle
$2,130
