Brian Froud was born on 1947 and is an English fantasy illustrator and conceptual designer.
19 Facts About Brian Froud
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Brian Froud is most widely known for his 1978 book Faeries with Alan Lee, and as the conceptual designer of the Jim Henson films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.
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In 1976, Brian Froud was featured in Once Upon a Time: Some Contemporary Illustrators of Fantasy, a survey of modern British illustrators.
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In collaboration with his friend and fellow artist Alan Lee, Brian Froud created the 1978 book Faeries, an illustrated compendium of faerie folklore.
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Brian Froud served as the conceptual designer of The Dark Crystal, released in 1982.
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Brian Froud was the conceptual designer for Henson's next feature film, Labyrinth, released in 1986, as well as for the pilot episode of Henson's television series The Storyteller, first aired in 1987.
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Brian Froud returned to working with the Jim Henson Company as the primary conceptual designer of the 2019 Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a prequel to The Dark Crystal.
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Brian Froud's artwork has been exhibited in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Brian Froud is married to Wendy Brian Froud, a puppet-maker and sculptor whom he met at Jim Henson Studios in 1978 while working on The Dark Crystal.
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Brian Froud cites the early influence of Rackham, "in particular, [Rackham's] drawings of trees that had faces", as sparking his interest in illustrating fairy tales, and describes having had a love of nature from childhood that has informed his style.
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Brian Froud is frequently inspired by the landscape of Dartmoor.
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Brian Froud was fascinated by Greek, Druid, Celtic and German 15th-century history and mythology.
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Brian Froud's work has been influenced by Arthurian legend, "com[ing] from Glastonbury as a sacred centre".
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In 1979, Brian Froud was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Artwork for Plate 12 of his 1977 book, The Land of Brian Froud.
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Four years later, Brian Froud was a nominee at the 1983 Hugo Awards in the category of Best Non-Fiction Book for The World of the Dark Crystal, for which Brian Froud was the illustrator in a partnership with writer JJ Llewellyn.
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Brian Froud was honoured by the World Fantasy Convention with a nomination for the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist in 1991, and again four years later.
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In 1995, Brian Froud won the Hugo Award for Best Original Artwork for his illustrations in Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, a collaboration with writer Terry Jones.
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The book won the Chesley Award for Best Interior Illustration, and Brian Froud was nominated that year for the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement.
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Brian Froud received a lifetime achievement award from the New York Society of Illustrators Museum in 2011.