CIRCUS a magic world of illustrations

At the moment I'm working on a very simple circus-themed counting book for children, I was struck by the number of different artists and illustrators who were inspired by the circus.

Here's a small first selection of illustrations to give you an idea and who knows, maybe a little bit of that childhood magic rubs off on you.

 

                                       

Vintage and modern circus illustrations, from top left clockwise: Robert Wagt - juggling circus dog, Spider's  "il grande Alfredo", Sara Mulvanny's cover illustration for "nights at the circus", vintage poster art by French illustrator Savignac, Aurelius Battaglia, Circus book by Swedish designer Stig Lindberg, Lionel Koechlin - acrobats, Jonas Bergstrand and finally New York based Japanese illustrator Yuko Shimizu.