Natalie d'Arbeloff
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Natalie d'Arbeloff is a British and American artist, cartoonist, humorist, writer and teacher. She was born in Paris
of Russian and French parentage and raised in South America
, the United States
and Europe
- settling in London
in the mid-sixties.
A printmaker by profession, d'Arbeloff was an early theorist and practitioner of the bookwork or artist's book. Her paintings and artist's books have been exhibited internationally, and are in private and public collections including - Rijksmuseum Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague
; National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum
, London; Library of Congress
, Washington, DC and many rare book collections in American and European universities.
Originally printed as small press
publications, her work featuring fictional alter-ego character Augustine has developed through internet forms - the webcomic
and blogosphere
. In 2007 d'Arbeloff published the first of her series of web-based strip cartoons The God Interviews as a full colour paperback comic book
. She was joint recipient of The Guardian
s 2007 inaugural Mary Stott
competition prize which included editing the newspaper's women's pages for one week
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2285382,00.htmlhttp://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2286111,00.html in June 2008.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
of Russian and French parentage and raised in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
- settling in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in the mid-sixties.
A printmaker by profession, d'Arbeloff was an early theorist and practitioner of the bookwork or artist's book. Her paintings and artist's books have been exhibited internationally, and are in private and public collections including - Rijksmuseum Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
; National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, London; Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
, Washington, DC and many rare book collections in American and European universities.
Originally printed as small press
Small press
Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...
publications, her work featuring fictional alter-ego character Augustine has developed through internet forms - the webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
and blogosphere
Blogosphere
The blogosphere is made up of all blogs and their interconnections. The term implies that blogs exist together as a connected community or as a social network in which everyday authors can publish their opinions...
. In 2007 d'Arbeloff published the first of her series of web-based strip cartoons The God Interviews as a full colour paperback comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
. She was joint recipient of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
s 2007 inaugural Mary Stott
Mary Stott
Mary Stott was a British feminist and journalist. Stott was a journalist and columnist on the "Women's Page" of The Guardian....
competition prize which included editing the newspaper's women's pages for one week
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2285382,00.htmlhttp://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2286111,00.html in June 2008.
External links
- Natalie d'Arbeloff's website
- The Augustine Angle Kater Murr's Press, Piraeus Series, 2000]
- Lambiek Comiclopedia: Natalie d'Arbeloff
- Natalie d'Arbeloff interviewed by Robin Good, CAB Communications, October 7, 2003
- Natalie d'Arbeloff interviewed by Chris Rittke, 49sparks (podcast), Nov.7, 2006
Further reading
- Creating in Collage, Natalie d'Arbeloff and Jack Yates (Studio Vista/Watson Guptill, 1967)
- An Artist's Workbook, Natalie d'Arbeloff (Studio Vista/Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1969)
- Designing With Natural Forms, Natalie d'Arbeloff (Batsford/Watson-Guptill 1973)
- The Augustine Adventures: Small Packages, Natalie d'Arbeloff (NdA Press 1984-1987. Set of 10 mini-comics)
- Augustine's True Confession, Natalie d'Arbeloff (NdA Press, 1989)
- The Joy of Letting Women Down: Secrets of the Worshipped Male, Natalie d'Arbeloff (Robson Books, 2000)
- The God Interviews, Natalie d'Arbeloff (NdA Press, 2007)
Some of d'Arbeloff's limited edition artist's books
- The Word Accomplished, A.B.Christopher (Alexander d'Arbeloff). Etchings, design, hand-printing by Natalie d'Arbeloff. Edition of 75. (NdA Press, 1974)
- The Word Accomplished, Paperback facsimile edition of the above. Printed by Tipografia P.U.G. in Rome (NdA Press, 1984)
- Seuphor A Natalie, Extracts of letters from Michel Seuphor to Natalie d'Arbeloff. Blind-embossings (gaufrages), design, production by Natalie d'Arbeloff. Edition of 45. (NdA Press, 1978)
- Fungus and Curmudgeonly, A play by Simon Meyerson. Etchings, collagraphs, design, production by Natalie d'Arbeloff. Edition of 50 (NdA Press, 1980)
- For A Song, Seven poems and etchings by Natalie d'Arbeloff. Edition of 15. (NdA Press, 1980)
- The Piper of the Stars, John Forest (Christopher d'Arbeloff). Drawings by Sarah d'Arbeloff etched and hand-printed by Natalie d'Arbeloff. Letterpress by Stanislas Gliwa. Edition of 25 (NdA Press, 1986)
- Pater Noster, Natalie d'Arbeloff. Book-object. Edition of 5 similar but not identical copies. (NdA Press, 1988)
- Mozart, Matisse, Blanche et Moi, Natalie d'Arbeloff. Drypoints with text handwritten in the plates. Edition of 6. (NdA Press, 1990)
- Philosophy, Natalie d'Arbeloff. Etchings with text handwritten in the plates. Part of NdA's Gabriel Books series. Edition of 16. (NdA Press, 1990)
- Love, Natalie d'Arbeloff. Etchings with text handwritten in the plates. Part of NdA's Gabriel Books series. Edition of 16. (NdA Press, 1992)
- The Creation from the Book of Enoch: Five and a half hours in Paradise, Natalie d'Arbeloff. Extracts from the Book of Enoch. Sugar-lift etchings and relief printing by Natalie d'Arbeloff. Edition of 12. (NdA Press, 1992)
- The Revelation of Saint John the Divine, visually interpreted by Natalie d'Arbeloff. Edition of 150. (Old Stile Press, 1999)