Editing Brian Froud (section)

==Artistic style and influences==
Froud's artwork frequently draws upon [[fairy tales]] and [[European folklore]]. His paintings of fairies are known for recontexualising [[Victorian era|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian]]-era beliefs about fairies<ref name="Greenwood"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Ashwood |first=Brigid |date=10 April 2012 |title=Book Review: Trolls by Brian and Wendy Froud |website=[[Wired (website)|Wired]] |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/10/trolls-by-brian-and-wendy-froud/ |access-date=20 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222150742/https://www.wired.com/2012/10/trolls-by-brian-and-wendy-froud/ |archive-date=22 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and were part of a revival of [[fairy painting]] seen during the late 20th century.<ref>{{cite book |first=Beatrice |last=Phillpotts |date=1999 |title=The Faeryland Companion |publisher=[[Barnes & Noble Books]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7607-1890-2 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGgqGqBFYU4C }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Brian |last=Stableford |date=2009 |orig-date=First published 2005 |title=The A to Z of Fantasy Literature |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |location= |series=Historical Dictionaries |isbn=978-0-8108-6345-3 |page=213 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JKw5FYA4GgC&pg=PA213 }}</ref> 

Among Froud's major influences are the 19th and early 20th-century illustrators [[Arthur Rackham]], [[Edmund Dulac]],<ref name="Horrigan"/><ref name="Cine1983"/> and [[Richard Dadd]].<ref name="Animazing">{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Bio of Brian, Wendy & Toby Froud |website=Animazing Gallery |location=[[SoHo, New York]] |url=http://www.animazing.com/gallery/pages/bio_frouds.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315000413/http://www.animazing.com/gallery/pages/bio_frouds.html |archive-date=15 March 2012 |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Nature">{{cite magazine |last=Barder |first=Ollie |date=13 September 2019 |title=Brian Froud On 'The Dark Crystal', 'Labyrinth' And His Love Of Nature |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2019/09/13/brian-froud-on-the-dark-crystal-labyrinth-and-his-love-of-nature/ |magazine=[[Forbes]] |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625143825/https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2019/09/13/brian-froud-on-the-dark-crystal-labyrinth-and-his-love-of-nature/ |archive-date=25 June 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is frequently inspired by the landscape of [[Dartmoor]].<ref name="Sounds"/> Other influences Froud cites include the Robinson brothers ([[Thomas Heath Robinson|Thomas]], [[Charles Robinson (illustrator)|Charles]] and [[W. Heath Robinson|William]]),<ref name="Animazing"/> the [[Pre-Raphaelites]], [[William Morris]] and Northern European art from the 1500s and 1600s.<ref name="Nature"/> He has stated that he was fascinated by [[Greek mythology|Greek]], [[Druid]], [[Celtic mythology|Celtic]] and German 15th-century history and mythology.<ref name="Animazing"/> Froud's work has also been influenced by [[Arthurian legend]], "com[ing] from [[Glastonbury]] as a sacred centre".<ref>{{cite web |first=Gem |last=Wheeler |date=28 August 2019 |title=The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance's designer on 'a purer form of puppetry' |website=[[Den of Geek]] |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistances-designer-on-a-purer-form-of-puppetry/ |access-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816215517/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistances-designer-on-a-purer-form-of-puppetry/ |archive-date=16 August 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Jeremiah Horrigan of the ''[[Poughkeepsie Journal]]'' wrote that Froud's style "echoes not only the great 19th century illustrators he reveres, but also harbors a wealth of elements ranging from [[Medieval art|Medieval]] to ancient [[Celtic art|Celtic]] and [[Scandinavian folklore|Nordic folk]] art."<ref name="Horrigan"/>