I love stumbling across a new, old thing.

As you may realise if you have read my blog for any length of time, discovering the work of illustrators and artists is a great passion of mine.

It’s one of my favourite things about the internet generally, and Pinterest in particular – they make it so easy.

There is no requirement to know what you are looking for in advance. You can just meander, one thing leading to another, until something catches your eye and stops you in your tracks.

The other day I stumbled across an image by David Klein. The image of the butterflies at the top of this post, to be precise.

I didn’t know anything about the artist, but I did a bit of cyber-rummaging, which eventually led me to more of his work.

Which, as you can see, is just stunning…

David Klein was an American artist and illustrator, who was born in 1918 and died in 2005.

In 1947 he worked as an art director at Clifford Strohl Associates, a theatrical advertising agency. David became the illustrator of choice for many Broadway shows of the period…

He is perhaps best known for his iconic travel illustrations for posters of the 1950s and 1960s for TWA.

His posters defined the jet-set style of the period…

As well as being prolific, his work, whilst retaining it’s mid-century fabulousness throughout, was amazingly varied.

He also turned his talents to children’s illustrations…

You can see many more of David Klein’s illustrations via davidkleinart.com

I think he’s a discovery well worth making. ♥