Jim Flora

The mischievous and diabolic art of James Flora (1914-1998):
Glimpses of rare works from the archives
and news about Flora-related projects

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

The Jim Flora blog has moved

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We're not here anymore. We're here . We upgraded JimFlora.com in October 2017, and our blog has been relocated to that site. The...
Friday, August 11, 2017

Mambo for Kittens

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Music critic Dan Armonaitis:  Sound Observations: I’ve been looking after a jumpin’, rockin’, screamin’ cat "Having volunteered to...
Friday, June 23, 2017

"It will be a great pleasure to pinch your claw"

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Letter from Jim to his longtime friend Gene Deitch, 1972
Friday, May 13, 2016

newly discovered Flora cover?

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We recently discovered this Camden 7" EP that might very well feature an overlooked Flora cover. The catalog number, CAE-138, da...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Crosby Classics

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We're grateful to Jeffrey Ferguson, who alerted us to this previously overlooked early Flora cover. Based on the catalog number (M-...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Spectators — new fine art print

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At JimFlora.com we're issuing our first new limited edition fine art print in over a year. Spectators , an uncirculated 1940s-era ...
Friday, February 13, 2015

WGXC Celebrates Four

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Our good friend and fellow Floraphile Jillian Leigh Sutton , a DJ at WGCX in Hudson, New York, passes along this Florafied invitation: ...
Sunday, February 1, 2015

I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo

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Illustration, Columbia Records new popular-release weekly trade mailer Hit of the Week , August 1942, promoting clarinet-tooting bandlead...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Pim's bed and Flora wallpaper

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Flora " Rhapsody (in Blue) " wallpaper by Astek and Double-E featured on the Babyccino blog: Writes Pim's mom Esther ...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Flora tattoo #5 (and 6, 7, 8, etc.)

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We've posted a series of photos of Floraphiles sporting skin art. We neglected this one—actually more than one —sent by Kelly Kimball i...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Sun Ra: Solo Piano (a la Flora)

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Another Flora album cover—although in this case the product is digital-only. The illustration originally appeared in the December 1945 i...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Fresh Ink and Flora tattoo #4

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Reader/art lover Tiago writes: "I am a huge fan of Jim Flora’s work. (I have already bought books and prints.) I would like to sh...
Friday, December 26, 2014

The Panic Is On

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The Panic is On , pen & ink, 1990s, unpublished (No relation to the Nick Travis 1955 LP cover)
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

proud Floraphile

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Musician Mike Keneally is a Floraphile. Info on Mike at AllMusic ,  and here's his  website . Photo by my brother Dan Chusid , ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

"Oldtown"

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"Oldtown," pen and ink drawing, late 1930s, unpublished work. Oldtown (or Old Town?) is presumably a neighborhood in Cin...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

anthropomorphic lobsters

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Untitled pencil drawings for unknown project, discovered in 1960s sketchbook
Saturday, September 6, 2014

A Flora Centennial Exhibit Sept 20-Nov 2

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THE MISCHIEVOUS ART OF JIM FLORA :  A Centennial Fine Art Retrospective, 1940-1975 detail, untitled tempera on paper, mid-1940s We...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The High Fidelity Exhibition

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You can buy our fourth anthology  The High Fidelity Art of Jim Flora and browse the man's legendary album illustrations between b...
Saturday, April 5, 2014

Hipsters, Flipsters ...

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Richard Myrle Buckley was born 108 years ago today in Tuolumne, CA. He later self-applied the deferential appellation  Lord and became ...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

murder in the Keystone State

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Spot illustration, Columbia Records new popular-release weekly trade mailer, November 7, 1942, promoting bandleader Horace Heidt's n...
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