We’ve been finding a few beautiful vintage children’s books lately that we wanted to make sure to blog about.  Book illustrators have always been at the cutting edge of graphic design, especially during the middle decades of the 20th century.  We found this one on a thrifting trip a few weeks back.

The first is a Danish children’s book called Jesu Fødsel (which roughly translates to The Nativity), illustrated by Emile D. Probst and published in 1967.  We haven’t been able to find out much information about Probst, other than the artist flourished in the 1960s and illustrated mainly Danish children’s books.

We especially like the style of Probst’s faces — it’s very reminiscent of medieval Greek Orthodox iconography, but with a decidedly Scandinavian flare that reminds us of Bjorn Wiinblad’s art.