Bats, cats, and men in fur coats make frequent appearances in his artwork, as do exotic and quirky creatures known only in the trademark crosshatched drawings emanating from his pen. All of Gorey’s characters inhabit an enigmatic, often vaguely Edwardian world, where human foibles and frailties are deftly assuaged by witty flights of fantasy.
Images
Illustration for The Remembered Visit
Lizard Family Reunion
Illustration for The Awdrey-Gore Legacy
Illustration for The Dong with a Luminous Nose, by Edward Lear
Illustration for The Blue Aspic
Twelve Lords a’Leaping
Untitled illustration
Illustration for The Shrinking of Treehorn, by Florence Parry Heide
Illustration for Irene Iddesleigh, by Amanda McKittrick Ros
Untitled illustration
Untitled illustration
Illustration for The Other Statue
Illustration for The Jumblies, by Edward Lear
Illustration for The Jumblies, by Edward Lear
Illustration for The Jumblies, by Edward Lear
Illustration for The Gilded Bat
Gazebo
Flaming Punch Bowl
Illustration for The Very Fine Clock, by Muriel Spark
Illustration for Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, by T. S. Eliot
Untitled illustration (detail)
Untitled illustration
Illustration for Mystery! (detail)
Baby Toss (Falling?)
Illustration for Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses
