Tolkien Calendar 2019

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Tolkien Calendar 2019
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IllustratorAlan Lee
PublisherHarperCollins
Released30 August 2018
FormatCalendar
Pages32
ISBN978-0-00-829679-7
Preceded byTolkien Calendar 2018
Followed byTolkien Calendar 2020

The Tolkien Calendar 2019 was the official Tolkien calendar published by HarperCollins on 30 August 2018. It features art by Alan Lee that was included in the 2018 publication The Fall of Gondolin.

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The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing 12 of the finest watercolours by Alan Lee selected from the three Great Tales of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien – THE FALL OF GONDOLIN, BEREN AND LÚTHIEN and THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN – and accompanied by numerous pencil sketches, many unique to this calendar.

The Tolkien calendar has become an established publishing event, eagerly looked forward to by Tolkien fans the world over. This year's content is particularly special, as it includes art inspired by a Tolkien work that is seeing print in its complete form for the very first time, together with the finest paintings from BEREN AND LÚTHIEN and THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN. Together, these works illustrate Tolkien’s three Great Tales of Middle-earth.

To accompany each watercolour painting, every month features complementary pencil drawings selected by Alan and there are also brand new sketches produced exclusively for this calendar.

Alan Lee has depicted famous scenes including Gollum and Bilbo, Rivendell and Smaug the Dragon in his celebrated illustrated editions of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’, but with these brand new paintings and drawings he will take the reader deeper into the enchanting world of Middle-earth than ever before.

See also[edit | edit source]

Official Tolkien calendars
1973-1994 UK 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994
US 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994
1995-2024 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024
Illustrators of official Tolkien calendars
Emily Austin (2023) · Pauline Baynes (1973, 1974) · Cor Blok (2011, 2012) · Jemima Catlin (2014) · Jenny Dolfen (2023) · Inger Edelfeldt (1985) · Mary Fairburn (2015) · Roger Garland (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989) · Spiros Gelekas (2023) · Justin Gerard (2023) · Donato Giancola (2023) · Michael Hague (1986) · The Brothers Hildebrandt (1976 US, 1977 US, 1978 US) · John Howe (1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2013, 2021) · Tove Jansson (2016) · Michael Kaluta (1994) · Tim Kirk (1975) · Alan Lee (1987, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024) · Ted Nasmith (1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2021, 2022) · Kip Rasmussen (2023) · Darrell Sweet (1982) · J.R.R. Tolkien (1973, 1974, 1976 UK, 1977 UK, 1978 UK, 1979, 2005, 2006, 2017)