Romy Blümel

New book cover artwork for ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ by Tracy Chevalier, published by Borough Press an imprint of Harper Collin

An interview with Romy in her studio in Berlin

Christopher Beha writes about the author William Gaddis and what a ‘difficult pleasure’ it is to read his novels

Portrait of Alba de Céspedes, author of 'Forbidden Notebook' reviewed by Catherine Lacey for The New York Review of Books

'Revisiting Composers Suppressed by the Nazis'

Portrait of the Austrian Composer Alexander Zemlinsky. Two of his operas are performed at the closing weekend of 'Musica Non Grata' in Prague 

Wrapround cover for an illustrated biography of Mary Anning, published by Dovecote Press

The expansion of musicology from primarily being concerned with classical music, to it’s growth to encompass other genres and cultures and more than ever before, musicologists are connecting with other liberal arts disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, feminism, anthropology and critical race studies

Personal work based on the short stories of Ted Hughes

Personal work based on the short stories of Ted Hughes

Book cover for 'Good Enough' by Jen Petro-Roy, published by Feiwel & Friends an imprint of Macmillan

The labour conflict at the Metropolitan Opera

Cicero magazine is a monthly magazine in Germany focusing in politics and culture

Hand Book cover 2024/2025

The history of the Huguenots in London for Metropolitan Magazine, the lifestyle magazine for Eurostar's travelers

Advertising campaign for German language courses a The Goethe Institute in Dresden

Portrait of the writer Pat Barker for The New York Review of Books’ review of ‘The Women of Troy’. The novel is the second in Barker’s trilogy-in-progress about the Trojan War

Portrait of the writer, Katherine Mansfield accompanying a review of ‘All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the Art of Risking Everything’ by Claire Harman

Character drawings

Cover of ‘101 Dogs’ an illustrated compendium of dogs, published by Big Picture Press, written by Nicola Jane Swinney

Spread from ‘101 Dogs’ an illustrated compendium of dogs, published by Big Picture Press, written by Nicola Jane Swinney

Spread from ‘101 Dogs’ an illustrated compendium of dogs, published by Big Picture Press, written by Nicola Jane Swinney

Spread from ‘101 Dogs’ an illustrated compendium of dogs, published by Big Picture Press, written by Nicola Jane Swinney

Spread from ‘101 Dogs’ an illustrated compendium of dogs, published by Big Picture Press, written by Nicola Jane Swinney

'To Forgive or Not'

Artwork accompanying a discussion about absolution and how this affects the behaviours of certain protragonists in famous literary works

'The Misunderstood Roman Empress Who Willed Her Way to the Top'

Celebrating the Roman Empress Galla Placidia

Book cover for 'The Porpoise' by Mark Haddon published by Vintage

A new born baby is the sole survivor of plane crash and is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should and is forced to run for his life, escaping aboard The Porpoise, leaping from the modern era to ancient times.

Illustrated edition of Tales of Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society

Artworks were commissioned for the binding, slip case, endpapers and seven internal artworks. The book contains nineteen stories retold by Roger Lancelyn Green, including tales of Hermes and Apollo, the Argonauts and the fall of Troy

This book accompanies a follow up title published by The Folio Society Tales of Ancient Egypt also illustrated by Romy Blümel

One in a series of seven internal artworks fo the illustrated edition of Tales of  Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society. A collection of nineteen stories retold by the author

From the story The Battle of the Giants

"Giants now is the hour! Tear up the mountains and hurl them at Olympus! Tear down the Immortals from their high thrones and bind them with our kinsmen the Titans in Tartarus! And one of you shall have Aphrodite to be his wife, and another shall have Artemis – while I, your king, claim Hera as my prize!’

The rocks hurtled through the air, and whole hilltops were torn away in the struggle"

One in a series of seven internal artworks for the illustrated edition of Tales of  Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society. A collection of nineteen stories retold by the author

From the story The Beginning of the Labours

"With a cry of rage, Heracles drew his sword and charged, lunging with all his strength at the Lion’s chest as the huge creature reared up on its hind legs to strike at him with its mighty claws"

One in a series of seven internal artworks fo the illustrated edition of Tales of  Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society. A collection of nineteen stories retold by the author

From the story The Battle of the Giants

"Giants now is the hour! Tear up the mountains and hurl them at Olympus! Tear down the Immortals from their high thrones and bind them with our kinsmen the Titans in Tartarus! And one of you shall have Aphrodite to be his wife, and another shall have Artemis – while I, your king, claim Hera as my prize!

The rocks hurtled through the air, and whole hilltops were torn away in the struggle"

One in a series of seven internal artworks fo the illustrated edition of Tales of  Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society. A collection of nineteen stories retold by the author

From the story The Golden Apples, and The Hound of Hell

"Hercules looked down beyond the mountain, towards the Western Ocean, and saw far below him the lovely Garden of the Hesperides"'

One half of a collaborative game of tennis for ‘Conversations’, a publication produced by Heart

Cover of Volume 2 Issue 1 of Kitchen Toke a magazine about cooking with cannabis founded by Art Director Joline Rivera with the ambition of tackling cannabis’s image problem

Wraparound dust jacket for 'Mrs Dalloway', Virginia Woolf's novel chronicling a day in the life of her fictional character, Clarissa Dalloway, living in post-First World War England

Portrait of Simone de Beauvoir, the French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist

Portrait of Hanna Arendt, the German-American philosopher and political theorist

Portrait of Rosa Luxemburg, the Polish Marxist, philosopher, economist, anti-war activist and revolutionary socialist who became a naturalised German citizen at the age of 28

Cover for SHOP magazine’s Helsinki edition, about Finnish craft

Global Blue is a tourism shopping tax refund company. SHOP magazine is available in First Class Airport lounges and exclusive hotels around the world

Biscuit tin using the decorative floral border including butterflies, a magical coat and cow

Artwork from the willow pattern cheese plates used on a ceramic cheese baker, along with a floral border used around the edge of the ceramic dish and on packaging

The cheese baker is 12.5 x 12.5 x 6cm

Four cheese plates with alternating scenes creating a modern twist on the iconic china willow pattern

In a nod to the original poem that formed the inspiration for the first willow pattern, Fortnum & Mason commissioned the following poem as the brief for these plates

Two balloons soaring on high,
A car full of revellers, roaring by.
A field with three cows, chewing the fat.
A milk bottle tree, a milkman and his hat.
A platter of fromage, with bread and wine.
A glorious way to pass the time.
An evening do, with light and laughter.
A feast for the lunch-time, in the sunshine after.

The plates are 20cm in diameter and are for sale in Fortnum & Mason

Created in collaboration with Heart as a gift to clients

The sheets were printed standard wrapping paper size, 490mm x 690mm, in a print run of 100

Created in collaboration with Heart as a gift to clients

The sheets were printed standard wrapping paper size, 490mm x 690mm, in a print run of 100

From a series of paintings created on the theme of Togetherness for the 20th Anniversary Exhibition of  Spring Magazin

From a series of paintings created on the theme of Togetherness for the 20th Anniversary Exhibition of  Spring Magazin

From a series of paintings created on the theme of Togetherness for the 20th Anniversary Exhibition of  Spring Magazin

From a series of paintings created on the theme of Togetherness for the 20th Anniversary Exhibition of  Spring Magazin

Created in collaboration with Heart as a gift to clients. Each Artist was given a perforation grid specifically designed for them and were asked to create an artwork that either worked within the grid, or interacted with it

The sheets were pinhole perforated and printed 5.5" by b8.5" in a print run of 100 by The Portland Stamp Company

Spot artworks from a series of eight, running throughout one issue of The New Yorker

A relationship with trees

Romy Blümel was asked to create three artworks based on her personal experiences and thoughts about the significance of trees.

The artworks were used by The Woodland Trust in conjunction with Common Ground an arts and environmental charity working closely with artists, authors, and music makers to inspire and embolden people across the UK to speak up for their local environment in the most imaginative and creative ways

A relationship with trees

Romy Blümel was asked to create three artworks based on her personal experiences and thoughts about the significance of trees.

The artworks were used by The Woodland Trust in conjunction with Common Ground an arts and environmental charity working closely with artists, authors, and music makers to inspire and embolden people across the UK to speak up for their local environment in the most imaginative and creative ways

Illustrated edition of Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society

Artworks were created for the binding, slip case, endpapers and seven internal artworks, plus a double page map of Ancient Egypt. The book contains twenty stories retold by Roger Lancelyn Green. The stories have been collected together under three headings; Tales of the Gods, Tales of Magic, and Tales of Adventure

This book accompanies a previous title published by The Folio Society Tales of Greek Heroes also illustrated by Romy Blümel

One in a series of seven internal artworks fo the illustrated edition of Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society. A collection of twenty stories retold by the author

From the story The Girl with the Red-Rose Slippers

"Down over the courtyard swooped the eagle and dropped the rose-red slipper of Rhodopis into Pharaoh’s lap.

The people cried out in surprise when they saw this, and Amasis too was much taken aback. But, as he took up the little rose-red slipper and admired the delicate workmanship and the tiny size of it, he felt that the girl for whose foot it was made must indeed be one of the loveliest in the world"

One in a series of seven internal artworks fo the illustrated edition of Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society. A collection of twenty stories retold by the author

From the story The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor

"Then the serpent took me in his huge jaws and carried me away to his cave, and put me down there without hurting me. Yes, though he had held me in his sharp teeth he had not bitten me at all: I was still whole.

Then he said again, “what has brought you, what has brought you here little one? Say what has brought you to this island in the midst of the sea with the waves breaking on all side of it?”

One in a series of seven internal artworks fo the illustrated edition of Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society. A collection of twenty stories retold by the author

From the story The Land of the Dead

"A company of the gods drew the Boat along the ghostly River of Death with golden towing-ropes; the portals of the Duat were flung wide, and they entered the First Region between the six serpents who were curled on either side. And in the great Boat of Ra journeyed the Kas of all those who had died that day and were on their way to the Judgement Hall of Osiris"

One in a series of seven internal artworks fo the illustrated edition of Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green, published by The Folio Society. A collection of twenty stories retold by the author

From the Frontis

"Egypt is a land of great, if peculiar beauty: the river shines in the intense sunlight, the groves of green date-palms and tamarisks shelter for a while each year profusions of bright flowers; the cliffs at the edge of the desert – notably those behind Western Thebes – glow and shine and fade with indescribably lovely colours at sunrise and sunset; and in the sudden cold of darkness the stars shine with extraordinary brilliance in a sky like black velvet"
 

One in a series of artworks on the theme of freedom for an exhibition at Grafixx

One in a series of artworks on the theme of freedom for an exhibition at Grafixx

One in a series of artworks on the theme of freedom for an exhibition at Grafixx

Map of the champagne region

A new database will connect billions of historic records to tell the full story of American slavery

Cloth binding design for Volume I of The Folio Society’s edition of The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Cloth binding design for Volume II of The Folio Society’s edition of The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

A grand tour of renovated buildings and monuments

One in a series of artworks for a regular column by Max Küng for Swiss Post

One in a series of artworks for a regular column by Max Küng for Swiss Post

One in a series of artworks for a regular column by Max Küng for Swiss Post

One in a series of seasonal banner artwork for the 'Food' section of Tablet magazine

Article about bespoke perfumes for Aura magazine for Rolls Royce

Paris, for the John Simpson travel column in Ultra Travel

'The Bold Curiosity Shops'

London as an incubator for trends and the most intriguing and rewarding of world fashion capitals to shop in

'Confessions of a Menopausal Nymphomaniac'

Laurett Fenn's account of the adventures of entering the world of online dating

The Guardian Review cover, how homosexual culture liberated the art world

The Guardian Review cover, Jane Austen’s bicentenary – famous authors discuss their favourite Austen novels

The Guardian Review cover, the Ancient Greeks

Brochure artwork for the international fair