Middle-Earth Tours

Tour 3: The Artists of Middle-Earth

Art by Alan Lee


Alan Lee is an English artist best known for illustrating the 1991 one-volume hardback edition of The Lord of the Rings. His paintings are designed to set a mood and fire the viewer's imagination, rather than trying to dictate how a certain Middle-Earth person or place should look.

Along with John Howe, Alan Lee was chosen to be a concept artist for the Lord of the Rings movies.

The picture at right comes from the official LotR movie site.


Because I have so many pictures by Alan Lee, I have grouped them according to the book they illustrate.

Art from The Fellowship of the Ring


Rivendell

Art from The Two Towers


Treebeard

Art from The Return of the King


Mount Doom

Art from The Hobbit


Riddles in the Dark


Full-size versions of these pictures are on display at Rolozo Tolkien.