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Arthur Rackham – Illustrations for Andersen’s Fairy Tales 1932

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Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator. Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the ‘Golden Age’ of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated […]

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Mabel Lucie Attwell – Illustrations for Peter Pan & Wendy 1921

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Mabel Lucie Attwell (4 June 1879 – 5 November 1964) was a British illustrator. She was known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children, based on her daughter, Peggy. Her drawings are featured on many postcards, advertisements, posters, books and figurines. Mabel Lucie Attwell is one of the most well-known and loved woman illustrators of

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Ursula K. Le Guin Biography

Ursula Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin, American writer, 1929-2018. Ursula K. Le Guin, American writer, 1929-2018. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, daughter of the anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber and the writer Theodora Kroeber, was born in Berkeley, Cal­ifornia. After attending Radcliffe College and Columbia University, she spent a year as a Fulbright scholar in Par­is, where she met

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Maurice Sendak Biography

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Maurice Sendak – American artist and writer, 1928-2012. American artist and writer, 1928-2012. In the ear­ly 1960s, Brian O’Doherty, then the art critic for the New York Times, called Maurice Sendak “one of the most powerful men in the U.S.’ because of his ability to “give shape to the fantasies of millions of children—an awful

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Arthur Rackham – Illustrations for Aesop’s Fables 1912

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Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator. Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the ‘Golden Age’ of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated

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Shel Silverstein Biography

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Shel Silverstein – American author/illustrator, poet, and songwriter, 1930-1999. American author/illustrator, poet, and songwriter, 1930-1999. Born and raised in Chicago, Shel Sil­verstein says that he While serving with the United States forces in Japan and Korea in the 1950s, Silverstein was a cartoon­ist for the Pacific Stars and Stripes. A cartoonist for Play­boy magazine, a

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Anna Sewell Biography

Anna Sewell

Sewell, Anna – British author, 1820-1878 British author, 1820-1878. Anna Sewell stayed at home for much of her life, but her only book, Black Beauty, traveled, throughout the world. Since its publi­cation in 1877, a year before Anna Sewell’s death, this account in the first person of the ups and downs of a horse’s life

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H. A. Rey Biography

H.A. Rey

H. A. Rey – American author and illustrator, 1898-1977. American author and illustrator, 1898-1977. Hans Augusto Rey combined an inquisitive mind and an extensive knowledge of natural sciences with a talent for expressive drawing and achieved an internationally recognized career as a creator and illustrator of picture books for children and adults. Through foe character

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Maxfield Parrish – Illustrations for The Golden Age 1900

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Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. He is known for his distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. His career spanned fifty years and was wildly successful: his painting Daybreak (1922) is the most popular art print of

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