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Claude Monet Paintings

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Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.  The term “Impressionism” is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which was exhibited in […]

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Warwick Goble – Illustrations for The Water Babies 1909

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Warwick Goble (1862 – 1943) was an illustrator of children’s books. He specialized in Japanese and Indian themes. In 1909, he became resident gift book illustrator for MacMillan and produced illustrations for The Water Babies, Green Willow, and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Stories from the Pentamerone, Folk Tales

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Warwick Goble – Illustrations from The Modern Reader’s Chaucer 1912

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Warwick Goble (1862 – 1943) was an illustrator of children’s books. He specialized in Japanese and Indian themes. In 1909, he became resident gift book illustrator for MacMillan and produced illustrations for The Water Babies, Green Willow, and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Stories from the Pentamerone, Folk Tales

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Florence Harrison – Illustrations for Poems by Christina Rossetti 1910

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Florence Susan Harrison (1877–1955) was an English Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite illustrator of poetry and children’s books. She illustrated many books by the poet Christina Rossetti from 1910-1920 and has been reprinted many times thanks to the marvelous illustrations. Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote

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Florence Harrison – Illustrations for Elfin Song 1912

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Florence Susan Harrison (1877–1955) was an English Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite illustrator of poetry and children’s books. Many of her books were published by Blackie and Sons. She illustrated many books by the poet Christina Rossetti from 1910-1920 and has been reprinted many times thanks to the marvelous illustrations. Other books illustrated by Florence Harrison:

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Virgil Finlay – Illustrations from The Ship of Ishtar 1949

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Virgil Finlay (July 23, 1914 – January 18, 1971) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called “part of the pulp magazine history … one of the foremost contributors of original and imaginative art work for the most memorable science fiction and fantasy publications of our time.” While he

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Florence Mary Anderson – Illustrations from Valentine and Orson: The Twin Knights of France 1919

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Florence Mary Anderson nee MacArthur (Molly MacArthur), the artist and stage designer, was born in London on 27th October 1893 and trained at the Westminster School of Art.  She married James Anderson on 15 February 1917, but appears to have used his name professionally from at least 1914. She is best known as an illustrator

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Edmund Dulac – Illustrations from Sindbad the Sailor 1914

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Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; 1882 –  1953) was a French-born, British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Dulac was a prolific illustrator and designer. His works include Stories from The Arabian Nights (1907) with 50 colour plates; an edition of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1908) with 40 colour illustrations; The Rubaiyat of

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Edmund Dulac – Illustrations from The Tempest 1908

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Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; 1882 –  1953) was a French-born, British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Dulac was a prolific illustrator and designer. His works include Stories from The Arabian Nights (1907) with 50 colour plates; an edition of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1908) with 40 colour illustrations; The Rubaiyat of

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Edmund Dulac – Illustrations for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1909

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Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; 1882 –  1953) was a French-born, British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Dulac was a prolific illustrator and designer. His works include Stories from The Arabian Nights (1907) with 50 colour plates; an edition of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1908) with 40 colour illustrations; The Rubaiyat of

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