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J. J. Grandville

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(1803 - 1847)

  • Parisian lithographer, caricaturist, satirist and book illustrator
  • Absurd and occasionally unnatural designs considered the precursor to surrealism
  • real name is Jean Ignace Isogore Gérard Grandville
  • worked for La Caricature and Le Charivari before giving up due to censorship
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J. J. Grandville

No. 43, The Devil, You Always Go Backwards- Les Mètamorphoses du Jour (1828-29)

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J. J. Grandville

No. 66, Nouveau Language Musical- Les Mètamorphoses du Jour (1828-29)

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J. J. Grandville

No. 73, Famille de Scarabees- Les Mètamorphoses du Jour (1828-29)

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J. J. Grandville

Juggler of Universes - Un Autre Monde (1844-45)

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J. J. Grandville

Cauliflower Priest at Christening of Baby Mushroom - Un Autre Monde (1844-45)

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J. J. Grandville

Peregrinations D’une Comete - Un Autre Monde (1844-45)

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J. J. Grandville

Une Eclipse Conjugale - Un Autre Monde (1844-45)

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J. J. Grandville

Footbridge between Worlds - Un Autre Monde (1844-45)

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Gustave Doré

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(1832 - 1883)

  • Prolific and extremely gifted draftsman, engraver, illustrator, and sculptor
  • Master of light and shadow, perspective, and composition of crowds
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Gustave Doré

Don Quixote (1863)

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Gustave Doré

Canto 18 - Dante’s Paradiso (1868)

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Gustave Doré

Paradise Lost (1868)

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Gustave Doré

Orlando Furioso

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Gustave Doré

The Children’s Crusade - Bibliotheque des Croisades (1877)

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Daniel Vierge

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(1851 - 1904)

Called “The Father of Modern Illustration” due to revolutionizing reproduction techniques of illustration

used photos to transfer images to engraving plates persevering the original line quality

suffered a stoke at while working on Pablo de Segovia, it took two years to recover and he had to learn to draw with his left hand after losing use of his right

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Daniel Vierge

Pablo de Segovia (1882)

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Daniel Vierge

Pablo de Segovia (1882)

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Daniel Vierge

Don Quixote (1906)

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Daniel Vierge

Don Quixote (1906)

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George Cruikshank

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(1792 - 1878)

Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Cinderella and the Glass Slipper, The History of Jack & the Bean-Stalk, Puss in Boots

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George Cruikshank

Fagin in his Cell - Oliver Twist

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George Cruikshank

Cinderella and the Glass Slipper

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George Cruikshank

The History of Jack & the Bean-Stalk

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George Cruikshank

The History of Jack & the Bean-Stalk

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John Tenniel

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(1820 - 1914)

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

Could barely get along with Lewis Carrol, but somehow got invited back to work with him

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John Tenniel

Alice in Wonderland

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John Tenniel

Alice in Wonderland

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John Tenniel

Alice in Wonderland

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John Tenniel

Alice in Wonderland

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John Tenniel

Alice in Wonderland

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Edward Lear

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(1812 - 1888)

  • Serious zoological draftsman as well as writer of silly limericks and illustrator of absurd creatures
  • Wrote and illustrated The Book of Nonsense, a revolutionary children’s book after getting to know children on the estate of the Earl of Derby who hired him and writing them poems and making drawings
  • suffered epilepsy, asthma and chronic bronchitis as a child and as a result was very withdrawn and private
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Edward Lear

Plate from The Family Psitticidae or Parrot

done at the age of 18 and was extremely successful

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Edward Lear

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Edward Lear

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Edward Lear

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Edward Lear

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Edward Lear

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Edward Lear

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Edmund Evans

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Inventor of chromoxylography

allowed for mass-produced color prints that imitated watercolors

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Walter Crane

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(1845 - 1915)

  • With full-color engraver, Edmund Evans, he transformed children’s books by applying design skills to an advanced method of production
  • Inspired by Pre-Raphaelites, Japanese woodcuts and the Arts & Crafts movement
  • The Frog Prince, The Baby’s Opera, Household Stories from Grimm, The Wonder Book for Girls & Boys, Faerie Queene, Blue Beard, Arabian Nights
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Walter Crane

Baby’s Own Aesop

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Walter Crane

Beauty and The Beast

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Walter Crane

Beauty and The Beast

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Walter Crane

The Alphabet of Old Friends (1874)

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Walter Crane

Cinderella

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Randolph Caldecott

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(1846 - 1886)

  • The Caldecott Medal (the annual award given to a children’s book illustrator by the American Librarian’s Association) is named in his honor
  • Also worked with engraver Edmund Evans from 1878 - 1885
  • Often made country-inspired art and landscapes
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Randolph Caldecott

The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1879)

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Randolph Caldecott

The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)

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Randolph Caldecott

The Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)

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Randolph Caldecott

The House That Jack Built (1887)

This was the last book he worked on before dying in 1886 on a sketching trip to the US due to his lifelong health issues

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Kate Greenaway

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(1846 - 1900)

  • Famous for her drawings of young children in ruffled smocks and bonnets.
  • Her work became synonymous with style throughout Europe.
  • lost work due to impersonators of her work
  • had to support both herself and her family, never became really wealthy because of this
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Kate Greenaway

The Birthday Book (1880)

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Kate Greenaway

Mother Goose (1881)

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Kate Greenaway

Marigold Garden (1885)

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Kate Greenaway

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1888)

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The Arts & Crafts Movement

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Flourished between 1860-1910, continuing into the 1930s

  • Highly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, especially Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and led by William Morris
  • Believed in honest craftsmanship over industrialism. Influenced aspects of design not only in illustration, but also in typography, architecture, textile, furniture and printing, along with championing social and economic reform.
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William Morris

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(1834 - 1896)

  • Textile designer, artist, writer, publisher, utopian socialist, and lecturer
  • Both his design firm, Morris & Co., and his publishing company, Kelmscott Press, are still highly influential to the decorative arts
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William Morris

Design for Trellis wallpaper (1862)

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William Morris

Peacock and Dragon woven fabric (1878)

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William Morris

Tulip and Willow fabric design (1873)

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William Morris

Title page design for Kelmscott Press ed. of Chaucer (1894-96)

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Sir Edward Burne-Jones

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(1833 - 1898)

  • Painter known for his Pre-Raphaelite influences
  • Founding member of Morris & Co. and Illustrator of many books published by Kelmscott Press
  • Lifelong friend and business partner of William Morris
  • mentor to Aubrey Beardsly
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Sir Edward Burne-Jones

The Beguiling of Merlin (1874)

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Sir Edward Burne-Jones

The Golden Stairs (1880)

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Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Illustration for The Wood Beyond the World (1894)

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Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Illustration for The Wood Beyond the World (1894)

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