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Charles Keeping

Charles Keeping

Charles William James Keeping (1924-1988) was a British illustrator and author of children’s books. He was born and spent his childhood in London; during World War II he served in the Royal Navy. After the war, he studied illustration and lithography at Regent Street Polytechnic. In the early 1950s, he […]

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Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is a famous English book illustrator. He was born in London to a large family. At the age of 18, he began working as a clerk in the Westminster Fire Office and began attending painting and drawing courses at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892, he […]

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Anthony Browne

Anthony Browne

Anthony Browne (born 1946) is a British writer and illustrator of children’s books. Anthony Browne was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. His parents ran a small pub, where Anthony and his older brother Michael actually grew up. Anthony became interested in drawing at an early age. In 1967, he graduated from […]

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Angela Barrett

Angela Barrett

Angela Barrett (born 1955) is an English illustrator who lives and works in London. After studying at Maidstone School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art, she went on to teach at the Cambridge College of Technology and Drawing and at the Chelsea College of Art. Barrett […]

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Brian Wildsmith

Brian Wildsmith

Brian Wildsmith (1930-2016) was an English artist and book illustrator. He earned a reputation as one of the most colourful and original children’s artists of his time. Along with Quentin Blake and John Burningham, he influenced a generation of illustrators and publishers of the 1960s, when the technical capabilities of […]

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