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British artist & illustrator, born in Liverpool ~ best known for his prolific and influential illustrations for children’s books ~ along with William Morris, his association with the Socialist movement brought art into the daily life of all classes ~
Walter Crane ~ 1845~1915
English painter, born in Purley~on~Thames, Berkshire ~ studied at Byam Shaw School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools ~ began working in tempera in 1937 ~ “it combines clarity and definition with a certain feeling of remoteness “ ~
Eliot Hodgkin ~ 1905~1987
British illustrator, born in Mile End, London ~ studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art and at Saint Martin’s School of Art ~ best known for her nostalgic drawings of children, based on her daughter, Peggy ~
Mabel Lucie Attwell ~ 1879~1964
Born in Clerkenwell, London; studied at the Royal Academy School ~ worked as studio assistant to William Holman Hunt ~ influenced by his uncle, Arthur Hughes who was associated with the Pre~Raphaelite Brotherhood ~
Edward Robert Hughes ~ 1851~1914
Dutch artist specialising in flower paintings, born in The Hague ~ married portrait painter, Juriaen Pool, with whom she had ten children ~ achieved international fame during her lifetime; the most prominent woman painter of the Dutch Golden Age ~
Rachel Ruysch ~ 1664~1750
Dutch~born South African painter, etcher, lithographer ~ studied at the Rotterdam Academy and also in Brussels ~ married fellow painter, Gerda Pitlo, who influenced his interest in flower painting ~
Frans David Oerder ~ 1867~1944
Born in the Borders of Scotland, studied at Edinburgh College of Art ~ settled in West Somerset in the 1960s ~
Anne Cotterill ~ 1933~2010
Born in London to a merchant father and artist mother ~ one of eight children, three of whom became painters ~ studied at Carey’s Art Academy and at the Royal Academy Schools ~ associated with the Pre~Raphaelites ~
Simeon Solomon ~ 1840~1905
Born in Baumgarten, near Vienna in Austria~Hungary ~ symbolist painter, leading member of the Vienna Secession movement ~
Gustav Klimt ~ 1862~1918