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Richard "Dickie" Doyle born September 1824
and died 11 December 1883
He was a notable illustrator of the Victorian era.
His work frequently appeared, amongst other
places, in Punch magazine; he drew the cover
of the first issue, and designed the magazine's masthead,
a design that was used for over a century.
Born at 17 Cambridge Terrace, London,
one of seven children of Irish cartoonist John Doyle
(known as 'H.B'), a noted political caricaturist,
two of his brothers, James and Charles,
were also artists.
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The young Doyle had no formal art training other
than his father's studio, but from an early age
displayed a gifted ability to depict scenes of the
fantastic and grotesque. Throughout his life he
was fascinated by fairy tales.
He joined the staff of Punch in 1843 aged 19,
remaining there for seven years.
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In 1846 Doyle's illustrations for The Fairy Ring
(a new translation of Grimm's tales),
first made his name as a fairytale illustrator.
Following this in 1849 he produced
Fairy Tales from All Nations (compiled by
'Anthony R. Montalba' (i.e. Anthony Whitehall),
which proved a tremendous success.
Doyle was able to fully explore his love of fairy
mythology with his many illustrations and borders
filled with elves, pixies and other mythical creatures.
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Following this success Doyle illustrated a string
of fantasy titles: The Enchanted Doll by Mark Lemon (1849),
The Story of Jack and the Giants (1850),
and John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River (1850),
which went through three editions
in its first year of publication.
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Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900–1931)
was an American artist and illustrator.
Sterrett received her first commission at the
tender age of 19 (shortly after she was diagnosed
with Tuberculosis) from The Penn Publishing
Company to illustrate Old French Fairy Tales (1920) -
a collection of works from the 19th Century
French author, Comtesse de Ségur
(Sophie Fedorovna Rostopchine).
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Gustaf Adolf Tenggren (1896 - 1970) was
a Swedish illustrator known for his
Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style.
Tenggren was a chief illustrator for Disney
in the late 1930s,
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Heinrich Vogeler (December 12, 1872 – 1942)
was a German painter, designer, and architect.
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academy of arts in Düsseldorf from 1890–95.
His artistic studies during this period included
visits to Belgium and Italy.
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Władysław Teodor "W.T." Benda
(January 15, 1873, Poland- November 30, 1948,
Newark, New Jersey)
He was a Polish-American painter, illustrator,
and designer.Starting in 1905, Benda was primarily
a graphic artist. He illustrated books,
short stories, advertising copy, and magazine covers
for Collier's, McCall's, Ladies' Home Journal,
Good Housekeeping, Theatre Magazine and many others.
Many publishers regarded Benda as their go-to
artist for his dependability and artistic abilities.
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In his time he was as well known as
Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth or Maxfield Parrish.
During the 1920s/1930s every publication sought
the look of "the American Girl," but Benda's beautiful
women were often exotic and mysterious, not
homespun pretty like the girls of Harrison
Fisher or Howard Chandler Christy.
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