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Cute Children's Book Illustration British Female Illustrator - Teddy Bears,

Creator: Honor C. Appleton
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
A British Female Illustrator paints a warm and fuzzy scene from a child's imagination, with ducks and teddy bears gazing at a "Mr Willoughby's eyeglass" standing on it's edge as it lays on the floor. It was done on an assignment for the children's book "Josephine Keeps School.
It is elegantly framed behind glass. Signed lower right
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Signed and inscribed with title below mount.
Illustrated: Mrs H C Cradock, "Josephine Keeps School,
London: Blakie and Son, 1925, page 28
Exhibited: The British Art of Illustration, 1800 - 1995,
Chris Beetles Gallery, London
Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879–1951) was a British illustrator of children's books, including The Children's Alice.[1] She had a delicate watercolour style, influenced by Kate Greenaway and others.[2]
Biography
She was born in Brighton, on the south coast of England, on 4 February 1879 and lived in nearby Hove most of her life. She studied art at the Kensington School, Frank Calderon's School of Animal Painting and the Royal Academy of Arts.
Appleton illustrated more than 150 books in the course of her career, starting first with children's stories and later moving to literary classics. They included the fairytales of Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen, William Blake's Songs of Innocence and a retold version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Children's Alice.
Her watercolours were exhibited at the Royal Academy, and there was a memorial exhibition of her work at Hove Library in 1952.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	England
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Gouache, Watercolor
Condition:	Good. Good
Creation Date:	1925
Styles / Movements:	Realism, Surrealism, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	710774

Dimensions

W.	7.25 in;	H.	9.75 in;
W.	18.42 cm;	H.	24.77 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.