Kate Greenaway
Victorian children's book illustrator
Catherine Greenaway was an English Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations. She received her education in graphic design and art between 1858 and 1871 from South Kensington School of Art and the Royal Female School of Art, and the Slade School of Fine Art. She began her career designing for the burgeoning holiday card market, producing Christmas and Valentine's cards. In 1879 wood-block engraver and printer, Edmund Evans, printed Under the Window, an instant best-seller, which established her reputation. Her collaboration with Evans continued throughout the 1880s and 1890s. The depictions of children in imaginary 18th-century costumes in a Queen Anne style were extremely popular in England and internationally, sparking the Kate Greenaway style. Within a few years of the publication of Under the Window Greenaway's work was imitated in England, Germany and the United States.
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Artworks by this artist
- Under the window; pictures & rhymes for children Pl.02 1878
- Almanack for 1885 – Title 1885
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pl 8 1910
- Almanack for 1890 – cover 1890
- August 1897
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pl 18 1910
- April 1883
- December 1886
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pl 22 1910
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pl 23 1910
- Under the window; pictures & rhymes for children Pl.14 1878
- August 1884
- Almanack for 1886 – cover 1886
- July 1884
- August 1886
- Flowers 1886
- October 1893
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pl 24 1910
- Under the window; pictures & rhymes for children Pl.01 1878
- Almanack for 1886 – Title 1886