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 (423 total)
- November 1886
- December 1894
- A Apple Pie Pl 08 1900
- Almanack for 1895 – Cover 1895
- Two children. 1891
- December 1891
- Under the window; pictures & rhymes for children Pl.49 1878
- Under the window; pictures & rhymes for children Pl.02 1878
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pl 38 1910
- Under the window; pictures & rhymes for children Pl.10 1878
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pl 10 1910
- December 1887
- April 1892
- Almanack for 1895 – Frontispiece 1895
- Under the window; pictures & rhymes for children Pl.14 1878
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pl 20 1910
- December 1893
- February 1890
- Spring 1891
- Under the window; pictures & rhymes for children Pl.35 1878