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  1. Capek, Josef Josef Čapek (1887-1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word "robot", which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek. Čapek was born in Hronov, Bohemia (Austria-Hungary, later Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) in 1887. First a painter of the Cubist school, he later developed his own playful, minimalist style. He collaborated with his brother Karel on a number of plays and short s...
  2. Carqueville, William William L. Carqueville (1871-1946) trained as a lithographer in his father's firm. He studied in Paris and returned after 1900 to work for the Chicago Tribune. He lived in Chicago for most of his life. He founded his own lithographic press there and designed posters for Lippincott's as well as other American literary magazines. His style was somewhat influenced by another American poster artist, Edward Penfield. In the United States, as in Europe at this time, literary magazines flour...
  3. Cobb, Ruth Ruth Cobb (1878-1950) was an English illustrator and writer, particularly noted for portraying children and dolls in colourful costumes. Ruth was born on 14th June 1878 to Thomas Cobb, a future novelist but at the time evidently a tailor in New Bond Street, London. However the family soon moved to Tunbridge Wells where her sister and brother were born. All the family became busy writers, but young Ruth was determined to be simply an illustrator. She worked first in a studio then as a freela...
  4. Clausen, George Sir George Clausen RA RWS RI ROI (1852-1944) was a British artist working in oil and watercolour, etching, mezzotint, drypoint and occasionally lithographs. He was knighted in 1927. George Clausen was born at 8 William Street in the Regents Park district of London on 18 April 1852, the son of a decorative artist of Danish descent and a Scottish mother. From 1867 to 1873, he attended design classes at the South Kensington Schools in London with great success. He then worked in the studio of Ed...
  5. Clarke, Harry Henry Patrick Clarke RHA (1889-1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. His work was influenced by both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. His stained glass was particularly informed by the French Symbolist movement. He was born on 17 March 1889, the younger son and third child of Joshua Clarke and Brigid (née MacGonigal) Clarke. Joshua Clarke was a church decorator who moved to Dublin fro...
  6. Cogniet, Léon Léon Cogniet (1794-1880) was a French history and portrait painter. He is probably best remembered as a teacher, with more than one hundred notable students. He was born in Paris. His father was a painter and wallpaper designer. In 1812, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied with Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. He also worked in the studios of Jean-Victor Bertin. After failing an attempt to win the Prix de Rome in 1816, he won the following year with his depiction of Helen Rescued...
  7. Clausen, Katherine Katherine 'Kitty' Frances Clausen (1886-1936) was a painter and engraver who was born in New York and lived and worked in London and Dublin. Daughter of Sir George Clausen, Kitty studied at the Royal Academy Schools 1908-1913, where she was awarded the 1st Silver medal for a painting of a figure from the life, 1910; 2nd Armitage prize £10 for a design in monochrome for a figure picture, 1911 and the Landseer scholarship £40 for 2 years 1911. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, New Eng...
  8. Clark of Greenock, William William Clark (1803-1883) was a Scottish painter of ship portraits and shipping scenes. He was born in Greenock, near Glasgow, on 26th June 1803 and worked his entire life there, dying on 11th November 1883. Clark was the son of a Greenock seaman and was originally apprenticed to a house-painter, but set up business as a marine artist on 1 March, 1830. His studio was in William Street in Greenock. In 1835 he received a commission from the Society of the Royal Northern Yacht Club to paint a re...
  9. Clifton, John John Skinner Clifton (1821-1889) was born in Beverley in East Yorkshire in 1821, son of William Clifton and Mary Noble Clifton. He trained at the Royal Academy and exhibited three pictures there 1852-69, and two at the British Institution 1861-67. He is recorded living in London in 1852, but had moved to Oxford by 1857. The 1881 census shows that he was assistant master of the department of science and art at that time, presumably at Oxford University. He was a painter of historical and lite...
  10. Grimshaw, John Atkinson John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes. Grimshaw's love for realism stemmed from a passion for photography, which would eventually lend itself to the creative process. Though entirely self-taught, he is known to have openly used a camera obscura or lenses to project scenes onto canvas, which made up for his shortcomings as a draughtsman and his imperfect knowledge of perspective. This technique, which ...
  11. Gruelle, Johnny John Barton Gruelle (1880-1938) was an American artist, political cartoonist, children's book and comics author, illustrator, and storyteller. He is best known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls and as the author/illustrator of dozens of books. He also created the Beloved Belindy doll. Gruelle also contributed cartoons and illustrations to at least ten newspapers, four major news syndicates, and more than a dozen national magazines. He was the son of Hoosier Group painte...
  12. Greenaway, Kate Catherine (Kate) Greenaway (1846-1901) was a celebrated English illustrator and writer, best known for her enchanting children's book illustrations. Born on 17th March 1846, in Hoxton, London, she was the daughter of John Greenaway, a woodblock printer, and Elizabeth Greenaway, a seamstress. Kate's artistic talent was evident from a young age, and she received her education at several prestigious art schools, including the Heatherley School of Fine Art and the Slade School of Fine Art...
  13. Gutmann, Bessie Pease Bessie Pease Gutmann (1876-1960) was an American artist and illustrator, most noted for her paintings of infants and young children. Gutmann was born Bessie Collins Pease in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Mount Holly, New Jersey. After graduating high school, Gutmann studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. From 1896 to 1898, she attended the New York School of Art (later Parsons, The New School), and attended the Art Students League of New York from 1899 to 1901. G...
  14. Greig, Thomas Watson Little appears to be known about T. Watson Greig of Glencarse (1837-1912). Family history records show that he was a wealthy landowner and JP for Perth, Scotland where he had a number of servants. He was married with two daughters and a son, who was a barrister. He was an avid collector of antique shoes but it's not known whether he illustrated his books himself, or if they were illustrated by an unknown third party. They were lithographed by George Waterston & Sons.
  15. Gray, Henri Boulanger Gray was a prolific poster designer working regularly in all fields of advertising. Overall, his posters reflect a very classic, realistic style, but there are a few extravagant exceptions. In at least three of his most famous posters, Petrole Stella included, Gray's style appealingly strays into a form of sensual cosmic imagery that was fashionable for posters of this period. Little is known about Gray's life.
  16. Grün, Jules-Alexandre Jules-Alexandre Grün (1868-1938) was a French Post-Impressionist painter, poster artist, and illustrator. Grun's best known painting is called The Dinner Party, produced in 1911. It was made in the fields of poster art and illustration art, for which he was famous. He was employed at a large printing company in Paris and his artistic director was Jules Chéret. Chéret was also his main competitor in poster art.