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  Kate Greenaway - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
KATE GREENAWAY (1846-1901), English artist and book illustrator, was the daughter of John Greenaway, a well-known draughtsman and engraver on wood, and was born in London on the 17th of March 1846.
Her subjects were, in the main, young girls, children, flowers, and landscape; and the air of artless simplicity, freshness, humour, and purity of these little works so appealed to public and artists alike that the enthusiastic welcome habitually accorded to them is to be attributed to something more than love of novelty.
In the line she had struck out Kate Greenaway was encouraged by H. Stacy Marks, R.A., and she refused to listen to those friends who urged her to return to a more conventional manner.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Kate_Greenaway   (511 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway ~ Kate Greenaway 1846-1901 ~ Emotions Greeting Card Museum
Kate Greenaway was also fond of dressing the children she created in a quaint fashion reminiscent of the Empire style of the early 19th Century.
Kate Greenaway was the daughter of John Greenaway, a wood-engraver for Punch and the Illustrated London News.
Greenaway's style was to draw in watercolor, and successfully transferring her drawings to the woodblock was costly.
www.emotionscards.com /museum/kategreenaway.htm   (1443 words)

  
 the Prints and the Paper - Kate Greenaway
Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) was a popular illustrator of children's books whose drawings were inspired by her own childhood memories.
Kate Greenaway was adamant that the drawings and poetry must be published together and eventually a compromise was reached so that the verses appeared, but with a few alterations from a poet friend os Evans.
One of Kate Greenaway's favourite poems as a child was the Pied Piper of Hamelin and she wrote to Robert Browning requesting permission to publish her drawings of this work.
www.klingarts.com /pp/greenaway/index.html   (161 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded annually by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to an illustrator of children's books.
'Kate Greenaway' children, all of them little girls and boys too young to be put in trousers, according to the conventions of the time, were dressed in her own versions of late eighteenth century and Regency fashions: smock-frocks and skeleton suits for boys, high-waisted pinafores and dresses with mobcaps and straw bonnets for girls.
Polly by Kate Greenaway, from The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kate_Greenaway   (344 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kate had little formal schooling; she did not always pay attention and was often caught drawing.
Kate became friendly with Randolph Caldecott, a talented book artist of the time with whom Kate remained a friendly rival until his death in 1886.
Kate had been corresponding with John Ruskin, a famous art critic for several years and although he could be lavish with his praise, his criticism could be very harsh.
www.hackney.gov.uk /text/ep-kate-greenaway   (543 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Kate Greenaway's romantic conception of childhood was based in part on her own experiences.
Greenaway's largest influence on her art work at this time came from the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which was formed in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
At one point Greenaway was approached by a shoe manufacturer who wanted to market a "Kate Greenaway shoe." Greenaway herself told another anecdote about an acquaintance who had been exposed to the vogue: "The lady who has just left me, has been staying in the country and has been to see her cousins.
www.bookrags.com /biography/kate-greenaway   (1522 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Greenaway was born into a family of artists, her father an engraver, and friend of both the colour printer Edmund Evans and Myles Birket Foster, one of the most famous of Victorian artists.
It was through Edmund Evans that Greenaway became widely known: having seen a portfolio of her drawings and poems he was enchanted and immediately published them as the collection Under the Window.
After the volume's runaway success Greenaway produced book after book for children, Mother Goose and the Pied Piper of Hamelin being among the most famous; already in her day these works were being published in editions of tens of thousands.
www.slybrownfox.com /greenaway.htm   (372 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway Biography | Authors and Artists for Young Adults
Greenaway's commercial prosperity peaked during the 1880s, and in 1885 she moved into a home specially built for her in Frognal, a suburb of London.
Greenaway's sunny disposition darkened somewhat during the last decade of her life when she faced a series of difficulties: the deaths of her parents and of Ruskin; and the decline of her popularity as a children's author.
Greenaway's books, which have remained in print during the twentieth century, stand as a lasting testimony to her ability to capture her "childish wonder" for future generations.
www.bookrags.com /biography/kate-greenaway-aya   (1468 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway at Old Poetry
Kate Greenaway was one of few prolific, gifted and recognized women children's book authors/illustrators in the latter half of the 19th Century.
Kate Greenaway also wrote the rhymes for her own books Her deep love of children is apparent in those poems and rhymes.
Kate and her father had a special bond and he was a guiding force throughout her lifeeven influencing the profession she.
www.oldpoetry.com /oauthor/show/Kate_Greenaway   (697 words)

  
 illustrators: boys fashions--Kate Greenaway Greenway
Kate Greenaway was born on March, 17, 1846 at Hoxton New Town in the heart of London's industrialized East End.
Greenaway is perhaps best known for the book she both wrote and illustrated herself.
Kate Greenaway is the authoress of many charming children's books which she illustarted herself.
histclo.com /art/illus/i-green.html   (1310 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway RWS (1846-1901)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kate Greenaway was one of the most popular figures in British book illustration in the latter part of the 19th Century, rivalled only by
Greenaway's style was to draw in watercolour, and successfully transferring her drawings to the woodblock was costly.
As well as her book illustrations, Greenaway exhibited her watercolours at the Royal Academy from 1877, and had a widely praised exhibition of her work at the Fine Arts Society in 1891, on which occasion Lord Leighton bought a couple of drawings.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /speel/illus/greenway.htm   (255 words)

  
 ~My Favorite Illustrators~ - Kate Greenaway (Biography)
Kate Greenaway was born on March 17, 1846, at Cavendish Street in London.
Having her father being a well-known engraver and an architect, Kate begun to show her artistic talent in her early teens.
By age 17 or 18, Kate had received several awards and left some remarkable artwork such as A Kitchen in Ralston (above left), a watercolor, Picnic, a drawing by ink, and painted tiles, etc. Kate worked for the London branch of Marcus Ward and Co. from 1868 to 1878.
www.geocities.com /loveillust/kg/kgbio.html   (596 words)

  
 Digital library of illuminated books online – Kate Greenaway's Children Books.
GREENAWAY, KATE (1846-1901), English artist and book illustrator, was the daughter of John Greenaway, a well-known draughtsman and engraver on wood, and was born in London on the I7th of March 1846.
Her subjects were, in the main, young girls, children, flowers, and landscape; and the air of artless simplicity, freshness, humor, and purity of these little works so appealed to public and artists alike that the enthusiastic welcome habitually accorded to them is to be attributed to something more than love of novelty.
A leading feature in Miss Greenaways work was her revival of the delightfully quaint costume of the beginning of the 19th century; this lent humor to her fancy, and so captivated the public taste that it has been said, with poetic exaggeration, that Kate Greenaway dressed the children of two continents.
www.illuminated-books.com /illustrators/greenaway.htm   (660 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Kate Greenaway, the famous children's book illustrator, began her illustrious career by designing St. Valentine's Day cards and Christmas cards.
Her father John Greenaway was a draftsman and wood engraver, and her mother Elizabeth was an accomplished seamstress.
Kate's career leapt from success to success until she came under the influence of John Ruskin, the noted art critic.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/british_social_history/32699   (366 words)

  
 sh: Kate Greenaway Dolls - Kate Greenaway Dolls in Royal Doulton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As a little girl, Kate Greenaway delighted in her collection of dolls, and her favourites were the china dolls so popular in Victorian times.
These considerable talents are now matched with the costume and needlework skills of the House of Nisbet, whose dolls have long been avidly collected throughout the world.
As the first fruits of this unique partnership, none will be more eagerly sought in the future than these beautifully.i crafted Kate Greenaway dolls.
www139.pair.com /whom/squelch/kategree.htm   (255 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway Collection - de Grummond Children's Literature Collection - Collection Highlights
The de Grummond Collection is well known for its Kate Greenaway books and original illustrations.
Progress of King Pepito, The April Baby's Book of Tunes, Mother Goose, Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, and Under the Window, as well as for various almanacs and calendars.
A significant portion of our Kate Greenaway holdings were displayed at four exhibition sites (Tokyo, Osaka, Saitama, and Fukuyama) in Japan during 1993.
www.lib.usm.edu /~degrum/html/collectionhl/ch-greenaway.shtml   (187 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway (1846 - 1901) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Kate Greenaway is remembered for her illustrations in children’s books.
Kate Greenaway, The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
Kate Greenaway, The Queen of the Pirate Isle by Bret Harte (London: Chatto & Windus, undated), ca.
wwar.com /masters/g/greenaway-kate.html   (1320 words)

  
 Hunt Institute: Kate Greenaway
After Frances Hooper donated her Kate Greenaway collection in 1980, the Institute mounted an exhibit and produced this annotated catalogue.
In “Collecting, Kate Greenaway, and me,” Frances Hooper details her collection and what it means to be a collector.
In “The singular vision of Kate Greenaway,” Rodney Engen, noted scholar of the lives and work of Victorian illustrators, depicts Greenaway as an artist who longed to escape the grimy confusion of the city in order to stroll through country gardens.
huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu /HIBD/Publications/HI-Pubs/Pub-KG.shtml   (272 words)

  
 Greenaway,Kate Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
This facsimile of Kate Greenaway's Book of Games, first published in the 1890s, is ahildren.
Includes a history of Kate Greenaway's sketchbooks and of her art in general.
Greenaway's drawings conjure up a never-never land of rural simplicity and innocence-an escape from the...
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Greenaway,Kate   (468 words)

  
 Loganberry Books: Kate Greenaway
Kate Greenaway herself did extensive research for costumes and backgrounds, and she took her work seriously.
The beautiful picture books she illustrated in the latter quarter of the 19th century have held their popularity and are still appearing in reprinted forms today.
Kate Greenaway is both a perenially popular artist, as well as one of the giants of the Golden Era of children's illustration.
www.loganberrybooks.com /coll-greenaway.html   (789 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kate Greenaway, English writer and illustrator was born in Hoxton, London.
Her father worked for a company called Landells but he left the firm soon after Kate´s birth and set up on his own - decided to work with illustrations for some books of Dickens.
The rest of the family left him for two years and went to Nottinghamshire - that was Kate´s first important experience - living in a country (later in her life she returned there very often - and some of her paintings were obviously inspired by this place).
www.sweb.cz /smeagol/kate_greenaway.htm   (351 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway's Alphabet font family : MyFonts
Kate Greenaway's Alphabet is a Wiescher Design font family with 1 style priced from $44.00.
Not knowing about the fame of the designer Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) I put it in some dark drawer and looked at it from time to time.
Kate’s books were all outstanding successes in English publishing history, she was an icon of the Victorian era.
www.myfonts.com /fonts/wiescherdesign/kate-greenaways-alphabet   (296 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway - Picture - ninemsn Encarta
English artist Kate Greenaway was best known for her illustrations for children’s books, including May Day, shown here.
Her delicate skill and sentimentality won her a number of distinguished admirers, including the art critic John Ruskin.
Greenaway’s highly valued books include The Birthday Book (1880), Mother Goose (1881), and Little Ann (1883).
au.encarta.msn.com /media_121646128/Kate_Greenaway.html   (63 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose
Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) was one of the most popular British book illustrators of the Victorian era.
One of Greenaway's early successes was Mother Goose, or the Old Nursery Rhymes, first published in 1881, featuring such favorite poems as "Little Jack Horner," "Little Bo Peep," and "Jack and Jill" paired with whimsical illustrations of children playing in an idyllic countryside.
This new edition of Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose reproduces illustrations from the rare 1881 edition in the Huntington Library's collections.
www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/HL82167.html   (237 words)

  
 ~My Favorite Illustrators~ Kate Greenaway -Victorian children's book illustrator/author
ate Greenaway is one of the most recognized children's book illustrators of all time.
Kate's illustrations evokes the yesteryear of gentler and slower times we all yearn for.
Contents of this Kate Greenaway page came from the webmaster's personal collection.
www.geocities.com /loveillust/kg/kgreenaway.html   (187 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway chromolithograph antique prints (Kate Greenaway ) at Antique Prints UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kate Greenaway chromolithograph antique prints (Kate Greenaway) at Antique Prints UK Curly Locks
Frame-ready: Cello wrapped, labelled with all historical details and presented in an antique white matt size 8 x 10 inches.
Miss Greenaways work was widely copied and fakes abound — all these prints are absolutely guaranteed to be genuine period prints.
www.tias.com /12905/PictPage/1922871519.html   (159 words)

  
 The Kate Greenaway Medal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kate Greenaway Medal was established by The Library Association in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children.
It is named after the popular nineteenth century artist known for her fine children's illustrations and designs.
Since 2000, the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal has also been awarded the £5000 Colin Mears Award.
www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk /green/green.html   (154 words)

  
 ALS to Madame de Bunsen. : KATE GREENAWAY.
Two page als in fl ink from Kate Greenaway to Madame de Bunsen, dated 5th May 1900 from Greenaway's home in Frognal, Hampstead, London.
Apologizing for not going to an event the day before because she was "so very busy over some drawings so long delayed".
In fact Kate Greenaway had been diagnosed with breast cancer at this time, although she always said that she only had colds and flu, and Hannah Locker-Lampson was very active in caring for her.
www.maggs.com /title/MO42293.asp   (145 words)

  
 Kate Greenaway Online
Kate Greenaway in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
The Art of Kate Greenaway: A Nostalgic Portrait of Childhood
All images and text on this Kate Greenaway page are copyright 1999-2007 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/greenaway_kate.html   (337 words)

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