<p>A fascinating insight into the work of the Children's Laureate in his own words and pictures.</p>

Words and Pictures

Arts & Photography

BLAKE, QUENTIN

Graphic Design

Chris Beetles Ltd.

Presents some of the most popular Radio Times covers of all time and features biographical notes on the illustrators. An exemplary publication.

Artists of Radio Times: A Golden Age of British Illustration

Bäker, Martin

History & Criticism

The Illustrators: (the British Art of Illustration 1800-1988)

David Wootton

Louis Wain 1860-1939: Exhibition Catalogue 1989

Louis Wain

<p>The Illustrators exhibition, mounted annually by Chris Beetles Gallery, has become an institution in the art world, providing the biggest event worldwide for cartoon and illustration collectors. This catalogue includes hundreds of full colour images, which accompanied the exhibition and, as ever, gives an excellent flavour of the show.</p>

The illustrators: the British art of illustration, 1800-1991

BEETLES, Chris

Lesley Fotherby

The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration, 1780-1996

Wootton, David

This is an illustrated biography of possibly this century's best loved illustrator who flourished in the '20s and '30s. She achieved world-wide success and her postcards were exported to almost every country in the world. A single design could sell up to half a million copies in one month. Sustained commercial success of this size is a publishing phenomenon. It is partly explained by the universal appeal of childhood's pretty innocence which she was so adept at portraying but it had perhaps more to do with the fact that she drew adults as children. I am mixed up with children, she wrote, but I draw for adults. Her distinctive style is to be found in books, postcards, posters, toys and advertisements. She was to be chosen by J.M. Barrie to illustrate his bestseller, Peter Pan in 1921. The chubby red-cheeked faces of her children that were her hallmark are unmistakable and are as well know today as ever. The book contains extensive, large colour illustrations from all periods of her long

Mabel Lucie Attwell

Chris Beetles Summer Show 1999

Chris Beetles

Catalogue of the annual Chris Beetles exhibition for the turn of the century. Includes biographical entries and cumulative index for the full decade's previous catalogues which will provide an invaluable source of reference.

The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1800-1999

Individual Artists

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