The very best thing about working in the elementary school was working in the library. Books and art are my passions, and children’s book illustrations are some of my very favorite art pieces.
The Frick Museum is an art and historical center located in Pittsburgh, and they are featuring a new exhibition, Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, from February 11–May 20, 2012.
Kate Greenaway, Hush a Bye, Baby
The exhibition spans one hundred years of illustration, and includes watercolors, pen drawings, and experimental combinations of media. Artists include Ernest Shepherd, Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are), and Randolph Caldecott, to name just a few.
Randolph Caldecott, A Frog He Would a Wooing Go
They are hanging the artworks at a lower level than the standard, and step stools will be available for child-friendly viewing of this charming collection.
Ernest Shepherd, Wind in the Willows
Would you like the explore more children’s book illustration? Take a look at a great link to some of my old fashioned favorites: www.ortakales.com
And here are a few thumbnails:
Cicely M. Barker
Tasha Tudor
Gabrielle Vincent
Garth Williams
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