The Art of Beatrix Potter

Sketches, Paintings, and Illustrations

Steven Heller, Linda Lear, Emily Zach , Eleanor Taylor

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English

Chronicle Books
19 December 2016

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Drawing & drawings; Individual artists, art monographs

Series: The Art of

Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter’s birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind some of the world's most beloved children’s books, including The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester, and The Tale of Two Bad Mice. Brimming with famous images and rarely seen gems—including early sketches of the now famous rabbit family—this monograph explores Beatrix Potter’s artistic process and reveals the places in the British Isles that inspired her timeless work. Organised geographically and featuring more than 200 images paired with illuminating text, The Art of Beatrix Potter is the definitive volume on one of the world’s most influential authors and artists.

By: Steven Heller, Linda Lear, Eleanor Taylor
Edited by: Emily Zach
Imprint: Chronicle Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 285mm, Width: 211mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 1.410kg
ISBN: 9781452151274
ISBN 10: 145215127X
Series: The Art of
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 19 December 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emily Zach is an author, editor, and image researcher specialising in art history, modern and contemporary art, illustration, design, and pop culture. She lives in Seattle, Washington. Steven Heller is the cochair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Design: Designer As Author + Entrepreneur program. He is author or editor for over 170 books on design and illustration and the 2011 Smithsonian National Design Award recipient for 'Design Mind.' He lives in New York City. Linda Lear is an environmental historian and the prize-winning biographer of Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, which won the Lakeland Book of the Year award. She is the author of many articles and essays on Beatrix Potter's life and work and a member of the Beatrix Potter Society. Based in Maryland, Lear serves as Senior Fellow at the Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives at Connecticut College. Eleanor Taylor is a Scottish illustrator and painter living in London. She has illustrated many books for children and since 2010 has had the extraordinary fortune to follow in Beatrix Potter's footsteps through her work with Emma Thompson on The Further Tales and Other Adventures of Peter Rabbit series for Frederick Warne Publishers.

Reviews for The Art of Beatrix Potter: Sketches, Paintings, and Illustrations

Emily Zach s book The Art of Beatrix Potter shows the beloved children s author was far more than a tweedy Victorian, wandering the meadows. She was an artist of astonishing range. The Seattle Times