EDMUND DULAC

Edmund Dulac

 

As a child I'd be fascinated by the drawings in books and listen to the unfolding story, usually sitting in bed with Grandma.  She'd point to the pictures and explain what they were depicting.  The story was all important but I also loved the pastel drawings.

One of the illustrators was Edmund Dulac, though I didn't know that way back then.  Born Edmond Dulac in Toulouse France in 1882, he went to London in 1904, was naturalised in 1912 and I don't think he was out of work until his death in 1953, as his art was extremely sought after.  Hodder & Stoughton snapped him up in 1907 when Arthur Rackham went to Wm. Heinemann.

Only some of his work:

The collected works of the Bronte sisters

Arabian Nights 1907

Sleeping Beauty 1910

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1909

Stories from Hans Andersen 1911

Tanglewood Tales 1918

The Bells & Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 1912