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Ardizzone, Edward (1900–1979)

British illustrator, author, and teacher. A prolific artist, he illustrated over 180 books, and as an official war artist during World War II he completed some 520 works 1940–45. He was author of the ‘Tim’ series of children's books, the first of which was Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1936).

Born in Tonkin, northern Vietnam, Ardizzone was brought to England at the age of five and educated at Claysmore School, London. He attended evening classes at the Westminster School of Art, his only formal artistic training, and became a full-time

artist in 1927. Two years later his first illustrated book was published.

Following service as a war artist in World War II, he taught at the Camberwell School of Art and Crafts 1948–52, when UNESCO commissioned him to go to India. Upon his return, he tutored at the Royal College of Art 1953–61.



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While I'm decidedly not a cat person, I found this pseudo-legend engaging, and the black-and-white illustrations by Edward Ardizzone added to my enjoyment of the story.
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There is something fustian and schoolmasterly about its renderings, while the pen and ink illustrations, by Brian Robb, carefree and charming in the postwar pastoral sketchbook style of Edward Ardizzone, planted the fables firmly on juvenile territory: this was the homespun wit and wisdom of granny or Mother Goose, savvy, cynical, practical, perennial, and handed down to the younger generation to develop their "cunning and high spirits" (Walter Benjamin's telling phrase) in dealing with Life.
 
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