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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weeks Inspiration from Artists the  featured artists this week are :  Randolph Caldecott and Ben Lustenhouwes. Jenny will start with her introduction to Randolph Caldecott and on Wednesday I will follow with a introduction to Ben Lustenhouwes. I hope you have a good week and enjoy the artwork. 
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Really looking forward to Ben Loustenhouwer!  I do have differences with him - oh listen to Mr Clever! - but have always admired his work. Even better, a) he's still alive - always a plus!, and b) you can find him on Youtube.

Jenny Harris

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Randolph Caldecott (1846 - 1886) was an English artist best known for his book illustrations.  After leaving school at the age of 15 he worked in a bank and in his spare time rode around the countryside - this, and his love of animals, proved a rich source of inspiration for his sketches and illustrations. He later moved to the Manchester branch of the bank and while there studied at the local school of art, moving to London at the age of 26 to work full time as an artist.  Within two years he had become a successful magazine illustrator.  In 1887 he was asked to illustrate two children’s books for Christmas which proved so successful that he continued to create/illustrate these each year until he died.  Further work followed for other authors and he became internationally famous.  Among the admirers of his work were Gaugin and Van Gogh.  His health was generally poor, however, and he died just before his 40th birthday. He is believed to have been the first author/illustrator to have negotiated a royalty per book sold instead of a fixed fee.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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They are superb Jenny I can’t help but think of the thousands of children that have looked at these superb illustrations.  Must go have a good look at them and choose one or two. 
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Andrew Roles

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Just superb detailed illustrations. Thanks again Jenny.

Sylvia Evans

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Oh how lovely ,lovely , these are just fabulous .  Somewhere in my head I have  seen some of these in books many years ago. The sad white dog is my favourite from these then the hunt being confronted by the calf...the expressions are priceless. Brilliant choice .

Jenny Harris

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The dog’s great, isn’t it - from the picture book The Mad Dog in which he illustrated the poem Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.

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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Some of those illustrations come from a version of John Gilpin's Ride, I think - I have a vague memory of seeing them before (though as I wasn't born in 1880, they'd have been re-prints).  Not even 40 years old when he died, and did all that - makes one feel a bit inadequate, really.

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Poor pooch legs in the air....

Denise Cat

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These are wonderful illustrations Jenny, I can't say he is someone I have come across but really beautiful work.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Superb artwork and all have great detailing in them you can look at one for quite a while and see so many things within a small area. Some I have picked out from the many thst I liked . So many good illustrator’s still look at Beatrix Potter, Kate Greenaway.  I will add both to the list .
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Yes, he really WAS good - and you're right, you can find so much by really looking at his pictures, there's so much you don't see at first.  I see he used a laid paper sometimes - doubtless made from cotton rag: they had such exquisite paper available to them in those days which would be prohibitively expensive to make now (though: papermakers do a great job nonetheless).  He had such mastery of form - in human figures, 'osses, dogs - he deserves to be so much better known, and I hope this series of posts will provoke a revival of interest in his work. A great find, Paul, if you were the finder, and a fine selection of his work. 
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