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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weekends bonus artist : Harry Roundtree 1878-1950, was a prolific illustrator working in England at the turn of the 20th century.  Born in Auckland New Zealand he moved to London when he was 23. He was educated at Auckland Queens College and began working for Wilson and Horton printers in the city, designing show cards, advertisements and product labels. He illustrated books for PG Woodhouse and Arthur Conan Doyle among other well know authors .  There is a very good Bio of his life on Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy the artwork, one of the many artist thst I’ve come across in the past few months.
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Jim Morris

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Lovely humorous skills, and our childhood fantasies live in our hearts for ever.

Jenny Harris

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Wasn’t familiar with the name, but have probably seen some of his work - like the examples you’ve posted, Paul - and that expression on the dog’s face is priceless!  Will have a look at some more of his work later.

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Tessa Gwynne

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I always like humour and storytelling in art, whatever the style, so these are a delight from an artist I was unaware of. I also found a few of his drawings which are impressive.

Jenny Harris

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Love the top two chosen by Tessa - such fresh, clean colours. So many beautiful illustrations to choose from -

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Loved them when I was a child, admire them and the skill that created them now. I think these illustrations along with many other fine artwork look dated but still retain the original charm that a lot of today’s younger children will love. As a dyslexic child the pictures were so important to me as they enabled me to understand the story or make my own up . Books like the Rupert Annual, Beno , Dandy etc all, offered the opportunity to explore the stories without necessarily knowing what the word said. Probably the reason I adore book with superb illustrations and collect them when possible. 
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Perfection - what wouldn't you give to be able to draw like that?  The ink drawings appeal to me most - though I'm always a sucker for cartoon animals - because, apart from anything else, the range of materials available to him would have been dip pens, and mapping pens for the fine lines: no unipens or fineliners back then - always the horrific possibility of a blot; and you can't always disguise them as rocks ....