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Walter Crane

Walter Crane (1845 - 1915) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  Walter Crane is known for Children's book illustration, socialist posters.

Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an English artist and book illustrator.  He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creator of his generation[1] and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century.  His work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come.  He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts.

Walter Crane was born in Liverpool, England on 15 August 1845, the second son of Thomas Crane, a portrait painter and miniaturist.  He was a fluent follower of the newer art movements and h   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 19246 characters.]  Artist bio

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