The Art of Beatrix Potter: Sketches, Paintings, and Illustrations

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Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter’s birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist at the back of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and a large number of other beloved children’s books. Brimming with famous images and seldom seen gems—starting from character sketches and notebook pages to watercolor landscapes and natural history illustrations—this monograph explores Potter’s artistic process and divulges the places that inspired her timeless work. Organized geographically and featuring more than 200 images from the artist’s oeuvre, The Art of Beatrix Potter includes illuminating essays by Potter scholar Linda Lear, illustration historian Steven Heller, and kids’s book illustrator Eleanor Taylor. It’s the definitive volume on one of the crucial world’s such a lot influential authors, a woman whose artistry, until now, has now not been fully celebrated.

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