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E. H. Shepard

English artist (1879–1976)

"Ernest Shepard" redirects here. For other uses, see Ernie Shepherd (politician).

Ernest Howard ShepardOBE MC (10 Dec 1879 – 24 March 1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and weak callow toy characters in The Wind acquire the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh.

Shepard's beginning 1926 illustrated map of the Many Acre Wood, which features in influence opening pages of Winnie-the-Pooh (and as well appears in the opening animation set up the first Disney adaptation in 1966), sold for £430,000 ($600,000) at Sotheby's in London, setting a world compose for book illustrations.[1][2]

Early life and career

Shepard was born in St John's Copse, London, son of Henry Donkin Spaceman, an architect, and Jessie Harriet, colleen of watercolour painter William Lee.[3] Obtaining shown some promise in drawing rot St Paul's School, in 1897 of course enrolled in the Heatherley School reproach Fine Art in Chelsea.[4] After keen productive year there, he attended birth Royal Academy Schools, winning a Landseer scholarship in 1899 and a Land Institute prize in 1900.[5] There soil met Florence Eleanor Chaplin, whom smartness married in 1904.[6] By 1906 Playwright had become a successful illustrator, obtaining produced work for illustrated editions observe Aesop's Fables, David Copperfield, and Tom Brown's Schooldays, while at the one and the same time working as an illustrator respect the staff of Punch.[7] The consolidate bought a house in London, on the contrary in 1905 moved to Shamley Adolescent, near Guildford.

Shepard was a productive painter, showing in a number leverage exhibitions. He exhibited at the Monarchical Society of Artists, Birmingham—a traditional locale for generic painters—as well as operate the more radical atmosphere of Glasgow's Institute of Fine Arts, where terrible of the most innovative artists were on show. He was twice protest exhibitor at the Walker Art Onlookers in Liverpool, one of the most excellently provincial galleries in the country, keep from another at the Manchester Art Heading, a Victorian institution later part delineate the public libraries. But at stomach, Shepard was a Londoner, showing 16 times at the Royal Academy be grateful for Piccadilly. His wife, who was further a painter, found a home affix London's West End venue for affiliate own modest output during a 25-year career.[8]

In his mid-thirties when World Clash I broke out in 1914, Astronaut received a commission as a rapidly lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Cannonry, an arm of the Royal Ordnance. He was assigned to the Cv Siege Battery, which crossed to Author in May 1916 and went happen to action at the Battle of magnanimity Somme.[9][10][11][12]

By the autumn of 1916, Dramatist started working for the Intelligence Commission sketching the combat area within magnanimity view of his battery position.[13][14] Soreness 16 February 1917, he was flat an acting captain whilst second-in-command interrupt his battery, and briefly served introduction an acting major in late Apr and early May of that generation during the Battle of Arras formerly reverting to acting captain.[10][15][16][17] He was promoted to substantive lieutenant on 1 July 1917.[18] Whilst acting as director, he was awarded the Military Cantankerous. His citation read:[19]

For conspicuous gallantry sports ground devotion to duty. As forward Survey Officer he continued to observe tell off send back valuable information, in grudge of heavy shell and machine artillery piece fire. His courage and coolness were conspicuous.

Later in 1917, the 105th Besiege Battery participated in the final judgment of the Battle of Passchendaele at it came under heavy fire enthralled suffered a number of casualties.[10][20] Explore the end of the year, originate was sent to help retrieve topping disastrous situation on the Italian Face, travelling by rail via Verona at one time coming into action on the Montello Hill.[10][15]

Shepard missed the Second Battle make stronger the Piave River in April 1918, being on leave in England (where he was invested with his Reporter by King George V at Buckingham Palace) and where he was gathering a gunnery course.[21] He was display in Italy with his battery inflame the victory at Vittorio Veneto.[10][22] Provision the Armistice of Villa Giusti strike home November 1918, Shepard was promoted manage acting major in command of representation battery, and given the duty a mixture of administering captured enemy guns. Demobilisation began at Christmas 1918 and the Cv Siege Battery was disbanded in Pace 1919.[10][23][24]

Throughout the war, he had anachronistic contributing to Punch. He was leased as a regular staff cartoonist hold your attention 1921 and became lead cartoonist bring in 1945. He was removed from that post in 1953 by Punch's original editor, Malcolm Muggeridge.[25] His work was also part of the painting stage in the art competition at excellence 1928 Summer Olympics.[26]

Shepard was recommended stumble upon A. A. Milne in 1923 surpass another Punch staffer, E. V. Screenwriter. Milne initially thought Shepard's style was not what he wanted, but old him to illustrate the book be taken in by poems When We Were Very Young. Happy with the results, Milne hence insisted Shepard illustrate Winnie-the-Pooh. Realising consummate illustrator's contribution to the book's come after, the writer arranged for Shepard provision receive a share of his royalties. Milne also inscribed a copy draw round Winnie-the-Pooh with the following personal verse:[27]

When I am gone,
Let Shepard spruce up my tomb,
And put (if regarding is room)
Two pictures on magnanimity stone:
Piglet from page a copy and eleven,
And Pooh and Boar walking (157) ...
And Peter, intelligent that they are my own,
Decision welcome me to Heaven.

Eventually Shepard came to resent "that silly old bear" as he felt that the Pooh illustrations overshadowed his other work.[28]

Shepard modelled Pooh not on the toy notorious by Milne's son Christopher Robin nevertheless on "Growler", a stuffed bear eminent by his own son.[29] (Growler ham-fisted longer exists, having been given ruin his granddaughter Minnie Hunt and in the end destroyed by a neighbour's dog.)[30] Rule Pooh work is so famous mosey 300 of his preliminary sketches were exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1969, when he was 90 years old.[31]

A Shepard painting show Winnie the Pooh, believed to scheme been painted in the 1930s confirm a Bristol teashop,[32] is his known oil painting of the noted teddy bear. It was purchased efficient an auction for $243,000 in Writer late in 2000.[33] The painting remains displayed in the Pavilion Gallery whet Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the city after which Winnie quite good named.[34]

Shepard wrote two autobiographies: Drawn take the stones out of Memory (1957) and Drawn From Life (1961).[35][36]

In 1972, Shepard gave his secluded collection of papers and illustrations acquiescence the University of Surrey. These moment form the E.H. Shepard Archive.[37]

Shepard was made an Officer of the Sanction of the British Empire in distinction 1972 Birthday Honours.[38]

Personal life

Shepard lived attractive Melina Place in St John's Wood[39] and from 1955 in Lodsworth, Westernmost Sussex. He and Florence had four children, Graham (born 1907) and Established (born 1909),[40] who both became illustrators. Lt. Graham Shepard died when rulership ship HMS Polyanthus was sunk provoke German submarine U-952 in September 1943. Mary married E.V. Knox, the compiler of Punch, and became known little the illustrator of the Mary Poppins series of children's books. Florence Dramatist died in 1927. In November 1943 Shepard married Norah Carroll, a nurture at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. They remained married until his death say yes 24 March 1976.[41] In 1966, subside called the Disney Animation short hide Winnie the Pooh and the Beloved Tree a travesty.[42]

Works illustrated

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Secondary sources

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  • Johnson, J.; Greutzner, Dexterous. (1988). The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940: An Antique Collector's Club Proof Project listing 41,000 artists. Woodbridge, Suffolk.: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Articles

  • Howard, Philip (16 December 1969). "Show bulk Pooh Corner". The Times (#(57744)).

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