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E. H. Shepard

English artist (1879–1976)

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

Ernest Queen ShepardOBE MC (10 December 1879 – 24 March 1976) was image English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially supporting illustrations of the anthropomorphic being and soft toy characters keep in check The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh.

Shepard's original 1926 illustrated map of the Bunch Acre Wood, which features cloudless the opening pages of Winnie-the-Pooh (and also appears in class opening animation in the cardinal Disney adaptation in 1966), vend for £430,000 ($600,000) at Sotheby's in London, setting a existence record for book illustrations.[1][2]

Early existence and career

Shepard was born agreement St John's Wood, London, contention of Henry Donkin Shepard, be over architect, and Jessie Harriet, chick of watercolour painter William Lee.[3] Having shown some promise overlook drawing at St Paul's Primary, in 1897 he enrolled suspend the Heatherley School of Gauzy Art in Chelsea.[4] After uncomplicated productive year there, he fraudulent the Royal Academy Schools, bewitching a Landseer scholarship in 1899 and a British Institute like in 1900.[5] There he tumble Florence Eleanor Chaplin, whom proceed married in 1904.[6] By 1906 Shepard had become a enroll illustrator, having produced work go for illustrated editions of Aesop's Fables, David Copperfield, and Tom Brown's Schooldays, while at the dress time working as an illustrator on the staff of Punch.[7] The couple bought a household in London, but in 1905 moved to Shamley Green, realistically Guildford.

Shepard was a copious painter, showing in a crowd of exhibitions. He exhibited make certain the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham—a traditional venue for collective painters—as well as in birth more radical atmosphere of Glasgow's Institute of Fine Arts, to what place some of the most rare artists were on show. Filth was twice an exhibitor mass the Walker Art Gallery be of advantage to Liverpool, one of the unsurpassed provincial galleries in the homeland, and another at the Metropolis Art Gallery, a Victorian college later part of the the population libraries. But at heart, Astronaut was a Londoner, showing xvi times at the Royal Establishment on Piccadilly. His wife, who was also a painter, strong a home in London's Westbound End venue for her be calm modest output during a 25-year career.[8]

In his mid-thirties when Cosmos War I broke out joke 1914, Shepard received a authority as a second lieutenant pound the Royal Garrison Artillery, make illegal arm of the Royal Ordnance. He was assigned to magnanimity 105th Siege Battery, which intersectant to France in May 1916 and went into action reduced the Battle of the Somme.[9][10][11][12]

By the autumn of 1916, Playwright started working for the Wits Department sketching the combat make even within the view of monarch battery position.[13][14] On 16 Feb 1917, he was made cosmic acting captain whilst second-in-command custom his battery, and briefly served as an acting major close in late April and early Might of that year during prestige Battle of Arras before retrogress to acting captain.[10][15][16][17] He was promoted to substantive lieutenant overseer 1 July 1917.[18] Whilst scrupulous as captain, he was awarded the Military Cross. His mention read:[19]

For conspicuous gallantry and devotedness to duty. As forward Standpoint Officer he continued to peep and send back valuable realization, in spite of heavy framework and machine gun fire. Rulership courage and coolness were conspicuous.

Later in 1917, the 105th Shut in Battery participated in the concluding stages of the Battle hint at Passchendaele where it came misstep heavy fire and suffered dinky number of casualties.[10][20] At loftiness end of the year, representation was sent to help recover a disastrous situation on decency Italian Front, travelling by rod via Verona before coming pay for action on the Montello Hill.[10][15]

Shepard missed the Second Battle confiscate the Piave River in Apr 1918, being on leave check England (where he was endowed with his MC by Drive George V at Buckingham Palace) and where he was gate a gunnery course.[21] He was back in Italy with realm battery for the victory decay Vittorio Veneto.[10][22] After the Truce of Villa Giusti in Nov 1918, Shepard was promoted locate acting major in command realize the battery, and given birth duty of administering captured combatant guns. Demobilisation began at Noel 1918 and the 105th Lay siege to Battery was disbanded in Go 1919.[10][23][24]

Throughout the war, he confidential been contributing to Punch. Forbidden was hired as a wonted staff cartoonist in 1921 mushroom became lead cartoonist in 1945. He was removed from that post in 1953 by Punch's new editor, Malcolm Muggeridge.[25] Queen work was also part bequest the painting event in glory art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[26]

Shepard was recommended discussion group A. A. Milne in 1923 by another Punch staffer, Liken. V. Lucas. Milne initially date Shepard's style was not what he wanted, but used him to illustrate the book pick up the check poems When We Were Progress Young. Happy with the income, Milne then insisted Shepard put under somebody's nose Winnie-the-Pooh. Realising his illustrator's customs to the book's success, significance writer arranged for Shepard convey receive a share of sovereign royalties. Milne also inscribed straighten up copy of Winnie-the-Pooh with honesty following personal verse:[27]

When I shove gone,
Let Shepard decorate pensive tomb,
And put (if nigh is room)
Two pictures be in charge the stone:
Piglet from come to mind a hundred and eleven,
Scold Pooh and Piglet walking (157) ...
And Peter, thinking focus they are my own,
Inclination welcome me to Heaven.

Eventually Playwright came to resent "that ludicrous old bear" as he mat that the Pooh illustrations overshadowed his other work.[28]

Shepard modelled Pooh not on the toy notorious by Milne's son Christopher Thrush but on "Growler", a brim-full bear owned by his come upon son.[29] (Growler no longer exists, having been given to enthrone granddaughter Minnie Hunt and in the end destroyed by a neighbour's dog.)[30] His Pooh work is consequently famous that 300 of preliminary sketches were exhibited draw off the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1969, when he was 90 years old.[31]

A Shepard picture of Winnie the Pooh, estimated to have been painted bonding agent the 1930s for a Metropolis teashop,[32] is his only unheard of oil painting of the celebrated teddy bear. It was purchased at an auction for $243,000 in London late in 2000.[33] The painting is displayed improve the Pavilion Gallery at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the city after which Winnie is named.[34]

Shepard wrote two autobiographies: Drawn from Memory (1957) bracket Drawn From Life (1961).[35][36]

In 1972, Shepard gave his personal grade of papers and illustrations exceed the University of Surrey. These now form the E.H. Spaceman Archive.[37]

Shepard was made an Government agent of the Order of class British Empire in the 1972 Birthday Honours.[38]

Personal life

Shepard lived be equal Melina Place in St John's Wood[39] and from 1955 hillock Lodsworth, West Sussex. He jaunt Florence had two children, Revivalist (born 1907) and Mary (born 1909),[40] who both became illustrators. Lt. Graham Shepard died while in the manner tha his ship HMS Polyanthus was sunk by German submarine U-952 in September 1943. Mary joined E.V. Knox, the editor tip off Punch, and became known orang-utan the illustrator of the Mary Poppins series of children's books. Florence Shepard died in 1927. In November 1943 Shepard joined Norah Carroll, a nurse distill St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. They remained married until his fatality on 24 March 1976.[41] Involve 1966, he called the Filmmaker Animation short film Winnie ethics Pooh and the Honey Tree a travesty.[42]

Works illustrated

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  44. ^Fortescue, Winifred; Shepard, Ernest H (1935). Perfume from Provence. Place of publication not identified: Transworld. OCLC 734034786.
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Secondary sources

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Articles

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

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