- Edmund Dulac
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Edmund Dulac (born "Edmond Dulac",
October 22 ,1882 –May 25 ,1953 Beetles, Ch.: " [http://www.chrisbeetles.com/pictures/artists/Dulac_Edmund/Dulac_Edmund.htm Edmund Dulac] ". URL last accessed2007-11-24 .] ) was a French book illustrator prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration" (the first quarter or so of the twentieth century).Early life and career
Born in
Toulouse ,France , he began his career by studying law at the University of Toulouse, but also followed classes in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, switching full time to art after he became bored with law, and also having won prizes at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He spent a very brief period at theAcadémie Julien in Paris in 1904 before moving to London.In London, the 22-year old Frenchman was picked up by
J.M. Dent and given a commission to illustrate the collected works of theBrontë sisters. He then began an association with theLeicester Gallery andHodder & Stoughton ; the gallery would commission paintings from Dulac and then sell the rights to Hodder & Stoughton, who would publish the books (one book a year over many years) while the gallery would sell the paintings. Books produced under this arrangement by Dulac include "Stories fromThe Arabian Nights " (1907) (including 50 colour images), an edition ofShakespeare 's "The Tempest" (1908) (including 40 colour images), of "TheRubaiyat ofOmar Khayyam " (1909) (including 20 colour images), "TheSleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales" (1910), "Stories fromHans Christian Andersen " (1911), "The Bells and Other Poems byEdgar Allan Poe " (1912) (including 28 colour images and many monotone illustrations) and "Princess Badoura" (1913). DuringWorld War I he contributed to relief books, including "King Albert's Book", " Princess Mary's Gift Book", and, unusually, his own "Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for theFrench Red Cross " (1915) (including 20 colour images). Hodder and Stoughton also published "The Dreamer of Dreams" (1915) (including 6 colour images) - a work composed by the then Queen of Romania.Later life
After the war, the deluxe edition illustrated book became a rarity and Dulac's career in this field was over. His last such books were "Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book" (1916), the "
Tanglewood Tales " (1918) (including 14 colour images) and the exquisite "The Kingdom of the Pearl" (1920). His career continued in other areas however, including newspaper caricatures (especially at "The Outlook"), portraiture, theatre costume and set design, bookplates, chocolate boxes, medals, and various graphics (especially for TheMercury Theatre ). He designedpostage stamp s forGreat Britain . He designed stamps (Marianne de Londres series ) andbanknotes forFree France duringWorld War II . He also produced illustrations for "The American Weekly ", a Sunday supplement belonging to theHearst newspaper chain in America and Britain's "Country Life". Country Life Limited (London) published "Gods and Mortals in Love" (1935) (including 9 colour images) based on a number of the contributions made by Dulac to "Country Life" previously. "The Daughter of the Stars" (1939) was a futher publication to benefit from Dulac's artwork - due to constraints related to the outbreak of World War II, that title included just 2 colour images. He continued to produce books for the rest of his life, more so than any of his contemporaries, although these were less frequent and less lavish than during the Golden Age.In Other Media
*Dulac's character Black Caroline was mentioned in "
Jack of Fables " #1.ee also
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References
External links
* [http://www.artpassions.net/dulac/dulac.html Artpassions Dulac Gallery]
* [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/illustrators/dulac.html SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: Fairy Tale Illustrations of Edmund Dulac]
* [http://www.nocloo.com/gallery2 Children's Book Illustrators Gallery - Edmund Dulac's First edition illustrations]
* [http://www.oldfineart.com/albums/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-illustrated-by-edmund-dulac/pages/1/ Dulac illustrations for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]
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* [http://www.thelck.com/dulac/KingdomOfThePearl.php The Kingdom of the Pearl]
* [http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00317.xml&query=dulac&query-join=and Edmund Dulac Collection] at theharry Ransom Center at theUniversity of Texas at Austin
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