Picture book, picture book, on the wall....(children's book illustrations as serious art)

From: The Horn Book Magazine | Date: March 1, 1998| Author: Evans, Dilys | Copyright information

The establishment of an annual exhibit of children's book illustration in New York City in 1978 originated the interest in this illustration as a fine art form. The best picture-book art works have become commercially valuable and are selling well in galleries.

Pictures that tell a story have been with us for a very long time. The cave painters showed us their world and their beliefs, and the Egyptians created storytelling murals in their tombs. Medieval scribes painted exquisite i...

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