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Dulac, Edmund
Dulac, Edmund (1882–1953). French-born illustrator, designer, painter, and sculptor who settled in England in 1905 and became a British citizen in 1912. Dulac is best known as a book illustrator, particularly for fairy-tale and legendary subjects, in which his sense of fantasy and gifts as a colourist were put to brilliant effect (he was much influenced by Middle and Far Eastern art). In the period before the First World War, when there was a vogue for lavish and expensive children's books, he was Arthur Rackham's only serious rival in the field. He was also a portrait painter and caricaturist, and a highly versatile designer; his output included much work for the stage (notably for plays by his friend W. B. Yeats), and one of his last commissions was a stamp commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Dulac, Edmund." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Dulac, Edmund." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-DulacEdmund.html IAN CHILVERS. "Dulac, Edmund." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-DulacEdmund.html |
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Dulac, Edmund
Dulac, Edmund (1882–1953). French-born illustrator, designer, painter, and sculptor who settled in England in 1905 and became a British citizen in 1912. Dulac is best known as a book illustrator, particularly of fairy-tale and legendary subjects, in which his sense of fantasy and gifts as a colourist were put to brilliant effect (he was much influenced by Middle and Far Eastern art). He was also a portrait painter, a caricaturist, a sculptor, and a highly versatile designer; his output included much work for the stage, and one of his last commissions was a stamp commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. See also Rackham.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Dulac, Edmund." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Dulac, Edmund." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-DulacEdmund.html IAN CHILVERS. "Dulac, Edmund." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-DulacEdmund.html |
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Edmund Dulac
Edmund Dulac , 1882–1953, French illustrator of English books. He is known for his imaginative, colorful illustrations of the Arabian Nights (1907), Shakespeare's Tempest (1908), and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1909). |
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"Edmund Dulac." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Edmund Dulac." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dulac-Ed.html "Edmund Dulac." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dulac-Ed.html |
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