Monday, June 9, 2014

Margaret Tarrant - Faerie Queen

 


Margaret Tarrant, artist and illustrator, (Leo Virgo Scorpio Cap)
was born on 19 August 1888 in South London.









Encouraged by her father, the artist Percy Tarrant, she excelled at drawing and painting from an early age  and, after discussion with her father, became a full-time artist and illustrator.











In 1920 she began working regularly for the Medici Society, a long and fruitful association. 







During the 1920s she illustrated a highly successful series of fairy books for the company. 













  She was well known for her love of animals and for her formidable cat companion. 










  Many of her paintings were bordered with leaves and flowers characteristic of the Arts and Crafts movement and the Art Nouveau style which she much admired. 











 Her true love lay in painting wild flowers of which she had an extensive knowledge.











  Margaret Tarrant's illustrations date from the 1920's, reflecting the enchanting and magical world of fairies, flowers and young children.  














Indeed, her world of fairies and flowers have been delighting generations of children and adults ever since the first illustrations appeared in the "Fairies and Flowers" series of books, specially commissioned by Medici in the early 1920's.







-http://www.medici.co.uk/

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