The Art of Beatrix Potter: Sketches, Paintings, and Illustrations

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Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of BeatrixPotters birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artistbehind some of the world's most beloved childrens books,including The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester, andThe Tale of Two Bad Mice. Brimming with famous images andrarely seen gemsincluding early sketches of the now famousrabbit familythis monograph explores Beatrix Potters artisticprocess and reveals the places in the British Isles that inspiredher timeless work. Organised geographically and featuringmore than 200 images paired with illuminating text, The Art of Beatrix Potter is the definitive volume on one of the worldsmost influential authors and artists.

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"Cozy up with Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck in The Art of Beatrix Potter. This new collection, focusing on more than 200 of the British author and brilliant naturalist's watercolors and sketches, is an enchanting tour through the nooks and crannies Potter plumbed for her tales. Which, yes, you'll want to read all over again." --O, The Oprah Magazine
"Emily Zach's book The Art of Beatrix Potter shows the beloved children's author was far more than a tweedy Victorian, wandering the meadows. She was an artist of astonishing range." --The Seattle Times
"Families fond of the delicate watercolors and droll English country stories of Beatrix Potter will find much to enchant in The Art of Beatrix Potter, an elegant assortment of her sketches, paintings and illustrations. Among the delights: Potter's sketch in watercolor of the dramatic swoop of the Newlands Valley, the same parti-colored landscape that little Lucie trots through in The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle." --The Wall Street Journal
"These sketches, illos, and paintings from the Peter Rabbit author add a rich new dimension to her legacy." --Entertainment Weekly

Author Bio

Emily Zach is an author, editor, and image researcherspecializing in art history, modern and contemporary art,illustration, design, and pop culture. She lives in Seattle,Washington.Steven Heller is the cochair of the School of Visual Arts MFADesign: Designer As Author + Entrepreneur program. He isauthor or editor for over 170 books on design and illustrationand the 2011 Smithsonian National Design Award recipient for'Design Mind.' He lives in New York City.Linda Lear is an environmental historian and the prize-winningbiographer of Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, which won theLakeland Book of the Year award. She is the author of manyarticles and essays on Beatrix Potter's life and work and amember of the Beatrix Potter Society. Based in Maryland, Learserves as Senior Fellow at the Lear Center for SpecialCollections and Archives at Connecticut College.Eleanor Taylor is a Scottish illustrator and painter living inLondon. She has illustrated many books for children and since2010 has had the extraordinary fortune to follow in BeatrixPotter's footsteps through her work with Emma Thompson onThe Further Tales and Other Adventures of Peter Rabbit seriesfor Frederick Warne Publishers.