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The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French

Edmund DulacWW-1910-005073

1910·Illustrations: transfer lithographs and photographic process·11 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (28.3 x 22.2 x 3.8 cm)

Gift of Estate of Jane Erdmann Whitney, 1986

Catalogue

Year: 1910
Medium: Illustrations: transfer lithographs and photographic process
Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (28.3 x 22.2 x 3.8 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Edmund Dulac

Artist

Edmund Dulac

Painting

Edmund Dulac was a French-British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse, he studied law but later turned to the study of art at the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Brontë Sisters. During World War I, Dulac produced relief books. After the war, the deluxe children's book market shrank, and he then turned to magazine illustrations among other ventures. He designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps, most notably those that heralded the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

Toulouse, France

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