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Historical Artist - Walter Crane (1845 - 1915)
Walter Crane worked in a variety mediums throughout his career including illustration, design,
and writing but is best known for his work as an illustrator of children’s books. In
addition, he was a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts movement and an advocate of art
education. He taught in Manchester and Reading during the 1890’s and became principal of
the Royal College of Art in 1898. He, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, are
considered the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English
children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th
century. His work featured some of the more colorful and detailed beginnings of the
child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories
for decades to come. Born in Liverpool, he was part of the Arts and Crafts movement. He produced
paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. Although
not himself an anarchist, Crane contributed to several libertarian publishers, including Liberty
Press and Freedom Press. Following the Haymarket bombing, Crane made multiple trips to America
where he spoke in defense of the eight anarchists accused of murder.
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