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| Edmund Dulac (1882–1953) | ||||||||||
| Born in Toulouse, Dulac attended the petit lycée in Toulouse from 1890 to 1899 and then studied law at the University of Toulouse, graduating in 1902. He then studied drawing and painting at the École des Beaux-Arts of Toulouse between 1900 and 1903, where he won a number of prizes and developed a strong interest in illustration. He studied briefly at the Académie Julian in Paris and then moved to London in 1904. Dulac was influenced by William Morris, Walter Crane, and Arthur Rackham, who was to become his rival. He distinguished himself with a style inspired by Middle Eastern and Asian art, known for its intricate detail and vibrant colours. His talent for book illustration gained him a commission with the publisher J.M. Dent to illustrate Jane Eyre and nine other volumes of works by the Brontë sisters. He then became a regular contributor to Pall Mall Magazine as a caricaturist and illustrator and joined the London Sketch Club. Dulac was commissioned by Hodder and Stoughton to illustrate The Arabian Nights in 1907, which was an immediate success and assured his status as a popular artist. Many other commissions followed, earning him high praise and success, but after the First World War, the popularity of such books waned, and his career in this field was largely over. He branched out into other areas, including newspaper caricatures, posters, charity books, theatre costume and set design, wallpaper, medals, playing cards, banknotes, and postage stamps. Dulac died in London. | ||||||||||
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