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Brian Wildsmith

(1930–2016) Painter

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Brian Wildsmith was a painter.

Quick Facts About Brian Wildsmith

Born: January 22, 1930
Died: August 31, 2016
Profession: Painter

About Brian Wildsmith

[Wikidata] British illustrator (1930-2016)... | [Wikipedia] Brian Lawrence Wildsmith was a British painter and children's book illustrator. He won the 1962 Kate Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration, for the wordless alphabet book ABC. In all his books, the illustrations are always as important as the text.

Quotes by Brian Wildsmith

I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given…

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About

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“Step aboard and we will fly through the window, through the sky”

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I get depressed when the sun is clouded over. It affects me.

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Affects

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A lot of illustrators have one central character and then they develop it, and all their books are based around it. But…

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Around

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In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some…

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