Historical Artist - Brian Wildsmith

1. At the time Wildsmith went to University only 3% of working-class boys and girls went to University.

2. He had nothing in common with his peers, the difference in his environment and theirs was clear and he has become oversensitive to the class ridden society he had been confronted with.

1962-1971

1. ABC was published in 1962 and was awarded the Library Association's Kate Greenaway Medal, the only award in the UK that solely rewards outstanding illustration in children's books.


https://www.wordsandpics.org/2021/08/inspirations-from-bookshelf-brian.html?m=1

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/71403-obituary-brian-wildsmith.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/09/brian-wildsmith-obituary

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Brian Wildsmith was born on the 22nd January 1930. He loved music and playing the piano. He wanted be be a research chemist because he thought he was good at science. At the age of 16 he realized he wasn't happy in the course he was in and decided that he would much rather be spending his time being creative. As soon as he had the realization, he went straight to the headmaster and told him he was leaving for an art school, the Barnsley School of Art. His portfolio only consisted of drawings of cubes, spheres and triangles and a couple of motor cars. He was offered a place and they gave him the basic training, including courses in architecture, perspective, anatomy, still life and sketching from memory. He admired avant-guard artists such as Picasso, Klee. The first job he got was a the Barnsley Chronicle. He pitched the idea that he would go to worker men's clubs, interview retired miners while drawing them. His idea was accepted, under the c...
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