Dorothy Burroughes | |
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Born | Dorothy Mary L. Burroughes 1883 London, England |
Died | 1963 (aged 79–80) |
Education | |
Known for | Illustrations, printmaking |
Dorothy Mary L. Burroughes (1883-18 July 1963) was a British artist known as a painter, illustrator and linocut artist. She designed posters and wrote and illustrated a series of children's books.
Burroughes was born and lived most of her life in London, although in her later years she lived near Henley-on-Thames. [1] [2] She studied at the Slade School of Art and at Heatherley's in London before furthering her studies in Germany. [3] Burroughes produced illustrations for a number of magazines including Bystander, Sketch and the Illustrated London News. [4] [1] She produced posters for the London Underground, including the poster For the Zoo in the style of a Japanese colour woodcut. [5] [3] [6] Throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s she wrote and illustrated a series of children's books, often on animal themes. [7] Animals were also a recurring theme in the prints she produced as were cloud formations. Her prints often featured towering banks of cumulus clouds above an English landscape. [3] Burroughes also illustrated books by other writers, notably The Story of the Red Deer which was published by Gregynog Press in 1936 and for which she produced eleven colour prints. [7]
Throughout the 1920s Burroughes lived with her partner Vere Hutchinson, an author who had five books published but died in 1931 after a protracted illness. [8] Burroughes was elected a member of the Society of Women Artists in 1923 and became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1925. [1] She exhibited with the Fine Art Society in London and both the London Transport Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum hold examples of her work. [4] [5] [9]
Books illustrated by Burroughes include, [7]
Books written and illustrated by Burroughes include, [7] [1]