Reigning in at 101 years old, Kathleen Hale was a celebrated British artist, illustrator & author of children's novels, especially well know for her series on Orlando & the Marmalade Cat.
In her youth, her life was very influential & influenced her to express herself in an artistic manner. Her father passed on when she was very young but she could not turn to her mother for comfort as she was normally absent from her life. This lead to a rebellious attitude however the headmistress of the Machester School for Girls saw past her attitude & recognised her talent for art. She then went onto study art at universitys in Manchester.
Eventually she created the story book Oranlando The Marmlade cat (with eyes like twin gooseberries) which turned out to be one of the most popular children books of the 1940s & 1950s.
I love her style it is somewhat extravagant which is lovely to see as these days children's novels can seem quite simplistic. It's a nice blast from the past. However my style is somewhat adult in comparrison to this but the anatomy of the cats are excellent!
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Hale
www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000013587,00.html
www.charlottecory.com/articles/orlando.htm
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