English artist Mabel Lucie Attwell (204 works)

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English artist Mabel Lucy Attwell was born in London in 1879 and died in 1964 in Cornwall. She was the sixth child in a butcher's family. Mabel was a shy child and her favorite thing to do was sit with one of her sisters and make up stories for which she would then draw illustrations.

Mabel studied at a private school, while also studying at an art school. But the girl became bored with drawing still lifes and nudes, so she left her studies at art school. She preferred to draw imaginary cheeky babies and illustrations for fairy tales, which many magazines were happy to print. When she was 16 years old, she went to college, paying for her studies by selling her drawings. While studying, she met student Harold Earnshaw, married him and had three children, Peggy, Peter and Brian, who inspired and modeled her work.

From the very beginning, her work was in constant demand. Not only does she illustrate for children, she is equally renowned for her unique ability to capture the attention of adults through children's drawings. Her illustrations appear in advertising, postcards, calendars, books, etc. Her humor can be seen in everyday situations related to social changes that were part of English life in the 20th century. Mabel adapted her illustrations to changes in life and fashion.

Mabel drew illustrations for many popular fairy tales and books of children's poems, including Peter Pan and Wendy, Alice in Wonderland, The Water Babies, and fairy tales by Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. She used the charm of children's innocence to attract the attention of adults.