Walter Crane’s Painting Book (1889)
"Long before the current craze for adult colouring books came this 19th-century “painting book” from one of the finest contributors to the Golden Age of illustration: Walter Crane (1845 -1915)."
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/walter-cranes-painting-book-1889/
"Although Crane achieved fame and recognition as a children’s illustrator, he continued to devote himself to his other artistic interests throughout his life. A photograph of his studio from 1885 (see below) depicts watercolours, oil paintings, sculpture and other design work, revealing a polymath who poured his varying talents into illustrations, which had a transformative effect on the art in children’s books."
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"Although Crane achieved fame and recognition as a children’s illustrator, he continued to devote himself to his other artistic interests throughout his life. A photograph of his studio from 1885 (see below) depicts watercolours, oil paintings, sculpture and other design work, revealing a polymath who poured his varying talents into illustrations, which had a transformative effect on the art in children’s books."
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