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| Cliff Nielsen studied traditional and digital illustration and graduated as valedictorian from art center college of design in 1994. His illustrations have been recognized for their excellence by the Society of Illustrators, Print, and Spectrum. Feature articles focusing on his work appear in design publications and fanzine magazines alike. Cliff has been an international speaker on digital art and has served as a judge for the Society of Illustrators and a variety of professional illustration award programs. He lives and dreams in Los Angeles, California. |
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Pauline Baynes began her career with little formal training. After spending her early years in India, where her father was commissioner in Agra, she and her elder sister came to England for their schooling. When their father retired, their parents settled near Farnham in Surrey and Pauline, as the unmarried daughter, found herself looking after them during the day and trying to illustrate at night.
Pauline attended the Slade School of Fine Art, where her sister was completing a diploma course, but after only a year she volunteered to work for the Ministry of Defence, painting camouflage. However, since her kind of attention to detail and accuracy were skills essential for map-making, she was soon transferred to another department to draw maps. This experience was very helpful when she later drew maps of Narnia for Jack, and of Middle-earth for his friend J.R.R. Tolkien.
Over the years Pauline Baynes has created many new illustrations for use on book jackets, as well as colouring the original illustrations. In addition, in 1989, she made a series of full-page colour paintings for two books, one called The Land of Narnia, and the other a beautiful, deluxe version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. She was awarded the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 1968 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to children's illustration.
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| As well as creating striking full-color jacket illustrations for The Chronicles of Narnia, renowned artists Leo and Diane Dillon have collaborated on the illustrations for two Caldecott Medal-winning books: Ashanti To Zulu: African Traditions (1976) by Margaret Musgrove, and Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears (1975) retold by Verna Aardema. Together they illustrated Wind Child (1999) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, To Everything There Is A Season (1998), and Aida (1990) retold by Leontyne Price. The Dillons have received honorary doctorates from Parsons School of Design. They live in New York City. |
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| A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Chris Van Allsburg now lives in Providence, Rhode Island with his wife and children. He has created beautiful full colour jacket illustrations for The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as being the author of two Caldecott Medal-winning books: The Polar Express (1985) and Jumanji (1981). His book The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi (1979) was named a Caldecott Honor Book. His other books include Bad Day At Riverbend (1995), A City In Winter (1996) by Mark Helprin, The Sweetest Fig (1993), The Widow's Broom (1992), and many more. |
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