Biography
"Laurence Housman, one of the most innovative or influential of the 1890s, in a brief career of less than ten years, created some of the most striking black and white illustrations of the period. His original meticulously drawn pen and ink drawings remain rare today. His first sucsess was his illustrated edition of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market. This work is now considered Housman's masterpiece. Housman's illustrations and decorations were innovative attempts at creating from his self-professed 'Freakish imagination'" (Fairy Folk).
Works
- Illustration for Rossettit's Goblin Market (1)
- Illustration for Rossettit's Goblin Market (2)
- Illustration for Rossettit's Goblin Market (3)
- Illustration for Rossettit's Goblin Market (4)
- The Flitting, illustration for Barlow's The End of Elfintown
- The Building, illustration for Barlow's The End of Elfintown
- Mercury god of merchandise, look on with favourable eyes, illustration for Housman's The Field of Clovern
Bibliography
Fairy Folk in Fairy Land. London: Peter Naham at Leicester Galleries, 1997.
Peppin, Brigid. Fantasy: The Golden Age of Fantastic Illustration. New York: New American Library, 1976. (Also Watson-Guptill, 1975.)
Last modified 19 February 2005