EDMUND DULAC
English illustrator (1882-1953)
Biography:
Dulac, regarded as the last of the great illustrators in the "Golden Age," was born in France but became a British subject at age twenty-nine. He liked working with oriental themes, illustrating works such as The Arabian Nights and The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Famous for his use of blue, his own shade was known as "bleu du lac."
Works illustrated by Edmund Dulac:
Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1908.
Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales, 1910.
Hans Christian Andersen, Stories, 1911.
Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells and other poems, 1912.
Stevenson, The Treasure Island, 1927.