Dorothy Burroughes

Dorothy Burroughes
Born
Dorothy Mary L. Burroughes

1883
London, England
Died1963 (aged 79–80)
Education
Known forIllustrations, printmaking

Dorothy Mary L. Burroughes (1883 – 18 July 1963) was a British artist known as a painter, illustrator and linocut artist. She designed posters and wrote and illustrated a series of children's books.

Biography

Burroughes was born and lived most of her life in London, although in her later years she lived near Henley-on-Thames.[1][2] She studied at the Slade School of Art and at Heatherley's in London before furthering her studies in Germany.[3] Burroughes produced illustrations for a number of magazines including Bystander, Sketch and the Illustrated London News.[4][1] She produced posters for the London Underground, including the poster For the Zoo in the style of a Japanese colour woodcut.[5][3][6] Throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s she wrote and illustrated a series of children's books, often on animal themes.[7] Animals were also a recurring theme in the prints she produced as were cloud formations. Her prints often featured towering banks of cumulus clouds above an English landscape.[3] Burroughes also illustrated books by other writers, notably The Story of the Red Deer which was published by Gregynog Press in 1936 and for which she produced eleven colour prints.[7]

Throughout the 1920s Burroughes lived with her partner Vere Hutchinson, an author who had five books published but died in 1931 after a protracted illness.[8] Burroughes was elected a member of the Society of Women Artists in 1923 and became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1925.[1] She exhibited with the Fine Art Society in London and both the London Transport Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum hold examples of her work.[4][5][9]

Books illustrated

Books illustrated by Burroughes include,[7]

  • Queer Beasts at the Zoo by G Davidson, Allen & Unwin, 1927
  • Queer Birds at the Zoo by G Davidson, Allen & Unwin, 1927
  • Gun Fodder by J. F. Snook, Allen & Unwin, 1930
  • The Animal Lovers' Calendar, by Jenkins, 1930
  • Fifty-One New Nursery Rhymes by Rose Fyleman, Methuen, 1931
  • Tinkle the Cat by NC James, Dent, 1932
  • Gardener's Frenzy by M Pallister, Methuen, 1933
  • The Story of the Red-Deer by JW Fortescue, Gregynog Press, 1936

Books written and illustrated

Books written and illustrated by Burroughes include,[7][1]

  • The Amazing Adventures of Little Brown Bear, Methuen, 1930
  • Jack Rabbit, Detective, Methuen, 1931
  • Journeyings of Selina Squirrel and her Friends, Methuen, 1931
  • The Odd Little Girl, Methuen, 1932
  • Captain Seal's Treasure Hunt, Bodley Head, 1933
  • More Adventures of the Odd Little Girl, Bodley Head, 1933
  • Harris the Hare and His Own True Love, Bodley Head, 1933
  • The Strange Adventures of Mary Jane Stubbs, Bodley Head, 1933
  • The House the Moles Built, Hutchinson, 1939
  • The Little Black Rabbit, Hutchinson, 1940
  • Teddy, the Little Refuge Mouse, Hutchinson, 1942
  • The Pigs who Sailed Away, Hutchinson, 1944
  • The Magic Herb, Hutchinson, 1945
  • The Conceited Frog, Hutchinson, 1949
  • The Little White Elephant, Hutchinson, 1953


References

  1. ^ a b c d Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  2. ^ "Dorothy Mary Burroughes". Twentieth Century Posters. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Robin Garton (1992). British Printmakers 1855-1955 A Century of Printmaking from the Etching Revival to St Ives. Garton & Co / Scolar Press. ISBN 0-85967-968-3.
  4. ^ a b David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  5. ^ a b "Dorothy Burroughes". London Transport Museum. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  6. ^ David Bownes (2018). Poster Girls. london transport museum. ISBN 978-1-871829-28-0.
  7. ^ a b c d Alan Horne (1994). The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-1082.
  8. ^ Emily Hamer (1996). Britannia's Glory: A History of Twentieth Century Lesbians. Cassell. ISBN 978-1-4742-9279-5.
  9. ^ "Dorothy Burroughes". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 27 February 2019.