Gillian Barlow
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- Geschlecht
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- Gillian Barlow studied at London University’s Slade School of Fine Art, and later gained an MA in Art History at the University of Sussex, following this with a PGCE. She has always been a painter, mostly in watercolour, and has also worked as a signwriter, children’s book illustrator, and for the past 25 years as a Herald painter at London’s College of Arms. She teaches at Chelsea Physic Garden and the English Gardening School. She has painted plates for Kew’s Curtis Botanical Magazine, and has work in public and private collections, mainly in UK and USA.
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Originally collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe in the nineteenth century, this classic Norwegian folktale always reminds me of the Greco-Roman story of Cupid and Psyche, which also features a girl in search of her missing husband. This edition draws upon Sir George Webbe Dasent's 1859 translation, and is beautifully illustrated by Gillian Barlow. Some of the scenes - such as that in which the heroine first glimpses the prince in his true form - are just gorgeous, and although overall I prefer the version illustrated by P.J. Lynch, this is still a must-see for fans of this tale!… (mehr)