Artist Quote: Achievements: Between 1965 and 1968, she illustrated Grant Uden's Dictionary of Chivalry, for which she won the Kate Greenaway Medal, and which she considered some of her finest work. | About the Artist: She went to the Farnham School of Art when she was 15. From then on she knew that she wanted to illustrate children's books. In 1940, following the outbreak of the Second World War, the Woman's Voluntary Service despatched the two Baynes sisters to work as assistant model-makers with the Royal Engineers' Camouflage Development and Training Centre based in Farnham Castle, and later drawing maps and naval charts for the Admiralty in Bath. About the Artwork: Baynes' gained notoriety when she landed the job to illustrate J.R.R. Tolkien's books (author of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit). So perfectly did Baynes capture the essence of Tolkien's tale that he declared them to be "more than illustrations, they are a collateral theme". She then met C.S. Lewis and illustrated many of his books, including Narnia. Baynes would later illustrate many authentic medieval stories, all of which show her painstaking research into the detailing of period costume and architecture, and her passion for recreating the texture and fabric of daily life in different ages. |
Sources:
https://www.paulinebaynes.com
https://www.williams.edu/feature-stories/feature-stories-archive/pauline-baynes/
https://narnia.fandom.com/wiki/Pauline_Baynes
https://www.paulinebaynes.com
https://www.williams.edu/feature-stories/feature-stories-archive/pauline-baynes/
https://narnia.fandom.com/wiki/Pauline_Baynes