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]

Books written and illustrated

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

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.
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