EDWARD JEFFREY IRVING ARDIZZONE
C.B.E., R.A., R.D.I., F.S.I.A., Hon A.R.C.A.
October 16, born in Haiphong, Province of Tonkin, Cochine-Française (French Indo-China). His father, though of Italian parentage, was born in Algeria and therefore a French national.
Arrives in England with his two sisters Elizabeth (Betty) and Lauretta (Tetta).
The three elder children brought up largely by their maternal grandmother in Suffolk whilst their parents were on foreign service.
Attends Clayesmore School.
Childhood drawing of a schoolmaster
Works as a clerk, where he 'doodled a lot on his blotter'.
Attends evening classes at the Westminster School of Art under Walter Bayes and Bernard Meninsky. This was his only formal training as an artist.
Family house established at Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale, London W9.
Our house in the snow - Christmas card c
To the horror of his father gives up work at the office to become a full time artist. Visits Austria and Italy with sister Betty.
Meets Catherine Anderson, whom he marries early in
Publication of In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu, the artist's first illu
Edward Ardizzone
| English artist and author of children's books. Date of Birth: Country: Great Britain |
Content:
- Early Life and Influences
- Artistic Career
- Wartime Experiences
- The "Little Tim" Series
- Collaborations and Legacy
- Later Years and Death
Early Life and Influences
Edward Ardizzone was born in Haiphong, French Indochina (now Vietnam), in His father was of Italian descent, while his mother was English. After his mother's return to England in , Ardizzone spent his formative years in Suffolk, nurtured by his grandmother and inspired by his art teacher's encouragement.
Artistic Career
Ardizzone's talent as an illustrator flourished early on. His first published work, "The Mediterranean: An Anthology," appeared in , showcasing his masterful craftsmanship in creating elaborate title pages. In , he illustrated the first book in the beloved "Little Tim" series, which chronicled the adventures of a courageous young sailor.
Wartime Experiences
During World War II, Ardizzone served as a war artist, documenting his experiences in France, Belgium, Africa, Italy, and Germany. His wartime drawings and journals are now displayed at the Imperial W
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Book illustrator, lithographer, watercolourist and writer for children. Born in Haiphong, Indo-China, Ardizzone – whose work was sometimes signed DIZ or E A – studied art under Bernard Meninsky and F J Porter at evening classes at Westminster School of Art in –1. After working as a clerk, he decided in to pursue art full-time; five years later he had his first one-man show at the Leger Galleries. He was an official war artist during World War II, working widely in Europe and North Africa, and his illustrated war diaries are notable records. After the war he established a strong following as a book illustrator, titles ranging from Walter de la Mare’s Peacock Pie and John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress to H E Bates’ Uncle Silas stories and Maurice Gorham’s Back to the Local.
He also wrote and illustrated his own children’s books, such as Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain. Ardizzone’s intimate scenes of bar-room and back-stage life and street life in London are drawn with a whimsicality and charm that are inimitable and unmistakeable. Retrospective show at the Victoria & Albert Museum, , centenary t
Suffolk Artists
ARDIZZONE, Edward
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Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone was born in Haiphong in the province of Tonkin (now North Korea) on 10 October , eldest of five children of Frenchman, Auguste Ardizzone (16 April March ) Bon�, Algeria and of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., and his wife Margaret n�e Irving (), second daughter of Edward Irving, Auditor General of the Straits Settlements, who married at the Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Joseph's, Hanwell, Middlesex on 29 July In the family returned to England, firstly to London and then coming to East Bergholt, Suffolk. In his mother returned to China to join her husband, leaving the children in the care of Edward's grandmother, who educated Edward privately with his formal education at Ipswich School In , his year-old mother Margaret was living at 4 Gainsborough Road, Ipswich with year-old Edward, 9-year-old Elizabeth Grace, 7-year-old Lauretta Mary, 3-year-old David Anthony Irving and month-old Michael Irving, who was born at Ipswich. The family then moved to Wokingham leaving Edward, together with his cousin Arthur, boarded with Miss Caroline Willis at Pond House, Bucklesham, a village just outside Ipswich a
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