Kate Greenaway - Upper Street, London, UK
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This London Borough of Islington green plaque indicates that the illustrator and artist, Kate Greenaway, "lived here 1852 - 1873". The plaque is attached to a building on the west side of Upper Street in Islington, London.
Waymark Code: WMWE27
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/21/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Touchstone
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The full wording on the London Borough of Islington green plaque reads:

Historic House

Kate
Greenaway
1846 - 1901
Childrens' Book
Illustrator and Artist
lived here
1852 - 1873

London Borough of Islington

The Encyclopaedia Britannica website has an article about Kate Greenaway that tells us:

Kate Greenaway, also called Catherine Greenaway (born March 17, 1846, London, Eng.—died Nov. 6, 1901, London), English artist and book illustrator known for her original and charming children’s books.

The daughter of John Greenaway, a draftsman and wood engraver, Kate Greenaway grew up in various residences, including a farmhouse in Nottinghamshire, and studied art in various places, including London. She began to exhibit drawings in 1868, and her first published illustrations appeared in such magazines as Little Folks. In 1879 she produced her first successful book, Under the Window, followed by The Birthday Book (1880), Mother Goose (1881), Little Ann (1883), and other books for children, which had an enormous success and became very highly valued. “Toy-books” though they were, these little works created a revolution in book illustration; they were praised by John Ruskin, by Ernest Chesneau and Arsène Alexandre in France, by Richard Muther in Germany, and by other leading art critics throughout the world.

In 1890 Greenaway was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and in 1891, 1894, and 1898 she exhibited watercolour drawings, including illustrations for her books, at the gallery of the Fine Art Society (by which a representative selection was exhibited in 1902). From 1883 to 1897, with a break only in 1896, she issued a series of Kate Greenaway’s Almanacs. Although she illustrated The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1889) and other works, the artist preferred to provide her own text. She had great personal charm but was extremely shy of public notice.

Blue Plaque managing agency: London Borough of Islington

Individual Recognized: Kate Greenaway

Physical Address:
147 Upper Street
London, United Kingdom


Web Address: [Web Link]

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