8 mixed-media matted illustrations. Illustrated using ink, watercolors & gouache. Images approximately 6x4½", matted size 10x8". Edy-Legrand was born in Bordeaux in 1892 and is known for his large figure and landscape paintings, also for his well-known posters of French steamboats and magazine illustrations. He is largely responsible for the renaissance of illustration art [in France] and was also a great book illustrator. His illustrations were used prominently in works published by the Limited Editions Club, e.g. Hamlet, Beauty & the Beast, Don Quixote, A Woman's Life, Travels in Arabia Deserta & The Three Musketeers amongst many.
8 mixed-media matted illustrations. Illustrated using ink, watercolors & gouache. Images approximately 6x4½", matted size 10x8". Edy-Legrand was born in Bordeaux in 1892 and is known for his large figure and landscape paintings, also for his well-known posters of French steamboats and magazine illustrations. He is largely responsible for the renaissance of illustration art [in France] and was also a great book illustrator. His illustrations were used prominently in works published by the Limited Editions Club, e.g. Hamlet, Beauty & the Beast, Don Quixote, A Woman's Life, Travels in Arabia Deserta & The Three Musketeers amongst many.
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