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'''Eric Winter''' (15 May 1905 – 1981) was a children's illustrator, most notable for his contributions to [[Ladybird Books|Ladybird]] books.<ref name="WeeWebBio">{{cite web |url=http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/ladybird_authors.php?id=400 |title=Eric Winter biography at The Wee Web Ladybird Website |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830065039/http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/ladybird_authors.php?id=400 |archivedate=30 August 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> Before his work for Ladybird Books, he worked on commission, producing work for ''[[Eagle (comic)|Eagle]]'', ''[[Swift (UK comics)|Swift]]'' and ''[[Girl (UK comics)|Girl]]'' magazines.<ref name="WeeWebBio" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spotted.net/eagle.htm|title=The Ladybird Adventurers and the Eagle|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref> |
'''Eric Winter''' (15 May 1905 – 1981) was a children's illustrator, most notable for his contributions to [[Ladybird Books|Ladybird]] books.<ref name="WeeWebBio">{{cite web |url=http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/ladybird_authors.php?id=400 |title=Eric Winter biography at The Wee Web Ladybird Website |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830065039/http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/ladybird_authors.php?id=400 |archivedate=30 August 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> Before his work for Ladybird Books, he worked on commission, producing work for ''[[Eagle (comic)|Eagle]]'', ''[[Swift (UK comics)|Swift]]'' and ''[[Girl (UK comics)|Girl]]'' magazines.<ref name="WeeWebBio" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spotted.net/eagle.htm|title=The Ladybird Adventurers and the Eagle|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
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Eric Winter was born in [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], [[North London]] on 15 May 1905. |
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He was educated at [[The Latymer School|Latymer School]], where he first became interested in art. He later studied at [[Hornsey College of Art|Hornsey Art School]] where he specialised in commercial and fine art and [[charcoal]]. He painted in both [[water colours]] and [[oil painting|oils]], but preferred the use of water colours. |
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In order to provide for his family Winter took up [[commercial art]] and in the 1950s he was commissioned by [[Abbey National Building Society]] to design their [[logo]], which became their trademark of two people under the roof of a house. |
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Eric Winter appeared in ''Artists Who's Who'' between 1960 and 1970 and is known for a painting called ''The Spinning Jenny'', which he was commissioned to do, in oils, for the [[International Wool Secretariat]] in [[London]]. |
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Several of his water colours were hung in the [[Royal Academy of Arts]]. |
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Over his working life he was commissioned to illustrate various magazines – ''[[Woman's Own]]'', ''[[Woman (UK magazine)|Woman]]'', ''The Girl''. He was commissioned by Reverend [[Chad Varah]] to draw religious illustrations for his children's Bible stories in ''Swift'' and by [[Marcus Morris (publisher)|Reverend Marcus Morris]] to do religious illustrations for the ''Eagle'' comic. |
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== Family == |
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Eric Winter had an older brother and a younger sister. His brother Francis became Head of the Teacher Training course at Hornsey Art School and became one of the foremost [[wood engraving|wood engravers]] in the country. |
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Eric Winter died in 1981 and is survived by his wife, daughter and son. |
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Born | 15 May 1905 |
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Occupation | Illustrator |
Eric Winter (15 May 1905 – 1981) was a children's illustrator, most notable for his contributions to Ladybird books.[1] Before his work for Ladybird Books, he worked on commission, producing work for Eagle, Swift and Girl magazines.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Eric Winter biography at The Wee Web Ladybird Website". Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ "The Ladybird Adventurers and the Eagle". Retrieved 19 May 2008.