Cecil Aldin
Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (born April 28, 1870 in Slough , † January 6, 1935 in London ) was a British illustrator and painter who was best known for his animal motifs and depictions of sports and rural scenes.
life and work
Aldin completed compulsory schooling in Eastbourne and Solihull and then went to Kensington , where he studied anatomy and animal painting under William Calderon . Between 1913 and 1914 he lived in Sulhamstead south of Reading and was sacristan in the church of Sulhamstead Abbots .
His early work is influenced by Randolph Caldecott and John Leech . Aldin's drawings were first published in The Building News on September 12, 1890, and have appeared in many newspapers and magazines since then.
Among his works are illustrations in two chapters of the first publication of Rudyard Kipling's Second Jungle Book (1894), Charles Dickens ' Die Pickwickier (1910) and The Bunch Book by James Douglas (1932). Aldin also wrote and illustrated books himself, including the 1923 series Old Manor Houses and Old Inns with architectural images. Aldin particularly used pastel chalk , pencil and watercolors as media .
Another popular book by Aldin is Sleeping Partners , a series of pastel drawings of two dogs on a sofa. These are Aldin's own dogs, the Irish Wolfhound Mickey and the Bull Terrier Cracker.
gallery
"Sir Michael of Sheppey" (Mickey)
The Fallowfield Hunt
Scene from Sleeping Partners
bibliography
Books illustrated by Aldin (selection)
- The Cecil Aldin hunting diary (1900)
- Heiberg, Neils. White-ear and Peter: the story of a fox and a fox-terrier (London: Macmillan, 1912).
- Byron, May.Cecil Aldin's merry party (London: Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913).
- Maeterlinck, Maurice. My Dog (London: G. Allen, 1913).
- Waylett, Richard. The Doggie Book (New York: EP Dutton & Co., [1913]).
- Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty: the autobiography of a horse (London: Boots the Chemists, 1916).
- Emanuel, Walter Lewis. A dog day; or, The angel in the house (New York: EP Dutton & Co., 1919).
- Aldin, C. Old Inns (London: Heinemann, 1921)
- Aldin, C. Old manor houses (London: W. Heinemann, 1920).
- Hare, Kenneth. Roads and vagabonds (London Eyre & Spottiswoode).
Biographies
- Aldin, C. Time I Was Dead: Pages from My Autobiography ( C. Scribner's Sons , 1934)
- Heron, Roy. Cecil Aldin, the Story of a Sporting Artist (Henry Holt & Company, 1982)
Web links
- Cecil Aldin biography (Jonathan Poole Gallery)
- My favorite artist - Cecil Aldin
Individual evidence
- ^ Kelly's Directory
- ^ The Life and Sleeping Partners of Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) «Vulpes Libris . In: WordPress.com . Retrieved October 18, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aldin, Cecil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aldin, Cecil Charles Windsor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British illustrator and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Slough |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1935 |
| Place of death | London |