Stuart Tresilian
Stuart Tresilian | |
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| Born | July 12, 1891 |
| Died | 1974 (aged 82–83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Children's book and magazine illustration |
Cecil Stuart Hazell Tresilian
He was born in
He was repatriated at the end of 1918, and the following year married Sybil Alfreda Mayer in Kilburn, London. He returned to Regent Street Polytechnic as a teacher,[1] his students including Charles Keeping. His teaching style was hands-off: Keeping recalled that he would give his illustration night class a theme, "then he'd go out and play snooker for the rest of the evening; to reappear just five minutes before the end of the session and put all the work on the board and do a brief criticism."[3]
He was a prolific illustrator from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, working on magazines like The Wide World Magazine, Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine, Zoo, The Passing Show, The Wide World Magazine and Britannia and Eve, as well as numerous children's books for Macmillan, Cambridge University Press, Jonathan Cape, The Bodley Head and others. In 1961 he was co-author, with Herbert J. Williams, of Human Anatomy for Art Students.[1]
He was a brother of the
Notes
- ^ His birth was registered as "Cecil Stewart Hazell Tresilian" but he was baptised with the spelling "Stuart", and was known professionally as Stuart Tresilian. Steve Holland, Stuart Tresilan, Bear Alley, 26 February 2014
References
- ^ a b c d e Steve Holland, Stuart Tresilian, Bear Alley, 26 February 2014
- ^ a b David Buckman, Artists in Britain Since 1945 Volume T, Goldmark Gallery, 2012, p. 83
- ^ Douglas Martin, Charles Keeping: An Illustrator's Life, Julia MacRae Books, 1993, p. 37
- ^ Whitaker. J (1961). An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord. p. 980.
External links
- Stuart Tresilian at Library of Congress, with 15 library catalogue records
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