John Hassall (1868 - 1948)

A example of what happens when English yeoman stock is trained in Art Nouveau Paris (the Academie Julien 1894) He was a prolific illustrator with a highly personal style of flat washed images of some density of colour. here is his work for a cheap children's edition of Gulliver's Travels (Blackie's of Glasgow, c1910) which in its clear colours and firm drawing is a characteristic example of Hassall at his best.