Margaret Tarrant

Margaret Winifred Tarrant
A middle aged woman smiling
Born 1888
Battersea, London, England
Died 28 July 1959
Cornwall, England
Residence Peaslake, England
Education Clapham School of Art
Heatherley's School of Art
Guilford School of Art
Occupation Children's author and illustrator
Christian artist
Years active 19081952
Known for Illustrations of fairies, children, religious subjects
Notable work The Water Babies
Forest Fairies
Nursery Rhymes
Parent(s) Percy Tarrant and Sarah Wyatt

Margaret Winifred Tarrant (1888 29 July 1959) was an English illustrator, and children's author, specializing in depictions of fairy-like children and religious subjects. She began her career at the age of 20, and painted and published into the early 1950s. She was known for her children's books, postcards, calendars, and print reproductions.

Biography

Tarrant was born in Battersea, south London, the daughter of landscape painter Percy Tarrant and Sarah Wyatt Tarrant. She studied in the art department of Clapham High School and the Clapham School of Art. She briefly trained as a teacher, but turned to art instead. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Art, and at Guildford School of Art in 1935. She launched her career at age 20 with an edition of Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies.[1][2]

In the 1920s, Tarrant helped to popularize fairies in a long-running series of titles on the theme such as The Forest Fairies, The Pond Fairies, and The Twilight Fairies.[3] She was long associated with the Medici Society and many of her postcards, calendars, and children's books were published by the organization.[4] Following the death of both her parents in 1934, the Society sent her on a trip to Palestine to research material.[2] During World War II, she donated posters to the war effort, and rode an old bike to conserve petrol.

Selected publications

Books

Book cover by Tarrant

Prints

References

Footnotes
  1. Dalby 1991, p. 134
  2. 1 2 Ortlakes
  3. Dalby 1991, pp. 1334
  4. Margaret Tarrant's Fairies (The Medici Society).
  5. "Picture of Joan in Flowerland". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
Works cited
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