Edward Ardizzone Collection c 1951-1953

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Edward Ardizzone Collection c 1951-1953

3 artwork boxes

eng,

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Ardizzone, Edward, 1900-1979

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Ardizzone was born Oct. 16, 1900 in Haiphong, French Indochina; arrived in England in 1905; left school in 1918 and spent six months at a college of commerce; worked as a clerk for several years while taking evening classes at the Westminster School of Art; gave up job in 1926 to concentrate on a career as a professional artist; married Catherine Berkley in 1929, and had two sons and a daughter; worked as both painter and graphic artist until 1939; wrote and illustrated Little Tim and the brave ...