Dorothy Burroughes Explained

Dorothy Burroughes
Birth Name:Dorothy Mary L. Burroughes
Birth Date:1883
Birth Place:London, England
Known For:Illustrations, printmaking

Dorothy Mary L. Burroughes (1883 – 18 July 1963) was a British artist known as a painter, illustrator and linocut artist. She designed posters and wrote and illustrated a series of children's books.

Biography

Burroughes was born and lived most of her life in London, although in her later years she lived near Henley-on-Thames.[1] [2] She studied at the Slade School of Art and at Heatherley's in London before furthering her studies in Germany.[3] Burroughes produced illustrations for a number of magazines including Bystander, Sketch and the Illustrated London News.[4] [1] She produced posters for the London Underground, including the poster For the Zoo in the style of a Japanese colour woodcut.[5] [3] [6] Throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s she wrote and illustrated a series of children's books, often on animal themes.[7] Animals were also a recurring theme in the prints she produced as were cloud formations. Her prints often featured towering banks of cumulus clouds above an English landscape.[3] Burroughes also illustrated books by other writers, notably The Story of the Red Deer which was published by Gregynog Press in 1936 and for which she produced eleven colour prints.[7]

Throughout the 1920s Burroughes lived with her partner Vere Hutchinson, an author who had five books published but died in 1931 after a protracted illness.[8] Burroughes was elected a member of the Society of Women Artists in 1923 and became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1925.[1] She exhibited with the Fine Art Society in London and both the London Transport Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum hold examples of her work.[4] [5] [9]

Books illustrated

Books illustrated by Burroughes include,[7]

Books written and illustrated

Books written and illustrated by Burroughes include,[7] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950.
  2. Web site: Dorothy Mary Burroughes . Twentieth Century Posters . 27 April 2019.
  3. Book: Robin Garton. Garton & Co / Scolar Press. 1992. British Printmakers 1855-1955 A Century of Printmaking from the Etching Revival to St Ives . 0-85967-968-3.
  4. Book: David Buckman. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L . 0-953260-95-X.
  5. Web site: Dorothy Burroughes. 27 February 2019. London Transport Museum.
  6. Book: David Bownes. london transport museum. 2018. Poster Girls . 978-1-871829-28-0.
  7. Book: Alan Horne. Antique Collectors' Club. 1994. The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators . 1-85149-1082.
  8. Book: Emily Hamer. Cassell. 1996. Britannia's Glory: A History of Twentieth Century Lesbians. registration. 978-1-4742-9279-5.
  9. Web site: Dorothy Burroughes. 27 February 2019. Victoria & Albert Museum.

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