Artist: Kate Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Nationality: English
Movement:
Media: Painting, Illustration
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Biography:
Kate Greenaway is remembered for her illustrations in children’s books. However, she also worked as a painter and a writer. Artists such as Ruskin and Gauguin admired her skilled illustrations. Greenaway frequently illustrated her own books, notably her series of books entitled Kate Greenaway’s Almanacks.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Kate Greenaway, The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, The Queen of the Pirate Isle by Bret Harte (London: Chatto & Windus, undated), ca. late 19th century
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Kate Greenaway, Frontispiece in the book The Queen of the Pirate Isle (London: Chatto & Windus, undated), ca. late 19th century
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on pag 38 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 16 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 17 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 18 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 20 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 30 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 21 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 15 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 12 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 11 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 10 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 9 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 8 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 7 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 6 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 23 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 25 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 40 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 39 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 37 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 36 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 35 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 34 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 33 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 32 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 31 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 42 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 29 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 28 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 27 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 26 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 5 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 4 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 41 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Frontispiece (May Day Dance) in the bookThe Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 47 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888
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Kate Greenaway, Illustration on page 44 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]), 1888

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Powerhouse Museum: Cover Story: celebrating 40 years of Pottery in Australia
Established in 1962, Pottery in Australia has attracted hundreds of articles and submissions from a broad cross-section of the international ceramics community. Starting out as a black and white 26...
Tower Bridge: Standing Stones

'Standing Stones' has already shown in Stockholm as part of the 1998 European Cultural Capital programme and is currently showing in Gothenburg prior to its London venue. In London the exhibition will be the highlight of 'Visions of Norway', t...
Australian Center for Photography: The Syntax of Style: Mark Kimber (SA), Deborah Paauwe (SA), Lyndal Walker (VIC)
Be it the fetishised implication of tailoring and drape, the seductive but disquieting relation of flesh and fabric or the wish-fulfilment of lifestyle advertising, these images articulate the familiar to new ends. The exhibition brings together ...
Los Angeles County Museum: The Fashionable Child of the Nineteenth Century
In conjunction with the exhibition, LACMA has produced a special brochure for children and their families. Using the guide, visitors can explore the museum’s permanent collection and discover the direct relationship between art of the nineteenth ...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...

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