John Tenniel (1820–1914)
As one of six children in relatively poor family John Tenniel didn't get much of formal education in his youth. His most important teacher was his father, who was dancing master and thought his sons riding, dancing, fancing and other sports skills.
On one occasion father injured the son with a sword and John lost his right eye. This fortunately didn't have much impact on his artistic talent and Johnn Tenniel started exhibiting his painting at early age of 16. Today he is most known by his illustrations of Alice in Wonderland:
Tenniel illustrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel Through the Looking Glass in 1872. His work is still the standard by which all other illustrators' works are measured.
The other important area of Tenniel's creativity was his work at Punch Magazine. One of his political caricatures was found so offensive by Richard Doyle, one of co-founders of the magazine, he left the Punch and ironically John Tenniel eventually got his position.
And one more for the road: John Tenniel had photographic memory and was known by his absence of need for models. He died only three days before his 94th birthday.
As one of six children in relatively poor family John Tenniel didn't get much of formal education in his youth. His most important teacher was his father, who was dancing master and thought his sons riding, dancing, fancing and other sports skills.
On one occasion father injured the son with a sword and John lost his right eye. This fortunately didn't have much impact on his artistic talent and Johnn Tenniel started exhibiting his painting at early age of 16. Today he is most known by his illustrations of Alice in Wonderland:
Tenniel illustrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel Through the Looking Glass in 1872. His work is still the standard by which all other illustrators' works are measured.
The other important area of Tenniel's creativity was his work at Punch Magazine. One of his political caricatures was found so offensive by Richard Doyle, one of co-founders of the magazine, he left the Punch and ironically John Tenniel eventually got his position.
And one more for the road: John Tenniel had photographic memory and was known by his absence of need for models. He died only three days before his 94th birthday.
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