Reginald Knowles

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Reginald L. Knowles (1879 – 1950) was a book designer and illustrator who worked with his brother, Horace Knowles, on a number of exquisite illustrated books in the first two decades of the twentieth century, including Legends from Fairy Land [1](1907), Norse Fairy Tales (1910) and Old World Love-Stories (1913).

While both brothers usually share equal credit, it is understood that most of the colour illustrations and detailed monotone images were prepared by Reginald Knowles who signed "RLK" (i.e. : Everyman's Library).

The work of the Knowles' brothers drew influences from Art Nouveau, Victorian Fantasy and Gothic Revival imagery.

A decade after their earliest work, Horace Knowles produced a stunning and comprehensive suite of colour and monotone illustrations for Peeps into Fairyland (1924).

In later life Reginald illustrated the angling books of Wilfred Gavin Brown: "My River and Some Other Waters" (1947); Angler's Almanac: Some Leaves On A River (1949).

Works

Legends From Fairy Land[1]

Norse Fairy Tales

Old World Love-Stories

My River and Some Other Waters

Angler's Almanac: Some Leaves On A River

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lee, Holme (1907). Legends From Fairyland. Illustrators : Reginald Knowles and Horace J. Knowles. Crescent. ISBN 0517662140.

External links

There is an article & full bibliography by Martin Steenson in Studies in Illustration no.73 published by the Imaginative Book Illustration Society www.bookillustration.org