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| Pauline Baynes | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 9 September 1922 |
| Died | 1 August 2008 |
| Images | Gallery |
| Location | England |
[A] great talent for producing vivid and believable pictures while touching them with a delightful air of fantasy which is largely imported by her fluid and dexterous line.
Pauline Diana Gasch, née Baynes (9 September 1922 - 1 August 2008) was an English book illustrator.
Early life
Baynes spent her early years in India where her father was commissioner in Agra. She later moved to England for her schooling. Baynes attended the Slade School of Fine Art, but after a year she volunteered to work for the Ministry of Defence to paint camouflage. She was soon transferred to a map-making department (knowledge of which she later employed to good effect when she drew maps of Narnia for C.S. Lewis and of Middle-earth for J.R.R. Tolkien).
Work with Tolkien
Baynes was J.R.R. Tolkien's chosen illustrator. In 1949, she illustrated Farmer Giles of Ham, followed by cover art for the 1961 Puffin edition of The Hobbit and a triptych for the slip-case of the 1964 deluxe edition of The Lord of the Rings. In 1962, she illustrated The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and in 1967, Smith of Wootton Major. Before Tolkien's death, she also illustrated two posters: "A Map of Middle-earth" (1970) and "There and Back Again" (based on The Hobbit, 1971). After Tolkien's death, she provided illustrations for the poem Bilbo's Last Song (as a poster in 1974, as a book in 1990) and the collection Poems and Stories (1980). She also painted the covers for the British 1973 one-volume and 1981 three-volume paperback editions of The Lord of the Rings. The final published appearance of Baynes' Tolkien art was the addition of her map of "The Little Kingdom" to the fiftieth anniversary edition of Farmer Giles of Ham (1999).[2]
See also
External links
- Pauline Baynes at Wikipedia
- PaulineBaynes.com (tribute site maintained by Brian Sibley)
- The woman who drew Narnia by Charlotte Cory
- Pauline Baynes' 'There and Back Again': Some Notes by Morgan Thomsen
- Obituary at The Guardian.com
- Obituary at The Independent.co.uk
- Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull announce Pauline Baynes death to the Mythopoeic Society, 2 August 2008
- A Rememberance by Martin Springett
References
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Pauline Diana Baynes", in Tolkien Studies: Volume 6, p.vii
| Illustrators of The Hobbit | |
|---|---|
| Internal art | J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Eric Fraser (The Folio Society: 1979, 1992-present) · Michael Hague (1984-1992) · David T. Wenzel (graphic novel: 1989-present) · Denis Gordeev (1993-present) · Alan Lee (1997-present) · David Wyatt (1998-2001, 2012-2013) · John Howe (pop-up: 1999) · Jemima Catlin (2013-present) |
| Cover art only | J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Pauline Baynes (1961) · Roger Garland (1987-1989) · John Howe (1991-present) · Ted Nasmith (1989-1991) · Barbara Remington (1965 US) |
| Illustrators of The Lord of the Rings | |
|---|---|
| Internal art | J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Eric Fraser/Ingahild Grathmer (The Folio Society: 1979, 1992-present) · Denis Gordeev (1992-present) · Alan Lee (1997-present) |
| Cover art only | J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Pauline Baynes (1970-1989) · Roger Garland (1983-1991) · John Howe (1991-present) · Ted Nasmith (1990) · Geoff Taylor (1999) |
| Illustrators of official Tolkien calendars |
|---|
| Emily Austin (2023) · Pauline Baynes (1973, 1974, 2027) · Cor Blok (2011, 2012, 2027) · Jemima Catlin (2014) · Jenny Dolfen (2023) · Inger Edelfeldt (1985) · Mary Fairburn (2015) · Eric Fraser (2027) · Roger Garland (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2027) · Spiros Gelekas (2023) · Justin Gerard (2023) · Donato Giancola (2023) · Michael Hague (1986) · The Brothers Hildebrandt (1976 US, 1977 US, 1978 US) · John Howe (1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2013, 2021, 2025, 2027) · Tove Jansson (2016, 2027) · Michael Kaluta (1994) · Tim Kirk (1975) · Alan Lee (1987, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2026, 2027) · Ted Nasmith (1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2021, 2022, 2027) · Kip Rasmussen (2023) · Darrell Sweet (1982) · J.R.R. Tolkien (1973, 1974, 1976 UK, 1977 UK, 1978 UK, 1979, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2027) |