Angela Barrett

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Angela Barrett (born 1955) is a British artist and illustrator. [1] She has illustrated picture books, children's books and novels, including various fairytales.

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Life and career

Barrett grew up sewing and drawing. She attended Thurrock Technical College [2] and worked in retail display. She then attended Maidstone art school and later the Royal College of Art. [3] Barrett's first illustrated book was The King, the Cat and the Fiddle, published in 1983 and written by Yehudi Menuhin and Christopher Hope. [2]

In 2013, stamps depicting novels by Jane Austen were illustrated by Barrett and released by Royal Mail for the 200th anniversary of the novel Pride and Prejudice . [4]

Style

Barrett's work is mainly created using watercolor, gouache, colored pencils, and ink. [1] She is known for her period pieces and the research she applies to her work. [5] For the 1998 book Joan of Arc, she researched 15th-century art and illuminated manuscripts to create a visual style for the story, using motifs inspired by medieval French fabrics. [6] [1] She uses photographs as reference for her compositions. [6] [3]

Barrett works in a realistic style with distorted figures, proportions and perspectives. [3] [1] Joanna Carey for The Guardian stated Barrett's illustrations have "a stillness and a quiet atmospheric intensity..." [3] Valerie Coghlan stated in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature that Barrett's "slightly elongated figures and faces and distorted perspective are frequently used to heighten tension and impart a sense of mystery." [1]

Illustrated works

Awards and honors

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