Friday 24 December 2021

Margaret Tarrant..

 I knew of her work as a child and liked it. I still do as an an adult. Years ago I helped out the local Brownie pack on some occasions. The woman who ran the pack always sent me a Tarrant card when she wrote to thank me. I liked the juxtaposition of the real with the fantastic. Here are some of her beautiful illustrations including simple but moving nativity scenes-

 








6 comments:

  1. Lovely and moving. I appreciate the dichotomy of ancient and modern in the nativity scenes as well.

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  2. Is her work known at all in the USA?

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    1. From what I can tell, not a outside of a few individuals. I’d not heard of her until now. I’m excited to show my wife her work. Being a preschool teacher, she loves art of children and babies, and several of the little blonde girls in Tarrant’s works look like our oldest.

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  3. Thanks for sharing these (and the lovely Tarrant Christmas card) - I shall put a link at some point to this post and especially the Brownie picture with faerie folk on the Scouting Wide Games for the Tabletop blog

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