Charles Keeping

Charles William James Keeping (22 September 1924 – 16 May 1988) was a British illustrator, children's book author and lithographer. Quotes I couldn't do them if I didn't know horses lived behind them. When asked by his wife how he could draw so many bricks (in a series of drawings of horse stables). Quoted at The Keeping Gallery Quotes of others about Keeping His formidable originality within the picture-book convention may not have been altogether apparent to Keeping himself, which is both a strength and a weakness: the strength that he could communicate with unrivalled emotional intensity — but possibly only with one child in twenty; the concomitant weakness is that there was not a lot he could do to broaden this minority appeal and ensure that his books remained in print over longer periods. ~ Douglas Martin in Charles Keeping: an illustrator's life'' (1993) he is a good auther External links The Keeping Gallery (Official site) Two lithographs by Charles Keeping Frankenstein illustrations by Charles Keeping Extract from Elidor by Alan Garner, including illustrations by Keeping (PDF document) Charles Keeping on artnet Category:1988 deaths Category:Children's authors Category:Illustrators Category:People from London