Edmond Dulac, October 22, 1882 – May 25, 1953, was a French-born British illustrator, painter, and designer. Born in Toulouse, he studied law while attending the École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse, then briefly studied at the Académie Julian in Paris before moving to London in 1904.
Dulac began his British career by illustrating editions of the Brontë novels. He became known for color illustrations in gift books published by Hodder & Stoughton, including The Arabian Nights, The Tempest, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and Stories from Hans Andersen, and became a British citizen in 1912.
After the market for deluxe illustrated books declined, Dulac worked in portraiture, theater design, magazines, medals, banknotes, and postage stamps. He died in London while completing illustrations for Milton’s Comus; his work is represented in collections including the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Edmund Dulac, 1914
Collotype, 7.7 × 6.3 in
National Portrait Gallery, London
The Other People in the Book Looked at Her in Surprise, 1907
Watercolor
Prospero: “What Seest Thou Else in the Dark Backward and Abysm of Time?”, 1908
Watercolor
Prospero: “Graves at My Command Have Waked Their Sleepers”, 1908
Watercolor
Stephano: “Come, Swear to That: Kiss the Book”, 1908
Watercolor
Illustration From "Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights," 1914
Illustration From "Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights," 1914
Illustration From "Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross," 1914
Illustration From "Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross," 1914
Illustration From "Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights," 1914
Illustration for "Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest," 1915
Illustration for Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale"
Illustration for Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid"
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