E.H. Shepard - wikipedia E.H. Shepard E.H. Shepard Fellow of the Royal Academy Birth name Ernest Howard Shepard ( 1879 - 12 - 10 ) 10 December 1879 St John 's Wood, London 24 March 1976 ( 1976 - 03 - 24 ) ( aged 96 ) London Battles / wars World War I Awards OBE, Military Cross Other work Artist and book illustrator of The Wind in the Willows and Winnie - the - Pooh Ernest Howard Shepard OBE, MC ( 10 December 1879 -- 24 March 1976 ) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the anthropomorphic soft toy and animal characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie - the - Pooh. Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Works illustrated 4 References 4.1 Primary sources 4.2 Secondary sources 5 External links Career Shepard 's house in Lodsworth, marked with a blue plaque Shepard was born in St John 's Wood, London. Having shown some promise in drawing at St Paul 's School, in 1897 he enrolled in the Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea. After a productive year there, he attended the Royal Academy Schools, winning a Landseer scholarship in 1899 and a British Institute prize in 1900. There he met Florence Eleanor Chaplin, who he married in 1904. By 1906 Shepard had become a successful illustrator, having produced work for illustrated editions of Aesop 's Fables, David Copperfield, and Tom Brown 's Schooldays, while at the same time working as an illustrator on the staff of Punch. The couple bought a house in London, but in 1905 moved to Shamley Green, near Guildford. Shepard was a prolific painter, showing in a number of major exhibitions. He exhibited at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham -- a traditional venue for generic painters -- as well as in the more radical atmosphere of Glasgow 's Institute of Fine Arts, where some of the most innovative artists were on show. He was twice an exhibitor at the prestigious Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, one of the largest and most important provincial galleries in the country, and another at the Manchester Art Gallery, a Victorian institution now part of the public libraries. But at heart, Shepard was a Londoner, showing sixteen times at the Royal Academy on Piccadilly. His wife, who was also a painter, found a home in London 's West End venue for her own modest output during a 25 - year career. Although in his mid-thirties when World War I broke out in 1914, Shepard received a commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery, an arm of the Royal Artillery. By 1916, Shepard started working for the Intelligence Department sketching the combat area within the view of his battery position. On 16 February 1917, he was made an acting captain whilst second - in - command of a siege battery, and briefly served as an acting major in late April and early May of that year, when he reverted to the acting rank of captain. He was promoted to substantive lieutenant on 1 July 1917. Whilst acting as Captain, he was awarded the Military Cross for his service at the Battle of Passchendaele. His citation read : For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. As forward Observation Officer he continued to observe and send back valuable information, in spite of heavy shell and machine gun fire. His courage and coolness were conspicuous. By war 's end, he had achieved the rank of major. Throughout the war he had been contributing to Punch. He was hired as a regular staff cartoonist in 1921 and became lead cartoonist in 1945. He was removed from this post in 1953 by Punch 's new editor, Malcolm Muggeridge. Shepard was recommended to A.A. Milne in 1923 by another Punch staffer, E.V. Lucas. Milne initially thought Shepard 's style was not what he wanted, but used him to illustrate the book of poems When We Were Very Young. Happy with the results, Milne then insisted Shepard illustrate Winnie - the - Pooh. Realising his illustrator 's contribution to the book 's success, the writer arranged for Shepard to receive a share of his royalties. Milne also inscribed a copy of Winnie - the - Pooh with the following personal verse : When I am gone, Let Shepard decorate my tomb, And put ( if there is room ) Two pictures on the stone : Piglet from page a hundred and eleven, And Pooh and Piglet walking ( 157 )... And Peter, thinking that they are my own, Will welcome me to Heaven. Eventually Shepard came to resent `` that silly old bear '' as he felt that the Pooh illustrations overshadowed his other work. Shepard modelled Pooh not on the toy owned by Milne 's son Christopher Robin but on `` Growler '', a stuffed bear owned by his own son. ( Growler no longer exists, having been given to his granddaughter Minnie Hunt and subsequently destroyed by a neighbour 's dog. ) His Pooh work is so famous that 300 of his preliminary sketches were exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1969, when he was 90 years old. A Shepard painting of Winnie the Pooh, believed to have been painted in the 1930s for a Bristol teashop, is the only known oil painting of the famous teddy bear. It was purchased at an auction for $243,000 in London late in 2000. The painting is displayed in the Pavilion Gallery at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Shepard wrote two autobiographies : Drawn from Memory ( 1957 ) and Drawn From Life ( 1961 ). In 1972, Shepard gave his personal collection of papers and illustrations to the University of Surrey. These now form the E.H. Shepard Archive. Shepard was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1972 Queen 's Birthday Honours. Personal Life Shepard 's grave at Lodsworth church Shepard lived at Melina Place in St John 's Wood and from 1955 in Lodsworth, West Sussex. He and Florence had two children, Graham ( born 1907 ) and Mary ( born 1909 ), who both became illustrators. Lt. Graham Shepard died when his ship HMS Polyanthus was sunk by German submarine U-952 in September 1943. Mary married E.V. Knox, the editor of Punch, and became known as the illustrator of the Mary Poppins series of children 's books. Florence Shepard died in 1927. In November 1943 Shepard married Norah Carroll, a nurse at St Mary 's Hospital, Paddington. They remained married until his death in 1976. Works illustrated 1924 -- When We Were Very Young 1925 -- Playtime and Company ; Holly Tree 1926 -- Winnie The Pooh ; Everybody 's Pepys 1927 -- Jeremy ; Little One 's Log ; Let 's Pretend ; Now We Are Six ; Fun and Fantasy 1928 -- The House at Pooh Corner ; The Golden Age 1930 -- Everybody 's Boswell ; Dream Days 1931 -- The Wind in the Willows ; Christmas Poems ; Bevis ; Mother Goose 1932 -- Sycamore Square 1933 -- Everybody 's Lamb ; The Cricket in the Cage 1934 -- Victoria Regina 1935 -- Perfume from Provence 1936 -- The Modern Struwwelpeter 1937 -- Golden Sovereign ; Cheddar Gorge ; As the Bee Sucks ; Sunset House : More Perfume from Provence 1939 -- The Reluctant Dragon 1941 -- Gracious Majesty 1948 -- Golden Age ; Dream Days ; Bertie 's Escapade 1949 -- York 1950 -- Drover 's Tale 1951 -- Enter David Garrick 1953 -- Silver Curlew 1954 -- Cuckoo Clock ; Susan, Bill and the Wolf - dog 1955 -- Glass Slipper ; Operation Wild Goose ; Crystal Mountain ; Frogmorton ; The Brownies 1955 -- Mary in the Country 1956 -- The Islanders ; The Pancake 1956 -- The Secret Garden 1956 -- Royal Reflections : Stories for Children 1957 -- Drawn from Memory ; Briar Rose 1958 -- Old Greek Fairy Tales 1959 -- Tom Brown 's School Days 1960 -- Noble Company 1961 -- Drawn from Life ; Hans Andersen 's Fairy Tales 1965 -- Ben and Brock 1969 -- The Wind in the Willows ( colour re-illustration ) ; The Pooh Cookbook ( cover ) 1970 -- Winnie the Pooh ( colour re-illustration ) ; The House at Pooh Corner ( colour re-illustration ) 1971 -- The Pooh Party Book ( cover ) References Jump up ^ Chandler, Arthur R. ( 2000 ). E.H. Shepard, The Man Who Drew Pooh. Winkinswood Farm, West Sussex, UK : Jaydem Books. pp. 27 -- 31, 168. ISBN 978 - 1 - 903368 - 02 - 2. Jump up ^ Chandler ( 2000 ), p. 33. Jump up ^ Chandler ( 2000 ), p. 37. Jump up ^ Chandler ( 2000 ), p. 51. Jump up ^ Johnson and Greutzner, p. 457. Jump up ^ Chandler ( 2000 ), p. 59. Jump up ^ `` No. 29405 ''. The London Gazette. 17 December 1915. p. 12570. Jump up ^ Chandler ( 2000 ), p. 69. Jump up ^ `` No. 30051 ''. The London Gazette ( Supplement ). 4 May 1917. p. 4315. Jump up ^ `` No. 30383 ''. The London Gazette ( Supplement ). 13 November 1917. p. 11818. Jump up ^ `` No. 30315 ''. The London Gazette ( Supplement ). 28 September 1917. p. 10142. Jump up ^ `` No. 30188 ''. The London Gazette ( Supplement ). 17 July 1917. p. 7244. Jump up ^ Bryant, Mark. World War I in Cartoons. London : Grub Street Pub, 2006, page 9, ISBN 190494356X. Jump up ^ `` E.H. Shepard Winnie the Pooh ''. 4 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2018. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ) Jump up ^ `` EH Shepard : The Man Who Drew Pooh - Winnie - the - Pooh - Icons of England ''. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` BBC NEWS UK Magazine The man who hated Pooh ''. via.hypothes.is. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 16. Jump up ^ Flood, Alison ( 4 September 2017 ). `` The real Winnie - the - Pooh revealed to have been ' Growler ' ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2017. With sketch based on Growler. Jump up ^ Chandler ( 2000 ), p. 92. Jump up ^ Howard, Philip ( 16 December 1969 ). `` Show at Pooh Corner ''. The Times ( 57744 ). Jump up ^ `` Pooh Corner : BIOGRAPHIES : E.H. SHEPARD ''. archive.li. 2007 - 10 - 09. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Winnipeg outbids art lovers for Pooh painting ''. CBC News Canada. 16 November 2000. Retrieved 17 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Art in the Park -- Pavilion Gallery Museum Collections ''. Assiniboine Park. Retrieved 17 March 2015. Jump up ^ Shepard, Ernest H. ( 1957 ). Drawn from Memory. London : Methuen. Jump up ^ Shepard, Ernest H. ( 1961 ). Drawn from Life. London : Methuen. Jump up ^ `` The E.H. Shepard Archive ''. University of Surrey. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Jump up ^ `` No. 45678 ''. The London Gazette ( Supplement ). 3 June 1972. p. 12. Jump up ^ `` More homes with literary credentials ''. Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Jump up ^ Millie Arnet ; Michelle Frisque ; Beth Kean ; Elizabeth T. Mahoney. `` Resource Guide -- Ernest Howard Shepard ''. The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room Illustrators Project. University of Pittsburgh ULS. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2008. Jump up ^ Knox, Rawle, ed. ( 1979 ). The Work of E.H. Shepard. Methuen, Limited. p. 204. ISBN 978 - 0 - 416 - 86770 - 1. Retrieved 12 January 2018. ^ Jump up to : Chandler ( 2000 ), pp. 172 -- 174. Jump up ^ Fortescue, Winifred ; Shepard, Ernest H ( 1935 ). Perfume from Provence. Place of publication not identified : Transworld. Jump up ^ Squire, John ed. ( 2018 ). Cheddar Gorge : A Book of English Cheeses ( Reprint of 1937 ed. ). London : HarperCollins. ISBN 9780008314293. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Results for ' au : Shepard, Ernest H. ' > ' 1937 ' ( WorldCat.org ) ''. www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Country Life ''. October 1955 : 834. Jump up ^ `` The secret garden ( Book, 1956 ) ( WorldCat.org ) ''. via.hypothes.is. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Royal reflections : stories for children ( Book, 1956 ) ( WorldCat.org ) ''. via.hypothes.is. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 16. Primary sources Shepard, Ernest H. ( 1957 ). Drawn from Memory. London : Methuen. Shepard, Ernest H. ( 1961 ). Drawn from Life. London : Methuen. Secondary sources Arnet, Millie ; Frisque, Michelle ; Kean, Beth ; Mahoney, Elizabeth T. `` Resource Guide -- Ernest Howard Shepard ''. The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room Illustrators Project. University of Pittsburgh ULS. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2008. Chandler, Arthur R. ( 2000 ). E.H. Shepard, The Man Who Drew Pooh. Winkinswood Farm, West Sussex, UK : Jaydem Books. ISBN 978 - 1 - 903368 - 02 - 2. Johnson, J. ; Greutzner, A. ( 1988 ). The Dictionary of British Artists 1880 - 1940 : An Antique Collector 's Club Research Project listing 41,000 artists. Woodbridge, Suffolk. Articles Howard, Philip ( 16 December 1969 ). `` Show at Pooh Corner ''. The Times ( # ( 57744 ) ). External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ernest Howard Shepard. Children 's literature portal Visual arts portal Biography of E.H. Shepard at classicpooh.net `` The man who hated Pooh '', Tim Benson, BBC News, 6 March 2006. Kennedy, Meav ( 4 September 2017 ). `` Winnie - the - Pooh heads to V&A for big winter exhibition ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2017. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, exhibition `` Winnie - the - Pooh : Exploring a Classic '', December 2017 to 8 April 2018. Ernest H. Shepard at Library of Congress Authorities, with 192 catalogue records Winnie - the - Pooh by A.A. Milne Winnie the Pooh ( Disney franchise ) Books When We Were Very Young ( 1924 ) Winnie - the - Pooh ( 1926 ) Now We Are Six ( 1927 ) The House at Pooh Corner ( 1928 ) Return to the Hundred Acre Wood ( 2009 ) The Best Bear in All the World ( 2016 ) Winnie - the - Pooh Meets the Queen ( 2016 ) Characters Winnie - the - Pooh Disney version Piglet Tigger Christopher Robin Rabbit Eeyore Owl Kanga Roo Heffalumps Gopher Soyuzmultfilm featurettes Winnie - the - Pooh ( 1969 ) Winnie - the - Pooh Pays a Visit ( 1971 ) Winnie - the - Pooh and a Busy Day ( 1972 ) Disney featurettes Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree ( 1966 ) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day ( 1968 ) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too ( 1974 ) Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore ( 1983 ) Disney shorts Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons ( 1981 ) Disney films Feature films Walt Disney Animation Studios films The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ( 1977 ) Winnie the Pooh ( 2011 ) Disneytoon Studios films The Tigger Movie ( 2000 ) Piglet 's Big Movie ( 2003 ) Pooh 's Heffalump Movie ( 2005 ) Live - action continuation Christopher Robin ( 2018 ) Direct - to - video films Pooh 's Grand Adventure : The Search for Christopher Robin ( 1997 ) Seasons of Giving ( 1999 ) The Book of Pooh : Stories from the Heart ( 2001 ) A Very Merry Pooh Year ( 2002 ) Springtime with Roo ( 2004 ) Pooh 's Heffalump Halloween Movie ( 2005 ) Super Sleuth Christmas Movie ( 2007 ) Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too ( 2009 ) Super Duper Super Sleuths ( 2010 ) Television Welcome to Pooh Corner ( 1983 -- 86 ) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ( 1988 -- 91 ) The Book of Pooh ( 2001 -- 03 ) My Friends Tigger & Pooh ( 2007 -- 10 ) Specials Cartoon All - Stars to the Rescue ( 1990 ) Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too ( 1991 ) Boo to You Too ! Winnie the Pooh ( 1996 ) A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving ( 1998 ) A Valentine for You ( 1999 ) Video games Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood ( 1986 ) Disney 's Animated Storybook Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree ( 1995 ) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too ( 1999 ) Kingdom Hearts ( 2002 onwards ) Ready to Read with Pooh ( 1997 ) Tigger 's Honey Hunt ( 2000 ) Piglet 's Big Game ( 2003 ) Winnie the Pooh 's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure ( 2005 ) Disney Friends ( 2007 ) Winnie the Pooh 's Home Run Derby ( 2007 ) Songs `` Winnie the Pooh '' ( 1966 ) `` Up, Down and Touch the Ground '' ( 1966 ) `` Rumbly in My Tumbly '' ( 1966 ) `` Little Black Rain Cloud '' ( 1966 ) `` Mind over Matter '' ( 1966 ) `` A Rather Blustery Day '' ( 1968 ) `` The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers '' ( 1968 ) `` Heffalumps and Woozles '' ( 1968 ) `` The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down '' ( 1968 ) `` Hip Hip Pooh - Ray ! 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Question: who was the illustrator of winnie the pooh
Answer: Ernest Howard Shepard