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Occupation. Illustrator, author, poet. Notable works. The Brownies. Palmer Cox (April 28, 1840 – July 24, 1924) was a Canadian illustrator and author, [1][2] best known for The Brownies, his series of humorous verse books and comic strips about the mischievous but kindhearted fairy-like sprites. The cartoons were published in several books ...
The clown egg tradition began in 1946, when Stan Bult, a chemist, and founder of Clowns International, took to drawing the faces of club members and famous clowns onto chicken eggs. [6] The egg gallery was created to forestall the possibility of accidental or intentional plagiarism : an unofficial rule prohibits any two clowns from sharing a ...
Presidential Medal of Freedom. Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday ...
Art the Clown is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the Terrifier franchise and related media. Created by Damien Leone , the character first appeared in the short films The 9th Circle (2008) and Terrifier (2011).
2002. Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, CH, CBE, FRSL, FCSD, RDI (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. [a] For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator he won the biennial ...
The Brownies is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children, The Brownies was published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.
Joseph Grimaldi (18 December 1778 – 31 May 1837) [1] was an English actor, comedian and dancer, who became the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era. [2] In the early 19th century, he expanded the role of Clown in the harlequinade that formed part of British pantomimes, notably at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the Sadler's ...