Walter Crane (British, 1845-1914) was part
of the Arts and Crafts movement. He produced paintings, illustrations,
children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. He was
influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, who preferred the simplicity of
medieval art to the Royal Academy's artistic traditions.
The tiles on this page were inspired by his illustrations in Household Stories
of the Brother's Grimm, published in 1886, by George Routledge & Sons, an edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's
the Wonder Book, and the Faerie Queen, first
published in 1896.
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