John Dickson Batten

Born: 1860

Death: 1932

Biography:

John Dickson Batten He also illustrated English versions of Tales from the Arabian Nights and Dante's Inferno.
Batten also wrote two books of poetry and a book on animal and human flight.
At the end of the 1890s he turned to the painting technique of egg tempera and played an important part in its revival with Birmingham artists such as Arthur Gaskin. His Pandora in this medium was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1913 and presented to Reading University in 1918, where it has now been restored. Batten also served as a Secretary to the Society of Painters in Tempera and published in 1922 an article on The Practice of Tempera Painting.
Connla and the Fairy Maiden (from Celtic Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs) 1892
Biancaneve e i sette nani (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) 1897
Illustration by Batten for English Fairy Tales, 1892 : How to get into my book
Design in front matter of More English Fairy Tales, 1894.
Illustration for an Irish legend in Celtic Fairy Tales, 1892.
Design in front matter of More Celtic Fairy Tales, 1895.
Design in front matter of Indian Fairy Tales, 1892.
Illustration of Europa's Fairy Book, 1916
Alan Windsor. (1998) Handbook of Modern British Painting and Printmaking, 1900–1990. Ashgate Publishing, 2nd ed. ISBN 1-85928-427-2 ISBN 978-1859284278.

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