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Celebrated children's book illustrator Fritz Wegner (b.Vienna 15th September 1924, d. London 15th March 2015,). Early work included assignments for Lilliput, Dorothy L.Sayers and Enid Blyton, with book covers for Raymond Chandler and J.D.Salinger. In the late 1950s he moved away from advertising and commercial art to focus on children's literature. Significant titles include The Hamish Hamilton Book of Princes and Princesses (1963), The Marvellous Adventures and Travels of Baron Munchausen (1967), Fatipuffs and Thinifers (Andre Maurois), to books by Alan Ahlberg, Michael Rosen and Brian Alderson in the 1980s and '90s. He also created over thirty stamp designs for the Royal Mail.The Fritz Wegner Archive documents phases of his work from the 1950s to the 2000s, and includes comprehensive images scanned from the originals kept ion seventeen folders in his studio. The publication is authorised by executors of the estate of the artist.

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1989-91 With Sarah Batiste edited and published a quarterly review Cv Journal of Art and Crafts. 1992 founded Cv Publications, 1995 founded Cv/Visual Arts Research, publishing interviews with artists and curators, books amd monographs authored by Edward Lucie-Smith, Marina Vaizey, Anne Blood, James Cahill and Magdalena Wasiura. Presently operates Philip James Studio based at Candid Arts Trust, Islington North London.

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