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Agnes Miller Parker
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Portrait study of Agnes Miller Parker by William McCance
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Agnes Millar Parker
3 April 1895 Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
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| Died | 15 November 1980 (aged 85) Greenock, Scotland
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| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | Glasgow School of Art |
| Known for | Illustration |
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William McCance
(m. 1918) |
Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980) was a talented Scottish artist. She was known for her amazing wood engravings, illustrations, and paintings. She was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. Agnes spent most of her working life in London and southern Britain.
She became very famous in the 1900s for her wood engravings. This was especially true after she worked with the writer H. E. Bates. Together, they created two fantastic books with her detailed wood engravings: Through the Woods (1936) and Down the River (1937). These books were published by Victor Gollancz.
About Agnes Miller Parker
Agnes Miller Parker was born on April 3, 1895. Her birth name was Agnes Millar Parker. She was born in Irvine, a town in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Agnes loved art from a young age. She studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1911 to 1917. After finishing her studies, she even taught there for a short time.
In 1918, she married a painter named William McCance. They lived and worked mostly in London and southern Britain. Later in life, in 1955, they decided to live separately. Agnes moved to Glasgow. They officially divorced in 1963. After that, she moved to Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Agnes Miller Parker passed away in 1980 in Greenock.
Her Art Style
Agnes Parker's early paintings showed influences from a group called the Vorticists. This was a small group of artists active in London in the 1920s.
However, most of her famous work is her wood-engravings. She used these for book illustrations. Her engravings show incredible drawing skills. She was also very good at using black and white designs.
She illustrated many well-known books. These include The Fables of Aesop (1931). She also worked on Through the Woods by H. E. Bates (1936). Another important work was The Open Air by Richard Jefferies (1949). Her most praised work was for Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray (1938). She also illustrated books for the Limited Editions Club of New York. These included works by William Shakespeare and Thomas Hardy.
Books Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker
Here is a list of some of the books Agnes Miller Parker illustrated:
- Rhoda Power – How It Happened: Myths & Folk Tales (1930)
- Aesop – The Fables of Esope (1933)
- Rhys Davies et al. – Daisy Matthews and Three Other Tales (1932)
- John Sampson – XXI Welsh Gypsy Tales (1933)
- H. E. Bates – The House with The Apricot (1933)
- Adrien Le Corbeau – The Forest Giant (1935)
- H. E. Bates – Through The Woods (1936)
- H. E. Bates – Down The River (1937)
- Thomas Gray – Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard (1940)
- A.E. Housman – A Shropshire Lad (1940)
- William Shakespeare – Richard II (1940)
- Thomas Hardy – The Return Of The Native (1942)
- Herbert Furst – Essays In Russet (1944)
- Richard Jefferies – Spring Of The Year (1946)
- Richard Jefferies – Life Of The Fields (1947)
- Richard Jefferies – The Old House At Coate (1948)
- Richard Jefferies – Field and Hedgerow (1948)
- Andrew McCormick – The Gold Torque: A Story of Galloway in Early Christian Times (1951)
- Aloysius Roche – Animals Under The Rainbow (1952)
- Edmund Spenser – The Faerie Queen (1953)
- Eiluned Lewis – Honey Pots and Brandy Bottles (1954)
- John Cowper Powys – Lucifer (1956)
- Thomas Hardy – Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1956)
- Thomas Hardy – Far From The Madding Crowd (1958)
- William Shakespeare – The Tragedies (1959)
- Thomas Hardy – The Mayor of Casterbridge (1967)
- William Shakespeare – Poems (1967)
- Thomas Hardy – Jude The Obscure (1969)
See also
In Spanish: Agnes Miller Parker para niños
