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The Story of E.H.Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Arthur R. Chandler (Author), E.H. Shepard (Illustrator)
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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Jaydem Books; illustrated edition edition (1 May 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903368022
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903368022
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 17 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 473,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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EH Shepard is, of course, best known as the illustrator of the ever popular Pooh books. For adult readers of those classics an insight into the work of the man who gave shape to Pooh's girth is a welcome treat. Shepard's will, however, asked that no biography should be written until 30 years after his death and so The Man Who Drew Pooh does not attempt an exhaustive retelling of the artist's life but rather seeks to take a detailed look through the "Shepard Archive" at the University of Surrey. In 1974 Shepard, who had lived in Guildford for 51 years, presented the archive of drawings, manuscripts, papers, diaries, memorabilia to the university Vice Chancellor. "The Archive must be one of the most important resources on EH Shepard in the world. This book covers a span of ninety years ... [s]ome of the pictures have not been published before" and, interestingly, the overwhelming majority show the non-Pooh work. Whilst initially this may come as something of a disappointment the book's strong selection of Shepard's work from Punch, Ben and Brock and Betsty and Joe more than makes up for it. What is showcased here is, "[t]o the art historian ... one of the great illustrators of the early twentieth century." Like so many of his generation, Shepard's life was punctuated by two world wars and the work reflects these awful events as well as the social changes that occurred through them. Chandler does a decent job of situating the works both in their wider context and through a brief but busy overview of Shepard's personal life. This is an extremely enjoyable read and a wonderful glimpse into the world of a man whose other drawings should be far better known than they are. --Mark Thwaite

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Illustrated Work on E H Shepherd, 16 Dec 2000
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This review is from: The Story of E.H.Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh (Hardcover)
Written by the Archivist at Surrey University who hold all Shepherd's papers, this is a beautiful book, profusely illustrated of Shepherd's life.
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1.0 out of 5 stars An Expensive way of Propping up a Wonky Table, 1 Jun 2002
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This review is from: The Story of E.H.Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh (Hardcover)
In first chapter Arthur Chandler states that, due to Shepard's desire for no biographical books to be written until thirty years after his death, he simply offers "a look through the Shepard Archive". He then procedes to write an autobiography padded out with illustrations. Maybe I am missing a trick or perhaps Chandler has found a few:

Firstly I can only deduce that "through the Shepard Archive" is an encrypted citation of a special infringement authorization policy granted by the Archive, as I find little evidence of close examination of the Archive works and rather a lot of biography.

Secondly he entitles the book "The Story of E H shepard: The Man who Drew Pooh". He later explains rather condescendingly in Chapter two that,in actual fact, Shepard was not just the man who drew Pooh, and that the book will therefore steer away from this aspect of his work. Perhaps there will be a few disapointed buyers out there, considering the misleading title. Maybe the book should be titled "The E H Shepard Story: The man who Drew Pooh, but this is Not what this Book is About".

Thirdly (and this is the unforgivable one) it is a very poorly written book. Crucial facts which should have been brought to light early on seem to pop up out of the blue later on, reminding one of a badly told joke. And what is wrong with a good old fashioned paragraph with a general point? A lot of facts are simply laid down in isolated sentences in the style of some sort of mystic. To be fair, this aspect of the writing is in keeping with the 'pseudo-art-history' style of the book which seeks to place Shepard and his works in a preserving vacume - away from history, and the history of art, and supposedly away from biography.

I read this book in an afternoon and was pleased that its over-simplistic style allowed me to wade - or should I say paddle?- through its 174 pages. In more ways than one Chandler has his cake and eats it, and a very bland cake it is too.

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