16 Facts About Edmund Dulac

Edmund Dulac moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Bronte Sisters.

Edmund Dulac designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps, most notably those that heralded the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

Edmund Dulac studied art, switching to it full-time after he became bored with law, and having won prizes at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.

Edmund Dulac spent a very brief period at the Academie Julian in Paris in 1904 before moving to London.

Edmund Dulac then became a regular contributor to The Pall Mall Magazine, and joined the London Sketch Club, which introduced him to the foremost book and magazine illustrators of the day.

Edmund Dulac became a naturalised British citizen on 17 February 1912.

Edmund Dulac frequently used her as a model for his illustrations, and illustrated her two novels, The Green Lacquer Pavilion and The Love of the Foolish Angel.

Edmund Dulac's career continued in other areas however, including newspaper caricatures, portraiture, theatre costume and set design, bookplates, chocolate boxes, medals, and various graphics.

Edmund Dulac produced illustrations for The American Weekly, a Sunday supplement belonging to the Hearst newspaper chain in America and Britain's Country Life.

Edmund Dulac continued to produce books for the rest of his life, more so than any of his contemporaries, although these were less frequent and less lavish than during the Golden Age.

Halfway through his final book commission, Edmund Dulac died of a heart attack on 25 May 1953 in London.

Edmund Dulac designed postage stamps for the United Kingdom, including the postage stamp issued to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI that was issued on 13 May 1937.

Edmund Dulac was one of the designers of the Wilding series stamps, which were the first definitive stamps of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Edmund Dulac was responsible for the frame around the image of the Queen on the 1s, 1s 3d and 1s 6d values although his image of the Queen was rejected in favour of a photographic portrait by Dorothy Wilding to which he carried out some modifications by hand.

Edmund Dulac designed the 1s 3d value stamp of the set issued to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II but he died just before it was issued.

Edmund Dulac designed stamps and banknotes for Free France during World War II.