Phillida Gili is a British children's book illustrator. One of her best-known works is a 1992 pop-up version of The Nutcracker.[1][2]
Phillida Gili | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Children's book illustrator |
| Known for | Illustrator of 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' |
Biography
editPhillida Gili is the daughter of Reynolds Stone and Janet Woods.[3] He was a wood engraver, engraver, designer, typographer and painter; she was a singer and photographer.[4][5][3] Gili won a prize from The Young Elizabethan magazine as a child for drawing a human foot from the perspective of an ant.[6] In 1967 her image was used by her father to represent a 'child Britannia' on the reverse of the British £5 note. The notes were legal tender from 9th January, 1967 until 31st August, 1973. The chief cashier at that time was John Fforde. She studied at the St Martin's School of Art, telling UK daily newspaper The Guardian in March 2015 that Fritz Wegner, a visiting lecturer at St Martin's, "gave me the first words of encouragement I ever received at art school".[7]
She was married to filmmaker Jonathan Gili, with whom she had three children.[5] She lives in London.[1]
Work
editGili's work includes illustrating and sometimes writing children's books. Some of her works are Sir John Betjeman's Archie and the Strict Baptists, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, picture books by Nina Bawden and Jenny Nimmo, a pop-up version of Cinderella, and The Lost Ears.[8][9][10][11] She has also illustrated "for calendars, cards and stationery by Laura Ashley, [for] the National Trust, and for advertising".[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Phillida Gili". Scholastic. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Wilgress, Paul, paper engineering by; text by Jenni Fleetwood; illustrated by Phillida Gili (1992). The Nutcracker: a pop-up book (1st American ed.). [New York]: HarperCollins. ISBN 0694004146.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Phillida Gili (née Stone)". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
Illustrator; daughter of Janet and Reynolds Stone
- ^ "The Estate of Reynolds and Janet Stone". Reynolds Stone. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ a b O'Connor, Patrick (6 October 2004). "Jonathan Gili". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ Grove, Valerie (2011). So much to tell: the biography of Kaye Webb. p. 39. ISBN 9780670918850.
- ^ Powers, Alan (24 March 2015). "Fritz Wegner obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ Gili, Phillida; Betjeman, John (1977). Archie and the Strict Baptists. London: J. Murray. ISBN 0719534291.
- ^ Gili, Phillida (2006). Cinderella: a pop-up book. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 0747579911.
- ^ Gili, Phillida (1984). Fanny & Charles: a regency escapade or, the trick that went wrong (1st American ed.). New York: Viking Press. ISBN 0670306975.
- ^ Gili, Phillida (2006). The lost ears (25th Anniversary ed.). [London]: Boxer Books. ISBN 1905417187.
- ^ "Phillida Gili". Laura Cecil, literary agent for children's books (lauracecil.co.uk).
External links
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- Phillida Gili at Library of Congress, with 11 library catalogue records