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Though best known for her illustrations of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, Pauline Baynes (9 September 1922 – 1 August 2008) first professional commission came from J.R.R. Tolkein, who saw her work in a publisher’s office and demanded she illustrate his forthcoming Farmer Giles of Ham. He was so delighted with the results that he stated her artwork reduced his text to a mere commentary of her illustrations. She would go on to become a popular and beloved book illustrator, contributing her distinctive artwork to both the outside covers and inside pages of numerous titles, as you can see from the images we’ve presented here. 

Oh my goodness, I had no idea one person illustrated all of these. A fundamental part of my childhood imagination.

Oh, wow, YES! I didn’t have Lorna Doone, but I think I had all the others! Amazing! 

Narnia of course, but I also had/still have those editions of Watership Down and Tales of the Greek Heroes, and I didn’t know they were her!

oh my i had several of pauline baynes’ covers! all the narnia books, tolkien, watership down–i still have them although they’re falling the hell apart

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Yayoi Kusama, different immersive amazing installations.