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Edmund Hort New〔David Cox. "''(Edmund New's Diary of a Visit to Kelmscott Manor )''" (Journal of the William Morris Society 3.1, Spring 1974: 3-7).〕〔(Edmund Hort New ) (Biog. at the "Court barn Museum of Craft and design).〕 (Dec 1871 - 1931) was an English artist, member of the Birmingham Group, and leading illustrator of his day. ==Life and work== New was born in Evesham Worcestershire, a cousin of Thomas New. He studied at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art under Edward R. Taylor (headmaster of the school) and A. J. Gaskin, becoming known in the 1890s as an illustrator in the black-and-white style of the Arts and Crafts movement. He specialised in pen and ink drawings of rural and urban landscapes, old buildings and their interiors, architectural features, and also designed bookplates. New provided illustrations for the English Illustrated Magazine and was commissioned by the Bodley Head publishing house (cofounded by John Lane) to work on critically acclaimed editions of books, such as ''The Compleat Angler'' by Izaak Walton and ''The Natural History of Selborne'' by Gilbert White. In 1895, New was invited to meet William Morris at Kelmscott Manor, and went on to provide design work for the Kelmscott Press〔See (William Morris ) (Biog at the "website of Bob Speel)〕 as well as illustrating Morris's two-volume biography by J. W. Mackail. Between 1896 and 1914, New provided hundreds of illustrations for over 50 books for various publishers (see booklist below). He also taught drawing to T E Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia").〔Geoffrey Syer. (Morris was a Giant - the quest of T E Lawrence ) (Journal of the William Morris society, 10.4 (Spring 1994): 48-52.〕 In 1905, New moved from Evesham, the place of his birth, to Oxford where he started work on a series of drawings of the University of Oxford colleges, a project which was to occupy him for the rest of his life and remained unfinished. The drawings were engraved by Emery Walker and sold as the "New Loggan Prints".〔"Loggan" was a reference to artist David Loggan (1635–1692) and his work "Oxonia illustrata".〕 He also provided further illustrations for a series of books called the "College monographs" (see below). New has been variously described as "''deeply religious, scrupulous and patient in everything''", "''a life and a life's work of rare unity''", "''half artist and half saint''", and "''well read, especially in poetry and talked about art and literature with a sincerity that was very charming''".〔See Jeremy Wilson's ''Lawrence of Arabia, the authorised biography, (chapter 2 ) (1989).〕 He lived throughout his life on a modest income and suffered from diabetes. He was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edmund Hort New」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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