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John Vernon Lord is an illustrator, author and teacher. He has illustrated texts including ''Aesop's Fables'',〔''Aesop's Fables'', edited and illustrated by John Vernon Lord, verses by James Michie, Jonathan Cape 1989〕 ''The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear'';〔''The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear'', edited and illustrated by John Vernon Lord, Jonathan Cape 1984. Reissued in its 3rd edition in 1992〕 the Folio Society's ''Myths and Legends of the British Isles'',〔Myths and Legends of the British Isles, edited by Richard Barber, with illustrations by John Vernon Lord, The Folio Society, 1998〕 and ''Epics of the Middle Ages''.〔''Epics of the Middle Ages'', illustrated by John Vernon Lord, The Folio Society, 2005〕 In addition, he has illustrated many classics of children's literature including Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".〔''The Hunting of the Snark'', by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, Artists' Choice Editions, The Foundry, Church Hanborough 2006〕 Lord has written and illustrated several children's books, which have been published and translated into several languages. His book ''The Giant Jam Sandwich'' has been in print for over thirty years.〔''The Giant Jam Sandwich'', story and illustrations by John Vernon Lord, set to verse by Janet Burroway, Jonathan Cape, 1972.〕 As a university professor John Vernon Lord has lectured on the art of illustration for over 40 years. ==Background and education== John Vernon Lord was born in Glossop, Derbyshire in 1939. He was the son of a baker and a ship's hairdresser.〔Joanna Carey 'The art of the people' (an appreciation of the illustrator John Vernon Lord) ''The Guardian'', 21 April 2007, (Guardian Guardian Online ).〕 He attended Salford School of Art, now the University of Salford in Lancashire (1956–60); and completed his formal education at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, where he was taught by the modernist writer and artist Mervyn Peake and the surrealist Cecil Collins, amongst others. In his recent retrospective, ''Drawing Upon Drawing'' he states that,
were also influential, as was "an abiding interest" in Victorian steel engraving.〔 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「John Vernon Lord」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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