Born Helen Beatrix Potter on July 28, 1866, in London, England, Beatrix potter is one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time. She was the daughter of Rupert and Helen Potter, who had artistic interests. His father trained as a lawyer, but never practiced. Instead, he turned to photography and art. His mother Helen was an expert in embroidery and watercolors. Beatrix He met several influential artists and writers through his parents, including the painter John Everett Millais.
Potter, like his younger brother Bertram, was interested in nature and animals from a very young age. They both often wandered the countryside during family vacations in Scotland and the Lake District in England. Already as a girl Potter He showed a talent for drawing animals, this being one of his favorite subjects. In the late 1870s, he began studying at the National Art Trainingr. School.
Potter She first got a taste of success as an illustrator, selling some of her work to be used on greeting cards. One of his most famous works, The Tale of Peter RabbitIt began as a story she wrote in a letter to the children of a former governess. Later he transformed this letter into a book, which he published privately.
In 1902, Frederick Warne & Co. brought this charming story to the public. Your new edition of The Tale Of Peter Rabbit (The Tale of Perico the Mischievous Rabbit) quickly became a hit with younger readers. Soon more animal adventures followed with The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (The Tale of the Walnut Squirrel 1903) and The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904) among other stories. Norman Warne served as its editor on many of these early titles.
Potter He suffered a great personal loss in 1905 when Norman Warne died a few weeks after he proposed to her, although his parents were opposed to this relationship. He bought Hill Top Farm in the Lake District that same year and wrote books like The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907) and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (1908).
In 1913, Potter she married attorney William Heelis. He only produced a few more books after his marriage. Public The Fairy Caravan in 1926, but only in the United States. He thought the book was too autobiographical to be published in England. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930) was his last children’s book.
Instead of writing, Potter he focused much of his attention on his farms and land preservation in the Lake District. She was a successful sheep farmer and renowned for her work to protect the beautiful countryside that she adored.
Potter died on December 22, 1943, in Sawrey, England. In his will, he left much of his land holdings to the National Trust to protect it from development and preserve it for future generations. Potter He also left behind a mystery: he had written a diary in code. The code was eventually broken and the work published in 1966 as The Journal of Beatrix Potter. To this day, generation after generation are won over by his charming stories and illustrations.
In 2016, fans of Beatrix potter they received good news. An unpublished story, The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots, would be released that fall. An unedited manuscript had been discovered by children’s book publisher Jo Hanks. Potter had only done one illustration for it, so Quentin Blake created the rest of the images to go along with this tale.