Gleeson White

Gleeson White
Gleeson White (1851–1898) was an English writer, art critic, and editor, known for his contributions to the Arts and Crafts movement. He served as the founding editor of "The Studio," an influential art magazine, and published works on design, book illustration, and Victorian art. Among his notable books are "English Illustration: The Sixties" and "Children's Books and Their Illustrators." White played a key role in promoting artistic movements such as Art Nouveau and was influential in shaping public opinion on illustration and book design in the late 19th century.

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here is probably no cathedral church in Europe, certainly no other English one, that has such a clear record of its history as Salisbury. Whereas in almost every other instance we have only vague legendary accounts of the original foundation of the building, in this case there is a trustworthy chronicle of its first inception and each successive stage of its progress extant. Owing to reasons noted in... more...

CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS. BY GLEESON WHITE.There are some themes that by their very wealth of suggestion appal the most ready writer. The emotions which they arouse, the mass of pleasant anecdote they recall, the ghosts of far-off delights they summon, are either too obvious to be worth the trouble of description or too evanescent to be expressed in dull prose. Swift, we are told... more...