Born: 17 March 1846, United Kingdom
Died: 6 November 1901
Country most active: United Kingdom
Also known as: NA
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
Kate Greenaway, an English artist, born in London. Her special field was the delineation of child life, and her drawings are distinctive for their individual charm and quaint humor.
Her more remarkable early work consisted of Christmas cards, which, by reason of their beauty of design and charm of draughtsmanship, enjoyed an extraordinary vogue.
In 1890 and after, she exhibited watercolor drawings which surprised the artistic world by their delicacy, tenderness and grace.
Of late years other influences have superseded hers, but she retains a unique place among English artists. Kate Greenaway, who is said to have “dressed the children of two continents,” and had a great charm of character, but was extremely shy of public notice.