Pauline Baynes
The "Narnia artist" who illustrated all seven books.
Pauline Baynes was an English illustrator who drew the pictures for all seven of C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, starting with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and became known as the "Narnia artist". She illustrated more than 200 books in all and died in 2008.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Pauline Diana Baynes
- Born
- 9 September 1922
- Birthplace
- Hove, Sussex, England
- Died
- 1 August 2008
- Place of death
- Dockenfield, Surrey, England
- Field
- Illustration, mainly children's books
- Training
- Slade School of Fine Art
Lore & Background
She was also the first illustrator of several minor works by J. R. R. Tolkien, including Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wootton Major, and is known for her covers for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and her poster A Map of Middle-earth.
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