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Cicely Mary Barker
Cicely Mary Barker | |
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 Barker in her teens | |
| Born | Cicely Mary Barker 28 June 1895 |
| Died | 16 February 1973 (aged 77) Worthing Hospital, Worthing, England |
| Resting place | Ashes spread in the churchyard at Storrington, Sussex, England |
| Education | Correspondence art courses Croydon School of Art |
| Occupation(s) | Author, illustrator, artist |
| Years active | 1911–1962 |
| Employer(s) | Various publishers but chiefly Blackie and Son Limited Commissions from various British dioceses |
| Known for | Illustrations of fairies and flowers Triptychs and other works for the Anglican church |
| Notable work | The Flower Fairies of the Spring (1923) and other Flower Fairy books The Feeding of the Five Thousand The Parable of the Great Supper Out of Great Tribulation and other Christian-themed works in various British churches and chapels |
| Parent(s) | Walter Barker and Mary Eleanor (Oswald) Barker |
| Relatives | Dorothy Oswald Barker (sister) |
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Cicely Mary Barker (28 June 1895 – 16 February 1973) was the illustrator who created the famous Flower Fairies, in the shape of ethereal smiling children with butterfly wings. As a child, she was greatly influenced by the works of the illustrator Kate Greenaway,[1] whom she assiduously copied in her formative years. Her principal influence, however, which she duly credited, was the artwork of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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