{"id":10495,"date":"2021-09-21T20:48:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T10:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/?p=10495"},"modified":"2022-09-30T18:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T08:14:55","slug":"illustrating-alice-book-worlds-best-alice-illustrations-an-international-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrating-alice-book-worlds-best-alice-illustrations-an-international-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Illustrating Alice&#8221; an anthology of Alice\u2019s all-time greatest hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default\"><blockquote><p><\/p><p>Hundreds of artists since Lewis Carroll himself and Sir John Tenniel have responded to the challenge of representing Alice, deploying all the artistic techniques available. This remarkable anthology shows us a spectrum of Alice imagery, the ways in which, rather like Alice&#8217;s own dreams and nightmares, everything is recognisable &#8211; yes all these versions of Alice are Alice &#8211; but also new, unfamiliar, unusual, unexpected.<\/p><cite>Marina Vaizey, Foreword to &#8220;Illustrating Alice&#8221;<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-table-of-contents uagb-toc__align-left uagb-toc__columns-1 uagb-toc__collapse uagb-block-694fc8ab      \"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-scroll= \"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-offset= \"30\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTable Of Contents\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox= \"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M192 384c-8.188 0-16.38-3.125-22.62-9.375l-160-160c-12.5-12.5-12.5-32.75 0-45.25s32.75-12.5 45.25 0L192 306.8l137.4-137.4c12.5-12.5 32.75-12.5 45.25 0s12.5 32.75 0 45.25l-160 160C208.4 380.9 200.2 384 192 384z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__list-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#an-international-selection-of-illustrated-alice\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">An International Selection of Illustrated Alice<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-england-1965-1939-does-tenniels-alice-reign-supreme\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice in England 1965-1939 \u2013 Does Tenniel\u2019s &#039;Alice&#039; Reign Supreme?<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-england-1940-to-today-contemporary-alice-finds-a-mature-audience\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice in England, 1940 to today \u2013 Contemporary Alice Finds a Mature Audience.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#toc_67bbf1495be7b\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\"><\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-russia-literary-nonsense-and-the-creative-misreading-of-the-text\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice in Russia \u2013 Literary Nonsense and the \u201cCreative Misreading of the Text\u201d<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-france-surrealism-before-surrealism\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice in France \u2013 &quot;Surrealism Before Surrealism&quot;<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-america-and-canada-byzantine-but-mostly-constructive\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice In America And Canada \u2013 &quot;Byzantine But Mostly Constructive&quot;<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-italy\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice in Italy<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-poland\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice in Poland<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-brazil-china-japan\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice in Brazil, China &amp; Japan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-in-australia-the-missing-chapter\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice in Australia \u2013 The Missing Chapter?<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#alice-in-film\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">&#039;Alice&#039; in Film<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#illustrating-alice-reflections-from-the-artists\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Illustrating Alice \u2013 Reflections From the Artists<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#alice-through-the-looking-glass-illustrations-by-chapter\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">\u201cAlice Through the Looking-Glass\u201d illustrations by Chapter<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#cheeky-alice-unpublished-illustrations\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Cheeky Alice \u2013 Unpublished Illustrations<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#conclusion\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Conclusion<\/a><\/ul><\/ul><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">\u201cIllustrating Alice: An International Selection of Illustrated Editions of Lewis Carroll&#8217;s Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass\u201d. Now that\u2019s one hell of a title, and this is one hell of a book; but more than just a book, it&#8217;s an anthology of Alice&#8217;s all-time greatest hits, jam-packed with a stellar cast of \u2018Alice\u2019 all-stars. For all you &#8216;Alice&#8217; tragics, this read is guaranteed to entertain and surprise you. For the collectors among you, \u201cIllustrating Alice\u201d is your go-to resource; guaranteed to keep your credit card in the red\u2026you have been warned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIllustrating Alice\u201d is peppered with more than 600 reproductions of illustrations by hundreds of artists from around the world, and includes commentary by Carrollian luminaries, renowned collectors, famous artists and \u2018Alice\u2019 enthusiasts, introduced in an eloquent Foreward by Marina Vaizey. An art critic of fifty years who grew up with &#8216;Alice&#8217;, Marina says that Wonderland had been <em>\u201chelpful preparation for the vagaries of the international art world, with many a Red Queen and Mad Hatter\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the risk of repeating the obvious, allow me to share Marina Vaizey\u2019s sentiment regarding the international endurance of &#8216;Alice&#8217;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The two [Carroll&#8217;s] books were instantly successful, perhaps the most successful so-called children&#8217;s books of all time, migrating with ease through the looking-glass of childhood to the adult world. The Alices have, perhaps improbably considering their nonsense language and plethora of made-up words &#8211; and creatures &#8211; been translated into over one hundred different languages&#8230; It is a testimony to the international endurance of Alice&#8217;s experiences that hundreds of editions worldwide continue to pay tribute by renewing the ways in which we see Alice and her wonderlands. A looking-glass world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For my readers who may be time-poor and prefer to digest my articles in bite-sized portions, please avail yourself of the Table of Contents I have provided for your convenience above. For the rest of you brave, unperturbed &#8216;Alice&#8217; enthusiasts, pull up a comfy chair and follow me down the proverbial rabbit hole of this monumental publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-04-870x714.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10525\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-04-870x714.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-04-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-04-420x345.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-04.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-05-870x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10414\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-05-870x754.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-05-150x130.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-05-420x364.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-05.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">An International Selection of Illustrated Alice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cAlice in Different Countries\u201d section accounts for almost half of &#8216;Illustrating Alice&#8217;. It flows in the alphabetical order of geographic locations from Brazil, China, England, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia to the USA and Canada. Each article has been penned by a renowned \u2018Alice\u2019 academic, researcher or collector, who convey their idiosyncratic passions for Carroll\u2019s timeless masterpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been revealing to read the personal accounts and strongly opinionated statements of praise and sometimes harsh criticism from some of these contributors. I also found it insightful and enormously educational to see how the prevailing illustration styles of these countries are closely associated with their geopolitics and art and social history:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Can the scores, even hundreds of illustrators of the Alices be defined in any way by national characteristics? There are suggestions that Russian folk art influences Russian artists, fairy and folk tales Eastern Europeans, fashion and fashion shoots the French, where Alice can appear rather alarmingly grown up. Alice is certainly adaptable and many an artist has insisted she grow up, which makes her depiction rather unsettling: an adult woman in children&#8217;s clothes. There can be an erotic, even subtly pornographic undertone, on the one hand and Alice as Barbie doll on the other.<\/p><cite>Marina Vaizey, Foreword to &#8220;Illustrating Alice&#8221;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice in England 1965-1939 \u2013 Does Tenniel\u2019s &#8216;Alice&#8217; Reign Supreme?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-11-870x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10420\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-11-870x642.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-11-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-11-420x310.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-11.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Selwyn Goodacre, who penned \u201cAlice in England 1965-1939\u201d, was a long-standing editor of the Lewis Carroll Society Journal, a fitting role for someone who has a collection of over 2000 different copies of &#8216;Alice&#8217; books. His account starts from Tenniel\u2019s beginnings and surveys the early English illustrated versions, pointing out a few curiosities along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was surprised to learn that Beatrix Potter (the famous creator of \u2018Peter Rabbit\u2019) made a foray into illustrating \u2018Alice\u2019. Naturally, the White Rabbit of Wonderland was Beatrix\u2019s fascination. She created five known watercolours featuring this inhabitant of Wonderland; the fifth, showing the White Rabbit helping resuscitate Bill the Lizard (below). I would have loved to see the entire &#8216;Alice&#8217; illustrated by the talented Beatrix Potter, but sadly she didn&#8217;t go beyond these five watercolours. Selwyn Goodacre begs to disagree, suggesting that her &#8216;Alice&#8217; wouldn\u2019t have \u2018passed muster\u2019 given that rendering human figures weren&#8217;t Beatrix\u2019s forte\u2026ouch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-10-870x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10419\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-10-870x653.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-10-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-10-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-10.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another curiosity called out by Goodacre is&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/tenniels-alice-reigns-supreme\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cTenniel\u2019s &#8216;Alice&#8217; reigns Supreme\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;illustration by E. T. Reed. It was printed in a 1907 leaflet which was published by Macmillan (the original publisher of &#8216;Alice&#8217;) after the copyright for &#8216;Alice&#8217; expired in England when Tenniel\u2019s version was no longer exclusive. The leaflet was Macmillan\u2019s attempt to discredit the proliferation of Alice illustrations that began flooding the market during that time. The cartoon shows four of the eight new &#8216;Alices&#8217; that had appeared in just three months from October to December 1907, and pokes fun at Alice by Millicent Sowerby, Arthur Rackham, Charles Robinson and W H Walker \u2013 note the unflattering portrayal of the girls with the \u2018Alice\u2019 halos over their heads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-12-870x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10407\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-12-870x653.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-12-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-12-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-12.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Reed\u2019s caricature was meant to assert the supremacy of Tennie\u2019s &#8216;Alice&#8217; and hopefully deter the new publishers from trying their hand at it. This attempt to thwart the efforts of its imitators ultimately proved futile, with 30 new editions appearing in England in less than 12 months from the expiry of copyright to the end of 1908. Sixteen new illustrators engaged in those new productions. Many more followed at an unprecedented speed, and as we now know, there show no signs of it slowing down. More than 150 years from when it was first published &#8220;Alice in Wonderland&#8221; remains a metaphorical \u201cEverest\u201d of the illustrating world which many an artist bravely ascend, some returning to its summit on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selwyn Goodacre surveyed dozens of illustrated &#8216;Alice&#8217; versions by English artists and his account is referenced with numerous reproductions by famous artists like Millicent Sowerby, Arthur Rackham, Charles Pears, Harry Rountree, K. M. Roberts, Thomas Maybank, Mabel Lucie Attwell, A. E. Jackson, Margaret Tarrant, Gwynedd Hudson and Rene Cloke, to name a few. Curtesy of this illuminating essay, I learned that Rene Cloke (below right) has illustrated &#8216;Alice&#8217; not once, not twice, but four times and all four versions are uniquely different. You can&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/rene-cloke-alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-lewis-carroll\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read more about Rene Cloke\u2019s \u2018Alice\u2019 here<\/a>. Inspired by this unparalleled effort I have collected all four and will share a comparative account of those in an upcoming post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-13-870x1160.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10408\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-13.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-13\/\" class=\"wp-image-10408\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-13-870x1160.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-13-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-13-420x560.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-13.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-19-870x1185.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10399\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-19.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-19\/\" class=\"wp-image-10399\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-19-870x1185.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-19-150x204.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-19-420x572.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-19.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice in England, 1940 to today \u2013 Contemporary Alice Finds a Mature Audience.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-15-870x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10410\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-15-870x647.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-15-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-15-420x312.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-15.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The author of \u201cAlice in England, 1940 to today\u201d is Dennis Hall himself, the master whose genius gave birth to Inky Parrot Press and its sister company Artists\u2019 Choice Editions which published &#8220;Illustrating Alice&#8221; and have blessed Alice fans with a myriad of fabulous versions. These are all limited editions and most have been added to the list of hard-to-find and rare-as-hens-teeth titles. Landing any of these titles is a bibliophile\u2019s ultimate delight. You can&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-lewis-carroll-john-vernon-lord\/#more-carroll-titles-from-artists-choice-editions-inky-parrot-press\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read more about Dennis Hall produced \u201cAlices\u201d here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis Hall reviewed many of the all-time favourite and more elusive classic and contemporary illustrations (see below for a handful of examples) by artists such as Franciszka Themerson, Ralph Steadman, Anthony Browne, Peter Blake, Justin Todd, Tony Ross, Michael Foreman, Helen Oxenbury, Alison Joy, Emma Chichester Clark and one of my personal favourites, the one and only and the impossibly original John Vernon Lord. You can&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-lewis-carroll-john-vernon-lord\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read more about Lord\u2019s \u201cHoly Grail\u201d of all \u201cAlices\u201d here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis reminisces in this essay of how enjoyable he found working with John Vernon Lord during the production of this &#8216;Alice&#8217; (Artists Choice Editions: 2009). He suggests that Lord\u2019s &#8216;Alice&#8217; and \u201cThrough the Looking-Glass\u201d are not children\u2019s books, quoting an occasional political twist and some social and cultural references that would most probably be lost on children. I think Lord\u2019s Alice would work equally well for both adults and children. Impressively, John Vernon Lord studied 30 books about Carroll as part of his research for illustrating both of his masterpieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-18-870x1306.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10412\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-18-870x1306.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-18-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-18-420x631.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-18.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption>John Vernon Lord &#8220;Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-14-870x1377.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10409\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-14.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-14\/\" class=\"wp-image-10409\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-14-870x1377.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-14-150x237.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-14-420x665.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-14.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-16-870x1196.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10411\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-16.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-16\/\" class=\"wp-image-10411\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-16-870x1196.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-16-150x206.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-16-420x578.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-16.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-17-870x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10398\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-17.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-17\/\" class=\"wp-image-10398\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-17-870x1200.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-17-150x207.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-17-420x579.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-17.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis Hall conceptualised who he would have loved to see illustrate &#8216;Alice&#8217;:<em> \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/the-gashlycrumb-tinies-edward-gorey\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edward Gorey<\/a>&nbsp;would have produced a dark, jokingly frightening edition, and Ronald Searle would have produced a very political version, using ideas from his hundreds of political cartoons\u201d.<\/em> Here\u2019s Ronald Searle\u2019s illustration example of a modern-day Alice in a metaphorical rabbit hole of the never-ending duties of the Domestic Wonderland. A fabulous White Rabbit is about to disappear in a more tangible hole of the washing machine drum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-78-870x1073.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10350\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-78-870x1073.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-78-150x185.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-78-420x518.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-78.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The last illustrated \u2018Alice\u2019 that Dennis Hall quotes seeing is that by Trevor Brown (2010). Dennis refers to this artist as <em>\u201can Englishman now living in Japan, he describes his work as \u2018Baby Art\u2019 and it is very Japanese influenced\u201d<\/em>. From what I\u2019ve seen of Trevor Brown\u2019s \u2018Alice\u2019, this account is certainly a severely sanitised one. Few \u2018Alices\u2019 that I\u2019ve seen are as disturbing and erotic as Trevor Brown\u2019s. Curious? Then feel free to check out this&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VuZbfTzYaas\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">youtube video<\/a>&nbsp;showcasing it in its entirety (beware, it\u2019s for mature audiences only and not for those easily offended).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis Hall concluded his essay noting that adults are now seriously discriminated when \u201cnot allowed illustrated fiction\u201d (with a few exceptions) and that <em>\u201cEnglish Alices are mainly aimed at children, but abroad, especially in France and Russia, Alice is used as an excuse for very exciting work, definitely for adults\u201d<\/em>. Let\u2019s have a look at &#8216;Alice\u2019s&#8217; journey in these two countries next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice in Russia \u2013 Literary Nonsense and the \u201cCreative Misreading of the Text\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ella Parry-Davies, who authored \u201cAlice in Russia\u201d essay, is a researcher of Alice illustration, who has contributed to editing Dennis Hall\u2019s other magnificent anthology \u201cRussian Alices. Illustrated Editions of Alice in Wonderland from the USSR and the Post-Soviet Era\u201d (Artists Choice Editions: 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She begins with a survey of the first translations of Carroll\u2019s work into Russian, published with Tenniel\u2019s illustrations, as early as 1879 and seeing a steady success until the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. A temporary burst of optimism and diversity in arts, known as the Russian avant-garde that permeated all artforms and artistic pursuits in the early 1920s was short-lived. Since 1924, Stalin\u2019s dictatorship completely changed the art scene, introducing severe censorship of literature, visual and performing arts, with Social Realism declared as the only acceptable artistic style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carrollian literary nonsense was in total opposition to the spirit of Social Realism. Nonsense has been traditionally associated with freedom, imagination and anarchy. As Ella Parry-Davies notes <em>\u201cits recourse to fantasy and imagination, and its lack of engagement with societal concerns of labour and productivity made Carroll\u2019s work at best useless \u2013 and at worst dangerously subversive \u2013 within the Soviet regime\u201d<\/em>. \u2018Alice\u2019 has seen a similar fate in other totalitarian regimes, forbidden in Italy during the rule of Mussolini, and in China when the Chinese Nationalist Government banned it in the 1930&#8217;s for allowing animals to speak to humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advent of Glasnost in Russia, during the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s, along with the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Iron Curtain, saw the resurgence of all manner of freedoms, including the liberation of arts. This paved the way for a prolific range of Russian &#8216;Alices&#8217; created from the latter years of the Soviet Union to the present day. Many famous illustrators have lent their talents to illustrating \u2018Alice\u2019 and a superb line up of examples is reproduced in this anthology, including art by Valery Alfeevsky, Mai Miturich, Eduard Gorohovsky, Gennady Kalinovsky, Julia Gukova, Yuri Vashchenko, Andrei Gennadiev, Andrei Martinov, Tatiana Ianovskaia, Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev\u2026the list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ella Parry-Davies\u2019 intelligent essay puts the work of the Russian illustrators into the context of Russia\u2019s cultural transformation after a long period of political suppression, and refers to the inventiveness and the originality of Russian &#8216;Alice&#8217; illustrations as \u201cthe creative \u2018misreading\u2019 of the text\u201c, noting that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Despite the striking diversity of their images, these illustrators are unified in their attempt to read against Carroll&#8217;s texts &#8230; These Russian &#8216;Alice&#8217; illustrators epitomise on of the most important and characteristic qualities of the illustrated work: the dynamic, progressive and exciting dialogue between words and images.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-37-870x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10385\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-37-870x653.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-37-150x113.jpg 150w, 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https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-41-420x721.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-41.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-42-870x585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10389\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-42-870x585.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-42-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-42-420x282.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-42.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-40-870x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10388\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-40-870x712.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-40-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-40-420x344.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-40.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth noting that there are many wonderful Russian \u2018Alices\u2019 that have followed since the publication of this book. For example, Ksenia Lavrova, Galina Zinko, Ekaterina Kostina to name just a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice in France \u2013 &#8220;Surrealism Before Surrealism&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-20-870x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10413\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-20-870x636.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-20-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-20-420x307.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-20.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If I was to pick my favourite \u201cAlice\u2019 oeuvre by the place of their origin, then illustrations by French artists would be right there at the top, together with their Russian counterparts; so not surprisingly, Russian and French \u2018Alices\u2019 dominate my home library\u2019s Alice-shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many French \u201cAlices\u201d are, fittingly for this story, largely surrealistic. As Marina Vaizey notes in the Foreword: <em>\u201cThe events and striking visual imagery of the two instalments of Alice\u2019s adventures are surrealism before surrealism.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may sound like there&#8217;s a stylistic monotony to the French Wonderlands, but it is quite the opposite. Tolstoy once wrote that &#8220;Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.&#8221; And like those unhappy families, the French surrealist \u2018Alices\u2019 are each a surreal world in their own league, utterly original and uniquely challenging:&nbsp;Comtesse de Segur\u2019s &#8216;Wonderland&#8217; surrealism is elegant;&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-au-pays-des-merveilles-lewis-carroll-alain-gauthier\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alain Gauthier\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 enthralling, magnetic and captivating; Nicole Claveloux\u2019s \u2013 intellectual and fascinating; Rebecca Dautremer\u2019s \u2013 incredibly fine; Nicolas Guilbert\u2019s \u2013 joyously psychedelic;&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-jean-claude-sillbermann\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jean-Claude Silbermann\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 immediate, rough and free-spirited; Pat Andrea is worth mentioning here too (though he is Dutch not French) &#8211; his surrealist &#8216;Alice&#8217; is eccentric, erotic or (as found by some) repulsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite an incredible diversity, each of the French surrealist visions is equal-parts witty and challenging to the eye, intellect and ego. Their coded beauty is revealed insofar as the observer&#8217;s intellect and abstracted thought processes can decipher. Decoding these works is the type of challenge I love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy browsing a few examples below, from this book&#8217;s essay surveying &#8220;Alice in France\u201d, which was penned by Michele Noret, a Parisian bookseller who specialises in 20th-century children\u2019s books for almost 30 years. For more surrealist French illustrations, check out my detailed reviews of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-au-pays-des-merveilles-lewis-carroll-alain-gauthier\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alain Gauthier\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-jean-claude-sillbermann\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jean-Claude Silbermann\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;\u2018Alice\u2019. As with the Russian chapter above, some of the more recent fabulous editions are not covered, for example the magnificent painterly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-au-pays-des-merveilles-lewis-carroll-daniel-cacouault\/\">&#8220;Alice in Wonderland&#8221; by Daniel Cacouault<\/a> and &#8216;Alice in Wonderland&#8217; and &#8216;Through the Looking-Glass&#8217; sequel by the most popular Benjamin Lacombe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-21-870x698.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10400\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-21-870x698.jpg 870w, 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data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-22.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-22\/\" class=\"wp-image-10401\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-22-870x1108.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-22-150x191.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-22-420x535.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-22.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-23-870x1231.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10402\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-23.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-23\/\" class=\"wp-image-10402\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-23-870x1231.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-23-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-23-420x594.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-23.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice In America And Canada \u2013 &#8220;Byzantine But Mostly Constructive&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-44-870x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10376\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-44-870x583.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-44-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-44-420x281.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-44.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Bursten has surveyed \u201cAlice in America\u201d for this anthology. He is the former president of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America and has been collecting, studying and writing about Carroll all his life. I found his essay one of the most engaging and entertaining in the entire anthology, despite him being critical of some \u2018Alice\u2019 creations in a manner that may seem heavy-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The essay flows from \u201cFit the First\u201d to \u201cFit the Seventh\u201d (a nod to Carroll\u2019s epic nonsensical poem \u201cThe Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony in Eight Fits\u201d). He characterises the New World&#8217;s \u2018Alice\u2019 relationship to the Old World&#8217;s as &#8220;byzantine but mostly constructive\u201c. The rocky start of \u2018Alice&#8217;s&#8217; American journey began with<em> &#8220;Carroll famously relegating the unsatisfactory pages of the first print run of 1865 as \u2018wastepaper\u2019 to us lowly bumpkins&#8221;,<\/em> writes Mark Burstein with a tongue-in-cheek sentiment that is a repeated motif of his writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having called out the first American &#8216;Alice&#8217; editions as &#8216;pirated&#8217;, Bursten proceeds to slam the \u201cDark Side of dubious pseudo-scholarship\u201d which tried to prove that Dodgson (Carroll\u2019s real name) was a killer or a drug addict, or better yet, that &#8216;Alice&#8217; was written by Queen Victoria or Mark Twain, not by Carroll.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about the two American Disney film adaptations of &#8216;Alice&#8217;, Mark Burstein portrays the first as being poisonous for many generations&#8217; perception of the classic (I don\u2019t disagree), he goes on to describe the 2010 film version as \u201can unpalatable trichobezoar coughed up by Californian Tim Burton\u201d. You\u2019ve got to love Mark\u2019s phraseology. I haven\u2019t seen this so-called \u201ctrichobezoar\u201d from 2010, but this comment has certainly sparked my curiosity to check it out. Feel free to share your comments below if you agree or disagree with Mark Bursten&#8217;s sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, it isn\u2019t entirely doom and gloom and he proceeds to examine many important American contributions to illustrated &#8216;Alice&#8217; editions (some clearly to Mark Burstein\u2019s liking, others quite far from it) like Peter Newell, Blanche McManus, John R Neill, Bessie Pease Gutmann, Jessie Willcox Smith, Willy Pogany, Marjorie Torrey, David Hall, Michael Hague, Michelle Wiggins, Walter Anderson; the list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shown below are a few of my personal favourites in the American and Canadian \u2018Alice\u2019 cohort by Barry Moser, Greg Hildebrandt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-maggie-taylor\/\">Maggie Taylor<\/a>, Oleg Lipchenko, Salvador Dali and Anne Bachelier. The latter is French by origin, but her publisher is in New York, hence, its inclusion in the American section of \u201cIllustrating Alice\u201d. Likewise, the art of (Spanish by birth) Dali, is included in the American &#8216;Alice&#8217; due to an important 1969 publication by the American Maecenas Press imprint of Random House; a limited edition of 2,500 portfolios of twelve heliogravures of original gouaches and an engraving, signed by Dali and contained in a clamshell box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last I checked, there were a few of Dali\u2019s &#8216;Alice&#8217; 1969 portfolios available for purchase from&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abebooks.com<\/a>&nbsp;ranging from US$12,200 to US$24,200 (here is&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/servlet\/BookDetailsPL?bi=30793286946&amp;cm_sp=SEARCHREC-_-WIDGET-L-_-BDP-R&amp;searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3DSalvador%2BDali%2BLewis%2BCarroll%26sortby%3D17\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the more modestly priced item for US$12,600).<\/a>&nbsp;These heliogravures were recently published in a 150th-anniversary edition of \u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d (Princeton University Press, 2015). Unfortunately, in my opinion, the reproductions in this book (which I own) do not do justice to the originals. Despite only seeing the 1969 portfolio online, I must say that the colours in the 2015 book look dull compared to the crisp and vibrant 1969 plates, possibly as a result of the 2015 book printed on the cream\/off-white paper; beautiful in itself but misrepresentative, it seems, of the original colours. The 1969 Dali\u2019s enigmatic, drippy, trippy heliogravures portfolio is on my \u2018what the hell, it\u2019s only money\u2019 wishlist \u2013 are you listening Universe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-48-870x1137.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10380\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-48.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-48\/\" class=\"wp-image-10380\" title=\"\" 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data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-47.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-47\/\" class=\"wp-image-10379\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-47-870x1117.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-47-150x193.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-47-420x539.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-47.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-45-870x708.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10377\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-45.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-45\/\" class=\"wp-image-10377\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-45-870x708.jpg 870w, 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data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-46\/\" class=\"wp-image-10378\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-46-870x1022.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-46-150x176.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-46-420x493.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-46.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-49-e1631445375376-870x1214.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10381\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-49-e1631445375376.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-49\/\" class=\"wp-image-10381\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-49-e1631445375376-870x1214.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-49-e1631445375376-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-49-e1631445375376-420x586.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-49-e1631445375376-1101x1536.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-49-e1631445375376.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Anne Bachelier<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-50-e1631445214584-870x926.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10382\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-50-e1631445214584.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-50\/\" class=\"wp-image-10382\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-50-e1631445214584-870x926.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-50-e1631445214584-150x160.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-50-e1631445214584-420x447.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-50-e1631445214584.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Oleg Lipchenko<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Summing up the American contribution to the Carrollian universe Mark Bursten concludes as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>So do we Americans, the proverbial red-headed stepsister, the recipient of hte 1865 &#8216;wastepaper&#8217;, have a particularly common, nationalistic vision of Alice&#8221; Unlinke the unformly dark, Goth-tinged ones produced in Eastern Europe and Russia under Communist rule, no, not in the slightest&#8230; But in the centruy and a half since the tale was told, we in North Amreica are quite produ of our contributions to the Carrollian universe. There&#8217;s glory for you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Without going into too much detail suffice it to say that &#8220;Alice&#8217;s&#8221; journey around the world was not all smooth sails, but it did get there in the end and there is hardly a corner of it now where Alice would not have been heard of. Enjoy browsing the examples of illustrations by artists from various other, non-English speaking, countries where &#8216;Alice&#8217; has not only made an appearance but left quite a mark and a lasting impression. Check out my review of 1994 editions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-lewis-carroll-kuniyoshi-kaneko\/\">&#8220;Alice in Wonderland&#8221; and &#8220;Through the Looking-Glass&#8221; by the Japanese artist Kuniyoshi Kaneko<\/a> (who produced more than one version of &#8220;Wonderland&#8221; throughout his prolific artistic career)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice in Italy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-24-870x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10403\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-24-870x653.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-24-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-24-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-24.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10404\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-25.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-25\/\" class=\"wp-image-10404\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-25.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-25-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-25-420x305.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-25-870x633.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10405\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-26.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-26\/\" class=\"wp-image-10405\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-26.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-26-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-26-420x303.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-26-870x628.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice in Poland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-32-870x664.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10394\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-32-870x664.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-32-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-32-420x321.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-32.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-33-870x1318.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10395\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-33.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-33\/\" class=\"wp-image-10395\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-33-870x1318.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-33-150x227.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-33-420x636.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-33.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-35-870x1176.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10397\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-35.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-35\/\" class=\"wp-image-10397\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-35-870x1176.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-35-150x203.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-35-420x568.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-35.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-34-870x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10396\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-34-870x594.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-34-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-34-420x287.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-34.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice in Brazil, China &amp; Japan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-06-870x1256.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10415\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-06-870x1256.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-06-150x216.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-06-420x606.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-06.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-07-870x939.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10416\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-07.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-07\/\" class=\"wp-image-10416\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-07-870x939.jpg 870w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-09-870x588.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10418\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-09-870x588.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-09-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-09-420x284.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-09.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-28-870x585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10406\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-28-870x585.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-28-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-28-420x283.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-28.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption>Kuniyoshi Kaneko<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-29-870x1237.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10392\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-29.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-29\/\" class=\"wp-image-10392\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-29-870x1237.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-29-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-29-420x597.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-29.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Takashi Saida<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-31-870x1450.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10383\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-31.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-31\/\" class=\"wp-image-10383\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-31-870x1450.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-31-150x250.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-31-420x700.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-31.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Akira Uno<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice in Australia \u2013 The Missing Chapter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Who am I to question the choices of the genius Dennis Hall, for whom I have the utmost respect and admiration. Maybe it&#8217;s because I call Australia home, but it seems to me that an \u201cAlice in Australia\u201d would have greatly enriched and lent even more weight to this encyclopedic publication. Allow me if I may then rectify this forgivable oversight with a shout-out to the many &#8216;Alice&#8217; standouts who come from the Antipodes (not antipathies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly to the Old World (England) and the New World (North America), Alice experienced great success in Australia. It reached the then colonial shores of Australia not long after the book was published in England, with book supplies taking several months to arrive by ship. Its popularity was instant and, not surprisingly, many artists have tried their hand at illustrating \u2018Alice\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need only flip through \u201cAlice 125: A celebration of the book\u201d \u2013 the catalogue of a touring exhibition in 1990-1991 curated by Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne \u2013 to see the proliferation of Australian talent who have rendered the Carrollian Wonderland. No less than 125 Australian artists contributed to this exhibition to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the book. Australia\u2019s foremost children&#8217;s book illustrator Pixie O\u2019Harris; the celebrated protagonist in the contemporary art scene of the mid-20th c, Charles Blackman; the youngest talent contributing at the time who is now world-renowned Australian illustrator Gavin O\u2019Keefe, have all illustrated \u2018Alice\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, other artists have offered their visions of \u2018Alice\u2019 and its sequel, including the Australian national treasure Robert Ingpen (check out his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-robert-ingpen\/\">\u201cWonderland\u201d and \u201cThrough The Looking-Glass\u201d <\/a>first published by Palazzo Editions). Arguably the world\u2019s first Indigenous adaptation and translation into the First Nations\u2019 Pitjantjatjara language by Nancy Sheppard gave us &#8216;Alitji&#8217;, a beautiful black Alice, who opened up Carroll\u2019s Wonderland to Aboriginal kids. \u201cAlitji in Dreamtime\u201d (University of Adelaide, 1975) was beautifully illustrated by Byron S. Sewell; later&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alitji-in-dreamland-alitjinya-ngura-tjukurmankuntjala-nancy-sheppard-donna-leslie\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cAliti in Dreamland\u201d (Simon &amp; Schuster Australia, 1992)<\/a>&nbsp;was illustrated by the Award-winning Indigenous artist Donna Leslie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst a few illustrations (by Charles Blackman, Robert Ingpen and Gavin O\u2019Keefe) were included in the 2nd part of this anthology I can\u2019t help but think that the Australian journey of \u2018Alice\u2019 deserved a dedicated narrative in the geographical survey section. Partially compensating was the inclusion of the brilliant essay by Gavin O\u2019Keefe in the part of the anthology where several famous artists\u2019 reflect on their personal illustrating \u2018Alice\u2019 journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Alice&#8217; in Film<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An internationally acclaimed Czech artist and filmmaker Jan \u0160vankmajer&nbsp;has a lifelong interest in surrealism. He produced the feature film &#8216;Alice&#8217; (1968) as well as illustrated both Carroll\u2019s books, which are available in Japanese and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his brilliant essay,  \u0160vankmajer reflects on his experience of adapting &#8216;Alice&#8217; for film and the long journey of its production whilst navigating obstacles and diplomacy in the socialist Czechoslovakia, where the script was turned down, censored and locked away for years; and later also in Slovakia, where the studio heads were concerned that the film would cast a negative light on life in Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on his illustrations of Carroll&#8217;s books  \u0160vankmajer wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>My constant returning to Alice means that to me she is an inexhaustible source of inspiration (like the rest of the childhood itself), but also because none of my creations has left me fully satisfied. And these illustrations are no exception. I really need to sit down in peace and quiet, pick up a pencil and start again.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-51-870x694.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10366\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-51-870x694.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-51-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-51-420x335.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-51.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Jan  \u0160vankmajer\u2019s article is an essay called \u201cAnimating Alice: the heroine without a heart\u201d penned by Karen Lury who looked at film adaptations starting from the 1903 silent film, to the early 1900s, mid-20th c. and the two latest versions (that Mark Burstein found so appalling) \u2013 the 1951 Disney and 2010 Tim Burton films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Illustrating Alice <meta charset=\"utf-8\">\u2013 Reflections From the Artists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This cleverly crafted section of the book includes 12 brief essays (one for each chapter of \u201cAlice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland\u201d) by some of the great contemporary illustrators who reflect on their illustrating \u2018Alice\u2019 journey. Each piece is accompanied by numerous examples of illustrations by other artists for each respective chapter. Essays were contributed by Michael Foreman, Chiara Carrer, Ralph Steadman, Helen Oxenbury, Barry Moser, Justin Todd, John Vernon Lord, Emma Chichester-Clark, Gavin O\u2019Keefe, DeLoss McGraw, Tatiana Ianovskaia and John Bradley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Foreman speaks of his Wonderland being his native Cornwall in England and how that influenced conceptualising his illustrations for &#8216;Alice&#8217;. Ralph Steadman reflects on his creative process during which the initial idea is not fully formed and the drawing slowly acquires a life of its own and dictates the direction it will follow. Justin Todd sheds light on the limitation of the number of pictures (22 colour plates) that was imposed by his publisher, which forced him to be very inventive in combining some scenes and sequences on one plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most surprising for me was John Bradley\u2019s account of the rocky start to his no less shaky &#8216;Alice&#8217; journey. Being totally candid (which I admire), his essay notes from the outset that he has never been a fan of the book. He took the commission which had a very tight production deadline, whilst juggling many other jobs. John ultimately ended up being disappointed with his efforts, despite the resultant book being awarded first prize at the Philadelphia book show in the same year it was published; here is John Bradley\u2019s rather bleak reflection about his work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;From my point of view <em>it resulted in a bit of a &#8216;curate&#8217;s egg&#8217; of an illustrated book, a book I was never entirely happy with but that I did finish on time. I was least happy with the character of Alice herself as I thought I didn&#8217;t really have enough time to develop a consistent and individualistic interpretation  that was my own &#8211; also the publisher was keen to &#8216;soften&#8217; my approach for commercial purposes &#8211; so I was feeling frustrated that Alice let down some of the other characters.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I have enjoyed the writing of the ever articulate John Vernon Lord, who stayed within the confines of the brief for this part of the anthology, which was his reflections on illustrating \u201ca particular chapter\u201d; in this instance, The Mad Tea Party. Whilst other artists wrote about their illustrating &#8216;Alice&#8217; experience at large, John Lord sticks with the assigned chapter experiences. He reflects on the importance of staying true to the text, which was tested by Carroll\u2019s inclusion of little description of the characters at the tea party. He then speaks, at some length, about illustrating a few items of everything that begins with an \u201cM\u201d, such as mouse traps, and the moon, and memory and muchness, as discussed in the mad tea party scene. Check out my reviews of the awesome Artists\u2019 Choice Editions of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-lewis-carroll-john-vernon-lord\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Vernon Lord\u2019s \u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;(2009) and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-through-the-looking-glass-john-vernon-lord\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThrough the Looking-Glass\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;(2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also enjoyed the Australian illustrator Gavin O\u2019Keefe\u2019s essay, which lets us in on his long-standing association with &#8216;Alice&#8217;. He has illustrated it twice (in the late 1980s, published in Australia in 1990 and again in 2011). The second time he also illustrated \u201cThrough the Looking-Glass\u201d and both books were published in a companion volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gavin O\u2019Keefe\u2019s initial inspiration included Tenniel, some horror writings, the surrealist notions and other contemporary illustrators (notably, Mervyn Peake). These have blended into the most unique vision of black and white \u201cWonderland\u201d, permeated with O\u2019Keefe\u2019s signature darkness and strangeness rarely seen in other versions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having always wondered what artists might feel when they come back to an already illustrated work, I have found an answer in Gavin\u2019s experience. His second go at &#8216;Alice&#8217; was prompted 20 years after the first version was published. By then he had set about illustrating \u201cThrough the Looking-Glass\u201d and found that he had \u201cmoved on artistically\u201c. He wanted his second &#8216;Alice&#8217; to be stylistically consistent with the sequel and ended up creating illustrations that <em>\u201cvacillated between the literal and the surreal, between the simple and the complex\u201d<\/em> and bore little resemblance to his earlier 1980\u2019s &#8216;Alice&#8217; version.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rumour has it that Gavin O\u2019Keefe is thinking of illustrating \u201cWonderland\u201d for a third time, possibly in colour this time. Multiple returns to &#8216;Alice&#8217; are not unheard of \u2013 think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/rene-cloke-alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-lewis-carroll\/\">Rene Cloke<\/a>, Gennady Kalinovksy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-lewis-carroll-kuniyoshi-kaneko\/\">Kuniyoshi Kaneko<\/a>. Below is Gavin\u2019s pre-emptive reflection on what it might look like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If I were to visit Wonderland and the Looking-Glass World once more, my illustrations would be different once again &#8211; just as the illustration of the many artists who have been inspired by &#8216;Alice&#8217; exhibit differing perspectives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-53-870x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10368\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-53-870x679.jpg 870w, 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height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-61-870x527.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10359\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-61-870x527.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-61-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-61-420x254.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-61.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-62-870x651.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10360\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-62-870x651.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-62-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-62-420x314.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-62.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-66-870x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10364\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-66-870x758.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-66-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-66-420x366.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-66.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-64-870x1361.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10362\" width=\"870\" height=\"1361\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-64-870x1361.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-64-150x235.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-64-420x657.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-64.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-65-870x742.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10363\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-65-870x742.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-65-150x128.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-65-420x358.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-65.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">\u201cAlice Through the Looking-Glass\u201d illustrations by Chapter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This section of the book has no written content but presents examples of various illustrators\u2019 work for each Chapter of the \u201cThrough the Looking-Glass\u201d sequel. Enjoy browsing a small fraction of this visual feast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-67-870x727.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10365\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-67-870x727.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-67-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-67-420x351.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-67.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-68-870x969.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10351\" width=\"870\" height=\"969\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-68-870x969.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-68-150x167.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-68-420x468.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-68.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-70-870x1160.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10353\" width=\"870\" height=\"1160\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-70-870x1160.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-70-150x200.jpg 150w, 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150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-71-420x338.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-71.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-73-870x1262.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10347\" width=\"870\" height=\"1262\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-73-870x1262.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-73-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-73-420x609.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-73.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-74-870x739.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10356\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-74-870x739.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-74-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-74-420x357.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-74.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center myheading-2-yellow wp-block-heading\">Cheeky Alice <meta charset=\"utf-8\">\u2013 Unpublished Illustrations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Adorning title pages of various sections, half-title and concluding pages are some unpublished illustrations ranging from comical (like Alice in Wonderbra), to sublimely beautiful (like John Brownlee\u2019s caterpillar); Dennis Hall was clearly having fun with his production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-76-e1631446276704.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10348\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-76-e1631446276704.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-76\/\" class=\"wp-image-10348\" title=\"\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-75-870x692.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-75-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-75-420x334.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.kidsbookexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/illustrated-alice-artists-choice-editions-2013-dennis-hall-75.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Beautifully presented endpapers showcase work by 4 artists: Dusan Kallay, Robert Ingpen, John Bradley and Charles Voysey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex 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