Lucy Crane

Lucy Crane (1842-1882) was an English writer, art critic and translator. She worked on children's stories and nursery rhymes and lectured in England on fine art. Crane worked on children's nursery rhymes and stories, and she translated the Brothers Grimm's "Household Stories" collection from German to English in 1882. Walter Crane (1845-1915) was Lucy's brother, an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children's book creator of his...See more

Lucy Crane (1842-1882) was an English writer, art critic and translator. She worked on children's stories and nursery rhymes and lectured in England on fine art. Crane worked on children's nursery rhymes and stories, and she translated the Brothers Grimm's "Household Stories" collection from German to English in 1882. Walter Crane (1845-1915) was Lucy's brother, an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children's book creator of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century. His work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. See less