Cloke, Rene (1904-1995)

Creator details

Name
Cloke, Rene (1904-1995)
Nationality
British
Biography
Rene Cloke started her illustration work as a greeting card designer. Born in Plymouth, Cloke soon moved to London and illustrated many children’s books. Her illustrations have seen a great deal of interest by collectors in the past few years. Books illustrated include: Alice in Wonderland, Red Riding Hood Goes to the Teddy-Bear's Picnic, Joy Bells, Little Boy Blues Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales, Little Folk’s First Book, Enid Blyton’s Everyday Book series, My Best Book of Enid Blyton Stories and Woodland Tales.

Assets (48 in total)

The ogre turned into the most fierce and terrible lion (colour litho)
The Elfin Piper (pen & ink, w/c on paper)
Front cover, 1940's (colour litho)
Autumn (pen & ink, w/c on paper)
Cinderella did as she was told and dressed her sisters and set their hair (colour litho)
Cinderella ran out into the courtyard where the coach would have been waiting (colour litho)
The dwarfs were delighted with Snow White, 1940's (colour litho)
When Brer Fox went down, his weight pulled Brer Rabbit up, illustration from 'Uncle Remus ' (colour litho)
By the wayside a group of happy children were playing, from Tiny Thumbalina published by Edmund Ward, c.1940 (colour litho)
Snow White was left alone in the forest, 1940's (colour litho)
Title page design, illustration from 'Uncle Remus ' (colour litho)
Den Brer Fox draw back en come downonde tree-pow!, illustration from 'Uncle Remus ' (colour litho)

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