Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879 - 1951)

The Original Art Work of Honor Charlotte Appleton.

Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879 - 1951) was born in Brighton on 4^th February 1879. She started her art studies at the Kensington Schools and then attended Frank Calderon’s School of Animal Painting and finally the RA at the start of the 20^th Century. Whilst at the RA she illustrated ‘The Bad Mrs Ginger’, starting a book illustration career in which she would illustrate over 150 books.

Honor Appleton developed a very delicate watercolour style that captured the innocent world of children, their adventures and life. She was influenced by illustrators such as Kate Greenaway and Annie French and other illustrators of the period. Her watercolours where exhibited at the RA. She unfortunately died before seeing her works exhibited at the Hove Public Library in 1952.