E.H Shepherd

Today I am focusing on E.H. Shepherd. Many people will recognize his name, but not fully remember who he is. He is the man who illustrated Winnie the Pooh books by A.A. Milne. His illustrations are very expensive collectors pieces now, and the original pooh oil painting sold for $285,000 in late 2000. As much as everyone loved his Winnie the Pooh illustrations, that bear seems to overshadow most of Shepherd's work.

Though Pooh bear overshadows his other work, I feel like Pooh exemplifies his work to a tee. Shepherd did a lot of pen and ink drawings. Most of his Winnie the Pooh pieces were pen and ink. I feel that without Shepherd's illustrations of Pooh, the bear wouldn't have been so popular and probably wouldn't be such an icon as he is today.

E.H. Shepherd wrote and illustrated his Autobiography, which I have yet had a chance to read. 

He did more than illustrate Winnie the Pooh, he fathered two children whom also became illustrators. He was one of Punch magazine's leading cartoonists for nearly 30 years. It is said that Pooh was his biggest regret because drawing Pooh resulted in the bulk of his work through life.