The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh
Morning Lecture
17 April 2024
The Wolery drawing by E H Shepard
2024 marked 100 years since Winnie-the-Pooh was introduced to children of all ages in the first of the iconic books created by A A Milne and E H Shepard. First seen in When We Were Very Young (1924), Winnie-the-Pooh and the characters of the Hundred Acre Wood had their own adventures in Winnie-The-Pooh (1926), with Now We Are Six (1927) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928), giving us more wonderful poems and stories which include the introduction of Tigger, Kanga-and-Roo and Poohsticks.
This lecture tells the story of how these much loved books were created by the genius of Milne and Shepard’s groundbreaking collaboration and why they remain embedded in our national identity.
Our Speaker James Campbell has a BA in History and an MA in the History of Art and a particular interest in the work of the artist, illustrator and cartoonist E H Shepard (1879-1976). He has been lecturing for over twenty years across the UK and overseas, to Literary Festivals, Art Societies, military museums, and to private clubs and community groups.
He has been a Trustee of the E H Shepard Estate since 2010 and was involved in the ground-breaking Victoria and Albert Museum 2017 Exhibition marking the 90th birthday of Winnie-the-Pooh. His books Shepard’s War and The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh were published in 2015 and 2017 respectively. His joint biography of A A Milne and E H Shepard The Men Who Created Winne-the-Pooh: The Lives of A A Milne and E H Shepard, commissioned for the centenary of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, was published in September 2024 by Michael O'Mara Books.
James Campbell