Maurice Greiffenhagen RA (London 15 December 1862 – 26 December 1931) was a British painter and Royal Academician. He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes. Exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1884, he was made an Associate Member in 1916 and a Royal Academician in 1922. From 1906 until 1926, he taught at the Glasgow School of Art.
Self-portrait
His friendship with
H Rider Haggard led to him illustrating the author's popular adventure books, starting with an edition of She: A History of Adventure in 1889 - though Greiffenhagen apparently "disliked doing black-and-white work". (Wikipedia)
SHE AND ALLAN
ALLAN AND THE HOLY FLOWER
MONTEZUMA'S DAUGHTER
Frontispiece
For German and Swiss readers:
Die erste deutsche Übersetzung Die Tochter Montezumas erschien 1902/03 in der Zeitschrift Für's Schweizerhaus. Nicht nur enthielt diese Ausgabe die Bilder von Maurice Greiffenhagen, sondern noch zusätzliche Illustrationen von John Seymour Lucas und John Reinhard Weguelin.
Ein Reprint dieser schweizerischen Ausgabe erschien 2009 in Buchform mit allen Illustrationen bei Edition Braatz und Mayrhofer, Leipzig und Wien.
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