Michael Foreman B.1938. British School 20th.Century. Watercolour drawing, The Moon. Original artwork illustration for Popular Folk Tales by The Brothers Grimm, 1978. Provenance: Chris Beetles Michael Foreman Exhibition 1990 No.21. Private Collection U.K. Signed lower right. 16.8 by 24 cms.
Foreman is an author and illustrator, one of the best-known and most prolific creators of children's books. He won the 1982 and 1989 Kate Greenaway Medals for British children's book illustration and was a runner-up five times. Awarded an O.B.E in 2022 for his Services to literature. "I keep trying to make things more real, not in a literal photographic sense, but in an emotional sense, telling a story by capturing the essence of the situation, giving it some meaning."