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Dec 4, 2010 · But the first person who gave Harry a public face was Thomas Taylor, the artist responsible for the cover for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997, Bloomsbury). Thomas Taylor drew the first Harry Potter cover ever and was one of the first people to read the book.
Apr 24, 2020 · According to ArtInsights.com, GrandPre was the first person to read all the Harry Potter books, straight off the bat, as soon as Rowling was finished them. She got to read them before anyone in the public saw them, and as she read through each book the first time, she would highlight key descriptions she wanted to illustrate for that chapter.
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Mar 25, 2017 · Thomas Taylor did the very first illustration for Harry Potter at a time when Bloomsbury was taking a chance on an unknown author. Just as it was J.K. Rowling’s first book, it was Taylor’s first commission.
Taylor attended Norwich School of Art and Design in 1991. Then he studied illustration at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, graduating in 1995. [3] In 1997, Taylor painted his first professional commission, a cover illustration for a children's book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by then unknown author J. K. Rowling, for which ...
May 29, 2008 · May 29, 2008 12:00 AM EDT. J.K. Rowling gave birth to Harry Potter, but Mary GrandPre breathed life into him for millions of readers. As illustrator of the Potter saga, GrandPre made...
Feb 7, 2018 · The man who penned the very first illustration for Harry Potter. Taylor illustrated the cover, both front and back, for The Philosopher’s Stone . He has since gone on and illustrated various other children novels along with writing some of his very own.
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Jun 26, 2017 · Yes, back in the 90s, author J.K. Rowling herself put pen to page, but this time to sketch rather than write. The result are a charming set of character illustrations depicting scenes from the first book in the series, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone.