{{Short description|English artist (1900–1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox author | birth_date = 6 May 1900 | death_date = {{dya|1981|1900}} | death_place = Lewes, England | birth_place = Orford, Suffolk, England | awards = Carnegie Medal (1954) | education = Polytechnic-Regent Street (1917-24) | children = 1 }} '''Edward Osmond''' (6 May 1900 — 1981) was an English artist from the 1920s to 1960s. During this time period, Osmond primarily worked as an illustrator before publishing his first book for children, ''A Valley Grows Up,'' in 1953. The following year, Osmond received the 1954 Carnegie Medal for ''A Valley Grows Up''. Osmond continued to write children's works during the 1950s to 1960s, including multiple series on animals. Apart from his children's works, Osmond's artworks were displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts and Royal Society of British Artists during the 1920s. He also was an art teacher at the Hastings College of Arts and Technology and Hornsey College of Art.
==Early life and education== On 6 May 1900 Osmond was born in Orford, Suffolk. For his post-secondary education, Osmond went to the Polytechnic-Regent Street for an art program between 1917 and 1924. At the end of his studies, Osmond received diplomas in painting and art history.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Kinsman |editor-first=Claire D. |title=Osmond, Edward 1900- |encyclopedia=Contemporary Authors |url=https://archive.org/details/contemporaryauth01kins/page/492/ |year=1975 |publisher=Gale Research Company |volume=1 |series=Permanent Series |location=Detroit |isbn=0810300362 |page=492 |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Ward |first=Martha E. |last2=Marquardt |first2=Dorothy A. |last3=Dolan |first3=Nancy |last4=Eaton |first4=Dawn |title=Osmond, Edward 1900- |encyclopedia=Authors of books for young people |url=https://archive.org/details/authorsofbooksfo0000unse/page/540/ |year=1990 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press, Inc. |edition=third |location=Metuchen, N.J. and London |isbn=0810822938 |page=541 |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>
==Career== During the 1920s, Osmond had his art shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of British Artists and Walker Art Gallery.<ref name=suffolkartists>{{cite web |title=Osmond, Edward |url=https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=482 |website=Suffolk Artists |accessdate=10 April 2020}}</ref> With his diplomas, Osmond taught art at the Hastings College of Arts and Technology and Hornsey College of Art.<ref>Kinsman 1975, pp. 492-93</ref> Osmond expanded his career into illustrations in 1928 before he wrote his first book for children, ''A Valley Grows Up'', in 1953.<ref name=Commire>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Commire |first=Anne |title=Osmond, Edward 1900- |encyclopedia=Something about the author |url=https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau07anne/page/174/ |year=1975 |publisher=Gale Research |volume=7 |location=Detroit |isbn=0810300621 |page=174}}</ref> As an illustrator from the 1950s to 1970s, Osmond primarily illustrated his own works. Authors that Osmond illustrated for during this period include Arthur Catherall, Percy Westerman, Cynthia Harnett and Richard Armstrong.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Peppin |first=Brigid |last2=Micklethwait |first2=Lucy |title=Edward Osmond (b. 1900) |encyclopedia=Dictionary of British book illustrators: the twentieth century |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbrit00pepp/page/220 |year=1983 |publisher=John Murray (Publishers) Ltd |location=London |isbn=0719539854 |page=221}}</ref> During his writing career, Osmond received the Carnegie Medal in 1954 for ''A Valley Grows Up''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Medal Winners |url=https://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive/carnegie-medal-winners/ |website=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards |accessdate=9 April 2020 |archive-date=6 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106161922/https://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive/carnegie-medal-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Osmond continued to write throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Some of his works include a series about animals found throughout the world and another animal series focusing on Great Britain.<ref name=Commire/>
==Writing style and settings== While teaching his learning disability classes, Osmond "illustrated on a blackboard [his] lectures by means of an imaginary village". His school drawings became the basis for ''A Valley Grows Up''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Living Archive - Edward Osmond: A Valley Grows Up (1953) |url=http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=104 |website=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards |accessdate=9 April 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608043700/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=104 |archivedate=June 8, 2009}}</ref> To create the fictional locations in ''A Valley Grows Up'', Osmond used Lewes, Wye Valley and the shoreline of Dorset.<ref>{{cite news |title=Children's Book of the Year "A Valley Grows Up" |work=The Manchester Guardian |date=May 13, 1954 |page=5}}</ref>
==Death and personal life== In 1981, Osmond died in Lewes. He was married and had one child.<ref name=suffolkartists/>
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