Dorothy Burroughes

Dorothy Burroughes was one of the finest poster- and printmakers in the early twentieth century, who also wrote and illustrated some of the most unusual and hopeful tales for children in the 1930s and 1940s. Not only did she provide delightful stoies for children, employing animals anthropomorphically to address diverse situations and problems that humans encountered, but she also had a unique approach to portraying animals--she viewed them as more humane than humans and devised plots that showed how they resolved most of their dilemmas peacefully, not violently through battles and wars. Through her works, Burroughes displays her own remarkable creativity and morality as an artist who deserves more of our attention.