Evelyn Maude Blanche Paul, born 4 November 1883, was a British artist. Her work shows a variety of influences including Gothic, Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts. Most significantly, the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti has been identified as one of Paul's major influences.
Paul was born at 30 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, in North London. Her father was the portraitist Robert Boyd Paul, and her mother was Annie née McGlashan, the daughter of a sergeant in the Royal Artillery.
In her teens, Evelyn attended art school in London and in 1906 entered the Schools of Art National Competition. She continued her studies, and on 1 June 1911 married the artist Alexander George Small, son of William Small, a well-known painter and honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy.
Her works included Stories from Dante (1911), Myths & Legends of Japan (1912).
The Romance of Tristram of Lyones and La beale Isoude (1913) and Dante's La Vita Nuova (1916).
Aucassin and Nicolete (1917) and Clair de Lune and Other Troubadour Romances (1921).
Her husband Alexander died twelve years later in 1923 at St Pancras Hospital, London, at the age of 48. Evelyn died of broncho-pneumonia at the same hospital on 29 January 1963, aged 79. She is best remembered for her book illustrations, including those replicating the style of medieval illuminations.
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