The manicule, or pointing hand, was thought to have originated in scribal traditions of the medieval and Renaissance periods, where it...

Beardsley, whose drawings were heavily influenced by Japanese woodcuts, drew this memorable scene of Salome kissing the severed head of...

It’s a far cry from the likes of The Blind Assassin, Oryx and Crake, and any of the other wryly observed examples of adult fiction which...

Anne Frank’s diary is famous for its descriptions of her family’s experiences hiding from the Nazis in a secret annexe during World War...

It is said that Moomin creator Tove Jansson and her brother - the cartoonist Lars Jansson, who took on the Moomin comic strip in order to...

Composed from stark, monochromatic paper cuts, the 'Expressionist Bestiary' - a collection of French and English illustrated proverbs and...

First published in 1970, David Hockney’s enchanting etchings for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm were reissued in 2012 by the...

Sex symbol, Hollywood starlet, celebrated model, singer, bombshell … Marilyn Monroe is remembered for many things but aspiring artist...

It was during the decline and breakup of The Beatles that John Lennon returned to an earlier passion - drawing. In a former life, Lennon...

Leading fashion artist David Downton’s elegant ink and watercolour portraits have been credited as playing a key role in the revival of...

Long before the experimental films, the multimedia performance art, the silk screen prints of Campbells soup cans and the fall out with...

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ernest Shackleton’s journey across the Antarctic, in 2014, illustrator William Grill created...

100 Ghost Tales (or hyaku monogatari) was a parlour game popular during the Japanese Edo period. Friends sat together at night and traded...