Margaret Tarrant (1888—1959)was born in Battersea, England in 1888. Daughter of the painter and illustrator Percy Tarrant. Her father encouraged her to draw from an early age.  Margaret Tarrant was a prolific English illustrator that created posters, greeting cards, calendars, postcards and books for fifty years. She was most popular during the 1920’s and 1930’s for her romantic depiction of children, fairies and animals.  Her best-known painting, ‘The Piper of Dreams’ was reproduced and sold by the thousands.

See more art:

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/r/fairies-tarrant-margaret.html