The Resume

(December 10, 1879-March 24, 1976)
Born in London, United Kingdom
Birth name was Ernest Howard Shepard
Painter and illustrator
Staff cartoonist for 'Punch' (1921-53)
Best known for his illustrations for A.A. Milne's 'Winnie the Pooh' (1926) and its sequels and Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows' (1931 edition)
Named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1972)

Why he might be annoying:

Although he had paintings accepted by the Paris Salon the year he graduated art school, he decided he was 'no good' at oil painting and never exhibited his paintings in public again.
Despite their collaboration, he and Milne never became friends, with Shepard saying, 'It was difficult to get beyond the facade.'
With Winnie the Pooh overshadowing his other work, he came to resent 'that silly old bear.'
He called Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh cartoons 'a travesty.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Art.
He received the Military Cross for 'conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty' during World War I.
He based his illustrations of Winnie the Pooh on a teddy bear owned by his son, Graham.
Graham died when his ship was sunk by a German U-boat (1943).
His original map of the Hundred Acre Wood from 'Winnie the Pooh' sold at auction for £430,000 ($600,000), setting a world record for a book illustration (2022).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Painters
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 92]
• Cartoonists
• I am Known by My Initials
• I Died in 1976 (Ranked: 96)
• I Outlived My Child
• Painters
• Profiles 57251-57500 (Ranked: 57284)
• Served in World War I
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19760324)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying