Poppyland c.1913 - G. Parsons Norman (1840-1914) - 12 images Fauvism Artwork by American Impressionist Frank

Artwork by American Impressionist Frank Benson

The Merry Puppy Book (1913) - 9 images

Ten years later he became associate Professor of Botany and Doctor of Philosophy

a quarterly publication that became a defining feature of the Aesthetic Movement

Artwork by the American Modernist painter Marsden Hartley

Poppyland c.1913 - G. Parsons Norman (1840-1914) - 12 images Fauvism Artwork by American Impressionist FrankWhen George Parsons Norman wrote and illustrated this book in around 1913, he would not have known the significance poppies would have just two years later. 'Poppyland' was a term coined by 19th century poet and theatre critic Clement Scott and generally refers to the section of the North Norfolk coast in the UK, from Sheringham to Mundesley, first used in his poem 'The Garden of Sleep'. Parsons Norman died in 1914 at the age of 74, just two months