Robin Jacques

Robin Jacques
Born
Robin Jaques

27 March 1920
Died18 March 1995(1995-03-18) (aged 74)
OccupationIllustrator
Spouses
  • Patricia Bamford
  • Azetta van der Merwe
  • Alexandra Mann
Children1 son (with Bamford)
RelativesHattie Jacques (sister)
Robert Bamford (father-in-law)
Matilda Etches (mother-in-law)

Robin Jacques /ˈks/ (27 March 1920 – 18 March 1995) was a British illustrator whose work was published in more than 100 novels and children's books. He is notable for his long collaboration with Ruth Manning-Sanders, illustrating many of her collections of fairy tales from all over the world. In much of his work, Jacques employed the stippling technique.

He was quoted as saying: "My preference is for children's books of the more imaginative and fanciful kind, since these leave greater scope for illustrative invention, where I feel most at home. Thus, my work with Ruth Manning-Sanders has proved most satisfying, and the twenty-five books we have done together contain much of the work that I feel personally happiest with."