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English. Known for. Painting, books, clocks. Christopher " Kit " Williams (born 28 April 1946) is an English artist, illustrator and author best known for his 1979 book Masquerade, a pictorial storybook which contains clues to the location of a golden (18 carat) jewelled hare created by Williams and then buried "somewhere in Britain". [1]
Kit and Eleyne Williams are a creative couple who share their passion for art and storytelling through their paintings and narrative necklaces. Explore their works, books and inspirations on their official website.
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Christopher "Kit" Williams (born 28 April 1946) is an English artist, illustrator and author best known for his 1979 book Masquerade, a pictorial storybook which contains clues to the location of a golden (18 carat) jewelled hare created by Williams and then buried "somewhere in Britain". Williams published three other books and was ...
- British
- April 28, 1946
- Kent, United Kingdom
About Kit Williams. Artist and author of Masquerade Kit Williams has worked as a figurative painter for the last 45 years and along the way has published several books. He uses traditional oil-painting techniques, fashioning first a wooden panel covered in linen and oil jesso. He uses many layers of opaque and transparent Dutch oil paint to ...
Masquerade. Masquerade is a picture book, written and illustrated by Kit Williams and published in August 1979, that sparked a treasure hunt by including concealed clues to the location of a jewelled golden hare that had been created and hidden somewhere in Britain by Williams. The book became the inspiration for a genre of books known today as ...
Kit Williams spent time in the Royal Navy and worked with electronics during his younger years, but eventually found his calling of painting. When the man who would eventually publish Masquerade, Tom Maschler, first suggested the idea of a children’s book to Kit, the author was reluctant. Once the idea of doing a complex treasure hunt was ...
Nov 13, 2018 · The story of Masquerade, a children’s puzzle book from 1979 by artist and writer Kit Williams, is a literary tale unlike any other. When legendary British editor Thomas Maschler challenged Williams to do something never done before with a picture book, Williams had a rather brilliant idea. In so doing, he created a story about a book that’s ...
