On this day, December 27, 1904, illustrator and author Ingri Mortenson Parin d’Aulaire was born in Kongsberg, Norway. Mortenson studied in Norway, Germany, and France, and met Edgar in Munich where they were married in 1925. By 1929 they were together in New York and in 1931 they began to create children's books winning a Newbery Medal in
John Sloan (1871-1951) [Girl driving Man in a Horse-drawn Carriage] Illustration for “ A No’count Cuss” by Jeannette H. Walworth in The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 3, 1895): 18. A clipping of the newspaper shows that printed under the story’s title and author names, it was “From The N. Y. Evening Post”* Picture
On this day, December 26, 1893, illustrator Russell Patterson was born in Omaha, Nebraska. After studying and working in Montreal and then in Chicago, after 1925 Patterson was in New York making his name creating humorous and rather risque images of pretty girls.
On this day, December 25, artist and illustrator Louis D. Fancher was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied with Henry Siddons Mowbray, Robert Henri, and Kenyon Cox. In addition to book and advertising illustrations, Fancher also created posters for the CPI during World War I.
On this day, December 24, 1876, Louis Roberts Dougherty was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dougherty studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the at Drexel Institute with Howard Pyle. While still a student with Pyle, Dougherty and other of Pyle's students created illustrations for Maud Wilder Goodwin's work of historical fiction, White
On this day, December 23, 1919, Robert T. McCall was born in Columbus, Ohio. After his art school studies in Columbus McCall served in the air force as a bombadier instructor. Later he worked as an illustrator in Chicago and New York. In 1962, McCall became one of the first three artists employed by NASA
On this day, December 22, 1939, illustrator Jerry Pinkney born Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pinkney was trained at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art in the field of graphic arts. Eventually Pinkney found his focus in creating beautiful illustrations for African American and African stories and fables.
On this day, December 21, 1996, co-author and illustrator Margret Rey died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Rey studied art at the Bauhaus in Dessau and then at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf and at the University of Munich. She went to Rio de Janerio to escape Nazism and there met and married Hans Rey. Together they
On this day, December 20, 1961, muralist and illustrator Frederick Dana Marsh died (I believe in Ormond Beach, Florida). Marsh was a man of many talents and skills. After his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Marsh studied in Paris. There is artist sons, James and Reginald were born.
On this day, December 19, illustrator Gertrude Alice Kay died Alliance, Ohio. Born in Ohil, Kay studied illustration at the Philadelphia Museum School of Design and then with Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute. In addition to being a popular illustrator, Kay also wrote some of the articles and stories she illustrated.