Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002

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Painter, illustrator, designer, and author; Great Neck, New York, and Florida. b.1908. d. 2002. Slobodkina was married to Ilya Bolotowsky.

From the description of Esphyr Slobodkina papers, 1938-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81465713

Esphyr Slobodkina was born September 22, 1908, in Cheliabinsk, Siberia. She was an abstract artist, author and illustrator. She came to the United States in 1928. She worked in paintings and sculpture, and her work can be seen in museums. She began writing and illustrating children's books during the Depression, to make extra money. She died July 21, 2002, in Glen Head, New York. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 1, 135 Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 8

From the guide to the Esphyr Slobodkina Papers, 1938-1981, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

Esphyr Slobodkina worked as a dress designer, as a designer and foreman at an experimental printing textile shop, as a painter, writer, sculptor, interior decorator and as an illustrator. She wrote several children's books (most self-illustrated), and is known for her illustrations of several Margaret Wise Brown titles.

From the description of Papers, 1938-1981. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63315328

Born in Chelyabinsk in Siberia in 1908, Esphyr Slobodkina came to America with her family in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution. She began providing illustrations for some of Margaret Wise Brown's books for children in the late 1930s and soon moved to writing and illustrating books of her own. In addition, she was responsible for the mural on the west wall of the second floor south area of the University of Southern Mississippi's Cook Library.

From the description of Esphyr Slobodkina papers, 1938-1980 [manuscript]. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 746342080

Esphyr Slobodkina was born September 22, 1908, in Cheliabinsk, Siberia. She was an abstract artist, author and illustrator. She came to the United States in 1928. She worked in paintings and sculpture, and her work can be seen in museums. She began writing and illustrating children's books during the Depression, to make extra money. She died July 21, 2002, in Glen Head, New York. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 1, 135 Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 8.

From the description of Esphyr Slobodkina Papers 1938-1981. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 471786359

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creatorOf Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-. Esphyr Slobodkina : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002. Esphyr Slobodkina papers, 1938-1980 [manuscript]. University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Esphyr Slobodkina Papers, 1938-1981 University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections
creatorOf Esphyr Slobodkina papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002. Papers, 1938-1981. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Helen L. Kohen papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Helen L. Kohen papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002. Esphyr Slobodkina Papers 1938-1981. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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associatedWith American Abstract Artists. corporateBody
associatedWith Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981. person
associatedWith Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952. person
associatedWith Helen L. Kohen person
associatedWith Kohen, Helen L. person
associatedWith Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944. person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith University of Southern Mississippi. de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Yaddo (Artist's colony) corporateBody
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New York (State)--New York
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Children's literature, American
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Painting, Abstract
Women painters
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Birth 1908-09-22

Death 2002-07-21

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