Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982

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Dates:
Birth 1897-06-23
Death 1982-09-03
Gender:
Male
Americans,

Biographical notes:

Italian-born, American illustrator and author of children's books.

From the description of The long Christmas : production material, [1941?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62680448

From the description of Look out yonder ; production material, [1943?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62405863

From the description of The bells of Bleecker Street : production material, [1949?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62451300

From the description of Nino : production material, [1938?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62443393

From the description of Hill of little miracles : production material, [1942?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62443388

From the description of The merry Marcos : production material, [1963?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62443390

From the description of The honey boat : production material, [1959?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62494393

From the description of Roller skates : production material, [1936?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62451303

From the description of Japanese fairy tales : production material, [1936?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62451301

From the description of Paradise Valley : production material, [1940?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62451302

From the description of The rooster club : production material, [1944?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62680449

From the description of King John : production material, [1958?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62680447

From the description of Big little island : production material, [1955?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62405862

Italian-born, American illustrator and author of children's books; Newbery Honor book citation in 1939 for Nino.

From the description of Papers, 1936-1963. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62443385

James D. Hart (1911-1990) was author of The Oxford Companion to American Literature, Director of The Bancroft Library (1970-1990), chair of The UC Berkeley Dept. of English (1955-1957, and again in 1965-1968), and a University Vice-Chancellor (1957-1960).

From the description of [Bust of James D. Hart] [realia]. 1931. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 703630548

Artist, book illustrator, and printer.

From the description of Valenti Angelo correspondence, 1931. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122514573

Valenti Angelo, author and illustrator, was born in Italy and emigrated to the United States as a child. He worked for three years in a photoengraving firm and began illustrating books for Grabhorn Press in 1926. Angelo became a free-lance artist in 1933 and began writing children's books in 1937. He has written 16 books for children, all self-illustrated, and has also illustrated more than 37 others. Many of his books have been included in the American Institute of Graphic Arts', Fifty Books of the Year exhibits.

From the description of Correspondence, 1960-1976. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 86166253

Valenti Angelo (b. 1897), was an author, designer, decorator and illuminator of books.

From the description of Letter to Maria Elisabetta Mazza, 1938. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499829

American book illustrator.

From the description of Letter : Bronxville, N.Y., to Stewart A. Huge, 1935 Dec. 18. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122632943

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Subjects:

  • Art, American
  • Art
  • Artists
  • Bee culture
  • Birds
  • Birds
  • Blue jay
  • Blue jay
  • Boy Scouts
  • Carols
  • Children's literature
  • Children's literature, American
  • Children's literature, English
  • Christmas
  • Christmas stories
  • City and town life
  • Commercial art
  • Fairy tales
  • Fairy tales
  • Families
  • Family life
  • Farm life
  • Farm life
  • Folklore
  • Friendship
  • Graphic arts
  • Illustrated children's books
  • Illustrators
  • Italian Americans
  • Italian Americans
  • Neighborliness
  • People with disabilities
  • Printers
  • Pueblos
  • Roller-skating
  • Scouts and scouting
  • Scouts and scouting
  • Tales

Occupations:

  • Illustrator

Places:

  • Family life (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Italy (as recorded)
  • Italy (as recorded)
  • Italy (as recorded)
  • Nevada (as recorded)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Japan (as recorded)
  • America (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)