Ness, Evaline

Evaline (Michelow) Ness was born April 24, 1911, in Union City, Ohio, and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. She attended Ball State Teachers College (1931-1932) and the Chicago Art Institute (1933-1935) before quitting to become a fashion artist and model. In 1938, the famous Prohibition agent Eliot Ness became her second husband. She continued her successful career as an illustrator in New York after their divorce in 1946. In 1954 she illustrated her first book for children, The Story of Ophelia by Mary Gibbons. She won many awards as an author and illustrator for children, including a Caldecott award for Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine in 1967. Ness continued to write and illustrate children's books through the early 1980s. She died on August 12, 1986, in Kingston, New York.

From the description of Evaline Ness papers, 1964-1972. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 352887345

Evaline Ness was born April 24, 1911 in Union City, Ohio. She attended Ball State Teacher's College, and studied art at the Chicago Art Institute, Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., the Art Students League in New York City, and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. Evaline Ness taught children's art classes, and worked as a fashion and magazine illustrator early in her career, and in the 1954 illustrated her first children's book, The Story of Ophelia, by Mary Gibbons. In 1963, she illustrated her own story, A Gift for Sula Sula. Throughout her long and prolific career, Evaline Ness illustrated many authors' books and was noted for her ability to work in a variety of media and her innovative and unique illustrations that interweaved text and pictures to create a story that captured a young child's attention and imagination. This talent is especially evident in her own written works with their girl protagonists and subtle stories that have a backdrop of "feminism" and present "real" characters learning about all of life's pleasures, problems, and pains. In 1967, Evaline Ness received the Caldecott Award for Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine, the story of Samantha a little girl whose penchant for telling lies or "moonshine" leads her into trouble and ultimately learns what is "true" and responsibility for one's words. Evaline Ness also displayed her artistic innovation in her cut-out works for children such as Victorian Paper House To Cut Out and Color, and Four Rooms From The Metropolitan Museum of Art To Cut Out and Color. These works allow children to create their own art work using patterns designed and created by Evaline Ness based on a variety of different types of houses and rooms. Evaline Ness continued to write and illustrate children's picture books through the 1970s and early 1980s, and died on August 12, 1986.

From the guide to the Evaline Ness Papers, 1954-1983, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

American author and illustrator of children's books; Caldecott Award winner, 1967.

From the description of Papers, 1954-1983. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402682

American author and illustrator of children's book.

From the description of Everett Anderson's Christmas coming : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437881

American author and illustrator of children's books.

From the description of The story of Ophelia : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424729

From the description of Long, Broad, & Quickeye : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686152

From the description of Old Mother Hubbard and her dog : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490377

From the description of Fierce : the lion : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490373

From the description of What color is Caesar? production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424730

From the description of Shaker paper house : to cut out and color : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424731

From the description of Lonely Maria : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490374

From the description of Thistle and thyme : tales and legends from Scotland. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490375

From the description of Yeck eck : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437886

From the description of The Devil's bridge : a legend : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424728

From the description of Josefina February : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437883

From the description of Victorian paper house : to cut out and color : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437884

From the description of Favorite fairy tales told in Italy : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686150

From the description of Four rooms from the Metropolitan Museum of Art : to cut out and color : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686151

From the description of Don't you remember? : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686149

From the description of The hand-me-down doll : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402685

From the description of Amelia mixed the mustard and other poems : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402683

From the description of Some of the days of Everett Anderson : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402686

From the description of The warmint : a poem : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490376

American children's author/illustrator, born in Union City, Ohio in 1911. Wife of the famous F.B.I. agent, Elliot Ness, she illustrated many picture books and dust jackets as well as writing and illustrating her own books. Often used woodcuts, serigraphy, rubber-roller technique, and ink splattering.

From the description of Papers, 1965-1975. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 26650082