Jessie Willcox Smith Papers n.d.

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Jessie Willcox Smith Papers n.d.

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The collection contains 2 original framed oil paintings--gifts of Carolyn Haywood

2 boxes

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935

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Jessie Willcox Smith was born in Philadelphia in 1863. She originally studied to be a kindergarten teacher and actually served in that capacity before accidentally discovering a propensity for drawing. She's one of the few illustrators I've profiled who wasn't an astonishing child prodigy. She was probably around 20 before she took up a pencil. Initial studies were quickly replaced with formal courses at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where she learned from Thomas Eakins, and others. ...