Blair Lent Papers 1964-1979

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Blair Lent Papers 1964-1979

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Blair Lent's papers focus on his work as an author and illustrator of children's picture books. The collection contains production material for eighteen titles published between 1964 and 1979, and some artwork for a Durr Reader published in 1969. The collection includes illustrations done in a variety of media and many with separations, studies, dummies, proofs, notes, and typescripts.

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University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Lent, Blair

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Blair Lent was born January 22, 1930 in Boston Massachusetts. He graduated from the Museum of Fine Arts School of Art in 1953 and later studied art in Switzerland and Italy. In the 1950s, he worked as an assistant art director and creative designer and in the 1960s began illustrating and writing children's books. Many of his ideas for books and illustrations come from the folklore of Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, and his own travel experiences. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1973 for The...