Women illustrators and photographers graphics collection, 1800-1987.

Laurencin, Marie, 1883-1956

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Marie Laurencin was born in Paris on 31 October 1883. She attended the Lycee Lamartine in the city before studying porcelain painting at the Sevres factory. Later on she entered the Academie Humbert. In 1907 she exhibited at the Clovis Sagot gallery in Montmartre, and there she was introduced to Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso and she became romatically involved with Apollinaire until 1913. In 1908, Laurencin achieved her first sale when Gertrude Stein purchased Group...

Cory, Fanny Y.

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Marshall, Alice K.

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Humphrey, Maud, 1868-

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Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971

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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was an American photographer, war correspondent, author and photojournalist. Among her many achievements, she was the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures in the USSR of Soviet industry, the first female war correspondent, and the first female photographer for Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover. She was the author of more than ten books, including her autobiography Portrait of Myself (1963). She received numerous award...

Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987

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Peggy Bacon (1895-1987) was a printmaker from Cape Porpoise, Me. From the description of Oral history interview with Peggy Bacon, 1973 May 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77599946 Margaret Frances (Peggy) Bacon lived from 1895 to 1987. She was a teacher, artist, illustrator and author known for her humorous satires. She wrote and illustrated many books for children, among them Mercy and the Mouse, Off with Their Heads, and The Ghost of Opalina. She also i...

O'Neill, Rose Cecil, 1874-1944

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Rose Cecil O'Neill was an American children's book writer and illustrator. Her work appeared in such magazines as "Collier's", "Truth", "McClure's" and "Harper's". She also worked as a staff artist for "Puck" magazine. In 1909, O'Neill created the Kewpie doll, a roly-poly elf with a fat child's body, small wings and a turnip top head. The kewpies made their first public appearance in "Woman's Home Companion" in December 1909. They were immediately popular and quickly became a large merchandising...

Peat, Fern Bisel, 1893-1971

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Attwell, Mabel Lucie, 1879-1964

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Beard, Alice.

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Brundage, Frances, 1854-1937

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Dryden, Helen, 1887-

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Fish, Anne Harriet, 1890-1964

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Gutmann, Bessie Pease

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Davis, G. A.

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Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901

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Artist and book illustrator. From the description of Letters, 1895-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40067220 English illustrator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to an unidentified correspondent, 1885 March 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270501055 Kate Greenaway, English illustrator. From the description of Kate Greenaway manuscript material : 1 item, 1889 (New York Public Library). WorldCa...

Fortescue-Brickdale, Eleanor

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English artist Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale studied at the Crystal Palace School of Art and Royal Academy schools. She exhibited paintings in both oils and watercolors, and illustrated a number of books, including children's books and poetry. She also worked in stained glass. Her work is variable in both quality and subject matter, but her best illustrations are bright, evocative, and skillful. From the description of Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale letter to Miss Thring, after 1900?. (Pe...

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. ...

Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

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Illustrator; b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1871; d. 1954. From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott files, 1896-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973996 From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott photographs, [19--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974358 Illustrator; Philadelphia, Penn. Died 1954. From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott papers, 1848-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565413 ...

Hunter, Frances Tipton

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Lee, Doris, 1905-1983

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Doris (Emrick) Lee was born February 1, 1905, in Aledo, IL.; died June 16, 1983, in Clearwater Fl. She received her BA from Rockford College 1927 and did graduate study at Kansas City Art Institute and California School of Fine Art. Her artisit career (1929-83) included numerous commissioned works, scenes for Rodger's and Hammerstein's play Oklahoma!, and pictorial essays for Life magazine. Her works were exhibited widely and are contained in many permanent collections.Source: Something About th...

Marge, 1904-1993

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A cartoonist best known as the creator of Little Lulu, "Marge" was born Marjorie Lyman Henderson, the first of three daughters of Bertha Brown and attorney Horace Lyman Henderson. She grew up on a farm in Malvern, Penn., attended the Friends' School in West Chester, and graduated from Villa Maria Academy in 1921. She and her sisters drew throughout childhood and while still in high school she sold cartoons to the Philadelphia Ledger. An early mentor was Ruth Plumly Thompson, author ...

Hyde, Helen, 1868-1919

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American artist. From the description of Letters from Mexico, 1911 Sept. 17 - 1912 March 20. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122370319 Hyde was a visual artist who spent her girlhood in San Francisco, then lived in France, Germany, and Japan as a student and professional artist. She died in Pasadena, Calif. From the description of Helen Hyde papers, 1881-1958. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122381659 ...

Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838

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English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : [n.p.], to Mrs. Dalton, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531453 Artist and musician. From the description of Maria Hadfield Cosway correspondence, 1820-1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449933 ...

Cameron, Katherine.

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Hokinson, Helen E. (Helen Elna), 1893-1949

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American cartoonist and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (73), postal cards (4), greeting cards (7), telegram (1), autograph notes on a play and drawings (11) : Wilton, Connecticut, etc., mostly to Nancy Hamilton, 1946 Sept. 10-1948 Nov. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871029 From the description of Collection of preparatory drafts and notes for Our best girl, ca. 1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875045 ...

Nielsen, Kay.

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