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Hilary Knight AUCTION RECORDS
Born 1926 Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Known for: Children's book illustration, advertising and poster art.
"Remarkable. Extraordinary. Eccentric: The Man Who Drew Eloise Recalls His Muses," by Alexandra Jacos, June 29, 2017, Art & Design section, The New York Times. Long before there was millennial pink... Read full biography
"Remarkable. Extraordinary. Eccentric: The Man Who Drew Eloise Recalls His Muses," by Alexandra Jacos, June 29, 2017, Art & Design section, The New York Times. Long before there was millennial pink there was rose carthame, a chemical but warm paint hue favored by Katharine Sturges Dodge, mother of... Read full biography
"Remarkable. Extraordinary. Eccentric: The Man Who Drew Eloise Recalls His Muses," by Alexandra Jacos, June 29, 2017, Art & Design section, The New York Times. Long before there was millennial pink there was rose carthame, a chemical but warm paint hue favored by Katharine Sturges Dodge, mother of the artist Hilary Knight, and an artist herself. “She used it in cheeks, especially,” Mr. Knight said the other afternoon. “Think pink!” his most famous collaborator, Kay Thompson, belted in the 1957... Read full biography
"Remarkable. Extraordinary. Eccentric: The Man Who Drew Eloise Recalls His Muses," by Alexandra Jacos, June 29, 2017, Art & Design section, The New York Times. Long before there was millennial pink there was rose carthame, a chemical but warm paint hue favored by Katharine Sturges Dodge, mother of the artist Hilary Knight, and an artist herself. “She used it in cheeks, especially,” Mr. Knight said the other afternoon. “Think pink!” his most famous collaborator, Kay Thompson, belted in the 1957 movie Funny Face. And because of the blockbuster success of their fictional and widely franchised character Eloise, the 6-year-old girl who first appeared in Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown-Ups in 1955 and has been running amok at (and raking it... Read full biography
"Remarkable. Extraordinary. Eccentric: The Man Who Drew Eloise Recalls His Muses," by Alexandra Jacos, June 29, 2017, Art & Design section, The New York Times. Long before there was millennial pink there was rose carthame, a chemical but warm paint hue favored by Katharine Sturges Dodge, mother of the artist Hilary Knight, and an artist herself. “She used it in cheeks, especially,” Mr. Knight said the other afternoon. “Think pink!” his most famous collaborator, Kay Thompson, belted in the 1957 movie Funny Face. And because of the blockbuster success of their fictional and widely franchised character Eloise, the 6-year-old girl who first appeared in Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown-Ups in 1955 and has been running amok at (and raking it in for) the Plaza Hotel ever since, one might believe Mr. Knight not only thinks but bleeds pink ink. But... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assignee"Eloise in Paris," unused cover design for Kay Thompson's Eloise in Paris (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957)
Hilary Knight Auction: 06/22/2011Lot: 145Subscribe or get free alerts
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