Fanny Corys specialty was drawing children, which she did for 60 years for a variety of magazines, newspapers and books. She also drew a newspaper panel and two comic strips, the most successful of... Read full biography
Fanny Corys specialty was drawing children, which she did for 60 years for a variety of magazines, newspapers and books. She also drew a newspaper panel and two comic strips, the most successful of which was Little Miss Muffet. Cory had been a professional childrens illustrator for nearly 40 years... Read full biography
Fanny Corys specialty was drawing children, which she did for 60 years for a variety of magazines, newspapers and books. She also drew a newspaper panel and two comic strips, the most successful of which was Little Miss Muffet. Cory had been a professional childrens illustrator for nearly 40 years by the time she got into the comic strip business. She sold her first drawing to St. Nicholas magazine in 1896, and her work thereafter appeared in Life, The Saturday Evening Post and Scribners. By... Read full biography
Fanny Corys specialty was drawing children, which she did for 60 years for a variety of magazines, newspapers and books. She also drew a newspaper panel and two comic strips, the most successful of which was Little Miss Muffet. Cory had been a professional childrens illustrator for nearly 40 years by the time she got into the comic strip business. She sold her first drawing to St. Nicholas magazine in 1896, and her work thereafter appeared in Life, The Saturday Evening Post and Scribners. By the end of the century she had branched out into childrens book illustrations. In 1901, she did the pictures for The Master Key, the first of several L. Frank Baum books she illustrated. In 1904, Cory settled in Montana, where she married, and lived on... Read full biography
Fanny Corys specialty was drawing children, which she did for 60 years for a variety of magazines, newspapers and books. She also drew a newspaper panel and two comic strips, the most successful of which was Little Miss Muffet. Cory had been a professional childrens illustrator for nearly 40 years by the time she got into the comic strip business. She sold her first drawing to St. Nicholas magazine in 1896, and her work thereafter appeared in Life, The Saturday Evening Post and Scribners. By the end of the century she had branched out into childrens book illustrations. In 1901, she did the pictures for The Master Key, the first of several L. Frank Baum books she illustrated. In 1904, Cory settled in Montana, where she married, and lived on an 1800-acre ranch near Helena. She continued to illustrate childrens books in a style influenced by Howard... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Flights into Fantasy: Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection of Children's Illustration Brandywine River Museum and Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Daniel, Kendra; Virginia O'Hara (Essays
80 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
100 Years of American Newspaper Comics An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1996
Horn, Maurice (editor)
414 pages (color)
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995
Cohn, Jan
298 pages (color)
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990
Goulart, Ron (Editor)
408 pages (color)
American Illustration 1890-1925 Romance, Adventure and Suspense
1986
Larson, Judy L
159 pages (color)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
American Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists
1938
Bolton, Theodore
290 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
