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1863 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1935 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Child figure-genre painting, magazine and book illustration.
A pre-eminent illustrator and student of Howard Pyle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she was known for her Good Housekeeping magazine covers of which she did several hundred and for other... Read full biography
A pre-eminent illustrator and student of Howard Pyle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she was known for her Good Housekeeping magazine covers of which she did several hundred and for other children's story illustrations. She was educated at the School of Design for Women* and the... Read full biography
A pre-eminent illustrator and student of Howard Pyle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she was known for her Good Housekeeping magazine covers of which she did several hundred and for other children's story illustrations. She was educated at the School of Design for Women* and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts* in Philadelphia from 1885 to 1888, and in 1888, had her first illustrations published in St. Nicholas magazine. In 1894, she began study with Howard Pyle, who made... Read full biography
A pre-eminent illustrator and student of Howard Pyle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she was known for her Good Housekeeping magazine covers of which she did several hundred and for other children's story illustrations. She was educated at the School of Design for Women* and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts* in Philadelphia from 1885 to 1888, and in 1888, had her first illustrations published in St. Nicholas magazine. In 1894, she began study with Howard Pyle, who made illustration seem happy and easy, an attitude she welcomed after the what she perceived as the serious, moody, coldness of the atmosphere at the Pennsylvania Academy. Pyle teamed Smith with Violet Oakley to do colour chromolithographs* for Houghton Mifflin's... Read full biography
A pre-eminent illustrator and student of Howard Pyle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she was known for her Good Housekeeping magazine covers of which she did several hundred and for other children's story illustrations. She was educated at the School of Design for Women* and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts* in Philadelphia from 1885 to 1888, and in 1888, had her first illustrations published in St. Nicholas magazine. In 1894, she began study with Howard Pyle, who made illustration seem happy and easy, an attitude she welcomed after the what she perceived as the serious, moody, coldness of the atmosphere at the Pennsylvania Academy. Pyle teamed Smith with Violet Oakley to do colour chromolithographs* for Houghton Mifflin's edition of Longfellow's Evangeline. A major landmark in her success was illustrating in 1905 A Chil... Read full biography
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About Jessie Willcox Smith: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (7)
All MuseumsCommunity Fine Arts Center
400 C Street
Rock Springs, WY 82901Delaware Art Museum
2301 Kentmere Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19806Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101The National Museum of American Illustration
Vernon Court
492 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354