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| illustration from The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton, 1942 |
I just finished watching an interesting documentary on late artist and illustrator Virginia Lee Burton on
WHYY Philadelphia, "A Sense of Place" (here is the
site for the movie). The program, with commentary from her sons, family friends and other artists talks about the life and work of Virginia from childhood in New England, to CA to Gloucester, MA where she lived most of her life. She is best known for her children's books and also worked in decorative and textile arts.
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| The Little House, 1942 |
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| Choo Choo, 1937 |
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| Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, 1939 |
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| Calico the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker, 1941 |
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| Life Story, 1962 |
As the founder of the
Folly Cove Designers (founded in 1940), she taught lessons in printmaking and design to neighbors. The collective grew and its work was sold in retail locations, and featured in magazines. Today work from the Folly Cove Designers can be found in museums including the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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| "Fish Story", 1957 |
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| "Reducing" |
Here is a link to a cute and informative
pdf of a pamphlet for children including some of Virginia's design philosophies from
Cape Ann Musuem.
I would love to buy some of her beautiful children's books and prints some day!
(images from landofnod.com, amazon.com, capeannhistoricalmusueum.org)
