Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991

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Painter, printmaker and illustrator; New York City and Sarasota, Florida. Died 1991.

From the description of Elizabeth Olds papers, 1917-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515336

Children's literature illustrator.

From the description of Elizabeth Olds papers, 1945-1963. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 41444099

Elizabeth Olds was born on December 10, 1896 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She studied at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Art Students League of New York. She studied painting in Europe and was the first woman to be awarded the Guggenheim fellowship in 1926. She was well known as a painter and printmaker, and worked in the graphic division of the Federal Art Project in New York from 1935 to 1939. Several of her books were based on her travels. They include Riding the Rails (1948) about the railroad and Feather Mountain (1951) about shore birds. She received a Caldecott Honor for Feather Mountain in 1952. Riding the Rails (1948), Deep Treasure (1958) and Plop Plop Ploppie (1962) were all Junior Literary Guild selections. She died on March 4, 1991 in Sarasota, Florida.

From the description of Elizabeth Olds papers, 1962-1963. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 777962225

American artist and author/illustrator of children's books; Caldecott Honor, 1952.

From the description of Papers, 1945-1958. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402318

American artist and author/illustrator of children's books.

From the description of Feather mountain : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685817

From the description of Deep treasure : a story of oil : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424397

From the description of The big fire : prodcution material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437339

From the description of Riding the rails : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437337

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creatorOf The ACA Galleries records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Olds, Elizabeth : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Adolf Dehn papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Adolf Dehn papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Holger Cahill papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lamb, Helen Boyden. Papers, 1937-1975 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. Elizabeth Olds papers, 1962-1963. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
referencedIn Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection Archives of American Art
creatorOf OLDS, ELIZABETH. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. Deep treasure : a story of oil : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Artists Union. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1937. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Elizabeth Olds papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. Feather mountain : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. Papers, 1945-1958. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. Elizabeth Olds papers, 1945-1963. University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. Riding the rails : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-. Elizabeth Olds : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
referencedIn Kenneth and Emma-Stina Prescott research material on artists Archives of American Art
creatorOf Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. The big fire : prodcution material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn The ACA Galleries records Archives of American Art
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associatedWith ACA Galleries. corporateBody
associatedWith Artists Union. corporateBody
associatedWith Blatas, Arbit, person
associatedWith Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957. person
associatedWith Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960. person
associatedWith Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968. person
associatedWith Free Library of Philadelphia. Central Children's Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. person
associatedWith Herman, Andrew. person
associatedWith Lamb, Helen Boyden. person
associatedWith Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955. person
associatedWith Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933. person
associatedWith Miró, Joan, 1893- person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. person
associatedWith Prescott, Kenneth Wade, 1920- person
associatedWith USM Libraries. de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. corporateBody
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United States
United States
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Art, American
Art
Birds
Birds
Children's authors, American
Children's literature
Children's literature, American
Children's literature, American
Feathers
Fire extinction
Fire extinction
Fire fighters
Fire fighters
Illustrated children's books
Illustration of books
Illustrators
Painters
Petroleum
Petroleum
Printmakers
Railroads
Railroads
Serigraphers
Serigraphy
Women artists
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Illustrator
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Birth 1896

Death 1991

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