With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Hildegard Woodward
Illustration, Children's Literature
1898 – 1977
Illustrator who worked predominantly in watercolors, Woodward received Caldecott Honor Book Citations for illustrations in two books by Lavinia Riker Davis, “Roger and the Fox” in 1947 and “The Wild Birthday Cake” in 1949, and authored her own children’s books.
- Biography/Description of Work
Hildegard Woodward first studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and then completed her education in Paris, France. She returned to the US c,1930, and met Marguerite Davis, an illustrator who exposed her to the field of book art. Woodward’s first book illustration commission was for “The Blue Teapot: Sandy Cove Stories” by Alice Dagliesh published in 1931. She continued to provide illustrations primarily for authors of children’s literature including Julia Bristol Bischoff, Lavinia Riker Davis and Elizabeth Coatsworth. She also began to write and illustrate her own children’s books, notably “Time Was” in 1941 and “The House on Grandfather’s Hill” in 1961. In 1942 she moved to Brookfield where she lived for the rest of her life and painted a mural in the Center School cafeteria in 1953.
- Sources view
- http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/woodward_hildegard_dontletthefleasbiteyou.htm http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Woodward-mural-keeps-her-memory-alive-58082.php http://tatteredandlostephemera.blogspot.com/2015/12/christmas-with-hildegard-woodward-and.html https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Woodward-mural-keeps-her-memory-alive-58082.php
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