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Elinore Blaisdell
Born
Eleanor Blaisdell

October 15, 1900
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 22, 1994
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation(s)Illustrator, writer, designer, editor

Elinore Blaisdell (October 15, 1900 – 1994) was an American illustrator known for her work on Bulfinch's Mythology (1947), Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad (1932).

Early life and education[edit]

Blaisdell was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Edward Kendall Blaisdell and Sara Elizabeth Harris Blaisdell. Her father was a lumber dealer; both of her parents died when she was young.[1][2] She was a student of Robert Brackman at the Art Students League of New York, and studied drawing with Naum Los. She attended Pratt Institute, and the Slade School of Fine Art in London.[3]

Career[edit]

Blaisdell began making illustrations for print in her childhood; she had a drawing published on the children's page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1911.[4] She wrote, illustrated, and edited books, mostly for young readers. From 1950 to 1979 she also designed hundreds of greeting cards, under several pseudonyms.[3] She won the Julia Ellsworth Ford Prize from the Ford Foundation in 1939, for a children's book she wrote and illustrated, Falcon Fly Back, based on her late husband's research.[5] She was a friend of writer Edith Hamilton in New York.[6]

Blaisdell moved to Bradford, Pennsylvania, in 1971, and to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1979. In 1980 she showed eight of her paintings, mostly still lifes, at the Tremellen Gallery in Lancaster.[3]

Selected publications[edit]

In addition to her work in books, Blaisdell made illustrations for periodicals including The American Parade.[7]

  • Falcon Fly Back (1938, writer and illustrator)[5]
  • Elizabeth: The Tudor Princess by Marian King (1940, illustrator)[8]
  • God's Troubadour by Sophie Jewett (1940, illustrator)[9][10]
  • Stories of King Arthur (1941, illustrator)[11]
  • Theodosia: Daughter of Aaron Burr by Anne Colver (1941, illustrator)[12][13]
  • Boy of the Woods: The Story of John James Audubon by Maie Lounsbury Wells and Dorothy Fox (1942, illustrator)[14]
  • The Emperor's Nephew by Marian W. Magoon (1942, illustrator)[15][16]
  • Grubby Gets Clean by Mary Ellen Vorse (1943, illustrator)[17]
  • Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb (1943, illustrator)[18]
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1946 edition, illustrator)[19]
  • The Double Birthday Present by Mabel Leigh Hunt (1947, illustrator)[20][21]
  • Bulfinch's Mythology (1947, illustrator)[22]
  • Rhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Young People by Walter de la Mare (1947, illustrator)[23][24]
  • Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants (1947, editor and illustrator)[25][26]
  • The Real Book About Abraham Lincoln by Michael Gorham (1951, illustrator)[27]

Personal life[edit]

She married writer Melrich "Mike" Vonelm Rosenberg in 1928. Rosenberg died in 1937, when he was 33 years old.[28] Blaisdell died in 1994, at age 94, in Lancaster.[29]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mrs. Edward K. Blaisdell". The Brooklyn Citizen. 1903-11-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Edward K. Blaisdell". The Sun. 1913-02-28. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c Abramson, Herbert (1980-07-13). "A Good Realist is Forever: Artist Elinore Blaisdell Rediscovered". Sunday News. p. 64. Retrieved 2024-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Blaisdell, Eleanor (1911-04-25). "Indian Maiden". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  5. ^ a b "Gets $2,000 Book Award; Elinore Blaisdell Receives Prize for 'Falcon, Fly Back'". The New York Times. November 14, 1939. p. 21. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  6. ^ Houseman, Victoria (2023-10-03). American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton. Princeton University Press. pp. 327, 367. ISBN 978-0-691-23619-3.
  7. ^ Blaisdell, Elinore (April 1926). "Poor Columbine illustration". The American Parade. 1 (2): 155.
  8. ^ Wisconsin Library Bulletin. Division of Library Services, Department of Public Instruction. June 1942. p. 100.
  9. ^ Beust, Nora Ernestine (1940). 500 Books for Children. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 5.
  10. ^ Jewett, Sophie (1940). God's troubador; the story of Saint Francis of Assisi. Internet Archive. New York, T.Y. Crowell Co.
  11. ^ Howey, Ann F.; Reimer, Stephen Ray (2006). A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500-2000). Boydell & Brewer. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-84384-068-8.
  12. ^ Buell, Ellen Lewis (May 11, 1941). "The New Books for Younger Readers". The New York Times Book Review. p. 10.
  13. ^ Colver, Anne; Blaisdell, Elinore (1941). Theodosia, daughter of Aaron Burr. Internet Archive. New York, Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart, inc.
  14. ^ Eaton, Anne T. (July 19, 1942). "The New Books for Younger Readers". The New York Times Book Review. p. 8.
  15. ^ Wisconsin Library Bulletin. Division of Library Services, Department of Public Instruction. June 1942. p. 100.
  16. ^ Magoon, Marian Austin (Waite); Blaisdell, Elinore (1942). The Emperor's nephew; a story of Charlemagne. Internet Archive. New York, Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart.
  17. ^ Eaton, Anne T. (March 7, 1943). "For Younger Readers". The New York Times Book Review. p. 10.
  18. ^ Eaton, Anne T. (April 4, 1943). "New Books for Younger Readers". The New York Times Book Review. p. 11.
  19. ^ Shealy, Daniel (2022-03-08). Little Women at 150. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4968-3802-5.
  20. ^ "For Younger Readers". The New York Times Book Review. September 28, 1947. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  21. ^ Hunt, Mabel Leigh; Blaisdell, Elinore; Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (1947). The double birthday present;. Internet Archive. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co.
  22. ^ Bulfinch, Thomas; Blaisdell, Elinore (1947). Bulfinch's mythology : The age of fable, The age of chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne; with dictionary index. Library of IBCAS. New York : T. Y. Crowell Co.
  23. ^ Leeper, Angela (2006-03-28). Poetry in Literature for Youth. Scarecrow Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4616-7055-1.
  24. ^ De la Mare, Walter (1988). Rhymes and verses : collected poems for children. Internet Archive. New York : H. Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-0848-7.
  25. ^ Cazacu, Matei (2017-07-10). Dracula. BRILL. p. 275. ISBN 978-90-04-34921-6.
  26. ^ Charles, Louise (1947-06-01). "Burying-Grounds, Tombs and Ruins; 'Tales of Undead' Not for the Faint-hearted". Tulsa World. p. 55. Retrieved 2024-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ Mickenberg, Julia L. (2006). Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-19-515280-7.
  28. ^ "Melrich V. Rosenberg; Author, a Graduate of Cornell in 1925, Dies Here at 33". The New York Times. December 10, 1937. p. 25. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  29. ^ "Elinore Blaisdell, 94, lifelong artist". Lancaster New Era. 1994-11-23. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.

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