Carmen L. Browne Explained

Carmen L. Browne
Birth Date:	29 March 1895
Birth Place:	Calumet, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.

Carmen L. Browne (March 29, 1895 – April 11, 1992) was an early twentieth century author and illustrator, particularly of children's books.^[1]

Early life and education

Browne was born on March 29, 1895, in Calumet, Michigan.^[2] She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York.^[3]

Career

Browne created illustrations for books and greeting cards for the P. F. Volland Company.^{[1] [4] [5] [6]} Her illustrations were described as "light and dainty",^[4] "difficult to surpass in sheer loveliness",^[7] "apt pictures .. to please the wee ones",^[8] "assisting the text admirably, designed as they are to delight the child's heart,"^[9] and as making "appropriate" gift books for "little friends and relatives.^[10] She also designed wallpaper patterns for children,^[11] and invented an educational doll apparatus, "to associate with a doll educational matter which is commonly presented in unattractive, formal lessons."^[12] Her lithographs, some of which were shown at the Ninth International Print Makers' Exhibition in 1928, were described as "amusing and very expert".^[13]

A 1927 New York Times review of a group show at the National Art Club described a Browne image of a girl pulling weeds as being "as true to nature as Millet tried to make his peasant girls," and a Browne nude as, "a fine abstraction" that "removes all superfluous details and gives a chance for beautiful rhythm of movement."^[14]

Personal life

Browne married Jesse Augustus Luckner (1891-1975) in 1945.^[2]

Death

Browne died on April 11, 1992, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.^[2]

Selected works

• Miller, Olive Beaupré, and Carmen L. Brown. Sunny Rhymes for Happy Children. New York: P. F. Volland Co, 1917. ^{[4] [15]}
• Miller, Olive Beaupré, and Carmen L. Brown. Come Play with Me. Joliet, Illinois: P. F. Volland Company, 1918. ^[7]
• Haynes, Louise Marshall, and Carmen Browne. Over the Rainbow Bridge. Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, 1920. ^[8]
• Browne, Carmen. My Book of Pets. Chicago: Volland Company, 1923.
• Browne, Carmen. A Day of Play. Joliet, Illinois: Published by P.F. Volland Company, 1923.
• Kilner, Colleen Browne, and Carmen L. Browne. La-La Man In Music-Land. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1927. ^{[9] [16]}
• Luckner, Carmen Browne, Matthew Ware and Ronald H. Bayes. A gift of light. Laurinburg, N.C.: St. Andrews Press, 1993.

Notes and References

1. Shaw, John MacKay. Childhood in Poetry. Tallahassee: Friends of the Library, Florida State University, 1970.
2. Web site: Carmen Browne - Artist Biography for Carmen Browne. www.askart.com.
3. News: Jiler . Peggy . A Gracious Lady: Stepney's Carmen L. Browne Becomes a Restaurateur . 16 December 2018 . The Bridgeport Telegram . 19 October 1947 . Bridgeport, Connecticut.
4. Book: Jewett . Paul N. . The Mob and the Flock . 2010 . Xulon Press . Longwood, Florida . 6 . 9781613797709 . 24 November 2018. 676809488.
5. Loring Taylor . Dorothy . 1985 . Olive Beaupre Miller and My Book House . Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society . 78 . 4 . 277 . 2018-11-28.
6. Autumn Books . The Churchman . November 20, 1920 . 122 . 23 . 24 November 2018.
7. News: Some Artistic Books For Children And Other Volumes Of Recent Publication . 16 December 2018 . The Evening Sun . 12 October 1918 . Baltimore, Maryland . 4.
8. News: Review of Books . 16 December 2018 . Buffalo Courier . 16 May 1920 . Buffalo, New York . 48.
9. News: Among the New Books . 16 December 2018 . The Minneapolis Star . 1 October 1927 . 6.
10. Books and Authors . . 7 December 1918 . 20 . 220 . 20 December 2018.
11. Book: Catalog of copyright entries: Works of art.... Part 4, Volumes 15-16 . 1920 . Library of Congress, Copyright Office . 272 . 16 December 2018 . Niagara Wall Paper Co ... Nursery Pattern; by Carmen L. Browne. [Wallpaper design showing boys and girls dancing with garlands and bunches of flowers in hands].
12. Web site: Educational doll apparatus . Google Patents . 16 December 2018 . 30 July 1928.
13. News: Millier . Arthur . Print Makers' International . 16 December 2018 . The Los Angeles Times . 11 March 1928 . III: 24.
14. News: Etchings at Art Club . 20 December 2018 . New York Times . 11 December 1927.
15. Book: Adams . Edith E. . A Guide to Children's Literature in the Early Elementary Grades . 1933 . G. Wahr . 33002497 . 113.
16. News: For the Child Who Loves Music . 16 December 2018 . The Courier-Journal . 13 November 1927 . Louisville, Kentucky . S3:8.