Elinore Blaisdell Explained

Elinore Blaisdell
Birth Name:Eleanor Blaisdell
Birth Date:October 15, 1900
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Death Date:November 22, 1994
Death Place:Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation: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

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

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. 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.

Selected publications

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

Personal life

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 27 November 1903 . Mrs. Edward K. Blaisdell . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240505232454/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-citizen-mrs-edward-k-blai/146679829/ . 5 May 2024 . 5 May 2024 . . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 28 February 1913 . Edward K. Blaisdell . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240505232501/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-edward-k-blaisdell/146680022/ . 5 May 2024 . 5 May 2024 . . 9 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Abramson . Herbert . 13 July 1980 . A Good Realist is Forever: Artist Elinore Blaisdell Rediscovered . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507030729/https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-a-good-realist-is-forever-a/146662879/ . 7 May 2024 . 5 May 2024 . . 64 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Blaisdell . Eleanor . 25 April 1911 . Indian Maiden . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506015538/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-indian-maiden/146690569/ . 6 May 2024 . 6 May 2024 . . 23 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 14 November 1939 . Gets $2,000 Book Award; Elinore Blaisdell Receives Prize for 'Falcon, Fly Back' . subscription . 5 May 2024 . . 21 . en.
  6. Book: Houseman, Victoria . American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton . . 2023 . 978-0-691-23619-3 . Princeton, New Jersey . 327, 367 . en . 1342508559 . Google Books.
  7. Blaisdell . Elinore . April 1926 . [Illusration for <em>Poor Columbine</em> by Elias Lieberman] ]. live . The American Parade . 1 . 2 . 155 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703212337/https://books.google.com/books?id=r27QAAAAMAAJ&dq=Elinore+BLaisdell&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q=Elinore%20BLaisdell&f=false . 3 July 2024 . 3 July 2024 . Google Books.
  8. Hollowell . Lillian . October 1946 . Biography for Young Readers . The Elementary English Review . 23 . 6 . 265 . 0888-1030 . 41382940.
  9. Book: Beust, Nora Ernestine . A Supplement to '500 Books for Children' . Clift . Eleanore F. . . 1940 . 5 . en . 3 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703213717/https://books.google.com/books?id=gjKLwnKcOhUC&dq=Elinore+BLaisdell&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q=Elinore%20BLaisdell&f=false . 3 July 2024 . live . Google Books.
  10. Book: Jewett, Sophie . Sophie Jewett . God's Troubador; the Story of Saint Francis of Assisi . . Illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell . 1940 . New York . en . 1295782 . 20645022W . Internet Archive.
  11. Book: A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500-2000) . . 2006 . 978-1-84384-068-8 . Howey . Ann F. . Cambridge, England . 92 . en . 666925187 . Reimer . Stephen Ray . Google Books.
  12. News: Buell . Ellen Lewis . 11 May 1941 . The New Books for Younger Readers . subscription . 3 July 2024 . . 10.
  13. Book: Colver . Anne . Theodosia, Daughter of Aaron Burr . . Illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell . 1941 . New York . en . 617640 . 15870862W . Internet Archive.
  14. News: Eaton . Anne T. . Anne Thaxter Eaton . 19 July 1942 . The New Books for Younger Readers . subscription . 3 July 2024 . . 8.
  15. Book: Wisconsin Library Bulletin . June 1942 . Division of Library Services, Department of Public Instruction. . 100 . en . A Selected List of Current Books - Children's Books - Upper Grades and High School . 3 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703212726/https://books.google.com/books?id=DL2vAAAAMAAJ&dq=Elinore+BLaisdell&pg=RA1-PA100#v=onepage&q=Elinore%20BLaisdell&f=false . 3 July 2024 . live . Google Books.
  16. Book: Magoon . Marian Austin (Waite) . The Emperor's Nephew; A Story of Charlemagne . . Illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell . 1942 . New York . en . 7581709 . 7661753W . Internet Archive.
  17. News: Eaton . Anne T. . Anne Thaxter Eaton . 7 March 1943 . For Younger Readers . subscription . . 55.
  18. News: Eaton . Anne T. . Anne Thaxter Eaton . 4 April 1943 . New Books for Younger Readers . 3 July 2024 . . 58.
  19. Book: Clark, Beverly Lyon . Little Women at 150 . . 2022 . 978-1-4968-3802-5 . Shealy . Daniel . Jackson, MS . 91 . en . Mobilizing the Little Women: Images of Transport and the Domestic . 1289618287 . Google Books.
  20. News: 28 September 1947 . For Younger Readers . subscription . 5 May 2024 . . 27 . en.
  21. Book: Hunt . Mabel Leigh . Mabel Leigh Hunt . The Double Birthday Present . . Illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell . 1947 . Philadelphia . en . 655398 . 15399542W . Internet Archive.
  22. Book: Bulfinch . Thomas . Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne; with dictionary index . . Illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell . 1947 . New York . en . 675811 . Internet Archive.
  23. Book: Leeper, Angela . Poetry in Literature for Youth . . 2006 . 978-1-4616-7055-1 . Lanham, MD . 23 . en . 62172746 . 5714649W . Google Books.
  24. Book: de la Mare, Walter . Walter de la Mare . Rhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Children . . With drawings by Elinore Blaisdell . 1988 . 978-0-8050-0848-7 . New York . en . 18552438 . 1947 . Internet Archive.
  25. Book: Cazacu, Matei . Dracula . . 2017 . 978-90-04-34921-6 . 275 . en . 985654343 . Google Books.
  26. News: Charles . Louise . 1 June 1947 . Burying-Grounds, Tombs and Ruins; 'Tales of Undead' Not for the Faint-hearted . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240505200939/https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-burying-grounds-tombs-and-r/146667413/ . 5 May 2024 . 5 May 2024 . . 55 . Newspapers.com.
  27. Book: Mickenberg, Julia L. . Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States . . 2006 . 978-0-19-515280-7 . 365 . en . 62288079 . Google Books.
  28. News: 10 December 1937 . Melrich V. Rosenberg; Author, a Graduate of Cornell in 1925, Dies Here at 33 . subscription . 5 May 2024 . . 25 . en.
  29. News: 23 November 1994 . Elinore Blaisdell, 94, lifelong artist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240505193403/https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancaster-new-era-elinore-blaisdell-94/146663783/ . 5 May 2024 . 5 May 2024 . . 23 . Newspapers.com.

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