Jump to content

Clement Hurd: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
primarily (notable as) children's picture book illustrator; new section →External links: add {LCAuth} and thus Catalog, LCCN, GND, BNF, more Persondata
add [ref name=marcus] reprinted by HarperCollins as "Meet Clement Hurd" (likely an important unacknowledged source for much of this); add/rearrange from that source in now-first-3-paragraphs; fix the one existing formal ref name=wyatt (wh shd be used more
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Clement Hurd.jpg|thumb|Clement Hurd]]
[[File:Clement Hurd.jpg|thumb|Clement Hurd]]
'''Clement G. Hurd''' (January 12, 1908 – February 5, 1988) was an American artist known best an illustrator of [[children's books |children's]] [[picture books]].
'''Clement G. Hurd''' (January 12, 1908 – February 5, 1988) was an American artist. He is known for illustrations of [[children's books |children's]] [[picture books]], especially collaborations with writer [[Margaret Wise Brown]] including ''[[Goodnight Moon]]'' (1947) and ''[[The Runaway Bunny]]'' (1942).


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
The son of a New York mortgage banker [[Richard Melancthon Hurd]], he was educated at [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], studied [[architecture]] at [[Yale University]] and painting with [[Fernand Léger]] in Paris. On seeing two of his paintings, Brown asked him if he would consider illustrating children's books.
Hurd was the son of [[Richard Melancthon Hurd]], an economist and New York mortgage banker, and Lucy Gazzam Hurd.{{cn|date=October 2014<!--see TALK-->}} He was educated at [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire]], then studied [[architecture]]{{cn|date=October 2014}} at [[Yale University]] and painting with [[Fernand Léger]] in Paris.<ref name=marcus/>


===Career===
===Career===
Hurd returned to New York in 1933 to work as a commercial artist. There Brown was an editor at [[Young Scott Books]], as well as a writer of picture book texts. On seeing two of his paintings, she asked him if he would consider illustrating children's books. She wrote a text herself, for what became ''Bumble Bugs and Elephants'' (1938) —"perhaps the first modern board book for babies".<ref name=marcus/><!--source for all to this point-->
⚫
He is best known for his collaborations with author [[Margaret Wise Brown]], including ''[[Goodnight Moon]]'' (1947) and ''[[The Runaway Bunny]]'' (1942). He also illustrated a number of books written by his wife [[Edith Thacher Hurd|Edith]] (a friend of Brown's) as well as a children's book written by [[Gertrude Stein]], ''[[The World Is Round (1938)|The World Is Round]]''. He also wrote and illustrated the book ''Run, Run, Run''.

⚫
He also illustrated a number of books written by his wife [[Edith Thacher Hurd]] (a friend of Brown's) as well as a children's book written by [[Gertrude Stein]], ''[[The World Is Round (1938)|The World Is Round]]''. He also wrote and illustrated the book ''Run, Run, Run''.


===Personal life===
===Personal life===
A doctored/altered photo of Hurd was included in the 60th anniversary republication of ''Goodnight Moon'' with a [[Tobacco bowdlerization|cigarette removed]] from his hand, causing controversy over publication standards.<ref>{{cite web
A doctored/altered photo of Hurd was included in the 60th anniversary republication of ''Goodnight Moon'' with a [[Tobacco bowdlerization|cigarette removed]] from his hand, causing controversy over publication standards.<ref name=wyatt/>
⚫
|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/books/17moon.html?ex=1185595200&en=06e006a2482fc284&ei=5070
|title = 'Goodnight Moon', Smokeless Version accessdate = 07 2 6 2007
|last = Wyatt
|first = Edward
|date = November 17, 2005 |work = [[New York Times]]
}}</ref>


His son [[Thacher Hurd]] is also a children's book author and illustrator, and referred in an interview to the "wonderful aura of creativity" surrounding his father and the Vermont farm that was their home.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}
His son [[Thacher Hurd]] is also a children's book author and illustrator, and referred in an interview to the "wonderful aura of creativity" surrounding his father and the Vermont farm that was their home.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}


==Bibliography==
==Books==
*''[[Goodnight Moon]]'' (1947)
*''[[Goodnight Moon]]'' (1947)
*''[[The Runaway Bunny]]'' (1942)
*''[[The Runaway Bunny]]'' (1942)
Line 58: Line 54:


==References==
==References==
{{reflist
{{reflist |25em |refs=
<ref name=marcus>
Leonard S. Marcus (1997). [http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/parents/gamesandcontests/features/goodnightmoon/ch.aspx "Meet Clement Hurd"]. ''Enter the World of Margaret Wise Brown''. HarperCollins Children's. Retrieved 2014-10-01. <br>&nbsp;Apparently citing Marcus's book, ''Dear Genius, The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom''.</ref>
<ref name=wyatt>
⚫
Wyatt, Edward (November 17, 2005). [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/books/17moon.html?ex=1185595200&en=06e006a2482fc284&ei=5070 "'Goodnight Moon', Smokeless Version"]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 2007-07-26.</ref>

}}
}}


Revision as of 23:47, 1 October 2014

Clement Hurd

Clement G. Hurd (January 12, 1908 – February 5, 1988) was an American artist. He is known for illustrations of children's picture books, especially collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942).

Biography

Early life

Hurd was the son of Richard Melancthon Hurd, an economist and New York mortgage banker, and Lucy Gazzam Hurd.[citation needed] He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, then studied architecture[citation needed] at Yale University and painting with Fernand Léger in Paris.[1]

Career

Hurd returned to New York in 1933 to work as a commercial artist. There Brown was an editor at Young Scott Books, as well as a writer of picture book texts. On seeing two of his paintings, she asked him if he would consider illustrating children's books. She wrote a text herself, for what became Bumble Bugs and Elephants (1938) —"perhaps the first modern board book for babies".[1]

He also illustrated a number of books written by his wife Edith Thacher Hurd (a friend of Brown's) as well as a children's book written by Gertrude Stein, The World Is Round. He also wrote and illustrated the book Run, Run, Run.

Personal life

A doctored/altered photo of Hurd was included in the 60th anniversary republication of Goodnight Moon with a cigarette removed from his hand, causing controversy over publication standards.[2]

His son Thacher Hurd is also a children's book author and illustrator, and referred in an interview to the "wonderful aura of creativity" surrounding his father and the Vermont farm that was their home.[citation needed]

Books

  • Goodnight Moon (1947)
  • The Runaway Bunny (1942)
  • The World Is Round (1938-1939)
  • Run Run Run: Story of Black Cat and Dog (author and illustrator)
  • The Merry Chase
  • Hurry Hurry
  • Catfish
  • Johnny Lion's Book
  • Benny the Bulldozer
  • Johnny Lion's Bad Day
  • Johnny Lion's Rubber Boots
  • Wilson's World (1971)
  • No Funny Business
  • Look for a Bird
  • Last One Home is a Green Pig
  • Windy and the Willow Whistle
  • The Mother Kangaroo
  • This is the Forest
  • The Mother Chimpanzee
  • The Mother Owl
  • Mr. Charlie, the Fireman's Friend
  • What Whale? Where?
  • Under the Lemon Tree
  • The Race Between the Monkey and the Duck
  • Good-night Moon Room
  • Bumble Bugs and Elephants (1938)
  • The Day the Sun Danced (1966)
  • Goodnight Moon's 123
  • Goodnight Moon's ABC
  • My World (a Goodnight Moon book)
  • Little Brass Band
  • Come and Have Fun
  • No Funny Business
  • Christmas Eve
  • The Blue Heron Tree

References

  1. ^ a b Leonard S. Marcus (1997). "Meet Clement Hurd". Enter the World of Margaret Wise Brown. HarperCollins Children's. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
     Apparently citing Marcus's book, Dear Genius, The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom.
  2. ^ Wyatt, Edward (November 17, 2005). "'Goodnight Moon', Smokeless Version". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-26.

Template:Persondata


Stub icon

This article about an illustrator is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Clement_Hurd&oldid=627887586"