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==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Hurd was the son of [[Richard Melancthon Hurd]], an economist and New York mortgage banker, and Lucy Gazzam Hurd.<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Red Book|date=1916|publisher=Williams Press|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3FIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65-IA48&lpg=PA65-IA48&dq=Richard+Melancthon+Hurd+Lucy+Gazzam+Hurd+clement+hurd&source=bl&ots=Y2kCs-giTi&sig=ZyELyRFl4zIawwEHbGB1y-5irB0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=o9YgVfb2PMHMsAX1q4DAAg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Melancthon%20Hurd%20Lucy%20Gazzam%20Hurd%20clement%20hurd&f=false}}</ref> He was educated at [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire]], then studied [[architecture]]<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|last1=McDowell|first1=Edwin|title=Clement G. Hurd, 80, Illustrator Of Many Children's Books, Dies|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/10/obituaries/clement-g-hurd-80-illustrator-of-many-children-s-books-dies.html|accessdate=April 5, 2015|work=New York Times|date=February 10, 1988}}</ref> at [[Yale University]] and painting with [[Fernand Léger]] in Paris.<ref name=marcus/>
Hurd was the son of [[Richard Melancthon Hurd]], an economist and New York mortgage banker, and Lucy Gazzam Hurd.<ref name=nytrb/> He was educated at [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire]],<ref name=marcus/> then studied [[architecture]]<ref name=nytobit/> at [[Yale University]] and painting with [[Fernand Léger]] in Paris.<ref name=marcus/>


===Career===
===Career===
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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/>
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/>


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.<ref name=marcus/>

Hurd died of Alzheimer's disease at a San Francisco hospital in 1988.<ref name=nytobit/>


==Books==
==Books==
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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>
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>
<ref name=nytrb>{{cite book|title=The New York Red Book|date=1916|publisher=Williams Press|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3FIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65-IA48&lpg=PA65-IA48&dq=Richard+Melancthon+Hurd+Lucy+Gazzam+Hurd+clement+hurd&source=bl&ots=Y2kCs-giTi&sig=ZyELyRFl4zIawwEHbGB1y-5irB0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=o9YgVfb2PMHMsAX1q4DAAg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Melancthon%20Hurd%20Lucy%20Gazzam%20Hurd%20clement%20hurd&f=false}}</ref>

<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|last1=McDowell|first1=Edwin|title=Clement G. Hurd, 80, Illustrator Of Many Children's Books, Dies|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/10/obituaries/clement-g-hurd-80-illustrator-of-many-children-s-books-dies.html|accessdate=April 5, 2015|work=New York Times|date=February 10, 1988}}</ref>
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Revision as of 18:40, 5 April 2015

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.[1] He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire,[2] then studied architecture[3] at Yale University and painting with Fernand Léger in Paris.[2]

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".[2]

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.[4]

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.[2]

Hurd died of Alzheimer's disease at a San Francisco hospital in 1988.[3]

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. ^ The New York Red Book. Williams Press. 1916. p. 65.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ a b McDowell, Edwin (February 10, 1988). "Clement G. Hurd, 80, Illustrator Of Many Children's Books, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Wyatt, Edward (November 17, 2005). "'Goodnight Moon', Smokeless Version". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-26.

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