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Cobblah was born in 1955 in England while her father, [[John Updike]] and mother Mary Weatherall Updike, were studying at [[Oxford]]'s [[Ruskin School of Drawing]], and John Updike wrote "March a Birthday Poem" about Cobblah's birth.<ref>John Updike, ''Self-Consciousness'' (2012) |
Cobblah was born in 1955 in England while her father, [[John Updike]] and mother Mary Weatherall Updike, were studying at [[Oxford]]'s [[Ruskin School of Drawing]], and John Updike wrote "March a Birthday Poem" about Cobblah's birth.<ref>John Updike, ''Self-Consciousness'' (2012) |
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https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0812982967</ref> As an infant Cobblah returned to New York City with her parents while her father wrote for the [[New Yorker]].<ref>Adam Begley, ''Updike'' (2014) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0062109669 </ref> The family then moved to [[Ipswich, Massachusetts]] where Cobblah spent most of her childhood.<ref>Adam Begley, ''Updike'' (2014) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0062109669 </ref> Cobblah graduated from the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in Providence where she met her husband, Tete Cobblah, a native of [[Ghana]], and they have two sons, John and Michael. In 1990 Elizabeth Cobblah illustrated ''The Predator'' a book written by her grandmother, Linda Grace Hoyer Updike. Cobblah appears in many of her father's published writings, including: "Grandparenting", the ''Rabbit'' series, "Toward Evening," "Incest," "Should Wizard Hit Mommy," "Avec la Bebe-sitter," "The Music School," "Daughter, Last Glimpses," and "Separating."<ref>Jack De Bellis, ''The John Updike Encyclopedia'' p. 462 (2000) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0313299048 </ref> Since Updike's death in 2009, Cobblah has been an active supporter and donor to the Updike Museum in Pennsylvania.<ref>https://johnupdikechildhoodhome.com/2018/08/09/updike-family-donates-more-items/</ref> Cobblah and her husband teach art at the Fenn School in Concord, and she currently resides in [[Maynard, Massachusetts]] where she is active with the community's artist colony, "Artspace."<ref>https://theumbrellaarts.org/person/tete-cobblah</ref> |
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0812982967</ref> As an infant Cobblah returned to New York City with her parents while her father wrote for the [[New Yorker]].<ref>Adam Begley, ''Updike'' (2014) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0062109669 </ref> The family then moved to [[Ipswich, Massachusetts]] where Cobblah spent most of her childhood.<ref>Adam Begley, ''Updike'' (2014) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0062109669 </ref> Cobblah graduated from the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in Providence where she met her husband, Tete Cobblah, a native of [[Ghana]], and they have two sons, John and Michael. In 1990 Elizabeth Cobblah illustrated ''The Predator'' a book written by her grandmother, Linda Grace Hoyer Updike. Cobblah appears in many of her father's published writings, including: "Grandparenting", the ''Rabbit'' series, "Toward Evening," "Incest," "Should Wizard Hit Mommy," "Avec la Bebe-sitter," "The Music School," "Daughter, Last Glimpses," and "Separating."<ref>Jack De Bellis, ''The John Updike Encyclopedia'' p. 462 (2000) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0313299048 </ref> Since Updike's death in 2009, Cobblah has been an active supporter and donor to the Updike Museum in Pennsylvania.<ref>https://johnupdikechildhoodhome.com/2018/08/09/updike-family-donates-more-items/</ref> Cobblah and her husband teach art at the Fenn School in Concord, and she currently resides in [[Maynard, Massachusetts]] where she is active with the community's artist colony, "Artspace."<ref>https://theumbrellaarts.org/person/tete-cobblah</ref><ref>http://www.artspacemaynard.com/elizabeth-cobblah/</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:25, 17 June 2019
Elizabeth Updike Cobblah (born 1955)[1] is a daughter of noted author John Updike, and she was the model for several of his characters. She is currently an art teacher and well-known ceramicist, painter, and illustrator in Massachusetts.
Cobblah was born in 1955 in England while her father, John Updike and mother Mary Weatherall Updike, were studying at Oxford's Ruskin School of Drawing, and John Updike wrote "March a Birthday Poem" about Cobblah's birth.[2] As an infant Cobblah returned to New York City with her parents while her father wrote for the New Yorker.[3] The family then moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts where Cobblah spent most of her childhood.[4] Cobblah graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence where she met her husband, Tete Cobblah, a native of Ghana, and they have two sons, John and Michael. In 1990 Elizabeth Cobblah illustrated The Predator a book written by her grandmother, Linda Grace Hoyer Updike. Cobblah appears in many of her father's published writings, including: "Grandparenting", the Rabbit series, "Toward Evening," "Incest," "Should Wizard Hit Mommy," "Avec la Bebe-sitter," "The Music School," "Daughter, Last Glimpses," and "Separating."[5] Since Updike's death in 2009, Cobblah has been an active supporter and donor to the Updike Museum in Pennsylvania.[6] Cobblah and her husband teach art at the Fenn School in Concord, and she currently resides in Maynard, Massachusetts where she is active with the community's artist colony, "Artspace."[7][8]
References
- ^ Jack De Bellis, The John Updike Encyclopedia p. 462 (2000) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0313299048
- ^ John Updike, Self-Consciousness (2012) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0812982967
- ^ Adam Begley, Updike (2014) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0062109669
- ^ Adam Begley, Updike (2014) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0062109669
- ^ Jack De Bellis, The John Updike Encyclopedia p. 462 (2000) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0313299048
- ^ https://johnupdikechildhoodhome.com/2018/08/09/updike-family-donates-more-items/
- ^ https://theumbrellaarts.org/person/tete-cobblah
- ^ http://www.artspacemaynard.com/elizabeth-cobblah/