Frances Beem facts for kids
Frances Beem was an American author and artist who created wonderful children's books in the early 1900s. She was known for both writing and illustrating stories that kids loved.
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Early Life and Schooling
Frances M. Beem was born in Illinois on May 5, 1881. Her father was from Indiana, and her mother was from either Indiana or Wisconsin. Frances had one brother named Jacob Darrel Beem.
Her Work as an Artist and Teacher
We don't know much about where Frances Beem learned her art skills. But we do know she showed her artwork in big exhibitions! In 1912, she displayed three watercolor paintings at an art show in Chicago.
A few years later, in 1919, Frances Beem was featured in another important art show. This one was at the famous Art Institute of Chicago. She showed three miniature portraits, which are very small, detailed paintings. These portraits were:
- Alice Drake Eames
- Captain O.E. Eames
- Melville C. Eames
Besides creating art, Frances Beem also helped others learn. She wrote a textbook with someone else about how to teach technical drawing to high school students. This kind of drawing helps you show things from different angles, like in architecture.
Frances Beem also taught art and drawing at Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago. She taught there for many years, from 1917 to 1946. After she stopped teaching, she moved to La Jolla, California. She lived there for several years before she passed away in San Diego, California, on November 10, 1971, when she was 90 years old. She was buried in Chicago.
Books She Wrote and Illustrated
Frances Beem was very talented! She wrote some books herself and also drew pictures for many other authors' stories.
Books She Wrote
- The Human Head (1931)
- Pen and Pencil Drawings: Examples of Fine Technique (1938)
Books She Illustrated
- Herr, Charlotte. How Freckle Frog Made Herself Pretty. (1913)
- Herr, Charlotte. How Punky Dunk Helped Old Prince. (1913)
- Herr, Charlotte. The Unselfish Pig. (1913)
- Herr, Charlotte. The Bear Who Was Never Cross. (1913)
- Fox, Frances Margaret. Little Bear's Ups and Downs. (1925)
- Three Little Pigs and the Foolish Pig. (1918)
