Gladys Emerson Cook facts for kids

Gladys Emerson Cook (November 7, 1894-February 1977), was an American artist. She is known for her pictures of domestic pets and wild animals. Cook also wrote and illustrated books about animals including how to draw them.

Works

Art

Cook's artworks are held in the collections of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art ("Queenie" and Her Cubs), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Siamese Interlude), the New York Public Library (Queenie and Her Cubs), Huntsville Museum of Art (Trellis Gateway), and the AKC Museum of the Dog (Ch. King Messenger, Pug Puppy, Pug Drawing, Tri-Int. Ch. Pugville’s Mighty Jim, and Wire Fox Terrier).

Books

Cook wrote and illustrated:

• Drawing Wildlife (1972)
• All Breeds, All Champions: A Book Of Dogs (1962)
• Drawing Cats: Breeds; Structure; Anatomy; Poses and Behavior (1958)
• Drawing Dogs (1958)
• Circus Clowns On Parade (1956)
• The Big Book Of Cats (with contributing text by Felix Sutton) (1954)
• American Champions (1945) #
• Zoo Animals (1943) .

She illustrated:

• Black Douglas (written by Adelaide Bolton Louden) (1957)
• Favorite Cat Stories Of Pamela And James Mason (written by Pamela And James Mason) (1956)
• Drawing Animals (written by Victor Semon Pérard) (1951)
• Cats: Care, Training, Feeding, Breeding, Exhibiting (written by Marguerite Ann Norton) (1949)
• Drawing horses (written by Victor Semon Pérard) (1944)
• Matou, The Biography Of A Cat (written by Max Kaufman) (1942)
• Hiram And Other Cats (written by Laurence Dwight Smith) (1941) .