Grace Paull facts for kids
Grace A. Paull (born in 1898, died in 1990) was a talented American artist. She was also an illustrator and an author. Grace Paull created beautiful greeting cards. She drew pictures for many children's books. She also painted people, nature scenes, and flowers.
Her Life and Work
Grace Paull was born in 1898 in a place called Cold Brook, New York. She went to high school in Montreal, Canada. Later, she studied art at Utica Free Academy with a teacher named Mabel E. Northrup.
She continued her art education at some famous schools. She spent three years at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. After that, she studied at the Art Students League of New York and Grand Central Art School in New York City.
After finishing art school, Grace Paull designed greeting cards for several years. In 1932, she began her career as a children's book illustrator. An illustrator is someone who draws pictures for books. Grace Paull not only drew pictures but also wrote some of the books herself!
She made her home in Cold Brook, New York. She lived in a special old building called the Cold Brook Feed Mill. Grace Paull passed away in 1990.
Where Her Art Is Kept
Grace Paull's artwork is part of important collections. You can find her work at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. It is also at the National Gallery of Art.
Many of her illustrations are kept in the Grace Paull Collection. This collection is at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
Books She Illustrated or Wrote
Here are some of the books Grace Paull worked on:
- Tops and Whistles (1927) - She was the illustrator.
- Children of the Handicrafts (1935) - She was the illustrator.
- Little Girl with Seven Names (1936) - She was the illustrator.
- Benjie's Hat (1938) - She was the illustrator.
- Dancing Tom by Elizabeth Coatsworth (1938) - She was the illustrator.
- Homespun Playdays (1941) - She was the illustrator.
- Forgotten Island (1942) - She was the illustrator.
- Crazy Creek by Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1948) - She was the illustrator.
- The Little Haymakers (1949) - She was the illustrator.
- The Bounces of Cynthiann by Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1950) - She was the illustrator.
- The Wonderful Baker (1950) - She was the illustrator.
- Snowed-In Hill (1953) - She was both the author and the illustrator.
- Come to the City (1959) - She was both the author and the illustrator.
