Artvee
  • Browse
    • Abstract
    • Figurative
    • Landscape
    • Religion
    • Mythology
    • Posters
    • Drawings
    • Illustration
    • Still Life
    • Animals
    • Botanical
    • Asian Art
  • Books
  • Artists
  • Explore
    • Topics
    • Culture
    • Movements
  • Highlights
  • Collections
  • Galleries
  • Artvee Pro
Login
Artvee
Menu
Marcia Brown - New horizons with books

New horizons with books (1951)

Marcia Brown (American, 1918-2015)
Facebook Twitter Pinterest
Favourite
Collect

Standard, 1408 x 1800px JPG, Size: 1.91 MB

Download

Max Size, 5299 x 6775px JPG, Size: 29.6 MB

Download
License: All public domain files can be freely used for personal and commercial projects.
Why is this image in the public domain?
Courtesy of The Library of Congress
Marcia Brown

Marcia Joan Brown was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She has won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, and three Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing the year's best U.S. picture book illustration, and the ALA's Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1992 for her career contribution to children's literature. Many of her titles have been published in translation, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish and Xhosa-Bantu editions. Brown is known as one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature.

Brown was born on July 13, 1918 in Rochester, New York. She enrolled in the New York State College for Teachers, predecessor to the University at Albany. She taught at Cornwall High School in New York City. She left teaching to work in the New York Public Library's Central Children's Room. Her first book was The Little Carousel, a 32-page picture book that she both wrote and illustrated, published by Scribner's in 1946.

Brown lived with her companion Janet Loranger who was also her editor. Brown died on April 28, 2015 in Laguna Hills, California.

For her contribution as a children's illustrator Brown was U.S. nominee in both 1966 and 1976 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books. She received the 1977 Regina Medal from the Catholic Libraries Association for "continued, distinguished contribution to children's literature without regard to the nature of the contribution" and the 1992 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the American Library Association for "substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature"; it was then conferred every three years.

She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the SUNY Albany Alumni Association (1969), the Distinguished Service to Children's Literature Award from the University of Southern Mississippi(1972), The Regina Medal from the Catholic Library Association for service to children's literature (1977).

From 1955 to 1983 Brown won three Caldecott Medals, the annual American Library Association award to the illustrator of the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children" (only David Wiesner has also won three). Her books have been named Honor Books six times from 1947 to 1954, and display silver rather than gold seals.

In Collection: Book Promo Posters (View all 414)

The Martian

The Martian (1897)

Edward Penfield (American, 1866 - 1925)
Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war

Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war (1895-1911)

Anonymous
The shadow of a crime

The shadow of a crime (1895-1911)

Anonymous
Fringilla or Tales in verse

Fringilla or Tales in verse (1895)

Will Bradley (American, 1868 – 1962)
Perly-Cross, a novel by R. D. Blackmore.

Perly-Cross, a novel by R. D. Blackmore. (1890-1920)

Edward Penfield (American, 1866 - 1925)
Widow Magoogin

Widow Magoogin (1895-1911)

Anonymous
For the freedom of the sea … by Cyrus Townsend Brady. The Saturday Evening Post.

For the freedom of the sea … by Cyrus Townsend Brady. The Saturday Evening Post. (1890)

E.J. Kitson (American, 19th/20th Century)
Chiffon’s marriage by GYP

Chiffon’s marriage by GYP (ca. 1890–1920)

Louise Lyons Heustis (American, 1865 - 1951)
The sea wolf

The sea wolf (1895 - 1911)

Anonymous
The watchfires of ’76.

The watchfires of ’76. (1895-1911)

Anonymous
The man in the case by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

The man in the case by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1906)

Henry Jarvis Peck (American, 1880-1964)
Caleb West master diver by F. Hopkinson Smith. For sale here

Caleb West master diver by F. Hopkinson Smith. For sale here (1900)

Frank Berkeley Smith (American, 1869-1931)
The first Nantucket tea party

The first Nantucket tea party (1907)

Walter Tittle (American, 1883-1966)
The paying guest by George Gissing

The paying guest by George Gissing (1895)

Alice Cordelia Morse (American, 1863-1961)
The Quiberon Touch by Cyrus Townsend Brady

The Quiberon Touch by Cyrus Townsend Brady (1910)

Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle (American, 1876-1936)
View all 414 Artworks

0 Artworks
Follow
Facebook Twitter Pinterest
Favourite
Collect

Standard, JPG, Size:

Download

Max Size, JPG, Size:

Download
License: All public domain files can be freely used for personal and commercial projects.
Why is this image in the public domain?
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact us
Artvee.com 2024 All Rights Reserved
We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. By browsing this website, you agree to our use of cookies.
More info Accept
  • Sign in
  • Browse
    • Abstract
    • Figurative
    • Landscape
    • Religion
    • Mythology
    • Posters
    • Drawings
    • Illustration
    • Still Life
    • Animals
    • Botanical
    • Asian Art
  • Artists
  • Books
  • Explore
    • Topics
    • Culture
    • Movements
  • Highlights
  • Collections
  • Galleries
  • Artvee Pro