弗吉尼亚·弗朗西斯·斯特雷特
空灵童话插画
弗吉尼亚·弗朗西斯·斯特雷特是一位美国艺术家和插画家。斯特雷特于1900年出生于伊利诺伊州芝加哥。父亲去世后,她和家人搬到了密苏里州,但于1915年返回芝加哥。在那里,她进入高中就读,后来凭借奖学金进入芝加哥艺术学院。进入学院一年后,斯特雷特的母亲生病,斯特雷特辍学以供养家庭。她在一家艺术广告公司找到了工作。 斯特雷特在19岁时(就在她被诊断出患有肺结核后不久)接受了宾夕法尼亚出版公司的第一份委托,为《古法国童话故事》(1920年)绘制插图,该书是19世纪法国作家塞居尔伯爵夫人(索菲·费多罗夫娜·罗斯托普钦娜)的作品集。 《古法国童话》出版一年后,宾夕法尼亚出版公司推出了包含斯特雷特委托作品的新书——《坦格伍德故事集》(1921年)。自1923年起,斯特雷特健康状况恶化,只能短时间从事项目工作,因此在她去世前仅完成了一项额外的委托——她自己对《天方夜谭》的诠释(1928年)。 她最著名的作品是为《一千零一夜》(1928年)创作的插图系列。她死于肺结核。
Artworks by this artist (18 total)
- At the appointed hour he met the beautiful Medea 1921
- ‘I shall not touch it I assure you’, said she 1921
- Ah, ha! you are at last in my domain, little fool! 1920
- The giant gave them his brotherly kindness 1921
- This pitiless reptile had killed his poor companions 1921
- Cadmus beheld a female figure, wonderfully beautiful 1921
- What are you seeking, little one 1920
- A part of the wall crumbled with a terrible noise 1920
- They brought along with them a great many beautiful shells 1921
- They were three months passing through the forest 1920
- ‘What is it’, asked Jason 1921
- The voyagers examined the web of cloth 1921
- She whipped up the snakes and ascended high over the city 1921
- ‘Thou hast slain the monster’, cried Ariadne, clasping her hands 1921
- They walked side by side during the rest of the evening 1920
- Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvellous beauty 1920
- She threw her arms around the neck of Bonne-Biche 1920
- Violette consented willingly to pass the night in the forest 1920