維吉尼亞·弗朗西絲·斯特雷特
空靈童話插畫
維吉尼亞·弗朗西斯·斯特雷特是一位美國藝術家和插畫家。斯特雷特於1900年出生於伊利諾州芝加哥。父親去世後,她和家人搬到了密蘇里州,但於1915年返回芝加哥。在那裡,她進入高中就讀,後來憑藉獎學金進入芝加哥藝術學院。進入學院一年後,斯特雷特的母親生病,斯特雷特輟學以供養家庭。她在一家藝術廣告公司找到了工作。 斯特雷特在19歲時(就在她被診斷出患有肺結核後不久)接受了賓夕法尼亞出版公司的第一份委託,為《古法國童話故事》(1920年)繪製插圖,該書是19世紀法國作家塞居爾伯爵夫人(索菲·費多羅夫娜·羅斯托普欽娜)的作品集。 《古法國童話》出版一年後,賓夕法尼亞出版公司推出了包含斯特雷特委託作品的新書——《坦格伍德故事集》(1921年)。自1923年起,斯特雷特健康狀況惡化,只能短時間從事項目工作,因此在她去世前僅完成了一項額外的委託——她自己對《天方夜譚》的詮釋(1928年)。 她最著名的作品是為《一千零一夜》(1928年)創作的插圖系列。她死於肺結核。
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