Jill McElmurry
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| Born | 1954 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | August 3, 2017 Taos, New Mexico |
| Occupation | painter, illustrator, writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | SUNY Purchase, School of Visual Arts |
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| JillMcElmurry.com | |
Jill McElmurry (1954 – August 3, 2017) was an American painter, book illustrator, and sometime writer-illustrator of children's picture books.[1]
Biography
[edit]McElmurry was born in Los Angeles, California[2] and moved to Taos, New Mexico with her family as a child, where they stayed for six years.[3] She came from a family of artists, including her father, a character designer for film companies including Walt Disney; her mother, a fashion illustrator; and her grandfather, an RKO Pictures scenic painter.[4] McElmurry studied briefly at SUNY Purchase and at the School of Visual Arts in New York.[1]
She was the illustrator of numerous books for children, including the Little Blue Truck series written by Alice Schertle and the self-penned Mad About Plaid.[1][5] Her style features detailed gouache paintings with distinctive characters.[6] As a fine art painter, McElmurry initially worked in editorial illustration and later became known for her landscape paintings of New Mexico.[3]
McElmurry lived with her husband in Taos and in Good Dog Island, Minnesota until her death from breast cancer on August 3, 2017.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kantor, Emma (August 8, 2017). "Obituary: Jill McElmurry". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ "About Jill McElmurry". www.jillmcelmurry.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ a b "Landscapes by Jill". Jill McElmurry Landscapes. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ "Jill McElmurry". wernickpratt.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ "Jill McElmurry". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ Miller, Pat Zietlow (September 25, 2015). "Meet Jill McElmurry: The artist behind SHARING THE BREAD". picturebookbuilders.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
External links
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- Jill McElmurry at Library of Congress, with 28 library catalog records
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