Cinderella fern bisel peat biography
Fern Bisel Peat was an American painter who was born in who was known for his children book illustrations.
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Fern Bisel Peat Unsung Woman Artist and Children's Playmate
For 75 years Children's Playmate was just that.
A playmate. From 1935 to 2008 (when it merged with Jack and Jill) it had kids thinking, drawing, clipping, making and thinking. These issues from the glory days give only a small indication of the beauty. Each issue was at the time digest-sized and 50 pages.
The artist was Fern Bisel Peat.
She was born in 1893 and lived until 1971.
The classic story of Cinderella retold to help children learn to read.She made a good living. but as with most women artists of the past, information is far more scarce than it should be. Fern could show you how to carve a pumpkin or draw an easter egg in the most charming and colorful manner.
An unsung hero of commercial and educational art. Her work has been reproduced in a few places over the years, but as far as I know there has never been a retrospective, a comprehensive (or even cursory) biography or a museum exhibit.
Her work, in addition to providing extraordinary colorful covers to the m