Clement Hurd
Clement G. Hurd (January 12, 1908 – February 5, 1988) was an American artist. He is known for illustrations of children's picture books, especially collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942).
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Biography
Early life
Hurd was born in New York City[1] to Richard Melancthon Hurd, an economist and mortgage banker, and Lucy Gazzam Hurd.[2] He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire,[3] then studied architecture[4] at Yale University and painting with Fernand Léger in Paris.[3]
Career
Hurd returned to New York in 1933 to work as a commercial artist. There Brown was an editor at Young Scott Books, as well as a writer of picture book texts. On seeing two of his paintings, she asked him if he would consider illustrating children's books. She wrote a text herself, for what became Bumble Bugs and Elephants (1938) —"perhaps the first modern board book for babies".[3]
He also illustrated a number of books written by his wife Edith Thacher Hurd (a friend of Brown's) as well as a children's book written by Gertrude Stein, The World Is Round. He also wrote and illustrated the book Run, Run, Run.
Personal life
A doctored/altered photo of Hurd was included in the 60th anniversary republication of Goodnight Moon with a cigarette removed from his hand, causing controversy over publication standards.[5]
His son Thacher Hurd is also a children's book author and illustrator, and referred in an interview to the "wonderful aura of creativity" surrounding his father and the Vermont farm that was their home.[3]
Hurd died of Alzheimer's disease at a San Francisco hospital in 1988.[4]
Books
- Bumble Bugs and Elephants (1938), words by Margaret Wise Brown, editor
- The World Is Round (New York: W. R. Scott, 1939), written by Gertrude Stein, OCLC 10175454
- The Runaway Bunny (1942), Margaret Wise Brown
- Goodnight Moon (1947), Brown
- Last One Home is a Green Pig (1959), Edith Thacher Hurd
- Run Run Run: Story of Black Cat and Dog (Harper, 1951), self-illustrated, OCLC 1412335
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References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Leonard S. Marcus (1997). "Meet Clement Hurd". Enter the World of Margaret Wise Brown. HarperCollins Children's. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
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- ↑ Wyatt, Edward (November 17, 2005). "'Goodnight Moon', Smokeless Version". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
External links
- Clement Hurd at Library of Congress Authorities, with 99 catalog records
