Fay Turpin
American illustrator
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Fay Turpin Jabine (December 9, 1892 – June 2, 1967) was an American artist, especially known as a magazine and children's book illustrator.
Fay Turpin | |
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| Born | December 9, 1892 Holton, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | June 2, 1967 (age 74) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Fay Turpin Jabine |
| Occupations | Illustrator, painter |
Personal life and education
Turpin was born in Holton, Kansas, the daughter of Austin Caleb Turpin and Iva Gertrude Lawry Turpin. Her father worked for the railroad as a passenger agent.[1][2] She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago.[3]
Turpin married lawyer and publisher William Jabine in 1926; they divorced in 1951.[4][5][6] She died in 1967, at the age of 74, in New York City.
Career
Turpin illustrated books and magazine articles and stories, including stories in The Rotarian,[7][8][9] Survey Graphic,[10] Missions,[11] The American Girl,[12] and High School Life.[13] She was one of the six illustrators tapped by the American Red Cross to create Christmas cards for the troops to send during World War I.[14] She had a gallery show in New York City in 1955, featuring her watercolor paintings of boating scenes.[15]
Books
In addition to her magazine illustrations and paintings, Turpin illustrated children's books and textbooks, including these titles:
- Olive Beaupré Miller, ed., Through the Fairy Halls of my Bookhouse (1920)[16]
- Olive Beaupré Miller, ed., The Treasure Chest of my Bookhouse (1920)[17]
- Olive Beaupré Miller, ed. The Latchkey of my Bookhouse (1921)[18]
- Olive Beaupré Miller, ed., From the Tower Window of my Bookhouse (1922)[19]
- Beth Proctor, The Tale of a Lucky Dog (1924)[20]
- Beth Proctor, Little Sally Dutcher (1924)[21]
- Janet Lewis, The Friendly Adventures of Ollie Ostrich (1928)[22][23]
- Bernard M. Sheridan et al., Speaking and Writing English (1930)[24]
- Mary Tarver Carroll, The Man Who Dared to Care (1942)[25]
- Larry Turpin, Toys You Can Make At Home (1947)[26]
- Howard Eugene Wilson, Out of the Past (1954)[27]