Grace Drayton
| Grace Drayton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Viola Grace Gebbie October 14, 1877 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 31, 1936 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Robert Henri |
| Known for | Illustration, Comics |
| Notable work |
Campbell Soup Kids Dolly Dimples Dolly Dingle Paper Dolls The Pussycat Princess |
| Spouse(s) |
Theodore Wiederseim (m. 1900, div. 1911) W. Drayton (m. 1911, div. 1923) |
Grace Drayton (1877 – 1936) was an illustrator of children's books, fashion pages, and magazine covers She is considered to be one of the first and most successful female cartoonists, comparable to Rosalind Franklin in the field of genetics or Amelia Earhart in the field of aviation.[1]
Drayton was a student of the American artist and teacher Robert Henri.[2] Under his tutelage she created the "Campbell Soup Kids" used in advertisements for Campbell's Soup; the syndicated newspaper humor comic strip, Dolly Dimples; as well as the popular Dolly Dingle Paper Dolls which appeared in the women's magazine Pictorial Review.[3]
Biography
Born Viola Grace Gebbie, in 1900 she married Theodore Wiederseim and started signing her work "Grace Wiederseim." From 1905–1909, she was a member of The Plastic Club, an arts organization in Philadelphia.
In 1911, she divorced Wiederseim and married William Drayton, and started signing her work "Grace Drayton." She divorced Drayton in 1923 but continued to sign her work "Grace Drayton" or "G. G. Drayton."
She frequently collaborated with her sister, Margaret G. Hays, also a comic strip author and writer.
Sources
- ↑ Gilbert, Anne (2002). "Women Illustrators Rate High With Collectors.". Antiques & Collecting Magazine. 107 (5): 17.
- ↑ Wardle, Marian; Burns, Sarah; Brigham Young University; Museum of Art (2005-01-01). American women modernists: the legacy of Robert Henri, 1910-1945. [Provo, UT]: Brigham Young University Museum of Art in Association with Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J. ISBN 0813536839.
- ↑ "Grace Gebbie Wiederseim Drayton". The Plastic Club. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
External links
- Extensive biography by W. E. McGrath
- WorldCat search Grace Drayton; Wiederseim (evidently not redundant as of September 2016, when her works seem to be the only hits for 'Wiederseim')
- Grace G. Drayton at Library of Congress Authorities, with 8 catalog records (see also 'Wiederseim' and 'Grace Gebbie' searches)