All For Love
Tasha Tudor New York: Philomel Books [a division of The Putnam and Grosset Book Group], 1984. Second Impression [stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 11.25 inches by 8,75 inches. 93, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Musical scores. Index. The DJ has slight wear and soiling. Summary: An anthology of poems, stories, songs, letters, and miscellaneous facts describing various aspects of love. Tasha Tudor (August 28, 1915 – June 18, 2008) was an American illustrator and author of children's books. When socializing with her mother's friends, Tudor was usually introduced as "Rosamund Tudor's daughter, Tasha", leading others to believe that her last name was Tudor. Liking the sound of it, she adopted the name and eventually changed her surname legally. She married Thomas McCready in 1938 in Redding, Connecticut. Tasha and Thomas McCready purchased a large old farm in Webster, New Hampshire, where four children, Bethany, Seth, Thomas, and Efner, were raised. Her first story, Pumpkin Moonshine, was published in 1938, as a gift for a young niece of her husband. Tasha Tudor illustrated nearly one hundred books, the last being Corgiville Christmas, released in 2003. Several were collaborative works with a New Hampshire friend Mary Mason Campbell. Tudor lived in Marlboro, Vermont, in a house copied from that of other New Hampshire friends Donn & Doris Purvis. Her sons Seth and Tom built the replication and son Seth lived next door with his family. It is documented in Drawn from New England, and in The Private World of Tasha Tudor. Mother and son as well as daughter Efner, who published a couple of books together with Tasha Tudor, worked closely on family endeavors. She received many awards and honors, including Caldecott Honors for Mother Goose in 1945 and 1 is One in 1957.[7] She received the Regina Medal in 1971 for her contributions to children's literature.[8] Her books feature simple and often rhyming text accompanied by detailed and realistic drawings with soft colors. Text and pictures are often bordered by intricate details such as flowers, birds or other charming objects and animals. The visual or textual content often refers to traditions, artifacts or memories of the 19th century. Her books are highly valued possessions of an appreciative audience—one that has grown since she was first represented in the 1940s by the Pennsylvania shop The Dutch Inn in Mill Hall. She also created thousands of original works of art which appear on Christmas cards, Advent calendars, Valentines, posters, and in other forms. The original art is found in museums, libraries and hundreds of private collections around the world. One of her most famous books is Corgiville Fair, published in 1971. The first of a series to feature anthropomorphic corgis, the book was extremely popular. Tudor toured the country for many years, giving speeches at libraries, colleges and museums. Her last major appearances were at the 1996/97 retrospective exhibition at Colonial Williamsburg. Many of her personal artifacts and doll house objects were shown there as well as the manuscripts and watercolors for Corgiville Fair and A Time to Keep. The original art for these two books belongs to Colonel Thomas Strong Tudor and was loaned through the auspices of the Pierpont Morgan Library. An exhibition celebrating Tudor's holiday artwork and celebrations, "Tasha Tudor's Spirit of the Holidays", was gathered from private collections. The combined large and impressive exhibition was displayed in 2005/06 at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2006/07. It was shown at the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City from November 2007 through March 2008; in Lake Charles, La. during the winter of 2008/09; and at the Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., Oct. - Dec. 2012. That exhibit included two early oil paintings that Rosamund Tudor created of her daughter c. 1920 and 1930. Many other original paintings and her first miniature illustrated manuscript Hitty's Almanac were included in the 2006 exhibition at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. The largest extant collection of Tudor books and other materials is in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. It includes original correspondence and some original art work. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Love, Devine Rapture, Hearts, Garland, Recuerdo, Summum, Bonum, Wedding, Friendship, Family, Potion, Charm, Kisses, Passion, Greensleeves, Valentine
ISBN: 0399210121
[Book #88674]
Price: $55.00