June 19 – Happy Birthday, Maginel Wright Enright

Posted on June 19, 2016

A fairly famous family:

Maginel Wright, born in Massachusetts on this date in 1881, grew up to be a children's book illustrator and a graphic artist, called by some one of the very best artists for children.

Her brother, Frank Lloyd Wright, grew up to be a renowned architect.

Maginel married another artist named Pat Enright, and her daughter from that marriage was Elizabeth Enright, who also became a children's book illustrator—and also a writer. Elizabeth Enright won the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Maginel Wright Enright illustrated books by such well known authors as L. Frank Baum (famous for his Oz books), and she illustrated now-classic books such as Heidi and Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates. In all, she illustrated 63 children's books. She also illustrated textbooks; her daughter credits her with revolutionizing textbook illustration.

Here is some of her work:

Also on this date:

Photo Montage inventor John Heartfield's birthday 

National Flip-Flop Day

Mathematician Blaise Pascal's birthday

World Sauntering Day

Garfield the Cat Day

Juneteenth

Baseball player Lou Gehrig's birthday

Anniversary of the opening of the first movie theater

Father's Day in the U.S.A.

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