| Evaline
Ness |
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| Nationality - American |
Profession - Author |
| Date of birth - 24 Apr 1911
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Date of death - 1986 |
| Place of birth
- Union City : Ohio |
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Born Michelow in Union City, Ohio on April 24, 1911 and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan.
Evaline has won numerous awards for her work. She was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal for three straight years before she won it in 1967. In addition to the Caldecott Medal, Ness won ALA Notable Book, Horn Book Honors, and the Hans Christian Anderson Award for books produced from the 50s to the 70s.
In her childhood Evaline developed a great love for art. She attended Ball State Teachers College, 1931-32; Chicago Art Institute, 1933-35; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1943-45; and Accademia de Belle Arti, Rome, 1951-52.
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She taught children`s art classes at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1943-45, and at Parsons School of Design, New York City, 1959-60.
She was a fashion illustrator at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City, 1946-49, and also a magazine and advertising illustrator during the same years.
She was married to public safety director and former treasury agent Eliot Ness, from 1938 until their divorce in 1946. She married Arnold Bayard in 1959.
Evaline Ness was a talented author and illustrator. She specialized in children`s books, illustrating many of her own titles, as well as the works of others.
Evaline Ness died on August 12, 1986. |
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