Hildegard Woodward

She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts February 10, 1898. Her parents were Rufus and Stella Woodward. She was educated at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and in Paris. In 1948 she was given a Caldecott Medal for her illustrations of Roger and the Fox written by Lavinia R. Davis and again in 1950 for The Wild Birthday Cake. In 1953 Woodward painted a mural on the wall of the Center School cafeteria in Brookfield, Connecticut near her residence in Hawleyville. She began to lose her sight in the 1960, but didn't stop painting. When she went blind she developed a method of "painting by touch". Woodward never married or had children. She died on December 15, 1977, in Newtown, Connecticut. Her papers are held at the University of Southern Mississippi and the Children's Literature Research Collection at the University of Minnesota house copies of her original artwork.

Hildegard Woodward studied at School of the Museum of Fine Arts. The field of work recorded is illustration, children's literature and wall painting. Works named in the authority record are Adolf Meyer. Work by Hildegard Woodward is recorded in the collections of National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Institution. Distinctions recorded are Caldecott Medal.

• Name — Hildegard Woodward • Born — 10 February 1898 • Birthplace — Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. • Died — 1977 12 • Place of death — Newtown, Connecticut, U.S. • Occupation — Artist, writer • Genre — Children's literature • Education — School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston • Awards — Caldecott Medal, 1948, 1950