Pauline Vinson
Pauline Eckles Young (Vinson, June 23, 1915 – June 22, 1986) was an American artist and illustrator. Vinson was born on June 23, 1915, in Orange, California. She lived in San Francisco before moving to New York City to work as a book illustrator.
Also recorded as Pauline Eckles Young
Pauline Vinson
- Name
- Pauline Vinson
- Born
- 23 June 1915
- Birthplace
- Orange, California, U.S.
- Died
- 22 June 1986
- Place of death
- Santa Clara, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- artist and illustrator.
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Pauline Eckles Young (Vinson, June 23, 1915 – June 22, 1986) was an American artist and illustrator. Vinson was born on June 23, 1915, in Orange, California. She lived in San Francisco before moving to New York City to work as a book illustrator.
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Pauline Vinson (died 1986) was an American artist and illustrator. The artist was born in Orange. Works by Pauline Vinson are held at Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Biography
While in San Francisco, she did a series of lithographs for the Works Progress Administration. Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Art, Washington the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Vinson's married surname was Young. She died in Santa Clara on June 22, 1986, at the age of 70.
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• Name — Pauline Vinson • Born — 23 June 1915 • Birthplace — Orange, California, U.S. • Died — 22 June 1986 • Place of death — Santa Clara, California, U.S.
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1915
Pauline Vinson was born on 1 January 1915.
1986
Pauline Vinson died.
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Pauline Vinson was born in Orange.
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Orange.
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Books
• Willie Goes to the Hospital • Festivals in San Francisco, 1939, illustrator • Around the World in San Francisco, 1940, illustrator • Hilltop Russians in San Francisco, 1941, illustrator
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q106583350: Pauline Vinson
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- 1.Pauline Vinson. FAMSF Search the Collections. 21 September 2018.
- 2.Pauline Vinson. Annex Galleries.
- 3.DiGirolamo, Vincent. Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys. Oxford University Press. 541. 2019. 978-0-19-532025-1.
- 4.Federal Art Project of the Works Project Administration. Miscellaneous Publications. 45. 1966.
- 5.Smith, Donald E. American Printmakers of the Twentieth Century: A Bibliography. self published. 336. 2004. 978-1-878282-28-6.
- 6.Pauline Vinson Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu.
- 7.Artist Info. www.nga.gov.
- 8.Copyright Renewals 1923–1964. Internet Archive.
- 9.California, U.S., Death Index, 1940–1997. Pauline Young.
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