Jean Cunningham – a Biography
Jean Cunningham - A Short Biography by Sarah Goethe-Jones, Fellow, Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies Jean Marie Ratley was born in Lumberton, North Carolina on February 7, 1931 to parents Eli Raeford Ratley and Minnie Harcum Ratley. Her brother Emmett was eighteen years her elder, and her younger sister, Joyce Carole, was born in 1934. As a child, Jean enjoyed imaginative time by herself, often avoiding household work by hiding under the dining room table or climbing up a tree. It was during childhood that Jean discovered sketching and her love of art. The family moved to
CONFERENCE: Illustration Across Media: Nineteenth Century to Now
The Society of Fellows at the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies announces a seminal conference:
LOCATION: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri,
DATE: March 21-23, 2019
CONVENED BY: The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the D. B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
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