Friday, March 15, 2013

Futuristic Fashions Parade Easter Morning

Illustration by James Henry Daugherty from a newspaper published in 1915.
      James Henry Daugherty (June 1, 1889 Asheville, North Carolina – February 21, 1974) was an American modernist painter, muralist, children's book author, and illustrator.
      He lived in Indiana, Ohio, and at the age of 9 he moved to Washington, D.C., where he studied at the Corcoran School of Art. Later, he went to London and studied under Frank Brangwyn. During World War I, he was commissioned to produce propaganda posters for various US Government agencies, including the United States Shipping Board.
      Daugherty wrote and illustrated several children's books during his career. In his book Daniel Boone won the Newbery Medal. His book with Benjamin Elkin, Gillespie and the Guards, won the Caldecott Honor in 1957. He was also the author of Walt Whitman's America Selections and Drawings by James Daugherty.
      In September 2006, controversy erupted at Hamilton Avenue School, an elementary school in Greenwich, Connecticut, over Daugherty's depiction of Bunker Hill hero and Connecticut native Israel Putnam in a mural commissioned by Public Works of Art Project for the town hall, and installed in the school in 1935. The mural was restored, and revealed a scene, filled with violent and richly-colored imagery, including snarling animals, tomahawk-wielding American Indians, and a half-naked General Putnam strapped to a burning stake. School officials objected to the violent imagery, and ordered the mural removed to the Greenwich Public Library.
      Daugherty will be included in the exhibition The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America at the Yale Gallery in 2010.

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Wow, this woman looks as if she stepped right off Broadway. I hope parents and teachers will enjoy sharing with their students these fashion coloring plates. I have certainly enjoyed restoring them to their original grandeur.
Description of Coloring Page:  lace collar, Easter parade, ruffles, lace, tassels

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I love these little Easter caps, especially the one on the right. She looks as though she's balancing a pot of flowers on her head! Very saucy Easter attire indeed.
Description of Coloring Page: Easter parade, parasol, hats, fashions from 1916
 
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Put on your walking skirts . . .

These elegant walking skirts were at the height of fashion in 1914. Catalogs and newspapers advertised new Easter attire religiously during the 20th Century.
Description of Coloring Page: fashions for women from 1914, posing, elegant, Easter parade
 
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Unscramble The Easter Words or Phrases


This puzzle lists both religious and secular words and phrases.