| LC control no. | n 79006336 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3566.I5247 |
| Personal name heading | Pinkney, Jerry |
| Other standard no. | 0000000063081603 76414580 Q6184250 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Croton-on-Hudson (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1939-12-22 |
| Death date | 2021-10-20 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Sleepy Hollow (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Illustration of books Art Children's literature |
| Affiliation | Philadelphia College of Art National Council on the Arts |
| Profession or occupation | Illustrators Authors Artists Watercolorists African American artists |
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| Found in | Saleh, H. J. Even tiny ants must sleep, 1967. Jerry Pinkney, illustrator, 1997: p. 10 (b. 1939, Philadelphia) Jerry Pinkney studio, via WWW, Feb. 12, 2013 (American artist and illustrator of children's picture books; studied at Philadelphia College of Art; served on the National Council of the Arts, 2003-2009) Puss in boots, ©2012: dust jacket (Jerry Pinkney has won the Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honor Medals, five Coretta Scott King Awards, and five New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Awards; lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York with his wife) Email from Librarian at Georgia Regional Library, October 20, 2021 (NPR (@NPR) tweeted at 6:29 PM on Wed, Oct 20, 2021: The celebrated illustrator Jerry Pinkney, a legend in the world of children's publishing who won a Caldecott medal for his picture book "The Lion and The Mouse," has died at 81 after suffering a heart attack) <https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1450952415222669322?t=Hx7u9SXOfiAxCcCo6wuQmQ&s=03> New York times, 22 Oct. 2021: in an obituary on page A24 (Jerry Pinkney, born Dec. 22, 1939 in Philadelphia [Pa.], died Wednesday [Oct. 20] in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. (lived in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.), aged 81; his evocative illustrations won acclaim in bringing more than 100 children's books to life, many with Black characters or images of Black history and culture; award-winning illustrator and one of America's great watercolorists; met Gloria Jean Maultsby in high school, later married her and illustrated several of her books) Artist's WWW site, viewed March 9, 2022: commissioned work (Jerry Pinkney; African American artist) <http://www.jerrypinkneystudio.com/frameset.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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