posted on August 31, 2002 07:33:27 PM new
I found this at a yard sale this morning and for some reason bought it. I have looked up FY Cory and found that she was one of the first women cartoonists in a male dominated cartoon world. It reads "On the dark stair, where a bear is so liable to follow one." Anyone know of a good website to check out for more info. The pictures are light. In case you can't read what the bottom says, it's "Copley paint, copyright 1902 by Curtis and Cameron." Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks! Barbara
posted on September 1, 2002 12:07:54 PM new
I found this is in a quick search. It sems she did a lot of illustrations for Frank L. Baum as well so you might have a market in Wizard of OZ collectors.
F. Y. Cory (1877?1972) is best known to Montanans as Fanny Cory Coo ney, a devoted mother and hard-working wife on the Cooney family ranch near Canyon Ferry. To most of America, however, Cory was the inspired cartoonist who entertained them daily with two syndicated newspaper cartoons?Sonnysayings (1929?1956) and Little Miss Muffett (1936?1956).
Cory began her remarkable career as an illustrator in New York City at a time when men almost exclusively dominated the field. In 1897 she sold her first illustration to Saint Nicholas Magazine. Soon she was a regular contributor to such publications as Harper?s Bazaar and the Saturday Evening Post, and she became an increasingly popular illustrator of children?s books. In 1902 the death of her sister Agnes left the artist devastated and in spite of her promising career, Cory returned to Helena where her family had moved from Illinois when she was twelve.
Two years after her return to Montana, Fanny married Fred Cooney and gradually gave up her art career to raise three children and to help run the family ranch. In the early 1920s, however, Cory returned to work?this time as a newspaper cartoonist?so she and Fred could afford to send their children to college.
Fanny began working on The Fairy Alphabet in the late 1920s as a way to relax. Although considered by Cory to be her best work, the series remained unpublished for many years. To remedy this, Cory?s descendants published the Alphabet in 1991 so that a new generation might share Cory?s delight in the natural world and her penchant for portraying the humor, the fantasy, and the whimsy in life.
posted on September 1, 2002 01:32:23 PM new
I don't have anything by this lady and, in fact, have never heard of her. But I found the account of her life/career fascinating...Thanks for sharing the bio, docadoodle...I learned something new today...I just LOVE the folks on this board!
posted on September 1, 2002 05:00:53 PM new
Thanks so much for the replies. The bio is fascinating, I think I'll keep searching for more info on her. BTW, I also think I'm keeping the print. It's so cute. Barbara
