Edward Shenton (1895-1977) was an American illustrator, author, editor, poet, and teacher.

Biography

Edward Shenton was an illustrator, writer, editor, poet, and teacher. He was born in Pottstown, Pa. November 29, 1895 and grew up in West Philadelphia where he attended high school. At age 13 he was confined to his home for two years with an illness that gave him time to read and teach himself to draw. Most of his drawings were of medieval knights in armor. Returning to school he became the editor of his high school magazine and yearbook, where he contributed both in writing and illustrating. He began studies at the Museum School of Art in 1916 but dropped out in 1917 when he and his brother joined the 103rd Engineers, AEF and served in France during World War I, where he first met writer Al Barrone. His drawings from the front lines were published in The Philadelphia Record in 1919. On return, he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where his teachers included illustrators Thorton Oakley, George Harding both from the original classes of Howard Pyle. In 1922 he won the Lee Prize and later two Cresson Traveling Scholarships to study in Paris in 1923-24.

Career

Between 1923 and 1976, he illustrated over 130 books including ''

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Tender Is the Night ''Tender Is the Night'' is the fourth and final novel completed by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in French Riviera during the twilight of the Jazz Age, the 1934 novel chronicles the rise and fall of Dick Diver, a promising young p ...

'', '' Green Hills of Africa'', '' Freedom River Florida 1845'', '' This Is My Country'', '' The Flaming Sword'', and three volumes of the ''

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''. He also illustrated " The Long Trains Roll" by Stephen W. Meader (Harcourt, Brace and Co.) in 1944. During the 1930s he was the "house" illustrator for Scribner's magazine, where he drew interior illustrations as well as covers. For many years he was the illustrator of the "Stillmeadow" books written by

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, about everyday life in her colonial farmhouse in Southbury, Connecticut, including ''Stillmeadow and Sugarbridge,'' co-written by his wife Barbara Webster and based on correspondence between Taber and Webster. He also wrote ten books and seventy-five articles for various magazines, including ''

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The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'', '' Collier's'', and ''

The Atlantic Monthly ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

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Death

He died in 1977.

References

Edward Shenton

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shenton, Edward 1895 births 1977 deaths American book editors American male poets American illustrators 20th-century American poets 20th-century American male writers