Gladys Emerson Cook (November 7, 1894-February 1977), was an American
artist
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. She is known for her pictures of
domestic pets and
wild animals
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. Cook also wrote and illustrated books about animals including how to draw them.
Works
Art
Cook's artworks are held in the collections of the
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
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(''"Queenie" and Her Cubs''), the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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(''Siamese Interlude''), the
New York Public Library
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(''Queenie and Her Cubs''),
Huntsville Museum of Art
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In 1957, the Huntsville Art League and Museum ...
(''Trellis Gateway''), and
the AKC Museum of the Dog (''Ch. King Messenger'', ''Pug Puppy'', ''Pug Drawing'', ''Tri-Int. Ch. Pugville’s Mighty Jim'', and ''Wire Fox Terrier'').
Books
Cook wrote and illustrated:
*''Drawing Wildlife'' (1972)
*''All Breeds, All Champions: A Book Of Dogs'' (1962)
*''Drawing Cats: Breeds; Structure; Anatomy; Poses and Behavior'' (1958)
*''Drawing Dogs'' (1958)
*''Circus Clowns On Parade'' (1956)
*''The Big Book Of Cats'' (with contributing text by Felix Sutton) (1954)
*''American Champions'' (1945) #
*''Zoo Animals'' (1943) .
She illustrated:
*''Black Douglas'' (written by Adelaide Bolton Louden) (1957)
*''Favorite Cat Stories Of Pamela And James Mason'' (written by
Pamela
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* MSC ''Pamela'', ...
And
James Mason
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) (1956)
*''Drawing Animals'' (written by Victor Semon Pérard) (1951)
*''Cats: Care, Training, Feeding, Breeding, Exhibiting'' (written by Marguerite Ann Norton) (1949)
*''Drawing horses'' (written by Victor Semon Pérard) (1944)
*''Matou, The Biography Of A Cat'' (written by Max Kaufman) (1942)
*''Hiram And Other Cats'' (written by
Laurence Dwight Smith
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Early life and education
Smith was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 24, 1895. After completing preparatory school at the Phillips Acad ...
) (1941) .
Further reading
*''The Print Club of Albany Presents The Annual Print For 1956-1957: Queenie and Her Cubs - A Lithograph By Gladys Emerson Cook, SAGA, FRSA.'' (includes a short biography of Cook)
*Gladys Emerson Cook – Cats, Dogs, & Erte? - article from the ''Journal Of Antiques & Collectibles''
*''Paintings by American Women: Selections From The Collection Of Louise and Alan Sellars'' by Paul E. Sternberg
References
External links
WorldCat listing of Cook's books
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1894 births
1977 deaths
20th-century American women artists
Artists from New York City
American women printmakers
American women illustrators
Artists from Massachusetts