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Jessie Willcox Smith Interior Paintings

American, 1863-1935
But success as an illustrator wasn't immediate. She got a job in the production department of The Ladies Home Journal in 1889 and was still working there five years later when Howard Pyle began teaching illustration at Drexel Institute of Arts and Sciences. Smith was accepted as a pupil in his first class. At 31, she was only 10 years younger than her teacher and one of his oldest students. Elizabeth Shippen Green and Violet Oakley soon joined her in the class, and the three became lifelong friends. Smith's first commission through Pyle was for an 1897 edition of Evangeline that she illustrated with Oakley. The two joined another Pyle student to rent a studio, and Green later joined them there. In 1901, the three shared the lease on an old inn outside of Philadelphia. That's the same year as the illustration above from "The Last of the Fairy Wands" in the December issue of Scribners Magazine. She produced two calendars with Green for 1902 that helped establish the careers of both women. The most important was "The Child," which showcased some of her most sensitive renditions of children to date. The images were collected into a book the following year. One of Smith's three images from that book is above at right. The magazines and books of the day voraciously consumed as much color work as possible. Pyle's students were some of the best-prepared new entrants into the illustration market, and Pyle's name gave them access to the magazines' pages.
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Artist: Jessie Willcox Smith
"Morning" from "A Mother's Days" Illustration for Scribner's Monthly Magazine
"Morning" from "A Mother's Days" Illustration for Scribner's Monthly Magazine

"Morning" from "A Mother's Days" Illustration for Scribner's Monthly Magazine

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

This work is one of six paintings from the series “A Mother’s Days,” published in Scribner’s Monthly Magazine, December 1902 Exhibitions: New York, The Dahesh Museum of Art, Stories...

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Early 1900s Jessie Willcox Smith Interior Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

Bed-Time, Scribners Monthly Magazine Illustration
Bed-Time, Scribners Monthly Magazine Illustration

Bed-Time, Scribners Monthly Magazine Illustration

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Approximate Date: 1902 Medium: Charcoal, Watercolor and Oil on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 23.50" x 15.50", Framed 31.50" x 23.00" Bed-Time, published...

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Early 1900s Jessie Willcox Smith Interior Paintings

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Charcoal, Illustration Board, Oil, Watercolor

Chapel of Grace Church Nursery
Chapel of Grace Church Nursery

Chapel of Grace Church Nursery

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Original illustration for an article entitled "While the Mother Works: A Look at the Day Nurseries of New York" by Lillie Hamilton French, published in The Century Magazine...

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Early 1900s Jessie Willcox Smith Interior Paintings

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Board, Paper, Pencil

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  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025
    The most famous book that Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated is arguably Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. However, the American artist also produced illustrations for numerous other books. Among them were A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, The Seven Ages of Childhood by Carolyn Wells, The Rhymes of Real Children by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and An Old-Fashioned Girl, also by Louisa May Alcott. Explore a range of Jessie Willcox Smith art on 1stDibs.