11 Facts About Fleur Cowles

Fleur Fenton Cowles was an American writer, editor and artist best known as the creative force behind the short-lived Flair magazine.

Fleur Cowles's parents were Morris Freidman, a novelty salesman, and his wife, Lena.

Fleur Cowles's siblings adopted the surname Freeman later in life: Dr Paul William Freeman, a dentist, and Mildred Freeman Goetze.

Fleur Cowles founded it with her second husband, Atherton Pettingell, a former executive vice president of Blacker Advertising.

Fleur Cowles resigned her position at Look in November 1955 upon her separation from Gardner Cowles and moved to Europe, where she served as the magazine's foreign editorial consultant.

Fleur Cowles founded Flair magazine in 1950, and it folded a year later.

In later decades, Cowles served on various government committees, such as writing speeches for the War Production Board, and represented Dwight D Eisenhower at the coronation of Elizabeth II.

Fleur Cowles was a member of the Founding Council of the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University.

Fleur Cowles' painting "Desert Journey" was reproduced as the cover of the 1968 Donovan album Donovan In Concert.

Fleur Cowles designed tapestries, accessories, and china for Denby Ltd.

Fleur Fenton Cowles died on June 5,2009, at a nursing home in Sussex, England, aged 101.