1. Katherine Milhous was an American artist, illustrator, and writer.
13 Facts About Katherine Milhous
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Katherine Milhous is known best as the author and illustrator of The Egg Tree, which won the 1951 Caldecott Medal for US picture book illustration.
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Katherine Milhous's work has been exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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Katherine Milhous was born November 27,1894, to Osborn and Katherine Daly Milhous of Philadelphia, Quakers who made their living as printers.
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Katherine Milhous returned to Philadelphia to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art.
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Katherine Milhous then returned to Philadelphia where, for forty years, she shared a studio with her partner and fellow-artist Frances Lichten.
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From 1935 to 1940 Katherine Milhous was a supervisor for the Philadelphia Federal Art Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration.
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Katherine Milhous incorporated familiar Pennsylvania Dutch designs into her posters.
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Katherine Milhous co-wrote and illustrated several books with Dalgliesh, who was an award-winning children's writer.
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Katherine Milhous illustrated for others, as well as writing and illustrating her own books.
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Katherine Milhous was a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
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Katherine Milhous's papers are held in the Free Library of Philadelphia's Children's Literature Research Collection and the University of Minnesota Children's Literature Research Collection.
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Katherine Milhous' books were generally well received by reviewers, both for their writing and their illustrations.