Trina Schart Hyman-Illustrator-Artist-Fantasy Art-Children's Books
Trina Schart Hyman was a children's book illustrator of fantasy art and fairy tales.
I first began collecting children's books because of the wonderful illustrators that are found in them. Trina Schart Hyman is one of my favorites.
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Trina Schart Hyman was born in Philadelphia on April 8, 1939 and was educated at Philadelphia College of Art, and Boston Museum School of Fine Arts.
Hyman lived in Sweden for two years in the 1960s and attended art college there as well. While she was there she received her first big break when Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, offered her a job illustrating a children's book. In all, Hyman illustrated over one hundred children's books, primarily fairy tales.
She credits her mother for instilling in her the joy of books by reading to her from the time she was an infant. She spent a whole year wearing a red satin cape that her mother had made for her because her favorite story was Little Red Riding Hood.
Trina Schart Hyman received the Caldecott Medal for 'Saint George and the Dragon' and has twice been awarded Caldecott Honors.
Trina Schart Hyman died of cancer, Nov. 19, 2004.
This is all taken from a wonderful website about her. There is a fantatic interview done by Denise Ortakales also on the same site at:
http://ortakales.com/illustrators/Hyman1.html
It begins:
My Interview of
Trina Schart Hyman
by Denise Ortakales
I must admit that I wasn't quite sure what to expect when Trina agreed to be interviewed by me. She is my most favorite illustrator of all time and I greatly admire her work. I confess that I may have put this talented children's book illustrator on a pedestal. But after having read several of her previous interviews, I got the impression that she was . . . well, . . . at best, brutally honest, at worst, jaded, cynical and cranky. But she was nice enough to agree to an interview, by an illustration student no less (albeit an older student,) so she couldn't be all bad, right?
Well, all of my fears were allayed the moment she and her poodle answered the door. She was warm and gracious, and I immediately felt at ease in her cozy kitchen. After I turned down her offer of coffee, I mentioned to her how hard I tried to come up with questions that she may have not been asked before, but it was difficult because I assume that she has been asked everything under the sun. She assured me that she had not, and even so, some of her thoughts have changed over the years. I questioned whether or not it was okay if I use a tape recorder. Having heard that she did not like technology, I didn't want to offend her by bringing any into her home. She laughed and said of course, if it made things easier for me.
We started with a brief tour of her non-technological kitchen area. A large woodstove on one wall is used for heating purposes. On the other wall is an old gas-stove used for cooking. In the back pantry, she keeps a conventional gas range that she uses for occasional cooking. She has a modern refrigerator but still uses a rotary telephone. No answering machines, computers, or fax machines for this girl. But wait, what is this? The room off the kitchen is an office, equipped with a color copier, and a computer with a scanner! Trina assures me that it is her partner's office, but admits to using the color copier rather than driving into town, but not the computer. Trina's dislike of technology was unfathomable to my 10-year old son. He wanted to know if she had a microwave, so I asked.
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http://ortakales.com/illustrators/Hyman1.html
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Listen to some BEAUTIFUL Music while you discover how remarkable the work of Trina Schart Hyman is!
The lyrics are posted here to this song as well.
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James Blunt - You're Beautiful official video & lyrics
http://music.dom.gr LYRICS: My life is brilliant. My life is brilliant. My love is pure. I saw an angel. Of that I'm sure. She smiled at me on the subway. She was with another man. But I won't lose no sleep on that, 'Cause I've got a plan. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. I saw your face in a crowded place, And I don't know what to do, 'Cause I'll never be with you. Yeah, she caught my eye, As we walked on by. She could see from my face that I was, Flying high, And I don't think that I'll see her again, But we shared a moment that will last till the end. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. I saw your face in a crowded place, And I don't know what to do, 'Cause I'll never be with you. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. There must be an angel with a smile on her face, When she thought up that I should be with you. But it's time to face the truth, I will never be with you. http://clubs.pathfinder.gr/nodas2
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Quotes- Trina Schart Hyman
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"Book illustration can be an isolating experience. You work at home for months, send off a finished set of illustrations, and unless the book is a howling success, you never get any real feedback. It's very lonely work, as I imagine writing is. On the other hand, when I'm in the middle of a book, I would love to be a solitary hermit on the top of a mountain in Tibet."
from Something about the Author, Volume 46.
"I don't do sketches, or preliminaries. I think about it instead. I think about the story and about what it means and about how it can be brought to life in pictures. I think about the characters and what makes them tick and where they're coming from and where they might be going to."
"I think about all this a lot. I think about it so much that eventually I start to dream about it. And when my dreams start to become the dreams of the characters in the book, when their reality becomes a part of my subconscious, when I can live in their landscape, when I put on a little red cape with a hood and tie the red ribbons under my chin, then I know what to do with my pictures."
from her 1985 Caldecott Medal Speech.
Red Riding Hood & Her Mom by Trina Schart Hyman
Trina Schart Hyman at a Glance
Trina Schart Hyman (April 8, 1939 - November 19, 2004) was an American illustrator of children's books.
She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends, and won four Caldecott awards.
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You're Beautiful
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We are saddened to announce the passing of Trina Schart Hyman on November 19th, 2004. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.
Trina was born on April 8, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Margaret Doris Bruck and Albert H. Schart. She grew up in a rural area of Pennsylvania learning to read and draw at an early age. She credits her mother for instilling in her the joy of books by reading to her from the time she was an infant. She spent a whole year wearing a red satin cape that her mother had made for her because her favorite story was Little Red Riding Hood.
"I figured out at four years old that somebody had made the pictures in my books and though I didn't know what these people were called, I knew I wanted to be a book illustrator. . . . I began to make books from my own stories and drew pictures to illustrate them. "
Trina Schart Hyman has been illustrating children's books for over thirty years. She received the Caldecott Medal for Saint George and the Dragon and has twice been awarded Caldecott Honors.
We carry a selection of original watercolors.
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Trina Schart Hyman
Born: 8-Apr-1939
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 19-Nov-2004
Location of death: Lebanon, NH
Cause of death: Cancer - Breast
Gender: Female
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Artist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Children's book illustrator
Educated at Philadelphia College of Art, and Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. Hyman lived in Sweden for two years in the 1960s and attended art college there as well. While she was there, Astrid Lindgren offered her a job illustrating a children's book. In all, Hyman has illustrated over one hundred children's books, primarily fairy tales. She has lived in New Hampshire for over thirty years.
Father: Albert H. Schart
Mother: Margaret Doris Bruck
Husband: Harris Hyman (engineer, m. 1959, div. 1968)
Daughter: Katrin Tchana (b. 1963)
University: Philadelphia Museum College of Art (attended 1956-59)
University: Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (1960)
University: Swedish State Art School, Stockholm, Sweden
Caldecott Medal 1984 for Saint George and the Dragon
German Ancestry
Risk Factors: Smoking, Arthritis, Breast Cancer
Illustrated books:
The Sleeping Beauty, 1977, AUTHOR: Trina Schart Hyman, DETAILS: Little Brown & Co.
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She was my favorite children's book illustrator. Posted September 17, 2007 |
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Beautiful art! Posted September 16, 2007 |
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