Corrine Malvern (1905 ~ November 9, 1956) was born in Accomack County, Virginia, and raised in Newark, New Jersey.[4] Her mother, Cora Malvern, worked as wardrobe mistress for theater companies,[5] and Corinne and her older sister Gladys Malvern (born July 17, 1903 or 1897) performed on Broadway in The Man Who Stood Still, during October through December, 1908.
Corinne's art education consisted of attending the Art Students League in New York City. After leaving the New York, Corinne moved to Los Angeles, California and landed a job as a fashion advertisement artist. During this time she continued her art education taking night classes.
Her first book was, Brownie, the Little Bear Who Liked People, in 1939 for McLoughlin publishers. This was written by her and her sister Gladys. Five Pennies to Spend, Little Golden Book #238, was her last book before her death in 1956.
Corinne illustrated 32 books, 17 of which were published as Golden Books. Valiant Minstrel: The Story of Sir Harry Lauder, 1943, by Messner Publishing, won her the Elisworth Ford Prize.
Corinne Malvern never married. She moved to New York sometime between 1934 and 1936 with Cora and Gladys and continued to collaborate professionally with Gladys. They published Land of Surprise in 1938, Brownie, the Little Bear Who Liked People in 1939, and The Land of Look And See in 1940 with McLoughlin Bros., Inc. Their 1943 book Valiant Minstrel, a biography of the Scottish entertainer Sir Harry Lauder, won the $1250 Julia Ellsworth Ford Prize. She worked as Art Editor for the Ladies Home Journal, and was a prolific and influential advertising illustrator who helped create the iconic 'fifties "look." Corinne illustrated Nursery Songs, one of the initial offering of twelve Little Golden Books, issued in 1942 (but not the cover painting, which was by Louise Alston).
Corinne Malvern (1901–56)'s work is well-known from her covers for the Little Golden Books which established a definite "Fifties Look."
Pop Circus Retro Book Fair: Corinne Malvern's 'Mother Goose'
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Exerpt from Article on Jul 21, 1935 Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California)Note: Read the FULL ARTICLE from The Oakland Tribune • Oakland, California • Sun, Jul 21, 1935 • Page 36
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